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Intro:

It was early 2000. My corporate IT position had lapsed into one of its vague phases, and I was happily dealing with a bounty of unsupervised free time. Already having a relationship with the prank call as a record-able, storable, file-able art, imagine my glee when presented with a new way of doing things. A friend suggested I check out www.call.com. At the time, the site offered an odd little free service. Once signed up with fake info, you could enter a finite amount of text into the application and the site, the site, would call any 10-digit phone number and play the message to the answering party through a (now archaic) text-to-voice program. It was untraceable through caller-ID. There was only one voice available, and you’ve heard it…..the creepy Stephen Hawkings-esque delivery common before (specifically on Mac OS’s) text-to-speech got fancy. Unsurprisingly, I embarked on a heyday with this little toy. I created a word document, and as the long string of boring afternoons gave it to me, I easily pasted the funny business into the application. Last night, in the middle of some computer cleaning, I came across the text file. It’s plausible that this entry will only be funny if the reader imagines an emotionless, out-of-date text-to-speech program reciting my nonsense into the phone. Oh, it might also be humorous if the reader imagines the recipient’s busy (or boring) day getting interrupted by this. Imagine those things. I had the program call a wide variety of people (including my Mom, co-workers as they sat in the next office, and ex-girlfriends) with any number or combination of the following messages. Free Just Farr A Laugh/Cimarron Weekend/Killed By Absurdity/U.S. News/True Experiences gift package goes to the first person who correctly identifies the band and song title for #13. I don’t care if you know the other messages that contain song lyrics; they’re easy (I suppose, hell, I have no idea). I nurtured a fantasy involving this type of program being used for interoffice communication - maybe even employee termination - and those messages are towards the bottom (complete with very dated and since used humor).

Note: In order to draw out any needed or absurd vocal emphasis, some crafty phonetic misspellings were in order. In addition, the program did not recognize many forms of punctuation, naturally, though I included some out of habit.

The Messages:

1. No Disassemble. No Disassemble. No Disassemble. No Disassemble. No Disassemble. This Is Number five from the blockbuster Short Circuit. This is number five from the blockbuster short circuit. No disassemble. This is number five from Short Circuit.

2. I was in the show Small Wonder. Do you remember me from the show small wonder. Small wonder was your favorite show. This is vicki the robot from the popular television show Small wonder. Do you love the show Small Wonder. I was in it help me. heelllp me

3. Hello. Thank you for finally picking up the phone. This is noted asstrow fizzizzist Steven Hawking. I am trapped under your house. Again, this is noted asstrow fizzizzist Steven Hawking. I am trapped under your house. I am the smartest man on earth

4. Hello! This is Max Headroom. Remember me. Probably not. This is Max Headroom and I need a friend. Max Headroom needs a friend. Please help. I live in space now, but my loneliness stretches millions of miles. Again this is Max Headroom and I need a friend

5. Hello! This is mamamamamamamama Max Headroom and I need a fafafafafafafafafafa friend I live in a coke machine now, but I have plenty of friendship to gagagagagagagagagagaga give. This is Max Headroom and I need help. Please rescue me from obscurity

6. Thank you for finally picking up the phone. Your being a real champ about this. I am a computer and I am calling to offer you a free trial run of science fiction erotica based on televisions Nash Bridges. Yes. free erotica based on TV’s Nash Bridges

7. This is Food Bott. I am on my way to deliver your hot lunch, but my stainless steel claws keep accidentally crushing your sandwich and your rice milk is spilling onto my `circuits. Oh No. I just dropped your lunch and my mechanical tread has crushed it

8. This is lunch bott.
I was trying to deliver your delicious sandwich and drink but Lunch Bott has accidentally dropped your meal and crushed it under my mechanical tread.
Lunch Bott has failed again. Lunch Bott is sorry that it is a failure.

9. RUFF RUFF RUFF RUFF. this is Max. the killer dog from your favorite horror movie Man’s Best Friend. Allee Sheedy helped me tremendously in man’s best friend. RUFF RUFF Should I use my powers to solve crimes, or to destroy you, RUFF RUFF RUFF

10. Bark. Bark This is chomps from dizzneys family adventure of the same name. My real name is C.H.O.M.P.S. which stands for Cay nine Home Protection System. Bark Bark Chomps was a box office failure. Please don’t let them turn me off. Bark.

11. Uuuuhhhh. I like that. You like that. Here’s another one. And another one. Uuhh Huh. You must be used to me spendin’ Uuuuhhh. And all that sweet wining and dining. Well, I’m fucking you tonight. Uuuhhhh. Here’s another one. And another one. Uh. Uuhh. Huh. Uh

12. If we cannot make believe, maybe we can make some time. Fuck so pretty you and me, erotic city come alive. We can fuck until the dawn, making love til’ cherry’s gone. Erotic city can’t you see, fuck so pretty you and me.

13. Sport the Waaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrhhhhhhh. Waarrrhh Suuuhhhhpaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhht. The sport is total war
When victory’s a massacre
When victory is survival
When this end is a slaughter
The final swing is not a drill
It’s how many people I can kill

14. Hello, this is darall, from the full length adventure film of the same name, or rather D. A. R. Y. L. which stood for Data. Analyzing. Robot. Youth. Life form. Did you cry when you watched my pathetic human emotions burst forth from the movie screen.

15. This is mamamamamamamamamamama. Mel tatatatatatatatatatatatata. Mel Tillis. I own papapapapapapapapapapa. this here amusement papapapapapap. park. And we are cacacacacacaacacacacacacacacaca. closed. Cannonball Run was a bababababababababababababa. Blast

16. There’s a meeting in my bedrooooooooooooooooom. So girl please don’t be lay ai ai ai ai ai ai ate. There’s a meeting in my bedrooobedrooobedrooobedrooo bedroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. So girl please don’t make me way ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai eeeee ate

17. Excuse me madam. You’re standing still in a no parking zone. If you don’t get a move on that body, I’ll be forced to give you a ticket. So get with it.

18. No parking baby, uh, uh, no parking on the dance floor. No parking baby, no parking on the dance floor. Let me hear you blow your horn. Beep Beep. Beep beep. Beep beep. A ticket baby. Beep beep. Beep beep. Beep beep. No parking baby. Beep beep. Beep beep.

19. Hello, this is Edgar. I played the jealous home computer in the forgotten classic, Electric Dreams. In that romantic comic drama, or romantic dramedy, I fall in love with Virginia Madsen. I could have held and kissed her, but I had no arms or lips.

20. Hey Steve, meet me at the copy machine in ten minutes. Have you seen Bradley yet today? He really looks like hell. Makes you wonder what time he stopped drinking last night. Have you seen that funny beer commercial? Whaaaaaassss Sssuuuuuupppp

21. Hey Marilyn, I was just e-mailed a great joke. Here goes. Two women are hanging out. First woman says “I would do anything for a cigarette.” Then the second woman goes, “here’s an entire pack. Now stop fucking my husband.” How about lunch at Rafferty’s?

22. This is Sheryl in accounting, I experienced a problem when I tried to insert a honey bun into my floppy drive. My screen is blue, and contains confusing writing. I’ve also been using my c d rom tray as a drink holder. Is this a problem? Please advise.

23. This is Jim in the creative department, one of my interns just tried to scan a slice of cheese pizza. We have a project due this afternoon and need to get this scanner back up and running. Hey, did you guys see the Matrix, that movie about computers?

24. To whom it may concern in computers. The printer over here in the scheduling department has blown up. I been trying to print a current beanie baby price list off the enter net all afternoon, but the damn thing has just been saying that it’s warming up

25. To the I T department. What’s up nerds? I have been trying to buy the new G Love and Special Sauce CD off of the web, but the slot on the front of my computer will not take my credit card. Just e mail me, I’m about to bolt for the day. Cool beans, Ted

26. To the I T department. What’s up nerds? I have been trying to buy the new Fatboy Slim CD off of the web, but the slot on the front of my computer will not take my credit card. Just e mail me, I’m about to bolt for the day. Cool beans, Ted

27. To the I T department. What’s up nerds? I have been trying to buy the High Fidelity soundtrack off of the web, but the slot on the front of my computer will not take my credit card. Just e mail me, I’m about to bolt for the day. Cool beans, Ted

28. To Irene in Human Services. I just witnessed a recently terminated employee, Don Bradshaw, enter the building and empty a ziploc freezer bag full of live crickets into the fourth floor laser jet printer. Please call security immediately.

29. Michael, tomorrow morning we will need to do some update work on your security badge. Also, tomorrow will be a casual day for you. Actually, the rest of your time with the company will be casual dress. Please immediately train Tom on all of your duties.

30. Heaven on earth inside my sugar walls. Let me take you somewhere you’ve never beeeeeeeeen, I can show you things you’ve never seeeeeeaaaaaaeeiiin, I can make you never wanna fall in love agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, come spend the night inside my sugar walls.

31. I can tell you want me, Maaaah ShuuuuugaaaahhWaaaaaaaaalls,Why don’t you, come inside, Maaaah ShuuuuugaaaahhWaaaaaaaaalls, uuuuueeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiih, oooooooooh, come insiiieieieieieieieide, my sugar walls,

32. Hey Judy, my husband was faxed this adorable joke yesterday. Okay, here goes, Did you here about the five thousand ants that dressed up as rice and robbed the Chinese restaurant, oh shit, I fucked that one up. Are we still on for lunch at Applebees?

33. Greetings. This is late bot calling on behalf of your local video store to remind you of overdue titles. They are as follows. Blake Edwards A Fine Mess has been checked out for 428 days. Home Alone 3 has been checked out for 301 days. Thanks