Telemarketer

A salesman telephoned a household, and a four-year-old boy answered.

The salesman asked, "May I speak to your mother?"

The little boy answered, "She's not here right now."

The salesman asked, "Well, is anyone else there?"

The boy said, "My sister."

The salesman said, "OK, fine. May I speak to her?"

"I guess so," said the boy.

At this point there was a very long silence on the phone.

Then the boy came back on the phone and said, "Hello?"

"It's you?" asked the salesman, "I thought you were going to call your sister."

"I tried. But I can't get her out of the playpen."