When my sister and I were much younger, before the "no-call" list came into play, my parents would get so many telemarketing calls. Normally they'd just give us the phone, because as anyone knows kids looooove talking on the phone to anyone who will listen.

One day my parents were out and I was watchin my sisters when we got one of those infamous calls. When they'd asked if mr or mrs X was home, I started sounding choked up and tried to sound brave and told them my parents had recently been killed in a terrible accident, I forget the details, but the lady sounded very concerned, and sorry for bringing them up and making me upset. Oddly enough after that call we hardly received any more