tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200827855904170988.post553535879206750908..comments2023-10-08T22:27:49.730-04:00Comments on The Tumbrel Diaries: The unstoppable telephone callsAngus Trumblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03350040368046577016noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200827855904170988.post-3109302404955124292013-01-08T21:18:36.726-05:002013-01-08T21:18:36.726-05:00We are talking about lawyers and bureaucrats. '...We are talking about lawyers and bureaucrats. 'Legitimate' and so forth mean whatever they want them to mean at the time, no more and no less. What it says in a dictionary is incidental. My usual response (and my number is also on a privacy list) is "I would like to talk to you about future bank options but I'm in the middle of cooking dinner." If this is meaningless to your caller, say "The onions are burning at the edges." This is a decisive statement. Otherwise, "Sorry, wrong number" which in the case outlined above is entirely the case.The Carmelite Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11151857064176452201noreply@blogger.com