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I don’t recognize the number on my caller ID, but I pick up anyway because unknown calls, in my experience, can only be one of four things:
An emergency
A wrong number
Spam
Comedy gold
“Hi, my name is Steve Lewis,” the caller begins, “I’m a real estate agent. I’ve got an open house in your area this weekend, and I’d like to invite you to come take a look.”
“Tell me more, Steve.”
“Well, it’s a beautiful condo…”
“Let me stop you right there because I think we have a terminology problem.”
“How’s that?”
“You said open house.”
“That’s right.”
“But it’s a condo.”
“And it’s gorgeous.”
“I heard it was beautiful, but I’m not here to quibble over adjectives. My beef is this: shouldn’t the event be called an open condo?”
There’s an awkward pause, but Steve recovers quickly.
“I see what you did there. Very funny, haha. I’m going to use that line.”
“No…
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