Those that knock on your door?

Cloud · 03-31-2007, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ravenranter

i pretend that the door is really the telephone and i ignore it.

I second this. Or I politely smile, say no thank you, and close the door. Sometimes I will let them do their spiel, especially if they are a teenager or something, then say no thank you.

Only ones who would be welcome would be girl scouts selling cookies, and they hardly knock on doors anymore. I used to do that with my girls. Hell, I used to schlep mints around door to door as a campfire girl.

richlevy · 03-31-2007, 11:47 AM

Welcome ravenranter!

Anyway, it really is too bad noone has come up with something that not only sounds like a barking dog, but can duplicate the solid thump against the door made by an agitated Doberman.

I've had kids come to my door selling magazines to fund a halfway house (prefer making a donation after checking out charity). I had one girl selling cookies who wasn't from our neighborhood whose mom was driving her around. The strangest one was a woman whose meat truck 'broke down' and as a result was 'forced to make a deal' on the contents.

Our old house was a few blocks from a Kingdom Hall and the Jehovah's Witnesses did pay us a visit. I was perfectly happy to discuss religion with them the first time they showed up. They never showed up again.

elSicomoro · 03-31-2007, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

The strangest one was a woman whose meat truck 'broke down' and as a result was 'forced to make a deal' on the contents.

Oh shit...I totally forgot about this!

Right after I moved back to St. Louis 2 years ago, some guy showed up at my parents' house pulling a similar scam...in my case, the people that originally "bought" the meat were "unable to pay for it." He seemed awfully desperate to unload the shit...probably because it was already spoiled or close to it.

03-31-2007, 11:47 AM	#2
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Welcome ravenranter! Anyway, it really is too bad noone has come up with something that not only sounds like a barking dog, but can duplicate the solid thump against the door made by an agitated Doberman. I've had kids come to my door selling magazines to fund a halfway house (prefer making a donation after checking out charity). I had one girl selling cookies who wasn't from our neighborhood whose mom was driving her around. The strangest one was a woman whose meat truck 'broke down' and as a result was 'forced to make a deal' on the contents. Our old house was a few blocks from a Kingdom Hall and the Jehovah's Witnesses did pay us a visit. I was perfectly happy to discuss religion with them the first time they showed up. They never showed up again. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 03-31-2007 at 11:53 AM.

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