TODAY I received one of those dreaded nuisance calls. You know the sort. They always start with "How are you today?"
Here is a transcript of how it went:
"How are you today?"
"Well I was ok but then you rang."
"I’m sorry to hear that, I just have four quick questions and then I’ll hang up. What age bracket are you in?"
"I don’t believe in age, I believe you are as young as you feel."
"I’m sorry I don’t understand."
"I’m sorry that you don’t understand."
(Slight pause)
"Ok, next question. What is your residential status?"
"Homeless."
"But you are answering a landline."
"Yes, I do this transcendentally."
"I don’t understand."
"I use thought control to answer phones transcendentally."
"Oh, I see, you are wasting my time."
"Yes, how does it make you feel?"
She hung up.
I wonder if I’ll get any more calls like that?
Gary Boswell
Grange-over-Sands
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