Radikalskippy's Random Banter #85 of lost ideas and where to find them...

[CurlyKitGirl]

Some fun things to do to telemarketers. More later maybe:
Talk really fast.
Turn on the TV. Change the channel to one that only gets static. Turn the volume up really loud. Say that you can't hear them over the static.
Make up your own language. Speak it.
Hang up.
Make up a one word language. Speak it.
Say, "This phone line is for emergency use only. Do you have an emergency?"
If they say "Yes" to number 6 say, "Please state the nature of the emergency." Then insist that their emergency isn't an emergency. Hang up.
If they say "No" to number 6 say, "I'm sorry but this line is for emergencies only." Hang up.
Pretend you just took hostages, and make demands.
Pretend that you are a hostage negotiator, and try to get the telemarketer to release the hostages.
Order a large pepperoni pizza, some garlic bread, and a meatball sub.
Pretend that your phone line is an automatic phone sex line.
Dial the phone and say, "Hey! I lent you 50 bucks. You better pay up or else I'm gonna come over there and hurt you! "
Repeatedly dial the phone. Mutter that it isn't ringing.
Claim to be the mafia.
Say, "Moe's tavern Moe speaking."
Say something that Moe would say to Bart after Bart makes a prank call.
Ask him/her if he/she would like a magazine or newspaper subscription.
Ask the telemarketer to find your friend Mike last name Rotch. Claim you will only buy a subscription from them.
Say, "Oh no! It's the Feds! They're on to us!"
Claim to be the FBI. Say, "This is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. How may I help you?"
Dial *69. Wait about a minute and say, "Damn unreliable *69."
Speak a foreign language.
If you do # 24 and the telemarketer gets a person who speaks the language you used, speak another language, use a made up language, or say that you were speaking English the whole time.
Pretend that the telemarketer is your husband/wife or boyfriend/girlfriend. Talk sexually, making references to what you are going to do to him/her later tonight. When you "realize" that you are not speaking to your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend yell, "Pervert!" Slam the phone down to hang up.
Say, "Help! I'm being robbed! He's got a gun!"
Communicate only through Morse code.

[Vonriel]

You forgot: Impress him with your ability to play songs on the numbers.

*mutter* Slept in until essentially 1 this afternoon. I feel like I'm messing up something that I shouldn't be..

[Penguinizer]

I generally don't get advertisement calls.

Anyways. Anyone want to play a game of questions.

[ZombieRockStar]

How do you play that?

[Penguinizer]

Shouldn't you know?

[ZombieRockStar]

Wasn't there a SMBG for this? What happened to it, do you think?

[Xykon_Fan]

Where is it?

[Castaras]

Shall we stop asking one question?

Shouldn't we be asking two questions, because of the RB rules?

[Sean92k]

So are we playing a game?

[Penguinizer]

Isn't this conversation Void?

Why hasn't anyone made a thread for this there?

[The Great Skenardo]

Aquatic sponges, despite their name, make lousy cleaning tools.

There. I've killed it.

Four declarative statements in one posts should kill off those pesky questions.

[Castaras]

No you haven't.

Why would those statements kill off the questions?

[Sean92k]

How could they?

Do you all think that he killed it off?

[Penguinizer]

Aren't those statements from them?

Wouldn't it mean they lost?

[The Great Skenardo]

I've actually got a question for the playground; who here has heard of Gilbert & Sullivan? (Not Gilbert O'Sullivan; that's someone else)

I've just been enjoying a few of my old recordings of H.M.S. Pinafore and Trial by Jury

[Castaras]

I've actually got a question for the playground; who here has heard of Gilbert & Sullivan? (Not Gilbert O'Sullivan; that's someone else)

Vaguely recognise the name, why do you ask?

And why am I still asking random questions?

[The Great Skenardo]

It's just that they seem so neglected by people today. There's some really good music in there, if you like light-hearted operetta.

That, and the whole genre is pretty much entirely satire.

[zeratul]

I've actually got a question for the playground; who here has heard of Gilbert & Sullivan? (Not Gilbert O'Sullivan; that's someone else)

I've just been enjoying a few of my old recordings of H.M.S. Pinafore and Trial by Jury

I have, Pirates of Panzans rocked.

Also Curly that was superspecialawesomme

[Amotis]

I've actually got a question for the playground; who here has heard of Gilbert & Sullivan? (Not Gilbert O'Sullivan; that's someone else)

I've just been enjoying a few of my old recordings of H.M.S. Pinafore and Trial by Jury

Sure. Fun (ny?) stuff.

[The Great Skenardo]

There was a film done of Pirates back in the 80s that had Kevin Kline in it as the pirate king...
Over the top, but great fun to watch.

[zeratul]

There was a film done of Pirates back in the 80s that had Kevin Kline in it as the pirate king...
Over the top, but great fun to watch.

That's the one I saw.

[ZombieRockStar]

I especially love The Mikado. So many great songs in that particular one. Penzance = great, Pinafore = kinda less than the other two but still great, haven't heard the complete and full scores of the others, just select songs.

I have the Stratford Festival productions of all of the above on DVD.

Yayness!

[The Great Skenardo]

Really? I didn't care for The Mikado as much. It definitely had some good songs, but in some cases the lyrics made me wince.

Likey:
"Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man"
"Behold the Lord High Executioner"
"I've got a List"
"Three Little Maids from School"

Not so much:
"I am so Proud"
"On a Tree by a River"
"A wandring Minstrel I"

[ZombieRockStar]

I think the lyrics of Pinafore come across as much more forced that The Mikado, where Gilbert was more confidant. I'll ignore "Three Little Maids."

[The Great Skenardo]

I think the lyrics of Pinafore come across as much more forced that The Mikado, where Gilbert was more confidant. I'll ignore "Three Little Maids."

To be honest, I chiefly value that one for the harmony of the various parts. Exquisite music!

[CurlyKitGirl]

I have, Pirates of Penzance rocked.

Also Curly that was superspecialawesomme

There, that sorted it out for you. Honestly, people always spell that wrong. Of course, in Cornish spelling it's actually Pensans. How do I know? Guess where I live.

Also, I love Gilbert & Sullivan. Besides, didn't the Simpson do a whole Sideshow Bob episode using Gilbert & Sullivan songs. From the Mikado (Three Litlle Maids From School and the score for the HMS Pinafore)

[Hoggy]

And Boscastle is actually Kastell Boterel in Cornish, btu does anyone really care? Unfortunately, no, no they don't.

But they will. oh, they will... ha. Haha. Mwhahaha. Mwahahahahahaha. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHCOUGHSPLUTTERCOUGHOWMY THROAT.

Oh god damn I'm so bored. And mildly depressed. I feel like ranting, but such is for a better place and a better time.

[Sean92k]

Im pretty bored aswell and just coming out of a cycle of depresion, so I know what you're feeling

[Nomrom]

There, that sorted it out for you. Honestly, people always spell that wrong. Of course, in Cornish spelling it's actually Pensans. How do I know? Guess where I live.

Cornland, right?

[Sean92k]

Cornadia?
Like Canada