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I am a dalek... or a school welfare officer
Posted Mar 29, 2004
My youngest was off school today after being ill during the night and wasking up with a sore throat.
At work later in the day the phone rang and fortunately I answered the call. A robotic voice said "This.. is.. a.. personal.. message.. for.. Mr.. Vestboy.. or Mrs.. Vestboy's wife.. please.. press.. 1.. if.. you.. are.. one.. of.. these.. people..."
And on it went to give me further options. This was an incoming call! In my office we are on a switchable system and the phones don't make the normal bleeps when you press the keys. So I was madly pressing 1 and nothing was happening other than the message repeating itself in a horribly monotonous robotic way.
Eventually it said to phone the school. I phoned the school and immediately got an answering machine. I left an angry message saying that the whippersnapper had been off school because of the lurgy but would be in again tomorrow. And that I didn't like being phoned up by a machine.
When I got home I told my son about this weird experience - he's 13. Then the phone rang again. It was the robot back again. "This.. is.. a.. personal.. message.. for.. Mr.. Vestboy.."
This time I was able to press 1.
I was then put onto an answer machine and asked to give the reason why fudgeknuckle hadn't been in today...
Grrr.
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Beau Geste? Not exactly
Posted Mar 21, 2004
Vestboy has joined the Foreign Legion. You can too at A2446913
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A2446913
Posted Mar 21, 2004
Vestboy has joined th eForeign Legion. You can too at A2446913
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U45662 It's me, honestly
Posted Mar 15, 2004
No it's not an american film about a british submarine. It's my early number on H2G2. As I was an early bird who forgot his password I've decided to gather together my stuff from my pre existence. You'll be seeing some apparent plagiarism appearing on this site but it's really only me gathering together the stuff from my old site so I can be aware if anyone comments on it.
Not that anyone ever does...
*Sucks thumb and gathers security blanket about self.*
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Did any one read GUTS?
Posted Mar 13, 2004
I read Guts in the Guardian mag today.
I am never going near a candle, carrot or swimming pool again.
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