Me: “Hello.”
Drone: “Hi, I’m calling from (some random organization), and we’re doing a phone survey of local residents who have small children. Do you have any small children living in your house?”
Me: “Not living.”
Drone: “Oh, they live elsewhere?”
Me: “No. Buried in the basement.”
Drone: “Oh–” (voice catches) “–uh, thank you sir.” (hangs up fast)
Obnoxious and juvenile? Absolutely.
Also, funny.
You got me to laugh!
If I ever get that question, I am so stealing your line!
Congratulations on being the highlight of some poor hapless telemarketer’s normally boring routine of being hung up on repeatedly. 
Heh.
I just (well, maybe 15 minutes ago) hung up from honestly answering a nice lady’s questions. She said she worked for Gallup and even gave her name at the beginning and end of the survey and told me she was in Nebraska. The script sounded credible. And she didn’t sound terribly drone-y.
I was hoping this thread would tell me that Gallup is polling Dopers tonight.
How come I’m never quick-witted enough to come up with something memorable for pollsters?
GT
Actually, I’m not sure I was a highlight; she sounded a little bit perturbed, to be honest.
I’m halfway expecting the police to knock on the door and ask me if they can, y’know, take a look around.
My brother-in-law did something like this when he was a kid. He and my husband were home alone after school until their parents came home from work. A telemarketer called, and the conversation went like this:
BIL: Hello?
TM: Hello, is your mother home?
BIL: <heavy sigh> No, she’s dead.
TM: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. Is your father there?
BIL: <sigh again> No, he’s dead, too.
TM: <getting flustered> Oh, I’m sorry. Do you have a brother or sister or someone there taking care of you?
BIL: <even deeper sigh> No. They’re all dead.
TM: <hangs up>
The police visited the house that evening to check on a report of an abandoned child.