MAN! my bro and i; do we have "sucker" written across forehead?
 

my Spidey senses were correct!! i love it. last night i watched a young man and woman walk up to my home and they knocked on my door. i grabbed my ASP and jammed it into my back pocket. i said hello.

they immediately went into their routine. selling magazine for points. hahah. i asked them what college they went to. one SF state,, and the guy blurted out some JC, (studying cooking arts for diabetics! wow)..i asked the guy if cooking for TYPE C diabetes was more challenging than "E".. and i got a blank stare..the girl..i asked her if she is attended classes at the downtown campus..

they got shifty and tried to divert the questions. they asked me if i attended college. then she stuff some ratty, laminated "credentials" into my hand. it listed some magazines she is selling for the "points".

she also told me my entire culdesac was very nice and bought in. i hope not..

warning. keep an eye out. the guy looked like that banjo player in deliverance..

Why did you open the door?

Best,
Tom

it is hot here..i only had the screen door between us. it was already opened..i intercepted them.

That stuff is a big problem here in Phoenix. They tend to get very high pressure if you don't buy. I've had to escort a few off my property. It's enough of a problem that there's proposed legislation that would require all door to door vendors (except Girl Scouts) to have a permit and the police have requested folks call 911 if they even knock on our doors.

I still love it when the kid claims to go to the high school down the street. I always ask, "What's the zip code here?" They never know.

They came by here a couple days ago. I got "Scams and Grifts" for 1 year and "Door to Door" for 5 years. They had a special- if you buy 2 years, you get 3 more for free.

I'm not certain the high schoolers that live around me know their zip, but then again I'm kind of a pessimist when it comes to today's yutes.

Understood.

Best,
Tom

I have a standard response for all solicitors.

I let them give their opening intro and then tell them "We're Jewish".

It confuses them long enough for me to wish them a nice day and close the door.

The looks on their face as they try to process why that matters is priceless.

one of these guys always gets there before I do..
often nobody there..once I do..
SAM the little guy is at 125 lbs now

Rika


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I never ever open my door for unexpected company. Kinda sucked when my wife's passport got delivered priority overnight and the embassy never told us when it was coming.

im gonna make a sign:


it will state......................


mr.BENELLI IS HOME!

mr. SPRINGFIELD IS HOME

mr. HK IS HOME!

mr. WALTHER IS HOME!

mr. BERETTA IS HOME!

mr. WINCHESTER IS HOME!

mr. MARLIN IS HOME!

mr. RUGER IS HOME!


and.............I DONT KNOW IF mr. SMITH IS/ISNT or IF mr. WESSON IS/ISNT HOME!


PICK ONE! YER CHOICE!


NO TRESPASSING VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED as PER ARS REVISED STATUTES13-*&%$

for not making your list..
Mr Snuggles is going to leave you a memo...
most likely a wet one..:p

Rika

mr snuggles is my stealth backup distant early warning system.



dawgs are the cheapest most effective anti personal weapon you can own bar none.

You should have brought your hunting bow to the door.

i used to open my door up with a half empty bottle of scotch and a joint blowing smoke like the Titanic... Not sure what i'll do now if they ever knock my door again to sell me crap or religion..., coz i quit smoking...
Luckily i now live in the country side... I supposed i could just open up with Scotch and a 2 barrel shot gun for similar effect ?

My wife gets ticked off at me because when people show up at the door trying to sell me something I don't want, I sometimes open the door aggressively and ask in a loud voice, "WHAT THE FUCH DO YOU WANT?!"

I'm definately not small in stature and that usually leaves them stamming and stuttering, so I close the door, lock it and go back to what I was doing with a sly grin on my face.

One time after I did that she said I was a real A-hole. I told her that she knew that before she married me, so what's her point? ;)

We just don't open the door. Simple. Effective. Works every time.

Vash, in a situation like yours with the screen door, just say, "No thanks," early on and walk away. That way, you've been civil, and they haven't robbed you of the two - five minutes it takes to dismember them with questions.

Rika, that is one seriously large doggie door you've got there. Heh heh.

Yea, I just say "I'm not interested, thanks" and then close the door. Never waste my time, and never have any problems. No drama, no guns, no bow and arrows....

Cliff - play the "'no speaking ingliss" card!

Sorry to some of you guys. It only works if you're not white. :)

I luv to talk to the Jehovah Witnesses....I talk for so long and at length about religion that they seldom ever come back for a 2ND visit...

When the door to door folks come by I try and sell em insurance...