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When Telemarketers Harass Telecoms Companies 234

farnz writes "Andrews & Arnold, a small telecoms company in the UK, have recently been hit with an outbreak of illegal junk calls. Unlike larger firms, they've come up with an innovative response — assign 4 million numbers to play recordings to the telemarketers, put them on the UK's Do-Not-Call list and see what happens. Thus far, the record is over 3 minutes before a telemarketer works out what's going on." The sound quality (and the satisfying humor) of the recording gets better as it goes on.
Television

Fake Yo-Yo Master Strikes Local Morning Shows Screenshot-sm 30

Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser has managed to fake his way onto several local morning shows in Wisconsin and Missouri over the past month. Kenny bills himself as a yo-yo master with a message for kids, but what he delivers is several uncomfortable minutes reminiscent of an Andy Kaufman appearance. Chris Papst, who anchors an early show that had Kenny as a guest said, "You never know because some people on TV are just very nervous and they say things they otherwise wouldn't say. He said, 'It's hard for me to get gigs because I make $2,000 a show and the schools won't pay it.' Right then, I thought something was weird."

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