I was the first contestant today on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" the NPR News Quiz. You can listen on line here, but like most call-in guests, I don't say much. This weeks comedian/panel is Tom Bodette, Paula Poundstone, and P.J. O'Rourke. Jokes about Iceland went past me so fast I thought I could feel wind through the phone.
The three questions were very easy so I won the prize, Carl Castle's voice on my answering machine. The producer I spoke with said you can have pretty much anything for a greeting. I just have to write it out and Carl will record on a CD. The best suggestion I have heard so far was from my wife who said the greeting could be: "This is Carl Kasell from NPR News, Neil and I are out training for the Tour de France and can't come to the phone right now, please leave a message and one of us will get back to you."
But I have a few days before sending in my script. If you have an idea for a greeting that tops Carl and I training for the Tour, let me know what it is.
Veteran of four wars, four enlistments, four branches: Air Force, Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard. I am both an AF (Air Force) veteran and as Veteran AF (As Fuck)
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