It was a long hot day and I'd been knocking on doors for the best part of the morning so my companion and I decided to break up the boredom a little.
As I knocked on the door my companion would pace the bottom of the garden pretending to do measurements and writing things down. I would then say something like:
'Hello Madam , we're just calling by to see whether you got your letter from the council'
'Er ..what letter'
'Ah right, its to inform you that we are compulsary purchasing the bottom two feet from your garden so that we can expand the street and create a bypass for the M5 motorway.'
'You what...!'
'..Yes, the amount you'll be compensated for is fairly substantial and we'd just like your signature here.'
'Your kidding right?'
'Yea we are, would you like to have a copy of the Book of Mormon...?'
We did this for about five houses and then we moved onto the 'Council checking the plumbing scam.' Ahh what larks.