Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 02, 2023

Not in our home, and we raised a healthy number of teenagers.

Lost causes

But it is an emergency! Your car’s warranty has expired!

Did you receive your new Medicaid card in the mail?

Did you ever drink the water at Camp LeJune?

It’s a special offer from Comcast

Speaking of teenagers – which they aren’t anymore – How’s Gene and family? Remember them??

If it’s Spam, it’s probably from the local grocery store.

If it’s an emergency they will leave a message. Geez, Janis! Don’t answer it!

It is the Chinese duct cleaning company warning you that your bank account has been compromised and they need you to cooperate in a sting operation using the funds that you forgot to pay the IRS who will issue a warrant if you don’t return the call at the following number as long as you answer affirmatively to the question “are you the owner of the business?”.

The other day, I got a phone call from my Health Insurance Company, and on my TV Screen it said “(Spam?)[Company Name]”…

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I don’t answer calls that say potential scam or potential fraud.

It’s sort of sad that Arlo and Janis raised a teen that has married and deserted them forever. Or did Gene and his family suffer a horrendous wreck and they all lie cold and moldering in their graves?

I leave my phone turned off unless I want to make a call.

We answer it and say, “My phone says you are potential spam in violation of federal law, are you?l You phone number has been forwarded.” They hang up.

My pixel phone blocks spam calls and texts automatically.

Didn’t end with the teen years for me.

So when is she going to visit that grown up teen and her grand child!

Oh, boy! I was just hoping a storm window salesman would call!

This is why I always give my landline number for contacts. Any cold calls to my cell HAVE to be bogus.

If no one answered spam calls then there would be no profit in them and they would stop.

I like to answer those with, “Hello caller! You’re on the air!” in my best broadcast voice. Everyone has hung up.

Someone who knew Gene thirty years ago may have time travelled to the future and saw his ultimate demise. Also, send 5,000 dollars so we can tell you when and how it happens.

I like Spam! Can I have spam instead of the baked beans? Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, SPAM, and spam?