Or, you can have a bit of fun with it... 'hi, my name is such-and-such, how are you today?' 'really, really bad actually' 'uh...[pause]' 'yeah, my dog just got run over' 'oh... i'm sorry to hear that. well, i'm just calling becau-...' 'i had him for years, he was my best friend' 'ah, that's too bad. well, as i was say-...' 'and my nanna just died, i'm devestated' 'er...' 'i'm just so depressed, i don't know what to do! and i haven't spoken to anybody for months *sobs loudly* click- BEEP, BEEP, BEEP Works like a charm everytime.