IChat Idle Status like Adium

I was wondering if anyone knew of a script or preference tweak that would allow an automatic Idle status like the one Adium deploys with their application, Where I can just choose a predetermined time as to how long I've gone "idle" and it continue to rack up the minutes from there on out without switching back to "Available" until i choose otherwise.
I realize that I could just set my status as "away" with the preference of not allowing people to see when I'm actually not at my computer, but there are times I would much rather go into an idle status to make my absence more believable even when i return.
I can't imagine this to be all that difficult as that most, including AOL's own AIM client, allows this. I just personally don't know where to begin. I've scoured through various forums looking for an answer and I'm just shocked this hasn't been asked before.
It is the only feature I miss from Adium but I love iChat's simplicity and design that much more for me to want to go back to Adium.

Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
The most I have seen on this is this Hint and comment set
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=200402181751007&query=IChatIdletime
Even Chax, an iChat Add On, does it by setting an Away message rather than Idle
I am not sure it is in the Chax Version for Snow Leopard either. (Still in Alpha)
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