It sounds like a fantastical past, yet at one point a separate machine needed to be attached to the phone to record messages if no one was home to answer. Not only that, but a third device ...

It sounds like a fantastical past, yet at one point a separate machine needed to be attached to the phone to record messages if no one was home to answer. Not only that, but a third device ...

Jesse Tristram, a 26-year-old from Leyton in east London, found out she had a brain tumour when an automated message gave the ...

Greg has set up a phone line for you to have a good old rage against the answer machine. You can call it anytime - just leave us a message telling us what makes you really really irrationally ...

Jesse Tristram, a 26-year-old from Leyton in east London, found out she had a brain tumour when an automated message gave the ... number to call - and the answering machine gave her the information.

Last night's Top 10 list on Letterman was the best "Messages left on Al Gore's answering machine." No. 8 was "It's Larry from Toyota. This global warming paranoia is great for business." ...