DEAR ABBY: I, too, am fed up with phone calls from telemarketers, so I wrote a poem and have used it several times. It has proven quite effective. After I recite the poem and the telemarketers become aware of my age, they hang up.
This is my poem:
"I have lived threescore and ten
"Paying bills that never end --
"I need no more bills to pay,
"So please hang up and --
"Have a nice day!"
Abby, it has worked so far. -- S.D.G., NEW ORLEANS
DEAR S.D.G.:
I am pleased it's worked for you.
But something else that you must do
Is have them take you off their list.
And if they argue -- you insist.