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| I've never encountered those "press 1 to leave a message"-type answering machines, only ones where it says: "[person you wanted to call] is not available at this moment. Please leave a message after the beep. *beep*". Maybe it's a US thing. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.231.223|108.162.231.223]] 11:59, 8 December 2013 (UTC) | | I've never encountered those "press 1 to leave a message"-type answering machines, only ones where it says: "[person you wanted to call] is not available at this moment. Please leave a message after the beep. *beep*". Maybe it's a US thing. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.231.223|108.162.231.223]] 11:59, 8 December 2013 (UTC) |
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− | : Most voicemail systems here in the US, you just leave a message after the beep, and press 1 at the end for more options afterward before sending your message (e.g., to delete it and re-record). Some answering machines, though, (like the one on my landline) let a caller choose from several mailboxes by pressing a mailbox number during the outgoing message (e.g., "To leave a message for Aaron, press 1. To leave a message for Bob, press 2."). Most likely, Randall's just [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfFunny taking a small liberty to make the joke work]. --[[User:Aaron of Mpls|Aaron of Mpls]] ([[User talk:Aaron of Mpls|talk]]) 20:20, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
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− | :: I've used a dial phone on those sorts of machines. Dialing "1" (or whatever number it was) worked fine, surprisingly. But evidently the person on the other end of the phone is baffled, and hasn't tried the obvious. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.6.128|162.158.6.128]] 20:44, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
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− | Why does [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1072:_Seventies&oldid=62864 this revision] say he has an incredulous look on his face, when he doesn't have a face? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.30|108.162.216.30]] 03:04, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
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− | : I've seen many incredulous chins in my time, and that chin reeks of incredulity. [[User:Kev|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev|talk]]) 22:45, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
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− | Anyone care to comment on why the alttext starts the quote with a single quote (UK-style, "'") and ends with a double (US-style, '"')? Was that a thing in the 17th century? [[User:Hppavilion1|Hppavilion1]] ([[User talk:Hppavilion1|talk]]) 00:57, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
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− | The image file seems to be missing here. Can someone look into it? [[User:RamenChef|RamenChef]] ([[User talk:RamenChef|talk]]) 13:39, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
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− | :Thanks for bringing this up. The picture was removed in 2012. Maybe copyright.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:41, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
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− | the title-text looks like
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− | "Wherefore this demonic inftrument? By what forcery does it produce fuch founds?"
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− | :That is called a "long S" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s [[User:Steve|Steve]] ([[User talk:Steve|talk]]) 06:13, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
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