867-5309 is the number I always give.

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| Bought some stuff at Loews today.
|
| "That'll be $13.76" the nice lady said.
|
| I laid a ten and a five on the counter.
|
| "May I have your telephone number, please?" the nice lady asked.
|
| "If I give you my telephone number, you'll call. I'll cuss you out
then I'll
| get in trouble for using obscene language," I said.
|
| "We won't call, I promise," she said.
|
| "I know you won't call, because I'm not giving you my telephone
number. How
| do I know you're not collecting numbers so you can call me in the
middle of
| the night just to talk dirty?"
|
| "No, we're trying to crack down on people who take things, then try to
| return them without a receipt. But if we put in telephone numbers, we
can
| verify that the item was really bought."
|
| "Oh," said I. "In that case my telephone number is WAtermelon U ate
one too
| green."