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[guids]

for some reason, I hate anyone that doesnt have a professional voice mail message. I dont know why, but I do.

[ThePost]

Thats cause 95% of customized messages suck.

[private joker]

God I hate "cute" outgoing messages. When I'm calling someone, I just want to get them so I can speak. If they can't answer, I'm already pissed off and the last thing I need is an amateur stand-up routine. Just say "This is ___ leave a message" and end it right away so you don't waste my time. Furthermore, the same friends will be leaving messages, so even a funny joke will only be funny once -- the rest of the time it will be old and make you look like a douchebag.

[guids]

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Thats cause 95% of customized messages suck.

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nah, even the 5% of "good ones", I hate.

[Los Feliz Slim]

I think it would be funny to say "If this is an emergency, please hang up and dial 911."

[The Yugoslavian]

"You've reached the WORLD CHAMP SHIPPPPPPPPPPP ITTTTTT!"

...has worked for me for months. You have to be a world champ though, so your YMMV, [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img].

Yugoslav

[benza13]

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Believe it or not, George isn't at home...

Edit: Youtube.

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My roommate has this as his message.

[pergesu]

Mine says, "Hey it's Pat, I'm not in. I'll call you soon." I get lots of compliments on it for some reason.

I've never heard a funny message that was funny the second time I called that person.

[Klompy]

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Believe it or not, George isn't at home...

Edit: Youtube.

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Damnit I came in to post that... I actually used that as my voicemail for like 2 years...

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We would get along well irl then as I used this for about 2 years too, except I found the background audio online and sang it myself replacing the word george with my real name. I have a decent singing voice, so it didn't sound stupid.

[pergesu]

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it didn't sound stupid.

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Can anyone who's ever left a message on your machine confirm?