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we have inherited the number of a previous dentist from around there.Man there is nothing weve been able to do except lose the number to shake em off. which we havent. there are surges as new databases are re sold and it all starts again. Responses have ranged from the polite to the bizarre. offers of string and door and a cassette tape in the background a while back. with screams. That was the winner in an online competition to 'find the best solution to the dentist calls'. Mind you the amount of spam calls dentists get is pretty awesome. as we know. Once ( I know its juvenile but.. there was so many) a suggestion of hypnosis instead of injections got quite a long way before the guy went 'hang on your winding me up here'. Once there was about 7 calls a day. Down to 3 a week now at most.

woodie Wrote:

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> we have inherited the number of a previous dentist

> from around there.Man there is nothing weve been

> able to do except lose the number to shake em off.

> which we havent. there are surges as new databases

> are re sold and it all starts again. Responses

> have ranged from the polite to the bizarre. offers

> of string and door and a cassette tape in the

> background a while back. with screams. That was

> the winner in an online competition to 'find the

> best solution to the dentist calls'. Mind you the

> amount of spam calls dentists get is pretty

> awesome. as we know. Once ( I know its juvenile

> but.. there was so many) a suggestion of hypnosis

> instead of injections got quite a long way before

> the guy went 'hang on your winding me up here'.

> Once there was about 7 calls a day. Down to 3 a

> week now at most.


xxxxxxx


Hey Woodie, you could start a second career :))


A white coat, a big chair and a pair of pliers and you're away.


:))

  • 3 months later...

You think that was a nuisance? We once inherited the phone number of a clearly very popular male "masseur" - could've retired years ago if I'd taken up all the offers we got on the phone at all hours of the day and night.



woodie Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> we have inherited the number of a previous dentist

> from around there.Man there is nothing weve been

> able to do except lose the number to shake em off.

> which we havent. there are surges as new databases

> are re sold and it all starts again. Responses

> have ranged from the polite to the bizarre. offers

> of string and door and a cassette tape in the

> background a while back. with screams. That was

> the winner in an online competition to 'find the

> best solution to the dentist calls'. Mind you the

> amount of spam calls dentists get is pretty

> awesome. as we know. Once ( I know its juvenile

> but.. there was so many) a suggestion of hypnosis

> instead of injections got quite a long way before

> the guy went 'hang on your winding me up here'.

> Once there was about 7 calls a day. Down to 3 a

> week now at most.

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