President Bush Resorts to Telemarketing
It’s a strange thing when you get a call from the president. Especially during dinner. Here’s “Bush Calls Me.”
It’s a strange thing when you get a call from the president. Especially during dinner. Here’s “Bush Calls Me.”
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great one Kevin! i have gotten a dozen of those kinds of calls..
I am working at home all day. My client has my phone number… every time the phone rings, I feel compelled to answer it. By 3:55 I had received:
3 prerecorded calls for the Mayoral race*
1 prerecorded call for the Senate race
1 live call from a company surveying what college I am likely to choose if I graduate high school
*one from the incumbent, two from other sources
No calls from W… I think he was all tuckered out from his call with Nalts, probably slept in…
…er… duh… governer’s race, not mayoral race…
And to think I missed an opportunity to prank call PC.