Entertaining outgoing voicemail messages
October 25, 2007 3:09 PM Subscribe
What are the funniest (or most entertaining) outgoing voicemail messages you have heard?
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My friend has one where he's like,
"hey".....3 seconds..."what's up"......10 seconds...."yeah, I'm not here right now, but you can leave a message and I'll get back to you."
It gets me EVERYTIME.
Another friend got Dick Vitale to record a very spirited greeting in his trademark voice.
posted by unexpected at 3:14 PM on October 25, 2007
"hey".....3 seconds..."what's up"......10 seconds...."yeah, I'm not here right now, but you can leave a message and I'll get back to you."
It gets me EVERYTIME.
Another friend got Dick Vitale to record a very spirited greeting in his trademark voice.
posted by unexpected at 3:14 PM on October 25, 2007
The best way for a voicemail to entertain me is to get to the fucking point and not waste my time.
I hate hate hate waiting through a minute (or more) of someone's idea of funny before I have a chance to leave a message. So, often, I don't bother.
posted by dersins at 3:19 PM on October 25, 2007
I hate hate hate waiting through a minute (or more) of someone's idea of funny before I have a chance to leave a message. So, often, I don't bother.
posted by dersins at 3:19 PM on October 25, 2007
Honestly, I haven't heard a good one. I've heard plenty of bad ones, though. The best ones are short and to the point. Anything else gets annoying if you have to hear it more than once. This especially goes for those who wish to share their musical tastes with the caller for a good three minutes of instrumental blather before the beep and my all time least favorite: the three year old talking baby talk into the recorder while I'm sure the doting parents sat there and smiled. Do they not know how very nauseating that is to listen to? Ugh.
posted by 45moore45 at 3:21 PM on October 25, 2007
posted by 45moore45 at 3:21 PM on October 25, 2007
"Hello this is (callee), please leave a message." BEEEP
Nothing entertains me more than people not wasting my time.
posted by uaudio at 3:23 PM on October 25, 2007
Nothing entertains me more than people not wasting my time.
posted by uaudio at 3:23 PM on October 25, 2007
"Hello. You know what to do after the ..."
... at which point the machine says "beeep!"
To the point and funny.
posted by gmarceau at 3:23 PM on October 25, 2007
... at which point the machine says "beeep!"
To the point and funny.
posted by gmarceau at 3:23 PM on October 25, 2007
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I had an (extremely nerdy) friend once do the voiceover for Star Trek as his voicemail. That was funny, but it might not have been funny if he weren't such a geek.
posted by dismas at 3:13 PM on October 25, 2007