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What has been the funniest answering maching message or away message you have ever heard or read? and could you please quote it here for all to see?
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I know someone who had that same message. Well, except her name wasn't Carl.
------------------ Frank's Home Page "Canadian bacon is called that because it's made from Canadians. And while I'm on the subject, could you people cut back on the fish and rodents and eat more fruits and berries? It would vastly improve your flavor, in my opinion." - Simon Sizer
Shik
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Well, I cheaped out & used an existing message of sorts. It's from the "Babylon 5" movie that was actually the "Crusade" pilot film...Bruce Boxleitner:
"HELlo...this is the President. I'm busy with affairs of state & can't come to the link. At the chime, leave a message, & I'll get back to you at the EARLiest opportunity!"
Then my friend Ariane had her brother do his Sean Connery impersonation for her machine...he was really good...
"Good day...this is Sean Connery & you've reached Ari's machine. She can't come to th' phone right now, as I'm too busy making mad sweet love to her. Leave the pertinent information & she'll get back to you as soon as I've finished having my way with her."
In the background at the end, you heard Ari going, "Oh, SEAN....!"
Then there's my friend Bruce, who has a friend named Mary Kay MacIver. And yes, it's pronounced THAT way. So her machine has the "MacGyver" theme song in the background & her saying, "Hi, you've reached the MacIvers. We're out saving the world on a mission for the Phoenix Foundation right now, but we'll get back to you as soon as possible. And if you have any paper clips, chewing gum, & dental floss, send it our way! we need to make a bomb to get out of the vault!"
------------------ "Do you know how much YOU'RE worth??.....2.5 million Woolongs. THAT'S your bounty. I SAID you were small fry..." --Spike Spiegel
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Shik, I think "I can't come to the phone right now due to kinky sex with Sean Connery" is by far the most brilliant such message I have ever heard of.
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My brother's: *Loud music plays* Hello? *pause* I can't hear you! *pause* I STILL can't hear you! Hold on a second, and let me turn this down... *pause, music fades* Okay... Hey, wait! This is a recording! So leave your name, etc. etc. *BEEP*
One of my friends: *growled/shouted* WHAT FOR YOU RING BELL??? *BEEP*
Another: Hi. I'm not here, so please tell me who you are, and why I should care.
My old college one: *spoken by seven friends in unison* We are the Borg. The collective is busy at the moment, so please leave your name, species, and planet of origin, and we'll ruthlessly assimilate you as soon as possible. *BEEP*
------------------ "Nobody knows this, but I'm scared all the time... of what I might do, if I ever let go." -- Michael Garibaldi
------------------ "To disarm the people [is] the best and most effectual way to enslave them." - George Mason, American Statesman and Author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
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OK, that's just pathetic. Reveling in one's geekiness is one thing....but full-fledged wallowing is just wrong. Has that person ever gotten laid?
------------------ "Do you know how much YOU'RE worth??.....2.5 million Woolongs. THAT'S your bounty. I SAID you were small fry..." --Spike Spiegel
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I don't know...that's a pretty impressive answering machine message.
------------------ Frank's Home Page "Canadian bacon is called that because it's made from Canadians. And while I'm on the subject, could you people cut back on the fish and rodents and eat more fruits and berries? It would vastly improve your flavor, in my opinion." - Simon Sizer
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Er, Shik. You're talking to a bunch of Star Trek watching internet nerds. You're not in the majority there.
Sheesh. 12.
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