Some folks just can't take a hint.
Earlier this week, Imgur user lucy2shoes uploaded a hilarious series of text messages she says she sent to a guy who wouldn't leave her alone. She'd met the guy in a bar, and when he asked for her number, lucy2shoes explained she gave him her brother's number instead.
Then the guy started texting. A lot.
So lucy2shoes and her brother decided to only respond using lines from the notorious Hannibal Lecter, the bloodthirsty star of "The Silence of The Lambs."
Here are some of the best exchanges (read the rest here).
Of course, there is no way to know if this really happened, but it's pretty funny either way.
We have to imagine this guy eventually took the hint. If not, remember, "whenever feasible, one should always try to eat the rude."