Well, I'm back up at the new house, and remembered that I don't think I shared this here.
Some years ago I got a customized No Soliciting sign - bottom line is "Religious soliciters will be turned into toads".
The sign is missing - hope it just slid behind the stairs - but I had gotten a rather large plastic toad. I have it by the front door here in the new house.
When I was here 2 weeks ago, I had a knock on the door and 2 suits were at the door. They handed me a sheet of paper, which I turned over and saw 'christ'.
So I told them that I didn't have my sign here yet - and told them what it said.
They started to say "we don't want to sell you anything".
I pointed at the toad and said "That was the last guy to try to give me one of these".
"But we don't want to sell . . "
"I suspect you don't want to be turned into a toad, either".
They left.
This would be a great idea. Too bad this option didn't come to my mind earlier. I am happy with my new home and the work of my Mortgage Broker Hull consultant, but there are too many "toads" here! I was not warned about this. I work night shifts and sleep during the day. And despite the very polite warning I always leave on the door, they keep coming and breaking on the door. Once I went to them in a dinosaur costume, which my friend left me for safekeeping. They didn't like it so I'll keep doing it.
I am not sure that turning them into toads is such a good idea, after all there may be a lovely young lady coming along and they convinced her to kiss them, and you know what happened to that story.