>Another time, my answering machine message was:
>"Hi, I'm busy traveling through time right now, so please leave a
>message and I'll have already gotten back to you."

My cellphone comes with voicemail, and to the disgust of my wife, I set its message to something along the lines of:

"Hi! We're not out at the moment, but if you'll leave your name, number and reason for calling, we'll get back to you just as soon as we go somewhere."

-- Bob
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"Shinji. Same name as the master key -- well done, Ikari. Shinji can't be copied. Splendid plan." -- Tabris, in Tenshi Muyo! Rei-o-ohki