my favorite...is the woman of the house home? i always say, "speaking".

I had another one today, and the last supervisor sounded like she was the "man" of the house. No doubt a smoker.

A friend of mine asks the same question for any female telemarketer, "what color panties do you have on?" He uses his best pervert voice and mumbles a little and then asks for a call back number. They usually hang up on him.

brutal! LOL!

An answer further jeopardizing your man-card status...

QUOTE=Tim Walsh;5134311]Be careful with the Mr. and Ms. thing too. I have multiple clients who insist that they be called "Dr." and are quite offended if not addressed by said title.

<- works in a university so Dr's are much more common than normal.[/QUOTE]
People that do that are invariably douchbags.

I like the whistle thing, but usually if I have time, I will put them on speaker and string them along while I do something else. At the office, they NEVER get to me because somebody else is answering the phone. My office manager is really quite zealous about it.