Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 06, 2008

My kids actually know to tell my wife and I if we should answer the phone or not by reading the caller ID. “It’s just a Toll-free Number!” either our daughter (11) or our 2 sons (8 and 5) will call out. Yeah, our 5 year old is learning to read still, but he knows what the word Toll-free means… it means to LET IT RING! (or answer then hang up, take your pick)

A classical joke on literal meaning recreated by Calvin

this is wat 2 do when some1 calls… provided u know them

Better yet….let the 5 year old answer and tell them in intense detail ALL about his day!

You know, it’s been years since Bill quit drawing this strip but it never gets old.

LOL!

“yes let me put u in hold for a few minutes, may I ask whom is calling? and then just walk away for the rest of the dinner, LOL

haa i have that one

ice age ho ahhhhhhh

This was a good one!

sigh, I wish that Watterson would draw Calvin and Hobbes again….

I had a friend who would hand the phone to her 2-year old when it was an unwanted call and the little one would “talk” to the person!!!

Instead of this if it is a telamarketer yell into the phone, or say random things.

hahaha! right! i could use that line!

My sister had a boring receptionist job back in college, and she used to call people up at random and as soon as they answered the phone she would ask if she could put them on hold. She says a surprising number would agree, and would stay on hold for a long time. Of course, she’s going to Hell for this, but it’s an interesting phycological experiment.

Be more literal, phone caller.

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