Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 18, 2022

My parents need Calvin to answer the phone for all the telemarketers that still call their landline.

How exactly did Calvin expect that to work? He didn’t even give his address.

you’re sure not very social, Calvin

Go figure

Nice try, Calvin!

Was that the principal calling ?

The bank I have my current account with, keeps sending letters to my house, addressed to a former owner. Having tried ‘return to sender, not at this address’, having rung them, having taken the mail into a local branch and saying ‘they don’t live there any more’, I made a formal complaint to their ‘data protection officer’.

Which they have responded to by telling me that due to ‘data protection’ they intend to keep sending me mail addressed to a person who verifiably doesn’t live there. They did ask me however to help out, by writing ‘return to sender’ on it, or taking it into the local branch.

Definition of insanity, please meet my bank…

They haven’t so far, offered money for the service they now expect me to provide them with.

PermanentTSB, in Ireland, what a joke.

Calvin can answer the phone all day at my house.

A long time ago I kept getting copies for my subscription to Time Magazine, and 2 bills. I wrote and phoned again and again, but no response. Then I wrote a letter to Dear Computer and said I was sure there must be a human somewhere there and it should ask that human for help, like take me to your leader. I got a reply right away!

Calvin seems to have taken “take a message” literally. He is very imaginative but also very literal minded.

This is me when mY brother said “go get me ice cream” XD

LOL… Don’t you just love the bureaucracy..,

I think Calvin is being most generous. The offer was sincere. …probably.

One way to get rid of pesky callers!

However, some are obnoxious and even when you call to get on their NO CALL list they still call 2-4 times a day! ☹️☹️☹️

If the person who was calling drove to their house, they could’ve just found Mom and gave her the message.

Happy syndication birthday Calvin and Hobbs! Today, in 1985, this comic strip was syndicated.

Bring the letters and ask to close out the accounts. It worked for O’Day Mae Brown on Ghost..

Latest phone spasm to hit us is where a male voice says ‘Hello, Grandpa" I ask who’s calling. “Your grandson. Don’t you recognize me?” [Idiot is calling to a house phone – no screen]. Only thing dumber would be hearing a female saying ’it’s your grandson,’ but I wouldn’t be surprised it happens.

Capitalism.

Good way to get rid of pesky telemarketers.

We’ve lived in several small towns where one only got mail via a numbered lock box with a unique opening combination. Luckily, we never had a problem like that.

lose your land line.

Children should not be allowed to play with the phone. Worse, one of my friends insisted on putting her five-year-old on the line during every call. He would then shout incomprehensibly into the receiver. Surprised I don’t call her much any more?

Should have charged less.

Hello, this is Marty’s refrigerator, Marty’s answering machine is broken, so, if you’ll speak real slow, I’ll write down your message on a note and put it on me with one of these magnets.

Get the mess-age???

Get the mess-age???

Remember the time someone asked him to take a message and he burst a balloon and said “Aak, I’ve been shot!”?

Mom never got here answering machine, did she?