[Don Joe]

"It's just that it's like having a conversation with an answering machine."

Not quite. The answering machine will get the message once it finishes saying its piece. :)

[danneskjold]

Not quite. The answering machine will get the message once it finishes saying its piece. :)

Ah, true, true. Only, you're still not sure that the message will be listened to, only that you've left it.