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Tuesday, May 06, 2025

The Art of the Away Message

1. Generic: Lame. Clearly you are away because you have an away message up. It's just repetitive to display the sentence, \I am away from my computer right now."" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Informational: It's great that you know exactly what you'll be doing every moment of the day. How about writing that in a planner next time because let's face it, no one's coming looking for you. 

 

 

 

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3. Song quotes: Jack Johnson and Dave Matthews appreciate your patronage. They're getting a little bit of over-play, but they're poetic masterminds so who cares? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.Inspirational quotes: With sunshine coming from everyone from Dr. Seuss to Oprah, there are just so many inspiring things to say. This category is most appropriate for finals and natural disasters. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Out of context quotes: Let's face it: sometimes people just say messed up things and these instances are best for the away message quote. 

 

 

 

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