Some of the typical IMs when I get back to my computer (if it hasn’t restarted on its own):
Chris W: are you ever on? do you just ignore my IM’s?
Daniel Peters: are u ever there?
Mark O: are u here
Mark O: youre mean
And just last saturday:
Naim: hehe as daynah and lele have mentioned you’re probably away from your comp.. but.. hi! i’m naim 
i run cpnet and post on protag.. hehee….. say hi sometime or i’ll try again
Luckily , he’s still online 2 hours later:
Me:hah lele showed me your chat log
Naim: i wanted to IM you for a long time… but likeeeeeee
Naim: i was like “lauryn is really cool and popular, she doesnt want me to bother her!”
Me: haha..that’s a myth
Really, if I don’t reply to your ims, it’s because I’m at school or just away from the computer . But if I catch your ims, I always reply to it. If I didn’t , that means my computer restarted and I didn’t see your message.
