telephone preference service

Reed_Richards

And I got one - or something very similar. If you dial 9 you get connected to a real person who tries to sell you a holiday. Or 20,000 volts surges through your telephone, killing you instantly and leaving no trace except for a small pile of ash. It's one or the other, I forget which.

Rasor_2

Maybe thats whats Knackered the pixels on your digimate screen? Or effected the quality of your calls to Canada? Obviously you are credulous enough to press 9 to know the answer

Reed_Richards

Wow, this is my first ever 'flame war'. I thought they had gone out of fashion.

Credulous a. Too ready to believe.

Curious a. Eager to learn. Inquisitive

Since I didn't actually buy the holiday, I would like to think I am the latter rather than the former.

FYI:
I returned the monitor and got a new one without any failed pixels.
I still call Canada, tried again with 1899 recently and got much improved call quality.