ART OF ThE TAPED MESSAGE ON ANSWERING MACHINES

[摘要] The telephone answering machine is ushering in the age of the personal sound bite making it possible for each of us to declare ourselves and advertise ourselves to an at least theoretically vast audience. . .One subscriber [motivated by security considerations] makes this point blatantly in his introduction to the beep. It says: "No one is home right now except for the Doberman pinscher and the pit bull who have not been fed for some time. . ." The muse of taped messages doles out inspiration sparingly. . .on the third ring, her throaty voice declares, "At the beep we will be united electronically."

[学科分类] 儿科学