Dan Spisak once made the deadly mistake of telling everyone who left an answer on his machine just how to change his greeting.
This was an opportunity that Paul and I just could not afford to miss…
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The first message was inspired by Dan’s obsession with the really campy movie, Flash Gordon.
| Dan: | Hi, you’ve reached Dan’s room. I’m not in right now at the moment. |
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| Rob: | Leave your message after the “A-Ah!” |
| Freddie Mercury: | Flash… A-Ah! |
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After we lulled Dan into a false sense of security by waiting a few months, we struck again. This time, the theme was The Omega Virus, a board game put out by Milton Bradley. Dan had become obsessed with one phrase that the electronic voice of the virus spits out every few minutes: “You human scum!”
| Klaxon fires off three short bursts, followed by garbled computer noises | |
| Computer: | Enter secret code. |
|---|---|
| Dan: | Zero… nine… seven. |
| Virus: | Wrong! Security breach! Security breach! At… |
| Dan: | …Dan’s room… |
| Virus: | …you human scum! |