Have you ever experienced having tons of tasks to do at a limited amount of time that you almost wish everyone will just leave you alone? Unfortunately, as much as you'd like to be unavailable, work and/or duty calls that you should at least be "visible" to be easily reached at any time.
Here are some of Yahoo Status messages I have modified and used to "indirectly" say I am very busy at the moment.
Photo Courtesy of Cybernetnews
Discreet.
(20) I'm on Mobile.(19) Add request pending.
(18) On the phone desperately asking for solicitation
Less Discreet.
(17) Stepped out (and not coming back)(16) (Flew) Away
(15) Im not here or there right now
(14) Not at home, Not at desk, Not in the office
(13) Be right back someday
Least Discreet.
(12) Idle for 3 years(11) Out to lunch in Afghanistan
(10) Busy showing I am busy
(9) Do not disturb now. World at War!
(8) On vacation (and retirement)
(7) Invisible to everyone
(6) Offline
If and only if the above messages were not effective to drive your chatters away,
"Desperate times call for desperate measures."
(5) Limited or no connectivity.
(4) Bad request 400
(3) Server not found
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(2) Unauthorized 401
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(1) Forbidden 403
Thanks to Dean Hunt for his amazingly inspiring blog; Nathan and Mabel for the technical support. ^_^
Resources:
http://cybernetnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/yahoo-messenger-9.jpg
http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/httpCode/images/401.gif
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/itaysk/WindowsLiveWriter/SharePointDesignerDataFormWebPartapostro_10B5C/400error_thumb.png
http://www.kirkbytimes.co.uk/images/newsimages/kirkbytimes_banned_nov_2003/403_message.jpg
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