I used something similar to this for a while, but changed it while job-hunting a few years back.
Hi, I'm not home right now and I can't afford an answering machine, so I've trained the fridgerator to answer my calls. Talk real slow so he can write down the message and then he will stick it on the front with one of those cute magnets. I'll get the message the next time I go for a beer. Thanks...*beep*
If you use it, send me a beer.