Away Messages: The New...Something Clever

Author: UnmitigatedHardness

Date: July 1, 2004

You know the dude this comic ridicules lovingly all the time? Starts with an N, ends with an I-C-K?
Right. May or may not live in Dallas, listen to metal, drink Gentleman Jack, work at a Foley's, and have a big head? I think I'm familiar with him. What about him?
Well I'd like to know how his summer's going, but every time he signs on Instant Messenger, within seconds he has an away message up. And never anything telling--just "I am away from my computer."
That's pretty fitting. The away message is a difficult art form to master. But I'd much rather read that default than some other douche away message that some of my friends use during the summer.
Yeah. Example: "All I'm going to say about last night is that it involved girls, tequila, a pool, and wild sex." Uh, you pretty much told me everything. There isn't as much mystery as you think.
...I am away from my computer.