The hunt for the funniest Out of Office reply
9 09 2005I think Macromedia’s Doug Benson (hope he doesn’t mind me posting this) just made it to my shortlist of funniest OOO replies I’ve ever gotten.
“I’m out of the office, … In the event of an emergency, try to remain calm and centered, head for the nearest exit or bar, and tell your inner child to stop whimpering.”
Any other favourites?
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Thanks for your message.
We already moved to the bar at the other side of the street.
Unless you are the boss.
Sir, we finished all our tasks, however we missed your vote to make all the final decisions. Therefore, we are doing a teambuilding event at the nearest fitnesscenter.
or
Not everybody is as lazy as you, you know.
We don’t play games all day long, so we don’t have to work at this awfull hour.
>Best “Out Of Office” Auto Replies.
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>1. I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I
>fail to get the position. Be prepared for my mood.
>
>2. You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of
>the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn’t have received
>anything at all.
>
>3. I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send
>me until I return from holiday on 1st April. Please be patient and your
>mail will be deleted in the order it was received.
>
>4. Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged £5.99
>for the first ten words and £1.99 for each additional word in your message.
>
>5. The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is
>unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try
>sending again. (The beauty of this is that when you return, you can
>see how many in-duh-viduals did this over and over).
>
>6. Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system.
>You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in
>approximately 19 weeks.
>
>7. I’ve run away to join a different circus.
>
>8. I will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks for medical reasons.
>When I return, please refer to me as ‘Jeannette’ instead of ‘Tim’.
>