Fake numbers

Sometimes, in my more misanthropic moments, to avoid conversation, I give out a fake number (my old pager number - the key is to deliver it smoothly). But I see that there's a whole Rejection Line industry. (Found via the Barmaid Blog, which is pretty amusing in its own right.)

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Anonymous said…
A wise man said that if you have nothing good to say about something, you should keep quiet instead.
11 July 2006 at 01:57
Daryl said…
Ha! That would cut down my supply of things to blog about tremendously.
11 July 2006 at 12:11
Anonymous said…
That wasn't a wise man; that was Thumper in Walt Disney's Bambi. "If you ain't got nothin' good to say, don't say nothin' at all". ;-)
12 July 2006 at 05:25
Daryl said…
Ah, so 'twas a rabbit crackin' wise...
14 July 2006 at 01:19
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