Lost Parrot

A man received a phone call one day, and the caller asked if he had lost
a parrot. The man said that he had indeed lost the bird, but wanted to
know how the caller located him.

The called said that the bird had landed on his balcony and kept
repeating, "Hi, you have reached 555-1234. I can't come to the phone
right now, please leave a message at the tone."