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Telemarketer: Hi, would you be interested in switching over to TMI long distance service?
Jerry Seinfeld: Oh, gee, I can’t talk right now. Why don’t you give me your home number and I’ll call you later.
Telemarketer: Uh, I’m sorry we’re not allowed to do that.
Jerry Seinfeld: Oh, I guess you don’t want people calling you at home.
Telemarketer: No.
Jerry Seinfeld: Well now you know how I feel. [hangs up]

(from Seinfeld episode The Pitch)

This is seriously brilliant. I would love to use it against those intrusive phone calls. (Un)fortunately, I never have to deal with them:

• My awesome Internet/TV/Phone provider gives me the option to never ring my land phone when the caller masks his number. Instead, he’s told to unmask it and call me again, which he’ll never do.
• I never pick up my iPhone when the caller’s id is blocked. I reject those calls and send those people to my voicemail which says “I can’t talk to you right now. If it’s important, please leave a message”. Telemarketers never do that.

Also, when I set up this message, my friends understood the concept of voicemail and started to leave useful messages instead of calling me until I pick up.