off the hook

We switched to a cheaper telephone provider recently (I know, I know, nobody else even has a landline anymore. Certainly nobody really calls ours, so I'm not sure why I insist on keeping it.) and are getting TONS of "spam calls". Probably an average of 6-8 every day?

Simeon's caught on fast. He hears the phone ringing, sees me not even react or get up to see who it is, shakes his head and says "Nobody there, Mama. Just the sell-a-marketers." Ahh, yes, really that's what they should be called!