EVER WONDER HOW BUSY EXECUTIVES SUCH AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES GET OFF THE PHONE?

They use this.

(Via Gizmodo)

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[annie where-but-here]

At FIRST, I made my own special effects, but this is much handier....

[Dux]

The car crash sound would make a great April Fool's trick to play on your friends. Or if you needed to give the folks a heart attack. ("Yeah Mom, I'm fine, just going to get some milk and-"CRASH)
Oh the possibilities...

[Sarcasmo]

*baby cries*

Gotta go, the boss just walked in.

[annie where-but-here]

There's no "I" in "United". There are two.

[annie where-but-here]

And I think we all know how Clinton 'got off' the phone.

[Morty]

A COMPLICATED dance, a bite on the rump and ferocious backward kicks....

Wow, sound like they've been in my bedroom...

[Brainy Jello]

Just don't confuse the 'excuse' pad with the 'fart ounds' pad. Or do.

[Mr. Completely]

*directs Morty to the correct thread...* Psst! You just missed it!

[wondering]

Darn that corporate security, I was blocked from looking at the site. What was it?

[TCK]

Maybe Morty was responding to Annie's Clinton comment??

[Sarah J]

"Yeah Mom, I'm fine, just going to get some milk and-"CRASH)
I did that one, but it was more like "Yeah Mom, schools going fi-- oh my gosh! someones backing into the side of my car." then I threw the phone on the floor and hit the gas to avoid being hit on the driver's side door. after doing all the insurance/police/stupid 17-year-old SUV driver stuff I went home and called my mom again, to let her know I was alive, even if the back door of my car wasn't. I'm not sure she'd survive a repeat.

[Annie Where-but-here]

TCK - I was thinking the same thing, but I've never been in Morty's bedroom.

[Guin]

Note: Only use the "baby" excuse if you have a real baby. Wouldn't work for, say, a 19-year-old living in a frat house.

[Teri]

I must have this...Santa are you listening?

TGF

www.herestohappywomen.blogspot.com

[Jeff Meyerson]

The perfect gift for Leetie:

"Are you blowing your butt trumpet again?"

[U.O]

I prefer using a whoopee cushion to discourage telemarketers ... several times ... then a few moans and grunts ... perhaps a ferocious backward kick ... and then weakly whispering ... I don't feel very good ...

Works every time ...

[Spamlet]

Humiliating but true.

Telemarketers calling inceccantly.
Phone rings.
Caller asks for roommate.

“Is he there?”
“No – My God, didn’t you know?
He was killed in a car crash last week!”

It was his mother.

[slyeyes]

I just activate the smoke alarm and put the phone near it.

[U.O]

Let your toddler talk to them ... that's sorta interesting ...

[Bumble]

U.O~ Good idea. My toddler nephew isn't big on talking on the phone, so he mostly says "All done" and "Bye-bye." Perfect.

[abi]

My two-year-old son has one monologue he uses on the phone: "How are you? Good! Okay, thanks, bye!" I hadn't thought of using him for telemarketers, though...

[Noob]

Sarcasmo *Snork*

Brought to mind my boss, though he doesn't whine nearly as much as my co-workers....

[Monica]

There are better ways to get off while on the phone. Ask Bill Clinton, he can tell you a couple of ways.

*hugs*

Monica
p.s. Has anybody seen my blue dress?

[Mr. Completely]

Monica - I've been wanting to ask you this for years: Have you never heard of dry cleaning?

[Annie Where-but-here]

Silly Monica - just like in the White House, that joke's been done before. You just need to look a little higher on the post.
*hugs*

Annie Intern-will-do

[Ashley Bowers]

Love the Monica comment!But lets get real whenThe President wants off the phone all he gotta day is Somethings come up!

[insomniac]

he could say, "i gotta call on my other line. that red one."

[mudstuffin]

I could use one of those devices...IN MY LUNCHBOX!

[pogo]

Telemarketer: Is Pogo there?

Pogo: Who's calling?

Telemarketer: This is Suzy with XYZ (pick one - credit card comapany, gutter protection company, travel bureau, newspaper subscription pusher).

Pogo: He's not in.

*click*

Remember when you were taught to use the phone? You were told to identify yourself and then ask for the person you wanted to speak to.

[U.O]

Naaaah, Pogo ... people don't get taught phone manners or etiquette any more ... witness all the dweebs who are rude/ignorant/sloppy on business phones ...

It's a sign of the apocalypse ... manners no longer matter ... for the most part ...

HOWever, the manners and etiquette on this blog ... impeccable!

[Suzy Q]

Hey!!! I'm no telemarketer!

[Bumble]

U.O~ Hey! Mommy taught me phone manners!

[Brainy Jello]

Pogo - They'll only try back later.

At least there are legal, preventative measures that can be taken.

[U.O]

Sorry - I thot my disclaimer was clear ... obviously, it wasn't ...

Blogsters -- at least the ones I've seen around here ... seem to have the sensibilities that imply "good manners" ... that's why I said that here, the behavior patterns were "impeccable" ...

Bumble, you're old enuf to be in college (how'd I know that?) ... so your Mommy taught you manners a few years ago ... before this recent disappearance of polite behavior I've noticed ...

HOWever, there are surely (I know, don't call you Shirley) a great number of people out there who are inherently polite ... even on the SoCal freeways ... it's just that the rude ones seem to be so much more noticeable ...

Suzy Q ... well ... I din't think so ... My Bride (Remember Her?) was a telemarketer -- for less than two weeks ... she hated it ... and her work was surveys, not selling ... so, I have some idea of the nature of the bidness, and what it means to us, the public ...

Whatever ... y'all are my blog buddies ... anything goes here ... insults, slurs, innuendo, allusiions, aspersions and general dishing-out-of-hassles ... but it's for fun ... at least that's how I view it ...

[southerngirl]

"anything goes here ... insults, slurs, innuendo, allusiions, aspersions and general dishing-out-of-hassles "

Sounds like a party!

Where's Eleanor?

[Bumble]

U.O~ I missed the disclaimer; read it after I posted. Never mind. Forget it... :-)

[U.O]

Eye gnu that ... just givin' you a little hassling ... that's all ...

which, oddly, reminds me of an old tale ...

When Sir Thomas More was a muckety-muck in the Church-type stuff, they referred to him (especially at weddings) as:

The More, the Marryer ...

[U.O]

Speaking of phone calls ... to get this thread back on the subject ... (HAH!) ...

I just had a spam from someone, and the "message line" said, "I called you on phone ..."

I deleted it immediately.

No, he didn't.

Lying, m%^&$#(%&%(&#g ... c%^@*$%))_r ...

I hate being lied to ...