Dude, I don’t know about that message, but I can steal your sig line for my answering machine? Please? 
Well, I was thinking that there were some other serious lurkers in this thread, as well…
[ul]
[li]riggstx, who registered in September 1999, and has 5 posts;[/li][li]Calanctus, who registered in August 2001, and has 6 posts;[/li][li]Pez, who registered in May 2000, and has 6 posts;[/li][li]DelosD, who registered in April 2000, and has 2 posts;[/li][li]arjee, who registered in March 2001, and has 3 posts;[/li][li]Lumps, who registered in August 2000, and has 1 post; and…[/li][li]MikeS, who registered in October 2001, and has 1 post[/li][/ul]
(most notably the last two…) :eek: indeed…
More on topic, though… my sister once came over to my apartment to hang out and such. Since I don’t like having my voice on the ansewring machine (I hate how my voice sounds on tapes and things; most notably in French 11 on a videotape we were doing), I was using the default message. (“After tone, record message.” in a slightly robotic female voice)
My sister didn’t like that one, and set herself to record a new one. She fooled around with it for a while, then came up with this one, which I immediately erased for obvious reasons:
After she left, I erased some other weird message she left on the machine (I forget what it is, now), and kept the default. My friend Shannon keeps saying that she thinks she’s reached a wrong number whenever she calls me, though. (then has to doublecheck to make sure that she did dial the right number) I wouldn’t change it for that, however. Still, this thread isgiving me a lot of ideas for a new message. 
F_X
where did you get those acronyms or abbreviations from ??
I mean why you chose those abbreviations …
Christmas time comes once a year,
that is why we aren’t here,
we’ve gone out to by a gift or two,
But don’t get excited - its not for you!
The simpsons messages are the best! They are definetly finding a way onto my machine!
why the simpsons messages , Mike… why those ??
Around the Droll household, our answering machien goes like this
(Trying to make it sound like the line is cutting in and out:)
“Hi, --u’ve reach the Dr— res—dence. —ease leave a message and we-- --all you back.”
Even repeat callers have said “Dude, you’re machine’s screwed…”
Drollman! Over 200 posts with a spelling mistake!
lol
yeah, you too .
your machine is … not you’re machine is …
From Thanksgiving to Christmas
“Hello, we are not home right now cause we are out shopping for your present. Please leave a message or any gift suggestions after the beep”
From Christmas to New Year
Hello we are not home right now cause we are out returning all the presents we got for Christmas. All except your’s of course. It was great. Please leave a message.
Mine is
December and Joan
Can’t come to the phone.
So, please leave a message
Right after the tone.
LOOOOL
that is very poetic… really…
My machine currently says:
“If you are Joe Montana press 1”
“If you are Tiger Woods press 2”
“If you are Steven Hawking press 3”
“Anyone else, please hang up”
Honey, that is not very friendly… be ware…
what if your father calls ??
what if your mum rings you ???
what if your brother or sister misses you one day and wishes to call you ???
you are sure of that message ???
No Father, Brothers, Sisters or other family except my mom.
My Mom and my 2 friends know I’m joking and leave a message.
A few years ago, my husband and I were church shopping for a place to get married because we didn’t have a church we attended. Anyway, I eventually called a Unitarian Church and heard
You have reached Heeeeeeeeaaaaaaaven’s Gate. We’re either too busy to answer the phone, or we’ve hitched a ride on comet Haaaaaaaaaaaaale-Bop.
We’re still not sure what that was all about. Who knew Unitarians had such bizarre senses of humor?
no father ?? how did you come to this world ?
no brothers ???
no sisters ???
no other family ???
how come ???
where is your family ???
where is your mum’s family ?
TalkAboutIslam
My father died when I was 17. I am an only child. My mother was taken from away her mother and sister when she was a little girl when her father remarried and does not know where her mother and sister are or if they are still alive (she has never been able to find them).
Happy Ramadan to you, welcome to the boards, I hope we can learn from each other.
Honey methinks you are far too nice.
For the record, Mr. tlw, baby tlw and I conspired on our message thusly:
Him: Hi, you’ve reached the household of the Lewis-Wicks.
Me: That’s Davis, Tracey and Danielle.
Him: Leave a message for us after the sound.
And at that point, the baby (inspired by copious tickling from Daniel Striped Tiger) laughs and laughs up to the beep.
It’s very cutesy, or at least I think so. As she gets older, I’m sure her increasing vocabulary will be a regular feature.