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My Rejection Line discovery

I recently interviewed social networking guru (and friend of Stay Free!) Jonah Peretti for the upcoming issue of the magazine. In doing background research, I came across the website for Jonah's Rejection Line, a phone number he and his sister Chelsea set up that you can give out to people who hit on you, to get them to go away (212-479-7990). The answering messages are pretty funny... but the reason I'm bringing this up is because one section of the site has recordings that people who have been rejected leave on on the voicemail. And there's one message in particular - an inscrutable rant by an angry suitor - that really struck me. When I heard it I thought, "Where have I heard that voice before?" And then it hit me - Victor the Budgie! (See conversations like this one.)