{"id":315,"date":"2008-05-09T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-09T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2008\/05\/09\/the-outgoing-message-id-love-to-but-probably-shouldnt-leave-on-my-answering-machine-limerick\/"},"modified":"2016-04-25T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T19:18:14","slug":"the-outgoing-message-id-love-to-but-probably-shouldnt-leave-on-my-answering-machine-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2008\/05\/09\/the-outgoing-message-id-love-to-but-probably-shouldnt-leave-on-my-answering-machine-limerick\/","title":{"rendered":"The Outgoing Message I’d Love To (But Probably Shouldn’t) Leave On My Answering Machine (Limerick)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Outgoing Message I’d love To (But Probably Shouldn’t) Leave On My Answering Machine
\nBy Madeleine Begun Kane<\/p>\n

Your party can’t come to the phone.
\nShe’s at lunch or home sick.\u00a0 Please don’t moan.
\nLeave a message, or not.
\nI don’t care — I’m a bot.
\nBut my owner says, “Leave me alone!”<\/p>\n

(For more phone-related verse, visit Sunday Scribblings.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Happy National Inane Answering Machine Message Day!<\/a> (January 30th)<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2:<\/strong> April 25 is National Telephone Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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