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Possibly the perfect outgoing voicemail message

Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal tweeted this last week: ““Hey, this is Matt’s voicemail. Leave a message and I’ll get back to you years from now when you learn to stop leaving voicemails”” — Matthew Inman I’m so very tempted to use it as my outgoing message. I won’t even have to change the name.

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People I don’t understand: Motionless telephone talkers

I don’t understand anyone who sits still while talking on the phone. I don’t speak to people on the phone often, but when I do, you can bet that while I’m talking, I’m also emptying a dishwasher, sweeping the kitchen floor, folding laundry, or doing any number of mindless chores in need of completion.   I…

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This is not a telephone, so how does my son know that this was once a telephone?

My wife sent me this photo of my son from a recent visit to a children’s museum. Yes, my family gets to go to children’s museums during the week while I slave away in the mines. When I saw the image, I couldn’t help but wonder how Charlie understood how to use this device. It’s…

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