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I am reminded of my freshman year of college, which was the first time I had my own voicemail box.

I wrote a little script for me to follow, and recorded a track of me speaking on my computer. Then, I recorded my voice message with me essentially arguing with myself as the voicemail, as to who was the real me.

It was quite funny - I would usually get 2 voicemails after that: one of a person laughing and hanging up, and one of the person calling back to leave their actual message.



Now I'm curious about your script.


It was something along the lines of:

Me1: Hi, this is [Raj]

Me2: Actually, I'm [Raj]

Me1: What, no! I'm [Raj]

(both me's start talking over each other, arguing. I had actual stuff written out, but can't recall it)

Me(?): Anyways - I'm not available at the moment, so please leave a message.


The animated show Archer prominently features the titular character recording absurd, confusing voicemail messages designed to mislead the caller into believing he has answered the phone, and the inevitable mixups when people actually reach him.

Ah, I see someone already shared a link:

https://youtu.be/k5kIVXNCzDA




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