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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:51 am
by Ki
A Gunslinger wrote: You call, you get the message that says. "This is (fill in the name of your own annoying freind/family member who commits this peevish offense) ...I can't COME TO THE PHONE RIGHT now, but please leave..."
CAN'T come to the phone?! F*ck you!! It's a CELL, a totally mobile unit for the sake of Jiminy Cricket... it's just NOT TRUE that you can't come to the phone, it's probably on your person...we both know it. Whether it is in yer pocket, purse, belt or butt...you don't come to IT, it has been picked up (by you) and placed on your person (by you..you dork).
The truth is you simply CAN'T answer the phone at the moment, whether it is because you have a beer in your hand and can't be bothered, or you are in a confessional, or because you are engaged in a game of Twister.
So please....PLEASE for the sake of all things beautiful and small....say it RIGHT!!!
*wipes spittle from chin, gets off box*
heh.
uh-oh---i think I should maybe change my cell phone message then. But sometimes even if my cell is nearby, I can't answer it b/c of any number of issues, like being at work on a conference call or in terrible traffic....so sometimes it's true. And sometimes too, I am being lazy.
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:43 am
by drew
Its the law right now where I live, you can't talk on a cell/mobile while opperating a vehicle.
Being on the road 10-12 hours per day..I HAVE To let my voicemail pick up....although my message doesn't say that I'm not available...I tried to make it sound like the boss from Office Space, it goes,
"Yeah...I'm just gunna have to go ahead and get you to, uh, leave me a message"
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:23 am
by sgt.null
the inspection at work right now.
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:09 pm
by Avatar
Ki wrote:A Gunslinger wrote: You call, you get the message that says. "This is (fill in the name of your own annoying freind/family member who commits this peevish offense) ...I can't COME TO THE PHONE RIGHT now, but please leave..."
uh-oh---i think I should maybe change my cell phone message then.
Mine just says "Leave a message." People tell me it's too brusque.
--A
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:05 pm
by sgt.null
i haven't a message. it is whatever the company has set up.
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:03 pm
by Ki
drew wrote:Its the law right now where I live, you can't talk on a cell/mobile while opperating a vehicle.
Being on the road 10-12 hours per day..I HAVE To let my voicemail pick up....although my message doesn't say that I'm not available...I tried to make it sound like the boss from Office Space, it goes,
"Yeah...I'm just gunna have to go ahead and get you to, uh, leave me a message"
LOL! That's a good one. I could try to sound like the receptionist girl from Office Space.. **Squeaky voice, "Leave a message."
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:43 pm
by sgt.null
keith olberman's mancrush/manhate of bill o'reilly. give it a rest already. or ask him out.
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:19 pm
by Avatar
drew wrote:Its the law right now where I live, you can't talk on a cell/mobile while opperating a vehicle.
It's the law here too. But that doesn't stop anybody. It's a medium-sized fine if they catch you.
--A
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:27 pm
by duchess of malfi
A Gunslinger wrote:Here's another TV-related one:
The advertisements are always like 20-25% louder than the programming.
Yes. I hate that.
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:09 pm
by Auleliel
duchess of malfi wrote:A Gunslinger wrote:Here's another TV-related one:
The advertisements are always like 20-25% louder than the programming.
Yes. I hate that.
I didn't even notice that until this weekend, when I watched TV for a couple of hours with my brother. (I don't watch much TV.) It is annoying.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:50 am
by sgt.null
commercials on pbs. they don't call them that of course. it is smug and pretentious to call them anything but...
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:21 am
by Avatar
Auleliel wrote:duchess of malfi wrote:A Gunslinger wrote:Here's another TV-related one:
The advertisements are always like 20-25% louder than the programming.
Yes. I hate that.
I didn't even notice that until this weekend, when I watched TV for a couple of hours with my brother. (I don't watch much TV.) It is annoying.
There's actually a reason for it...something about the levels at which the audio track is laid over the adverts, and the "artificialness" of the environment. It's not actually as bad as you percieve it. Can't remember the whole story now though.
--A
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:05 pm
by dANdeLION
As long as the mute button on my remote works, it's not an issue for me.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:59 pm
by sgt.null
movies that are not available on dvd. the industry needs to get with it and transfer all those obscure movies i want.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:08 am
by CovenantJr
Avatar wrote:Ki wrote:A Gunslinger wrote: You call, you get the message that says. "This is (fill in the name of your own annoying freind/family member who commits this peevish offense) ...I can't COME TO THE PHONE RIGHT now, but please leave..."
uh-oh---i think I should maybe change my cell phone message then.
Mine just says "Leave a message." People tell me it's too brusque.
--A
I used to know someone whose message was "Hello?....Hello?..............Helloooooo?......" Got me almost every time, even though I was there when he recorded it.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:13 am
by Auleliel
CovenantJr wrote:I used to know someone whose message was "Hello?....Hello?..............Helloooooo?......" Got me almost every time, even though I was there when he recorded it.
I almost had that be my message. Then I decided that it would annoy me if someone else did it, so I changed my mind.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:19 am
by sgt.null
another tooth ache.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:16 pm
by drew
Avatar wrote:drew wrote:Its the law right now where I live, you can't talk on a cell/mobile while opperating a vehicle.
It's the law here too. But that doesn't stop anybody. It's a medium-sized fine if they catch you.
--A
two hundred and fifty buck here.
and THAT's a pet peeve of mine...the law hould be flexable to people like taxi drivers and oh Idon't know...delivery drivers...there's no WAY I'm going to wear one of those Blue Tooth/Earbud things
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:36 am
by Wyldewode
I hate it when other people bring drama into my life. I'm a drama-free zone.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:14 am
by CovenantJr
drew wrote:Avatar wrote:drew wrote:Its the law right now where I live, you can't talk on a cell/mobile while opperating a vehicle.
It's the law here too. But that doesn't stop anybody. It's a medium-sized fine if they catch you.
--A
two hundred and fifty buck here.
and THAT's a pet peeve of mine...the law hould be flexable to people like taxi drivers and oh Idon't know...delivery drivers...there's no WAY I'm going to wear one of those Blue Tooth/Earbud things
The law should be expensively and laboriously changed because
you don't want to stick a thing in your ear? Pfft.