Steve has been captured by a flying saucer and can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave your name, phone number, and a message, I'll have him call you back as soon as he gets away. Read all about it in next week's National Enquirer.
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- Steve has been captured by a flying saucer and can't come to the phone
right now,
but if you leave your name, phone number, and a message... - The Canonical List of Telephone Answering Machine Messages
"Hi!
I don't exist at the moment, but if you leave your... - My wife and I can't come to the phone right now,
but if you'll leave your name and number we'll get... - 100 Ways to Confuse Your Roommate
1. Insist that you are a vegetarian and protest anytime your roommate
eats meat.
Then leave "Slim Jim" wrappers on the floor and lie... - Steve is reassembling Elvis' brain and can't come to the phone right
now,
but if you leave your name ...", etc... - Hi this is <name>. I'm sorry I can't answer the phone right now.
Leave a message and then wait by the phone until I... - Hi, this is George. I'm sorry I can't answer the phone right now.
Leave a message, and then wait by your phone until... - From Sourcebook Magazine, Summer 1990, by Dan Gutman:
Would the invention of the telephone ever have gotten... - Jerk!
Now get this. I was sitting at my desk, when I remembered a phone
call I had to make.
I found the number and dialed it. A man answered nicely...
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- This is 234-3249, and no, it's not Pete's Pizzaria.
It's not the Credit Union either, and no one named... - Hi, I'm not home right now but my answering machine is,
so you can talk to it instead. Wait for the beep... - Hi! John's answering machine is broken. This is his refrigerator.
Please speak very slowly, and I'll stick your message... - You have reached the offices of the planet Zarton. All our agents are busy undermining the governments of the Earth and cannot come to phone at the moment.
However, your name and number can be left... - Note the spelling in this one!] After the tone, please leave a massage-
my shoulders really could use it, and, what? You're...
