Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for January 25, 2009
Transcript:
Noise: Ring ring. Mom: I'll get it! Noise: Ring ring. Mom: I might get it! Hello? Cathy: Hi, Mom. MoM: Oh, is that you, sweetie? Cathy: You have caller ID. You knew it was me. Mom: I don't like to peek at the caller I.D. It seems rude. Cathy: You don't peek?? Mom: No... I do peek. I said I don't like to peek. Cathy: If you peeked and knew it was me, why did you ask if it was me?? Mom: Because if I just said, "hello Cathy," you'd know I peeked and it would seem like an invasion of privacy! Cathy: So instead you lied and pretended you didn't peek? Mom: Yes! This is what the world's come to! It's no longer possible to even answer the phone without being flung into a moral dilemma in which every choice is an unthinkable breach of etiquette! Cathy: Maybe you should simply cancel caller I.D., Mom. Mom: How would I avoid all the dear friends from whom I'm trying to hide?? Then. Now.
Cathy and her mom could spend several hours analyzing the right and wrong ways (philosophical, psychological and technical) to turn a doorknob.