• Alyss said on Dec 09, 2007....

  I always answer in the same way but then I don't have caller id. ;-)

• CreativeWoman said on Dec 09, 2007....

  Alyss,
  My family is probably just goofy.  :-)
  
  CW
  

• GracefullyGrowing said on Dec 09, 2007....

  My family answers with this silly, not-all-that-funny, thing when we know it's a family member on the other end. . . .
   
  <In an extreme southern accent> "Duffy's Horse Barn.  Duffy ain't here."
   
  ~Grace~

• CreativeWoman said on Dec 09, 2007....

  Grace,
  That's very funny.  :-)
  
  CW
  

• lfbno7 said on Dec 09, 2007....

  Typical call from my wife to me at work. Me: Hello Shel: Hi Me: Who is this? Shel: It's me. Me: I can't hear you. Shel: Yes you can. Me: No I can't.

• lfbno7 said on Dec 09, 2007....

  Typical call from my wife to me at work. Me: Hello Shel: Hi Me: Who is this? Shel: It's me. Me: I can't hear you. Shel: Yes you can. Me: No I can't.

• lfbno7 said on Dec 09, 2007....

  Pet peeve. You click the submit button. Nothing happens. You click it again. Nothing happens. You go away. You come back and your comment appears twice.

• tbs230 said on Dec 09, 2007....

  With my sister and my older female cousin I always go, " Hola suga plum!" or "Hola homie G. slice (or slicicle.)!" or "Hello Home skillet biscuit" (mostly with my sister).
  
  With my mom, I go, "hello Best Friend!"
  
  With some of my friends (if I'm in a good mood), "Hello, Cassanova de la Ghetto speaking!" (From a Waynes Brothers episode),
  

• tbs230 said on Dec 09, 2007....

  
  

• MissMimi said on Dec 09, 2007....

  When my daughter calls, invariably I answer it like it's such an imposition:  "whaddyawant now??" or " Not you again!"  It always makes her laugh.
   
  I have a friend that lives in Boston, and lately she's been answering her phone, "Hello, Ohiooooo"  to which I answer, "Hello, Bawstonnn!" 

• silverwhisper said on Dec 09, 2007....

  personally, i almost always answer the phone with "hello?" b/c i'm just not witty enough in real life to think of anything funny, to be honest.
  
  but i like the way your family handles it, CW. :D
  
  ed

• queenparanoia said on Dec 09, 2007....

  oh that was fun cw!!!

  when i had a cellphone ( and i'm still missing it!!!)

  when my mother called. i answered "yo what's up" and she answers"yo" it's kinda funny because my mother acts like she's sixteen sometimes...

  the nacho thing is so funny with your nephew... =)

• pickersplock said on Dec 09, 2007....

  When Mr. Plock calls, this is the conversation;
   
  Pickers, "Hello."
   
  Mr. P., "Hi.......................................it's me Mr. Plock."
   
  Pickers, "I know it's you, who else would it be?"
   
  Mr. P., "I thought maybe you thought it was your boyfriend calling."
   
  Pickers, "Oh brother."
   
  Mr. P. , "No, I said it was me!"
   
  Pickers, "I know it's you and I don't have a boyfriend!  What do you want?"
   
  Mr. P., "Well, you know, I've been reading a lot about how you 40 year old women are leaving their husbands for younger men."
   
  Pickers, "You should be so lucky."
   
  Mr. P., "Well, I didn't mean to bother you, I was just checking in."
   
  Pickers, "Oh good grief, I'm hanging up now, good-bye."

• Jenna said on Dec 09, 2007....

   

  Cw....I am happy to hear you so happy.  Sounds like you have fun with your family.

  I do not answer the phone in any certain way......but I do keep my phone on at work in case one of my kids needs me.  Well my daughter seems to forget that I have a job and she texts me all the time.  My phone will go off in the middle of a lesson and my first graders all say....I bet that Is D.  We usually take a vote...is it D or my son M.  It is always D.  They love to know what she wants.  She usually texts me important things like her hermit crab changed shells.  Or sends me pics of hairstyles and what do I think.....

  Funny how cell phones have become such a mainstay in our lives...what we do without them?

  Again Cw...glad to hear you so happy!

• Eilan said on Dec 09, 2007....

  Whenever my husband calls his mom, he always says, "Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?" when she answers the phone.
  
  I'm a "Hello?" kind of person.
  

• lfbno7 said on Dec 09, 2007....

  Eilan that line is from Lily Tomlin. She played Ernestine the phone company operator on Laugh In in the mid 60s and she sometimes said that. She also said "one ringy dingy, two ringy dingies".

• lfbno7 said on Dec 09, 2007....

• Eilan said on Dec 09, 2007....

  Well, that's before my time--but not my husband's time!  :D

• wakingharmony said on Dec 09, 2007....

  And thats tha truth P~~~~~

• wakingharmony said on Dec 09, 2007....

  And thats tha truth P~~~~~

• starchini said on Dec 09, 2007....

  When my friends call i sometimes answer the phone "Christina's answering service how may i direct your call? ".  They always are confused by this "did i get the wrong number,  but it said Christina...ummm..." .  They usually respond with "uhhh...Christina?"...When my parents call i sometimes speak in a really heavy asian accent and say  "kinkos, how may i help you?" 
   
  OR ill answer my phone "Good afternoon thank you for calling Regis how may i help you?"  thats just out of habit though from work lol...

• CreativeWoman said on Dec 09, 2007....

  lfb,
  That's really funny.  You sound a lot like my dad in a fun way.  :-)
  
  tbs,
  That sounds like a lot of fun.  :-)
  
  Mimi,
  It's always good to make someone laugh.  :-)
  
  ed,
  There's a lot of humor tossed back and forth.  My brother always kept us in stitches. He was as funny as any stand up comedian.  He was the master of the phone quips.  I miss him.  The rest of us can be pretty funny too.  :-)
  
  queen,
  Thanks.  It sounds like you have fun with your mom.  :-)
  
  pickers,
  It sounds like the two of you have a playful relationship.  :-)
  
  Jenna,
  Thank you.  I do feel happier than I have in a long time.
  
   I never used to think I needed a cell phone.  Now that I have it, I wouldn't want to be without it. 
  
  That's cute about your students voting on who is texting.  :-)
  
  Eilan,
  Hello works.  :-)
  
  lfb,
  Thanks for pointing that out.  Lilly Tomlin is really funny.
  
  Eilan,
  They play Laugh In clips on one of the XM radio stations I listen to in the car.  It is really funny.
  
  Waking...
  Sock it to me!   :-)
  
  starchini,
  That's really funny.  My sister is good at throwing people off like that too.  :-)
  
  CW
  

• travelr712 said on Dec 09, 2007....

  trav's pool hall, who in the hall do you want?

• Mamie said on Dec 09, 2007....

  that is so funny! When it is my daughter ringing in, I always answer, "hi pretty lady" and when it is my mom, I say "hi mommy"...and when it is my husband, I say "Hi honey" and when it is my inlaws, I don't pick up the phone. I mean geez, not to be mean but what do they want now?

   :)

• RollingC said on Dec 09, 2007....

  I haven't had any fun with the phone for many years now....not since high school anyway.  I'm going to have to spice things up just for the fun of it.
  Rc
  

• CreativeWoman said on Dec 09, 2007....

  trav,
  I've used that one before too.  :-)
  
  Mamie,
  Voice mail is a wonderful thing.  I screen calls from my inlaws too.  :-)
  
  Rc,
  I'm sure there is nothing wrong with how you answer.  :-)
  
  CW
  

• Racerboy said on Dec 10, 2007....

  If i know who it is, I some times answer it with "Taco Bell" or "Joes Pizza"  or something else that may pop into my head. 
  Back before caller ID, when I was in college, my roommate answered the phone one night when we were having a party.  He answered "Buferds Whore House....Which bitch do you want?"  It turned out to be my mother on the other end, calling to tell me my grandfather had passed away.  She was not amused, and my roommate was on her list for several years.

• CreativeWoman said on Dec 10, 2007....

  Racerboy,
  What your friend did definitely would be considered a foot in the mouth moment. He had no way of knowing that the call would be bearing bad news though. 
  
  Do your friends play along and give you wacky orders when you answer that way?
  
  CW
  

• Racerboy said on Dec 10, 2007....

  Have no idea where a couple posts went to? they must have gotten eaten!

• CreativeWoman said on Dec 10, 2007....

  Racerboy,
  Sometimes comments do disappear.  I have no reason why.  People make that comment all the time.  I didn't delete anything.
  
  CW
  

• travelr712 said on Dec 10, 2007....

  soulcast has finally gotten involved in the 'mysterious disappearing posts' problem. i reported it to them on saturday because they said they hadn't heard of any complaints. since then, there's been several people reporting the same problem. hopefully they'll find what's wrong in the next day or so. my guess is that this new rubicon add engine they're using is interfearing with the posts and comments being transfered from the temporary space to the storage area in their database. but that's just me :-)

• CreativeWoman said on Dec 10, 2007....

  trav,
  You're so smart!  Thanks for reporting the problem.
  
  CW
  

• wakingharmony said on Dec 10, 2007....

  Ok Trav~ Spit em out!!! haha J/k   I had post here again a bit earlier and it disappeard  b4 trv got here really but just kiddin about him taking

• CreativeWoman said on Dec 10, 2007....

  waking,
  I haven't had that happen to me much....so far.  I lost a whole post I was doing recently though.  I imagine the powers that be are working on it.
  
  CW
  

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