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[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One time my dad and I were sitting in the car while my mom and wife were shopping (fabric store, not our jam). They kept calling us and we kept answering, pretending to be our voicemail messages.

I don't know how we could keep calm while talking, because we were laughing our asses off in between calls, but it worked!

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

Was at the house of a relative of a friend. When the phone rang he asked me to answer it. Suddenly realizing I didn't know the name of the home owner and lacking anything beyond "hello", I simply said, "Massachusetts."

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

This one's pretty mild: I always answer my phone with "Yellow?"

Nobody has ever noticed or questioned me about it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

When my friends does this I'll say "I didn't know you had color ID!!!"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

My entire family β€œYello”s!

I answer my phone with it all the time and nobody’s ever commented.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Is this about my cube?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Reminds me of JD from Heathers.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

"Ahoy 'hoy" like Mr. Burns in the Simpsons?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I answered my work phone with "Morgans Morgue; you kill'em, we chill'em" once. My coworker did not expect that and cracked up.

I've used the same line with different slogan a few times, but that's the one that worked the best.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

"Marty's Morgue, you stab em' we slab em."

That's how I've always said it. lol

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

"Thanks for calling in to 102.5! You're on the air! What is your embarrassing poop story?"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

City Morgue, spare parts division.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

"City Morge. You stab 'em, we bag 'em."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

"Can I give you a hand?"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Guy I was working with would answer his phone with "Hi, can I speak to *person who was calling* please?"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

I think I have the wrong number

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I sometimes answer with "Come in please" when I know who's calling. Never stops irritating people lol.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

One of my dad's favourites, which I use, as deep as possible "Lunch room, this is Susan". Works great when it's a telemarketer from an overseas, outsourced call centre...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I use jak sie masz. The phrase from Borat which apparently also means how are you in polish.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

"You find more, DziΔ™kujΔ™."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

City morgue, you stab 'em, we slab 'em

Or you slice 'em, we ice (or dice, if you want gruesome) 'em

Joe's pool hall, 8 ball speaking

Sam's sanitarium, what nut do you want?

Town grocery, you want the fruit or the vegetable?

Bill's grill, where our meat fits your buns, how can we serve?

Bill's grill, where we shove our greasy meat in your mouth, how can we serve?

I used to have a whole list of these things I picked up over the years, but being able to ignore calls without having to hear them ring has made me forget a lot more

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

β€œJoe’s Bait, Tackle, and Mortuary Service - You Stab β€˜Em We Slab β€˜Em”

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

"You're on the air. What's your beef?"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Supposedly, my grandpa used to do "Schwartz's Mortuary, Iberium Deep speeking."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

β€œYou plug β€˜em, we plant β€˜em!”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I love all the mortuary ones, they're fun. But I've also had fun with stuff like "Joe's Crab Shack" because of the long pause on the other end.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

"Catholic freight depot random city" makes callers pause for a second to think about what they just heard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Oooo I love this one, the dissonance is excellent!

"Republican Bakery"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Every since I moved to Texas, I started saying "howdy" just to annoy my sister. But I guess the jokes on me, because lately I have been forgetting and she has been saying it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

To say hello: Yo-dah-lee-yah-hoo, how are you?

To say goodbye: Too-dah-loo buck-a-roo, I'll see you in a few.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Diarrhea Dragon .... we make it, you purge it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Welcome to the wooorld of tomorroooow!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

In a non-local language.

This also provides a minimal level of security against robocall scams.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Horrible disease help me hotline. Disease please.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

If you have voicemail (because apparently some lucky bastards these days don't need it) just repeat your voicemail message.

Especially funny if it's someone you didn't want to even talk to, and after you finish, when it would normally beep to indicate the caller should leave a message, just hang up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Huuuuuuurooooooo

I'm a bad person

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Buddy the elf, what's your favorite color

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This is my favorite

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

"[your city] Police, how can I help you."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

"You've called Sevil Natas, home of mirrored text, how may I serve you today?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

ε–‚δ½ ε₯½οΌοΌˆor any language the caller probably doesn't understand!)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Average lemmygrad user

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

*WE ..... are communist

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