Quoting Uvah,

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Quoting starkers,

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Quoting harpo99999,

reply 24

3 has a phone/fax answering machine set up with the message "you have reached the '(name)' fax machine.

OR... "You have reached the number of Detective Inspector Trigger, you do not need to leave your name or number as I have recorded your details for future contact."

How's that workin' out fer ya cap'n.

Put it this way, they don't stay on the line too long after that.... when the messages are played back I can pretty much tell the genuine callers [they leave messaages] and those who seek to do no good.... there's an almost instant [hangup] click after my greeting, then beep, beep, beep.....

Another greeting I used to leave on my answering machine was: "City Morgue, you stab 'em we slab 'em."

Coroner's Office... please call back later, I have my hands full with a rather stiff one at the moment.

"Madame Besties, high class escorts.... 'til the morgue people come pick her up the dead girl is just half price."

It's one the ex and I used on the answering machine in a bid to put off sales people, trouble was, it attracted a couple of sickos who rang back for a price on the 'dead girl'

Another one was: "Christies Civil Ceremonies, sorry I can't come to the phone right now, but a shotgun wedding ended in tragedy when the groom said I can't... please leave your name and number and I'll return your call as soon as the police are done and bodies have been removed."

Had a company call me and they said that they handled the warranty on my printer. Then they asked me what the make and model was. *click*