I sold inflatable bumpers to go in the gutters of bowling lanes, by phone for a few months back in the day. Every time I’d call a certain bowling alley in rural Missouri, the owner would tell me a couple of dirty jokes/stories and then vow to buy from me later.
One day I had an idea. I waited until the old geezer working a phone near me had finished a sales call and told him to listen to my next sales pitch. Then I dialed the guy in Nixon MO and the conversation went something like this..
Him: Nixon Bowl.
Me: Is that you, John?
John: Yeah, who’s this?
Me: I have a question for you, John.
John: What?
Me: If you were camping with some friends and woke up in the morning with a used rubber in your butt, would you tell anyone?
John: (laughing) WHAT??
Me: I’m asking ya… Would you tell anyone if you woke up with a used rubber up your ass?
John: Hell no, I wouldn’t tell anyone!
Me: You wanna go camping, John?
John: (While laughing his ass off.) Who the hell is this?
Me: It’s Ese, from Bowling Bumpers, inc. I think it’s about time we send you a few sets of bumpers. What do you say?
John bought a few cheap pairs of bowling bumpers that day but the look on the old guy’s face sitting next to me as I took down the billing information was priceless.
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