Answering machines. Nowadays almost everyone has one, complete with a snappy
message of their own device. Wait for the BEEP and then read on.
This is a short adaptation of Simon Butler-Whites and Clive Archers
could-be phone messages released in Australian Cleo, August 1989.
(Some of them are bit old, Maggie aint prime minister of the UK, and
Kylie Minogue isnt seeing Jason Donovan anymore, but youll get the meaning
anyway, Im sure).