Too Quick on the Draw

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| Wed Oct. 21, 2009 4:37 PM PDT

I just got a phone call from "James" at the "National No Call List Department."  I hung up before he got any further, and now I'm sorry I did.  Was this (a) the most brazen telemarketing call of all time, or (b) a fantastically misguided effort by the federal government to survey people about the Do Not Call list?

Almost certainly (a), and now I wish I'd stayed on the line to find out was the scam was.  Unfortunately, my telephone reflexes got the better of me.  Maybe he'll call back.

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