oh wow…. I sooooo remember this feeling. But when I was teen it wasn’t just the ear it was the neck from holding the cordless phone between my ear & shoulder.
As someone who was a teenager in the 80s, it was my personal observation/experience that teen girls would tend to spend countless hours on the phone. Teen boys, not really.
’50s or early ’60s Dave Berg depicted a housewife on the phone as she did all her daily tasks, head leaning over to hold it to her shoulder, mouth open. Final frame she was dressed to the nines to go out with her husband – head leaning over, mouth open.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
Thank goodness for speaker phone option on mobile phones in this epoque.
howtheduck over 4 years ago
Even back in 1991 when this was originally published I would have said, “Hey, Mike! Did you forget you have two ears?”
suv2000 over 4 years ago
Thank God for cell phones earbuds
PoodleGroomer over 4 years ago
Speakerphone helps prevent mushrooms from growing in your ears.
kraftjeff over 4 years ago
Speakerphones prevent private conversations too…
michaeljwolff over 4 years ago
Earache my eye.
ddekreon over 4 years ago
What year did this co m e out?
RandomLeeme over 4 years ago
oh wow…. I sooooo remember this feeling. But when I was teen it wasn’t just the ear it was the neck from holding the cordless phone between my ear & shoulder.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
Well Michael, let’s think about this and see if we can figure out the problem. This may take a while. /s
GirlGeek Premium Member over 4 years ago
Man I do not miss those old landline phones
Big Mike over 4 years ago
As someone who was a teenager in the 80s, it was my personal observation/experience that teen girls would tend to spend countless hours on the phone. Teen boys, not really.
keltii over 4 years ago
for me it’s the left ear, and only the left ear. You see, I don’t have a right one.
rshive over 4 years ago
At least there’s no time for a scam call to fit in there.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago
I had a similar complaint about my right thumb and then one day I realized how many times a day I hit the space bar.
TumblersBlue over 4 years ago
Theses days the punchline would read “I don’t know why Dad, but my thumbs hurt!”
andersjg Premium Member over 4 years ago
My hearing aids have Bluetooth.
The_Great_Black President over 4 years ago
It is due to Michael’s weird head shape.
Spacetech over 4 years ago
Wait until Flo trashes the new apartment and they go after the lease holder. Or she starts running numbers out of the joint…
gcarlson over 4 years ago
’50s or early ’60s Dave Berg depicted a housewife on the phone as she did all her daily tasks, head leaning over to hold it to her shoulder, mouth open. Final frame she was dressed to the nines to go out with her husband – head leaning over, mouth open.
rosemarycuba over 4 years ago
funny
M2MM over 4 years ago
He’s a real “Captain Oblivious” isn’t he? :D