Away messages

It amazes me how people put every little thing in their away message, actually I am guilty of doing this. But it is interesting as to how many people read other's away messages. I always read my friends away messages but not in depth like some other people may. For example, my friend the other day when asked where katie was said oh shes with her boyfriend at ginger hill and I said oh did you talk to her? and she said no I read her away message. This is just amazing how one piece of information logged on the internet like that can be used in every day conversations.