Suffering a bit of mental doxlicksyia here, I thought the thread was *Army's answering machine* and that reminded me of being Orderly Corporal for my unit in Germany some years back. When the phone rang, I answered. Being totally bored, I once picked up the phone and said "British Army here, do you want to fight?". I also phoned the talking clock, then put the call through to my opposite number in neighbouring squadron office. He still thinks the speaking clock rang HIM.