I either post an away message that says exactly what I'm off doing, or else I use one of Jack Handey's Deep Thoughts....my favorite ones are "Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man." or else "A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "Hear that?" you say. "That's dynamite, baby."
And I also use "Like a fat kid in dodge ball - I'm out"
One of my best friends, Sam, uses a similar one sometimes that says "Like Kiran's shirt when Shaun's around - I'm off" I didn't appreciate that so much, but it did make me smile.
