"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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wrote:

Try this one: "No, he doesn't live here anymore, would you like his
new number?"

If they would, give them the number for the anatomy lab at the medical
school, the morgue, the local mortuary, the prison, or whatever of
that nature floats your boat.


Doesn't work. Robot dials whatever number is next in line. The callers are
in the business of _talking_, not _listening_. They don't pay attention
even when you do all that's supposedly required under law and say "don't
call again." Mom was gone more than six months before one boiler room
trying to get her to renew a subscription finally looked up the definition
of "deceased."