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These telemarketing calls are really bringing out my mean streak.

Hello?

Hello?

Yes, hello.

I’m with the Record, your local paper. We’re running a back-to-school special … [lengthy, boring details omitted].

Thank you, but the New York Times is our local paper, and everything else is just fishwrap.

August 9, 2007 at 1:27 AM

Peter G

Hey, man, don’t give yourself airs. You don’t live in New York; you live in the northeastern corner of New Jersey, otherwise known as the Greater Hackensack Area. The Bergen Record is your local paper.