{"id":37,"date":"2002-09-18T15:07:00","date_gmt":"2002-09-18T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delascabezas.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/02\/20\/from-ecclectica-cjb-net-8-26-2002-100150-am\/"},"modified":"2019-02-20T21:56:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:56:14","slug":"from-ecclectica-cjb-net-8-26-2002-100150-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delascabezas.com\/blog\/index.php\/2002\/09\/18\/from-ecclectica-cjb-net-8-26-2002-100150-am\/","title":{"rendered":"from ecclectica.cjb.net @ 8\/26\/2002 10:01:50 AM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>100 Ways to Order a Pizza<\/p>\n<p>1.If using a touch-tone, press random numbers while ordering. Ask the person taking the order to stop doing that.<\/p>\n<p>2. Make up a charge-card name. Ask if they accept it.<\/p>\n<p>3. Use CB lingo where applicable.<\/p>\n<p>4. Order a Big Mac Extra Value Meal.<\/p>\n<p>5. Terminate the call with, &#8220;Remember, we never had this conversation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>6. Tell the order taker a rival pizza place is on the other line and you&#8217;re going with the lowest bidder.<\/p>\n<p>7. Give them your address, exclaim &#8220;Oh, just surprise me!&#8221; and hang up.<\/p>\n<p>8. Answer their questions with questions.<\/p>\n<p>9. In your breathiest voice, tell them to cut the crap about nutrition and ask if they have something outlandishly sinful.<\/p>\n<p>10. Use these bonus words in the conversation: ROBUST FREE-SPIRITED COST-EFFICIENT UKRAINIAN PUCE.<\/p>\n<p>11. Tell them to put the crust on top this time.<\/p>\n<p>12. Sing the order to the tune of your favorite song from Metallica&#8217;s &#8220;Master of Puppets&#8221; CD.<\/p>\n<p>13. Do not name the toppings you want. Rather, spell them out.<\/p>\n<p>14. Put an extra edge in your voice when you say &#8220;crazy bread.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>15. Stutter on the letter &#8220;p.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>16. Ask for a deal available somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>17. Ask what the order taker is wearing.<\/p>\n<p>18. Crack your knuckles into the receiver.<\/p>\n<p>19. Say hello, act stunned for five seconds, then behave as if they called you.<\/p>\n<p>20. Rattle off your order with a determined air. If they ask if you would like drinks with that, panic and become disoriented.<\/p>\n<p>21. Tell the order taker you&#8217;re depressed. Get him\/her to cheer you up.<\/p>\n<p>22. Make a list of exotic cuisines. Order them as toppings.<\/p>\n<p>23. Change your accent every three seconds.<\/p>\n<p>24. Order 52 pepperoni slices prepared in a fractal pattern as follows from an equation you are about to dictate. Ask if they need paper.<\/p>\n<p>25. Act like you know the order taker from somewhere. Say &#8220;Bed-Wetters&#8217; Camp, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>26. Start your order with &#8220;I&#8217;d like. . . &#8220;. A little later, slap yourself and say &#8220;No, I don&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>27. If they repeat the order to make sure they have it right, say &#8220;OK. That&#8217;ll be $10.99; please pull up to the first window.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>28. Rent a pizza.<\/p>\n<p>29. Order while using an electric knife sharpener.<\/p>\n<p>30. Ask if you get to keep the pizza box. When they say yes, heave a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n<p>31. Put the accent on the last syllable of &#8220;pepperoni.&#8221; Use the long &#8220;i&#8221; sound.<\/p>\n<p>32. Have your pizza &#8220;shaken, not stirred.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>33. Say &#8220;Are you sure this is (Pizza Place)? When they say yes, say &#8220;Well, so is this! You&#8217;ve got some explaining to do!&#8221; When they finally offer proof that it is, in fact, (Pizza Place), start to cry and ask, &#8220;Do you know what it&#8217;s like to be lied to?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>34. Move the mouthpiece farther and farther from your lips as you speak. When the call ends, jerk the<br \/>\nmouthpiece back into place and scream goodbye at the top of your lungs.<\/p>\n<p>35. Tell them to double-check to make sure your pizza is, in fact, dead.<\/p>\n<p>36. Imitate the order taker&#8217;s voice.<\/p>\n<p>37. Eliminate verbs from your speech.<\/p>\n<p>38. When they say &#8220;What would you like?&#8221; say, &#8220;Huh? Oh, you mean now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>39. Play a sitar in the background.<\/p>\n<p>40. Say it&#8217;s your anniversary and you&#8217;d appreciate if the deliverer hid behind some furniture waiting for your spouse to arrive so you can surprise him\/her.<\/p>\n<p>41. Amuse the order taker with little-known facts about country music.<\/p>\n<p>42. Ask to see a menu.<\/p>\n<p>43. Quote Newt Gingrich.<\/p>\n<p>44. Say you&#8217;ll be able to pay for this when the movie people call back.<\/p>\n<p>45. Ask if they have any idea what is at stake with this pizza.<\/p>\n<p>46. Ask what topping goes best with well-aged Chardonnay.<\/p>\n<p>47. Belch directly into the mouthpiece; then tell your dog it should be ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>48. Order a slice, not a whole pizza.<\/p>\n<p>49. Shout &#8220;I&#8217;m through with men\/women! Send me a dozen of your best, Gaston!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>50. Doze off in the middle of the order, catch yourself, and say &#8220;Where was I? Who are you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>51. Psychoanalyze the order taker.<\/p>\n<p>52. Ask what their phone number is. Hang up, call them, and ask again.<\/p>\n<p>53. Order two toppings, then say, &#8220;No, they&#8217;ll start fighting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>54. Learn to properly pronounce the ingredients of a Twinkie. Ask that these be included in the pizza.<\/p>\n<p>55. Call to complain about service. Later, call to say you were drunk and didn&#8217;t mean it.<\/p>\n<p>56. Tell the order taker to tell the manager to tell his supervisor he&#8217;s fired.<\/p>\n<p>57. Report a petty theft to the order taker.<\/p>\n<p>58. Use expletives like &#8220;Great Caesar&#8217;s Ghost&#8221; and &#8220;Jesus Joseph and Mary in Tinsel Town.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>59. Ask for the guy who took your order last time.<\/p>\n<p>60. If he\/she suggests anything, adamantly declare, &#8220;I shall not be swayed by your sweet words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>61. Wonder aloud if you should trim those nose hairs.<\/p>\n<p>62. Try to talk while drinking something.<\/p>\n<p>63. Start the conversation with &#8220;My Call to (Pizza Place), Take 1, and. . . action!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>64. Ask if the pizza is organically grown.<\/p>\n<p>65. Ask about pizza maintenance and repair.<\/p>\n<p>66. Be vague in your order.<\/p>\n<p>67. When they repeat your order, say &#8220;Again, with a little more OOMPH this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>68. If using a touch-tone press 9-1-1 every 5 seconds throughout the order.<\/p>\n<p>69. After ordering, say &#8220;I wonder what THIS button on the phone does.&#8221; Simulate a cutoff.<\/p>\n<p>70. Start the conversation by reciting today&#8217;s date and saying, &#8220;This may be my last entry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>71. State your order and say that&#8217;s as far as this relationship is going to get.<\/p>\n<p>72. Ask if they&#8217;re familiar with the term &#8220;spanking a pizza.&#8221; Make up a description to go with the term. Ask that this be done to your pizza.<\/p>\n<p>73. Say &#8220;Kssssssssssssssht&#8221; rather loudly into the phone. Ask if they felt that.<\/p>\n<p>74. Detect the order taker&#8217;s psychic aura. Use it to your advantage.<\/p>\n<p>75. When listing toppings you want on your pizza, include another pizza.<\/p>\n<p>76. Learn to play a blues riff on the harmonica. Stop talking at regular intervals to play it.<\/p>\n<p>77. Ask if they would like to sample your pizza. Suggest an even trade.<\/p>\n<p>78. Perfect a celebrity&#8217;s voice. Stress that you won&#8217;t take any crap from some two-bit can&#8217;t-hack-it pimple-faced gofer.<\/p>\n<p>79. Put them on hold.<\/p>\n<p>80. Teach the order taker a secret code. Use the code on all subsequent orders.<\/p>\n<p>81. Mumble, &#8220;There&#8217;s a bomb under your seat.&#8221; When asked to repeat that, say &#8220;I said &#8216;sauce smothered with<br \/>\nmeat&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>82. Make the first topping you order mushrooms. Make the last thing you say &#8220;No mushrooms, please.&#8221; Hang<br \/>\nup before they have a chance to respond.<\/p>\n<p>83. When the order is repeated, change it slightly. When it is repeated again, change it again. On the third<br \/>\ntime, say &#8220;You just don&#8217;t get it, do you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>84. When you&#8217;ge given the price, say &#8220;Ooooooo, that sounds<\/p>\n<p>complicated. I hate math.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>85. Haggle.<\/p>\n<p>86. Order a one-inch pizza.<\/p>\n<p>87. Order term life insurance.<\/p>\n<p>88. When they say &#8220;Will that be all?&#8221;, snicker and say &#8220;We&#8217;ll find out, won&#8217;t we?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>89. Order with a Speak-n-Spell where applicable.<\/p>\n<p>90. Ask how many dolphins were killed to make that pizza.<\/p>\n<p>91. While on the phone, fake entering puberty. Fluctuate pitch often; act embarrassed.<\/p>\n<p>92. Engage in some serious swapping.<\/p>\n<p>93. Dance all around the word &#8220;pizza.&#8221; Avoid saying it at all costs. If he\/she says it, say &#8220;Please don&#8217;t mention that word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>94. Have a movie with a good car chase scene playing loudly in the background. Yell &#8220;OW!&#8221; when a bullet is fired.<\/p>\n<p>95. If he\/she suggests a side order, ask why he\/she is punishing you.<\/p>\n<p>96. Ask if the pizza has had its shots.<\/p>\n<p>97. Order a steamed pizza.<\/p>\n<p>98. Get taker&#8217;s name. Later, call exactly on the hour to say, &#8220;This is your (time of day) wake-up call, So-and- so.&#8221; Hang up.<\/p>\n<p>99. Offer to pay for the pizza with a public flogging.<\/p>\n<p>If any of the above practices are rejected by the order taker,<\/p>\n<p>100. 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