A while back, Dave Barry ran a column about the Do Not Call law controversy, and in that column he included the telephone number for the American Teleservices Association, a direct-marketing trade group lobbying and fighting to get the law overturned. The ATA was deluged with phone calls, which turned out to be very inconvenient for them (a shame, that); they’ve since changed their phone number.

Today, his column includes a recap of what-has-gone-before, and (ahem) the ATA’s new phone number (which, by the way, appears to be 317-816-9336). As Dave says, even though you have a right to call these people, they don’t want to hear from you, so calling them would be rude. I provide the phone number he listed as a point of data only.

Yeah, right.