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Call On Another Line
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 12, 2009 (message contributor)
CALL ON ANOTHER LINE
My son, Scott, an insurance broker in Florida, loves ocean fishing and takes his cell phone along on the boat. One morning we were drifting about ten miles offshore as Scott discussed business on the phone. Suddenly his rod bent double, and the reel screamed as line poured off the spool.
Scott was master of the situation. "Pardon me," he told his customer calmly. "I have a call on another line."
[source: Reader’s Digest]
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