What kind of message do callers hear when they call your house or cell phone and get the answering machine?

Is it your voice or the generic one?

I'm thinking of changing mine but would really like something a little bit more creative then my current:

"Hello, you have reached ###-####. Please leave a message after the tone. Thanks a lot and have a nice day."

Thanks!

It is my husband and it says....

Hi, we can't come to the phone right now, leave your name and number and we will get back to you.


I like that it is a mans voice and I dont think in all the time that we have ever been married that I have made the answering machine message.

Darlene

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My home answering machine is my kids' voices.....so cute! My cell phone is the generic one.

my old message was..

Hello............................................. ....................................long pause
No, it's the machine. Leave a message and we'll get back to you.

Just enough of a pause for the person to think they're talking to you and then they get the message part. It made my kids so mad when they'd call me that I finally had to change it to just a boring "leave a message".

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I had one like this on my cell phone....it went like this....

"hello???

hello????

you have to speak up, I can't hear you



oh well, leave me a message and maybe I'll call you back"


Then, I thought that might not be so funny if the kids' school called it.....heehehehhehe. So, now I think I just have something like "leave a message".

the home machine is the generic robot person

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When I was younger, I used to have the craziest answering machine messages-- but someone finally told me they were obnoxious. ROFL!!

Now that I'm an old married woman, I have a very generic one. "You've reached xxx-xxx-xxxx, please leave your name and number at the tone."

Holly

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My DH and I used to do crazy ones too. One time, we had one that was in anglo-ized Spanish. We were both raised in a predominantly Mexican town and were pretty good at it! It really was very hilarious and we got a lot of comments on it.

At that time, we changed it every few months and finally grew up and/or ran out of ideas.

The home phone says "you know what to do, so do it at the beep and we'll call you back later". All are cells are persoanlized, but I don't really remember what I have on mine, LOL

boring right now, but this is what we used to do at Christmas time (my kids and I would sing it)

To the tune of We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We wish we could take your phone call,
We wish we could take your phone call,
We wish we could take your phone call,
But we're busy right now.

So, leave your name and number
and leave a brief message
and we'll call you right back
Please wait for the beep!

Merry Chrismas!

People always commented on this one.

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I just have the creepy robot voice that is pre-programed. Years ago I have a Homer Simpson one ,but it was annoying after a while becase that preticular machine played the outgoing message before you heard your messages...and hearing homer so much....ackk !


My sister is funny, she is a teacher and often called students homes to remind them of certain things, she tried to call when she knew people were not at home because it was just easier for quick reminders. She always said the messages people let there kids do annoyed her, WELL what does she have now on hers, HER GRANDKIDS! She is funny. I reminded her recently of that and she said well hers is different, hers is cute! LOL sure!

That's too cute

Our is generic right now.

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Ours now just says" You've reached the XXXXXXXX Please leave a message"

At one time though we were getting a lot of calls for someone who was obviously still using our number for unemployment, temp agencies, credit card applications, you name he was handing it out like it was still his. For two years we kept getting calls for this man but the final straw was when a lady called in February wanting her house cleaned and when I told her that she had the wrong number she got mad and said that the guy's girlfriend had just given her the number a few days before! After that I changed our message to:
"You've reached the XXXXXXXX. So and So DOES NOT live here and this is not his number but if you see So and So tell him to stop handing out my number or I will hunt him down like a dog! If you would like to leave a message for the XXXXXXXXX please leave a message after the beep. Thanks"

My mother told me I was rude but the funny thing is after leaving that on the machine for a month I have not gotten one more call for him. LOL

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MY dads used to be leave a message and as soon as they balance the federal budget i`ll get back to you.

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When you don`t know what to do-Walk fast and look worried.

DH did ours

"Hi, you've reached Tom and Tasha's answering machine, we can't come to the phone right now, so leave your name and number and we'll get back to you as quick as we can"

The whole time he's talking you can hear the kids screaming in the background, sounds like they are killing each other! Yup, that's now our house sounds 16 hours a day!

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You've got the machine, you know the routine.

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It's about learning to dance in the rain.

That sounds like something that I'd want to say. The thing is, everyone *does* know the routine! You leave a message. One time, my brother didn't say anything, just had a pause and then the beep.

There are some great ideas on this thread. Thank you to everyone who is sharing.

Just a generic computer voice, though most of the time I don't turn our machine on. I figure between the house phone and cell phone, most people who need to get a hold of me can no matter what.......and if I expect a phone call at home, I usually just forward to my cell if going out......

Have thought about letting my kids do a message, but I dont want people who don't know me to know I have kids and make them a target in any way (call me paranoid)

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(With loud music playing in the background) "Hello... HELLO?? I can't hear you! What? Oh.. we're not home, leave a message."

*Phantom of the opera music playing* Hi this is Diana, I can't come to the phone right now but if you leave your name and number with the Phantom he will tell me you called and I'll get back to you. Bye.

... If you want to send a fax... buy me a fax machine.

[Carefully modulated English accent, like Alex in "A Clockwork Orange"] Oh, my brothers and only droogs, your poor narrator's not in now - he's out on his oddy-nocky looking for a bit of pretty polly - some young devotchka with horrorshow grooties. Leave thy message after the malinky beepie-weep, and I'll get back to thee later, righty-right.

A is for Academics, B is for beer. One of those reasons is why we're not here.

Alpha Centauri Space Station. Commander Marlin can't come to the phone right now. He's either saving the universe from some dread, unnamed peril, or perhaps taking a nappie. Leave your name and number after the beep and he will return your call.

As you can see, we're not at home. So leave a message at the sound of the tone. If you're a burglar we're not gone at all. We're cleaning our shotguns and screening your call.

Greetings, you have reached the Sixth Sense Detective Agency. We know who you are and what you want, so at the sound of the tone, just hang up.

Hello, this is David. I don't live here, so if you were trying to call me, you've dialed the wrong number. On the other hand, if you were trying to call John, Jim, or Eric, please leave your name and number at the tone. I don't guarantee that one of them will call you back -- only that I won't.

Hello, you've reached me. If you don't know who me is, you've dialed the wrong number.

Hello, you've reached the psychiatric hotline. If you are obsessive/compulsive, press 1 repeatedly. If you have multiple personalities, press 2, 3, 4, and 5. If you are simply paranoid, just stay on the line - we know who you are.

Hello. Here are my answers to last weeks messages, in order of their arrival. Yes. Maybe. At seven. You'll get it tomorrow. For sure. Get me that phone number. Thanks, I take my messages on Mondays.

Hello?... uh huh... yeah... oh, wait, can you say that again? This time after the beep please. thanks!

Hi! Dave's answering machine is broken. This is his refrigerator. Please speak very slowly, and I'll stick your message to myself with one of these magnets.

Hi, I can't come to the phone right now because I'm out at the Crystal Ball with Prince Charming. But if you have any offers of free gifts, please leave a message and I'll be SURE to call you back.

Hi, this is Alex. If you're the bill collectors, I have no money. If you're my parents, I need money. If you're one of my guys, you owe me money. If you're a beautiful single girl, I'll call you back- money is no problem, baby!

Hi, this is Trev. Now that I've made your day, how about you make mine and leave me a message?

Hi, we are probably at home we are just screening our calls to avoid someone we don't like. Leave a message and if we don't call back it was you!

Hi,you have just dialed 911. Normally we would ask you to state the nature of the emergency, however we're all out at lunch. If you would like to leave your name, number and emergency, we will return your call as soon as we get back. If it is a very important emergency, just go outside and scream for help. That always works pretty well in the movies. Good Luck.

Hi. Now you say something.

Hi...we're in a heated argument because she likes to do it up and down and i like to do it side to side. As you can see, we're REALLY busy, so leave a message after the beep. Oh yeah, we're brushing our teeth.

I can't come to the phone now, so if, well, actually, I CAN come to the phone now, I mean, like, I'm at the phone NOW, recording this message, but I'm doing this NOW, while you're listening to it LATER, except for you I guess it's NOW, like, when you're listening to it...I mean, like, wait, gosh. This is so confusing.

I can't come to the phone now, so... Hey -- that's a nice phone you have there. Hey sugar, you call this number often? I bet you have answering machines bothering you all the time... Yes indeedy. Why don't you give me a call sometime and we can listen to some old recordings... I might even play my beep for you.

I have an answering machine in my car. It says: I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out.

I'm not. You are. I will be. So leave a message so I can when I am.

Lucifer Speaking. Who in hell do you want?

Next time a telemarketer calls you at home in the evening, say to them, "I'm really busy right now, but if you'll give me your home phone number, I'll be sure and call you back when you are relaxing after a hard day at the office."

Please leave a tone after the message.

Thanks for calling Dial-A-Shrink. I can't come to the phone right now, so after the tone, please leave your name and number, then talk briefly about your childhood and tell me what comes to mind when you hear the following words: orange...mother...unicorn...penis. I'll get back to you with my diagnosis as soon as possible.

The number you have reached is not the number you have dialed. Please hang up and try again. However, if you reach this recording again, then you must have dialed the correct number. Leave a message at the beep!

These words are lovely dark and deep but I've got promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep so leave a message at the beep.

This is not an answering machine, this is a telepathic thought recording device. At the beep, thing about your name, think about your number, and think about your reason for calling. We'll think about calling you back.

This is the Time Traveling Agency's answering machine. We're closed right now but leave a message before the beep and we might have called you back.

Yoda's answering machine, this is. Leave a message, you might and call you back, he will.

~Lisa

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Hi! Dave's answering machine is broken. This is his refrigerator. Please speak very slowly, and I'll stick your message to myself with one of these magnets.~Lisa [/QUOTE]


That is too funny.

Thanks for the laugh