Quote #65

Don't hang up. You've angered me, and when you anger me you anger the phone company and all the power necessary to tie up your lines for the next fifty years. Do I make myself clear?

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  1. You are not dealing with just anyone's fool. I am a high-school graduate.
  2. Well Mr. Bush, it may be true that Mr. Kerry avoided being in a war, but at least he didn't start one.
  3. You're dealing with the phone company, Mr. Veedle. We are not bound by city, state, or federal regulations. We are omnipotent.
  4. What's that Mr. Veedle? Privileged information?... that's so cute.
  5. We're the phone company. We don't care; we don't have to.
  6. How may I, in all humble servitude, be of assistance?
  7. The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year, everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
  8. Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?

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