"Hello, this is Ron's toaster. Ron's new answering machine
is in the shop for repairs, so please leave your message
when the toast is done .... {Cachunk!}"
But right now I'm using "This is a boring answering machine message.
Leave a message anyway." because I'm sick of people ringing the phone
at 10am just so they can hear the clever messages I usually have, and
then hanging up without even leaving a "like your message" message....