Phone stuff: A good thing to do when somebody asks for somebody's number is to give them a number of somebody with the same name as the person they want to call. So 'jimmy' WILL answer, but not the RIGHT jimmy (this gets very confusing for both the people). Also, if anybody calls your house by accident and asks for somebody, just tell em "they're at Dave's house". They probably know a Dave.
PS: I'm thinking of changing my answering machine message (that I've kept for 2 years!) within a few days, so if you want to hear it in all its wonderful terribality, you only have a few days left... I've actually gotten a message left from a friend just to tell me to change my answering machine message cos it's the worst thing he's ever heard.