Reply #5: My husband likes to do his best imitation of an old fart on them.

[nolabear]

"Insurance? We didn't need no insurance when I was a boy; we paid our own way and we LIKED it! And did we get sick...I remember one time I was so sick I was running at both ends, and when my wife...you can't tell 'em nothing, you know, they think they know it all, but she's a good old woman and I'm glad I didn't marry that other one, because I heard she took to drinking and her children never did amount to nothing and our boy...did I tell you about our boy?"

He can go on as long as they can, and gets great pleasure of finding ways to never hit a period or take a breath.

There for a while I'd say "Hold on just a minute" and hand the phone to my youngest son, who could also talk the paint off a wall, but he lost interest as he got older.

As long as you realize all bets are off and they deserve to be part of your version of performance art it can be fun.