Answer the phone normally and then as you start to realize that they are a telemarketer start breathing heavy and moaning, then ask if they can call back later your err preoccupied with some guests. (emphisis on the guests)
my back yard is slowly dieing, we're getting cold snaps down here in MD. 1/2 the garden is going to die today in the cold and the rain cause of the hurrican left overs.
But gardening is better than mowing now isn't it lady?