Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for January 25, 2009

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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.