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Old Wed Oct 26, 2005, 11:39pm
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
Me too. Make a joke out of it. Stick out your hand and tell him the pregame fee is $20 per call, it will only go up as he falls behind. Laugh as you say it. Make sure he knows you think he was joking too. He'll get the idea, and you won't come off like you have a 8' length of rebar up your...well, you get the idea.
Some of us can't pull off the joking thing. It's better not to try. The rebar thing isn't necessarily good, but at least it's better than looking like a jack$$$, if those are the only two choices. I try to steer somewhere down the middle. "No, I'm not going to cheat for you, but I'm also not going to hold it against you for suggesting it."
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