Three Wishes
There was a time when people would call me just to hear my latest answering machine message. The agency I worked for did not agree that my messages were entertaining. They wanted something more formal and informative. But I’m no longer doing full time foster care, so I’ve recently resumed my answering machine mischief.
My latest message simply says: Leave your 3 wishes after the magical beep. And these are some wishes from callers this past week:
~ From the Harvest Moon Food Store: I wish the price of your green tea that just came in didn’t go up by $3, but it did.
~ From my husband: I wish I was driving your car instead of the truck (see below post). I’m on my way to Blacksburg now.
~ Owner of the Café de Sol: I wish the Floyd Writers’ Circle would come to a spoken word night here.
~ My son from the road while hitchhiking from Asheville to Floyd: I wish I had a ride from Blountville, Tennessee, to Christiansburg, Virginia.
~ My husband again, who is of Irish descent, sang: I wish I was in Carrickfergus for a night in Ballygrand…I would swim the deepest ocean…only for a night in Ballygrand…But the sea is wide and I can’t swim over…and neither have I but wings to fly…
But the most common message left by callers this past week was: I wish you’d call me back.
Feel free to leave your own 3 wishes or your favorite answering machine message…
May 20th, 2005 9:49 am
I wish I could come over and have tea with you right now!!!
May 20th, 2005 12:18 pm
Sherry stole mine 😉 I wish I could remember where I saw your license plate!
May 20th, 2005 1:44 pm
My 3 wishes would be:
1. I wish I lived closer to my oldest daughter.
2. I wish my Dad was still alive.
3. I wish I could travel more.
May 20th, 2005 3:34 pm
i wish i had a maid
i wish my husband would suprise me with a romantic date
i wish you would visit my blog!
🙂
nice site…i came here from michele’s
May 20th, 2005 3:35 pm
I wish employers weren’t so stiff. Work is allowed to be fun, isn’t it?
Came over from Michele’s.
May 20th, 2005 6:01 pm
1. Wish I had thought of a cute message
2. Wish I could think of a cute wish
3. Wish I could stop wishing
May 20th, 2005 9:12 pm
Hi Colleen-
I used to have creative messages too. When I was in high school, I recorded my dog barking and said that our dog was holding us hostage and we would not be able to returnt the call until we were free. My mom loved that one…
May 20th, 2005 10:48 pm
One of my favorites (not mine) was when I called someone whose last name was “White” and the message said, “Hello. You’ve reached the White House.”
May 21st, 2005 12:27 am
I wish I was that funny.
I wish for you to have a great weekend.
I wish for more people to give compliments.
Great job.
May 21st, 2005 10:03 am
I wish I was as creative as you are!
May 21st, 2005 7:22 pm
That’s so cute! I did my answering machine once to sound like Grateful Dead ticket sales. Do you remember?
“You have reached the Grateful Dead west coast hotline number…This is a new message as of May 21…”
December 7th, 2018 5:59 am
And I wish the Whites lived there right now (Dec, 2018)!! Oh, how I wish…