Bizarre Questions

With my business partner we run a hosting company, as most regular readers know. We offer a range of internet related services including hosting, domain registration and the like. (This is not an advert - it's more of an explanation) Over the past few years we have taken (and made) a lot of phonecalls - 9 out of our 10 fulltime staff spend a good part of their day on the phone. While some of the conversations may amuse hardcore geeks, others are simply bizarre. About two years ago I got a phonecall in the afternoon. It was a gentleman's voice with a rather strong regional accent. After doing the obligatory "Good afternoon Blacknight" I couldn't have possibly been prepared for his question: "Where can I get a combine harvester?" Naturally I presumed that he'd got a wrong number, so I tried to explain who we were... Bad idea! "You're an internet company?" "Yes" "So where can I get a combine harvester online?" "I don't know. Have you tried looking at the Golden Pages?" "I already did. That's how I got your number" At this point I wasn't sure if it was someone pulling my leg or a seriously confused gentleman, so I gently suggested that he try to search on Google and assured him that we couldn't be of any further assistance. A few weeks ago one of our staff got an even odder phonecall: "Good morning, Blacknight. How can I help you?" "Do you sell bras?" "Sorry?" "Do you sell bras? You know... ladies underwear.." "Em ... No. We're a hosting company" "But do you sell bras?" She somehow managed to gently extricate herself from the call .... People ask the oddest questions ......