We have an agreement with my girlfriend that around the time she's back from work, I'm supposed to call her so that she knows I'm also home and she should log on Skype. I do that regularly and I always remember to hang up before the Voice Mail takes over.

Yesterday I did the exact same routine whilst playing Mass Effect 3. Engrossed in the game, I wasn't really paying attention to what I was doing - I was too busy probing planets for useful resources. All of a sudden, I hear the familiar Skype notification sound, so I pause the game and grab the laptop. This is the conversation that followed (Dates and nicks removed):