Short of getting Carl Kasell on your answering machine, here’s a bit of fun you can have with your phone message, especially if (like me) you live in a swing state this election year.

“Hi, you’ve reached [phone number]. If you are a telemarketer or you’re making a political call, hang up now. Otherwise, please leave a message. We might even pick up if we’re screening this call.”

That’s been my phone message for the past several weeks, and I love it. Nine times out of 10, here’s what I hear:

“Hi, you’ve reached [phone number]. If you are a telemarketer or you’re making a political call, hang up now. Otherwise [click].”

That’s almost as satisfying as picking up the phone and blasting the air horn I keep on the kitchen counter into the receiver.

This entry was posted on Monday, October 15th, 2012 at 5:09 pm and is filed under Rants 'n' Such.