*After the 'this is being recorded spiel'
"Yes, well I think it's only right to tell you that I'm taping this for training purposes too! Don't you put me on hold...I put you on hold!" And start singing something, very badly down the phone.
Pretended that I don't speak english. After a while, I couldn't hold the accent anymore, so reverted to my faux upper-class twit accent and said "oh, I'm terrebwe sowee, I just can't hold this charade up any longer..." That got some laughs.
I've done the "let me call you at home later" trick.
"Are you the home owner?" -'With this squeaky teen voice? Not likely...'
Anyone heard of the really old radio show the Goons? Well, I do a good impersonation of Eccles, Moriarity, and Gryd-pype. So, by moving the phone around, I pretended to have a convo between them.
The best though? My phone company called me in a lesson at school. So, I handed it to my teacher. Who then (lied) and told the telemarketer that I'd just had my phone confiscated for a month, and just been given a Saturday detention for my phone going off. That teacher was ace
