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Getting spam calls is always annoying, but sometimes you can’t just keep ignoring them.

What would you do if your parents got tons of these calls to their landline, but they refused to just ignore the calls in case it was important?

That is what was happening to the guy in this story, so whenever he was at their house, he would answer these calls and play a prank on the callers. While silly, it gave him a lot of satisfaction.

This is one of those harmless pranks that just gets better with time. Read the full story below, and see what you think about it.

My parents were getting dozens of calls from random call centers every day

This was about 10 years ago and my mum and dad still had a landline at their house.

I used to go there quite often back then.

Older generations are not used to ignoring phone calls.

They would get lots of calls at all times of day.

It was extremely annoying but they were usually polite and spoke with the callers, and had some trouble hanging up.

I used to say “guys, never answer the phone”, “but it might be important”, “no, mum, it’s never important, and no one would call you here if it was important, they would call your mobile”.

What is he going to do?

Then I remembered an old Beavis & Butthead episode when they phone this guy called Harry Sach, and as he answered, they would put the phone near the toilet and flush, so Harry would hear the flushing sounds.

I thought “hey, these call center employees will love this”.

So, every time someone called, I’d get the phone and take it to the toilet then pull a nice strong loud flush for the caller to enjoy.

It is the little things in life that give you joy.

I don’t know why, but that felt really good. And I did it several times.

Just answer the phone, don’t say a word, you’ll hear them say some stuff about a new credit card or whatever, then you flush the toilet and put your phone’s mic near it.

Important: don’t forget to clean the phone later, because some toilets spray up a bit of water when flushed.

Sure, it is a stupid and harmless prank, but it is still so funny. Well played.

Check out what some of the commenters on Reddit have to say about this story.

This commenter just kept them talking.

Here is someone who loves to waste their time.

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This commenter points out that you shouldn’t answer.

Well, this got awkward quickly.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a mom who gets fed up with her son not working and puts him in charge of nightly dinners.

This is a great way to waste their time.

Wasting the time of these spam callers is always fun and keeps them from calling other people. While this particular prank is pretty short and harmless, it is still a lot of fun.

In the end, however, the best way to keep them from calling you is to block their numbers.

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Michael Levanduski