If this were the best of all possible worlds, I could come to
the phone right now, but I can't, so if you could leave your
name and number...
-- Answering machine madness - can't answer right now because...
I can't come to the phone now, so if, well, actually I CAN come
to the phone now, I mean, like, I'm at the phone NOW, recording
this message, but I'm doing this NOW, while you're listening to
it LATER, except for you I guess it's NOW, like, when you're
listening to it....