Sunday, April 03, 2005

further adventures with the Dove Foundation

Yesterday, the phone rang.
Me: Hello?
Voice: May I speak to the lady of the house?
Me: (to self) Not again! Let's get him off script.
Me: Is this the Dove Foundation? I've tried to get to your web site, but can't.
Voice: Try www.familytv.org or www.dove.org. (except he really stumbled over the web addresses, poor guy -- maybe he doesn't ordinarily use the internet)
Me: Ah, dove.org -- that's the one I couldn't get to. But the other one -- (tap tap tap) "We offer solutions to parental concerns about Television. "
Voice: Yes, we're calling people to see if they feel the same way we do about these issues.
Me: Well, we don't have children, so I probably don't share the same concerns with you.
Voice: Well, we're looking for younger families. Thank you so much for your time.
Me: (to self) and probably heterosexual and Christian. puhleeze.

And with that, he was gone. I'd be quite pleased if they didn't call again.

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