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JAN-U-ARY'S Outgoing Message

An annual part of my January phone message is adapted from the pledge of the Little Rascals' He Man Womun Haters Club during which they say, "JAN-U-ARY!" (Next time I run across it, I'll have to note the
whole text here.)

For some reason it cracks me up. Maybe it's the official sounding, false baritone voices they use. Maybe it's the exaggeration of the syllables. Whatever it is, it is stuck in my brain forever...and on my phone message each January.

This year I added a little U2 for background music, offering bonus points to callers who could I.D. the song.

Other than the January pronunciation and the music, it's a pretty standard "leave your name and number" note.

(I posted this on March 4th, though the date says January 31st. Oy vey.)

April's Phone Message

April in Portugal (from Cabaret Manana) by Esquivel is this month's phone message music, providing a playful background for my smooth as silk voice saying something along these lines:

"You've reached the Smith residence. While we're sad March Madness is over, we are happy it's April...in Portugal and in Texas. Leave your name & number. We'll return your call as soon as possible. Toodles."

A nice contrast to my rappin' Kurtis Blow's Basketball in March.

(When Gameboy saw the picture of Esquivel belowe he said it looked like Daddy. :)

March Madness

This month's phone message goes something like this:

"(Basketball by Kurtis Blow playing in the background)...You've reached the Smith's, press one to bypass the message, because around here March means, MARCH MADNESS, BABY!. Leave a message and we'll call you between games."

The message ends (if the caller didn't hang up or press one) with me rappin' w/Mr. Blow:

Basketball is my favorite sport
I like the way they dribble up and down the court
Just like I'm the queen on the telephone, so is Dr. J and Moses Malone

I like slam dunks that take me to the hoop
My favorite play if the alley oop
I like the pic n roll, I like the give n go
It's basketball with Mr. Kurtis Blow

That's my interpretation of the lyrics. :)

On a side note, when Lil' Bow Wow came out with his version of the song for the movie Like Mike,
he changed it to being all about him & his basketball skills as opposed to singing about the skills of legendary professional players. Ugh.

Feb-RU-ary

This month's phone message went something like this: "It's FEB-RU-ARY (anyone get the annunciation there?) and at the Smith house that means......The Love Boat, soon will be making another run, The Love Boat, promises something for everyone...(sung in my best/worst lounge lizard voice)."

If you're a FTF friend who hasn't had the pleasure of experience that message yet, time's running out. Call now. (And get a bonus gift.) For my web friends, I'm sure one day I'll get around to posting audio clips of my lovely phone messages on my blog. Oh, the bliss.

JanUary

January's phone message was something about JAN-U-ARY and having Happy New Year, hoping the callers aren't members of the "He Men Women Haters Club" and signing off with the secret hi-sign.  One friend from church caught part of the reference and made me proud.

(Truth in Blogging disclosure: This was posted on FEB-RU-ARY 27th, but I wanted it to go in JAN-U-ARY.)

Jelly On It

It's bad enough I put goofy messages on my phone, but much worse that I blog about them. I needed to record over my Adam Sandler laced Thanksgiving message. But what to replace it with? Something Christmasy? That would make too much sense. I'll do that later in December.

In the meantime, I've chosen a newly acquired blast from the past I purchased as part of a cheesy Sports Jams compilation CD at HEB Plus today. So, if you're one of my FTF friends, call at your own risk. For my blogosphere friends, one of these days I'll have to figure out how to record & post the messages.

Any guesses on the song? There are clues in the post. FTF friends can post answer also. Afterall, I said you would get bonus points.

This is obviously a shout out to my friends & family to call my phone to hear my message - not that I want to actually talk to you or anything. I just want you to laugh at my joke. Really, it does make me happy when I check my messages and hear laughing.  Then there are the lucky few who have figured out they can bypass my silliness by pressing 1.