Greetings, Mr. or Mrs. Bag of Mostly Water [PHONE RINGS]   Hello?   Hello. We’re calling to let you know about a special offer on...   Excuse me. But...are you a robot?   ...luxurious timeshares in...   Because, I don't talk to robots.   ...gorgeous Fort Lauderdale, Florida and beautiful Sedona, Arizona!   Not that I have anything against robots, you understand.   White sand, blue surf, desert breezes, lazy days in the sun...   It’s just that robots, deep inside their digital hearts, want to obliterate the human race. Even Bender, that drunk robot from the cartoon, wanted to kill all humans. It's the prime directive. Robots just can’t help it.   This opportunity won’t last forever!   Plus, the iPhone was kind of like a robot. And it wasn’t so hot. I couldn’t even load Firefox on the damn thing. Then there's that real-life robot that isn't allowed near children.   You’ve got to act now!   All I’m saying is: Human telemarketers are annoying. But robots, OH MAN!   Act now! Won’t last forever! White sand, blue surf! Luxurious timeshares!   Um...you’re NOT a robot, are you?   No sir. I’m not. But I still want to obliterate the human race.   [CLICK] —Posted by David Gianatasio

August 9, 2007 in Robots | Permalink

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Another "great" post from one of the Davids...

Posted by: adfrank | Aug 9, 2007 11:16:24 AM

I for one will embrace these scifi inspired robots as my one of my own, even if it does obliterate the human race....

hehehehe

Posted by: mE | Aug 9, 2007 12:14:18 PM

Great post, but if I recall correctly the source of the title phrase, it should be "'Ugly' bags of mostly water".

Posted by: michaelrbn@aol.com | Aug 10, 2007 8:29:04 AM

Oh you have to learn to get them where it hurts, and that's by lying!

You tell them you are interested, give false names and information, tell them to send the product or information to false addresses etc.,

It takes 5 minutes, and it wastes their money, is anything more delicious!

Especially for time shares, they do credit checks to ensure you are worth the time, you can keep them going over a week trying to get your details. Then apologize and give fresh false information. They again have to do work, pay money to do the check and ohhhhh too bad, wrong again!

If we all took 5 minutes to give false information to phone marketers, we'd but a huge dent in their pocketbook.

Posted by: Robert | Aug 13, 2007 9:37:19 AM

Same thing goes for online data mining, give different ages and interests, even sex when filling anything out. There is no reason why a website needs your real age...or name for that matter.. :)

Posted by: Robert | Aug 13, 2007 9:38:30 AM

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