“Ahoy 'hoy” like Mr. Burns in the Simpsons?
This one’s pretty mild: I always answer my phone with “Yellow?”
Nobody has ever noticed or questioned me about it.
My entire family “Yello”s!
I answer my phone with it all the time and nobody’s ever commented.
I answered my work phone with “Morgans Morgue; you kill’em, we chill’em” once. My coworker did not expect that and cracked up.
I’ve used the same line with different slogan a few times, but that’s the one that worked the best.
Mortuary Grill: where yesterday’s grief is today’s beef! Who can I serve you today?
City morgue, you stab 'em, we slab 'em
Or you slice 'em, we ice (or dice, if you want gruesome) 'em
Joe’s pool hall, 8 ball speaking
Sam’s sanitarium, what nut do you want?
Town grocery, you want the fruit or the vegetable?
Bill’s grill, where our meat fits your buns, how can we serve?
Bill’s grill, where we shove our greasy meat in your mouth, how can we serve?
I used to have a whole list of these things I picked up over the years, but being able to ignore calls without having to hear them ring has made me forget a lot more
I’ve heard the morgue one before, but I heard it as, “You stab 'em, we bag 'em!”
One time my dad and I were sitting in the car while my mom and wife were shopping (fabric store, not our jam). They kept calling us and we kept answering, pretending to be our voicemail messages.
I don’t know how we could keep calm while talking, because we were laughing our asses off in between calls, but it worked!
