Are you overly generous?

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BoneSnapDeez
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My wife has a really high voice.

She's received sales calls where the person asks "is your mommy home?" :lol:

I guess I have the opposite problem as some of you folks. I have solicitors rolling in once in awhile ("need any paving?" "need any yard service?") and I have to firmly tell them I do NOT own this house. I suspect most think I'm lying but whatever.
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Luke wrote:
fastbilly1 wrote:"is the man of the house in?"
Once while mowing the lawn I had two dudes (I suspect they were Mormons) ask me "Excuse me, is the owner of this house at home today?".
One day when my wife and I were working in our backyard, which is fenced in with a six foot privacy fence with trees surrounding it (so it is completely enclosed and private), either a Mormon or Jehova's Witness decided to let himself through the gate and into our backyard to talk to us. No warning, no can I come back, nothing. So after I saw it was not someone I knew and that he was obviously a door to door religion seller, I told my wife to go inside and I gave him a nice warning. I simply said "You have ten seconds to get off my property before you get to meet your god." he stumbled on his words for a second and I followed up with "my wife just went to get the shotgun" and with that he was gone.

I would have had no problem with it if he had called out and announced himself, but he just let himself into my backyard like he was family. Would I have shot him, no, but he could have been anyone, or we could have been naked.
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fastbilly1 wrote: "my wife just went to get the shotgun"
I wouldn't have gone that far, but I certainly would have rolled up on the guy and warn him that if he didn't leave immediately things would get physical followed by "You're lucky I'm not calling the cops about a peeping Tom".
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fastbilly1 wrote:
I would have had no problem with it if he had called out and announced himself, but he just let himself into my backyard like he was family. Would I have shot him, no, but he could have been anyone, or we could have been naked.
If I'm ever invited over I'll be sure to knock very loudly :lol:
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ninjainspandex wrote:
fastbilly1 wrote:
I would have had no problem with it if he had called out and announced himself, but he just let himself into my backyard like he was family. Would I have shot him, no, but he could have been anyone, or we could have been naked.
If I'm ever invited over I'll be sure to knock very loudly :lol:
HA.

Well we do have a pool...
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