I chuckled when I read Moira Breen discussing appropriate penance for telemarketers and Natalie Solent’s proposed ditching dialogue:

“Hi, my name is Shelley and I’m calling to ask if you’d be interested in a new service offered by British Orangecom.”
[Very enthusiastically] “Yes!”
“Wo-? Um. It’s about ‘Friends & Family 2003’, a new call tariff that–”
“Yes. Oh yes.”
“A NEW CALL TARIFF THAT OFFERS-”
“Yes! Yes! Yes! Oh, oh, oh yes!”
[Click.]
See, it is quite possible to dispose of these creatures while maintaining an entirely positive attitude.>

’nuff said.