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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Boring answering-machine recordings
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Date: Fri, 18-May-84 15:52:20 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 18 15:52:20 1984
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[Hi!  I'm not here now, but ... ]

Try the direct approach:

	"Who are you, and what do you want?"

Never fails to get a prompt answer.  It's not always printable, though.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel