{"id":109,"date":"2009-03-12T20:31:47","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T04:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2009-03-12T20:31:47","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T04:31:47","slug":"answering-machine-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/?p=109","title":{"rendered":"Answering Machine Greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking of oral tradition, there may be no written record of a couple of answering machine greetings I thought up on a long commute or two from San Dimas back to Compton.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ring, ring.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello.<\/p>\n<p>How many times have you said to yourself, &#8220;<em>I wish I could talk to the Robinsons.<\/em>&#8220;, but have <strong>not<\/strong> had the chance?<\/p>\n<p>Well, now, for a limited time only, in this special telephone offer, you, yes, that&#8217;s right, <strong>you<\/strong>, can leave your message after the tone.<\/p>\n<p>Act now. You can&#8217;t afford to pass up this amazing opportunity!<\/p>\n<p>And, remember, this offer is not available in stores.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beep&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ring, ring.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello.<\/p>\n<p>How many times have you said to yourself, &#8220;<em>Why did I dial this number? What made me do this sinful thang?<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, <strong>God<\/strong> has the answer for each and every one of us. Let me quote to you from the scriptures, Geronimo two, verse five.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And, behold, when he called, the <strong>Lord<\/strong> did answer unto him, &#8216;<font color=\"red\">Leave your message after the tone.<\/font>&#8216;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beep&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>They need a good reader. Who, in the van roaring south on 605 through the sleepy, 2AM darkness, was me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking of oral tradition, there may be no written record of a couple of answering machine greetings I thought up on a long commute or two from San Dimas back to Compton. Ring, ring. Hello. How many times have you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/?p=109\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloggy-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tranzoa.net\/~alex\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}