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Sally was puzzled recently by the odd messages she kept getting on her voice mail. Day after day, all she'd hear, from friends, family, and customers alike, would be their message and then they'd ALL say, "BEEP."
We were talking about something else at the moment but I had her check her voice mail message anyway to see if there was a clue. She discovered the solution to the BEEP riddle when she dialed her own phone number.
Her message said, "I'm not available right now, so please leave a beep after the message."
Message Puzzle
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
~Fran Lebowitz, Social Studies
The use of telephone answering machines became popular in 1974.
