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On 15 Oct 2004 07:22:11 -0700,
(H. R. Bob Hofmann)
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"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message ...
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Just get a continuous loop tape for an old answering machine, they still
sell them, 60 seconds is a common size and they'll hang up before then
anyway. Load it up with opera music or something.
I used to think I was a clever guy by having humorous outgoing messages on
my answering machine. This was before I grew up a bit.
Anyway, one of the better ones was to use the actual telco announcement
that, "we're sorry, but you must first dial a 1 or a 0 ...." and repeated it
several times before the beep. When the caller then dialed the 1 or 0, they
would then get the real telco message "we're sorry, but it is not necessary
to dial a 1 or 0....."
I was quite proud of myself for that one....
Mark Z.
That's one of the best one's I have heard about!!
H. R. (Bob) Hofmann
Too bad the cold callers aren't doing the dialing. It's all computer
run and when the callee answers, the call is connected to a sales
droid.
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