You Cannot Sell Ice to A Desert Hermit

A few days ago I got a call from some saleslady. I shouldn't say I got a call because the call came on my father's cell phone. He left the phone with me because he wanted me to answer all the phone calls that he got--and then to relay the message to him. He and my mother went to the Philippines to participate in a medical mission (a Doctors Without Borders type thing). Anyway, his cell phone rang and I of course answered it. It was the weirdest conversation I've had.

Me: "Hello".
Strange person: "Hi, may I speak with Angel?"
Me: "Speaking" (it's a reflex-I'm a junior)
Strange person: "Hi, I just wanted to ask you if you'd like to extend the warranty on your
recently purchased electronic toy"
Me: "Ummm, it still works."--I don't feel comfortable giving credit card information on the
phone.
Strange person: "I see that the warranty runs on Feb 4th"
Me: "What? I bought the thing in June" (Flash of light---I remember the person was looking for
my father). "You know, you will want to speak to my father. He's out of the country right
now. I can give him the message".
Strange person: "We need him to reply before such and such a time. Is he away on business?"
Me: "Sort of. He's on a medical mission, doing free medical clinics and such in the Philippines"
Strange person: "Like in the forest?"

The strange person lost me at that very moment. The rest of the conversation is a blur. It's an island not a forest. When I hear the word forest, I think of Hansel and Gretel. And why would anyone associate free medical help with the forest? Does the word Philippines conjur up images of a "forest"? For most people at the very least, it conjurs up images of a ousted president, his wife and her shoes!!!!

I wonder how many extended warranties this person has managed to sell. And I wonder why I gave out so much personal information on the phone.