The only proper response to your wife making mention that certain aspects of you might be wider than they were is to point out that certain aspects of her are lower than they were. Then look away and sigh ‘perky’ wistfully.
Even when this strip was new, when Frank was young jeans came in multiple styles. Straight legs, boot cut, flares, bells, button fly, zipper fly and several others. The major difference between then and now (or Then, then and Then, now) was the limited number of brands.All of this is aside the point. He has jeans. He likes how they fit. He doesn’t need or want new ones. This is all to make Nancy happy.
Word Perfect was the state of the art Word Processor on PCs in ‘93. Word was just… bad. In 93, home PCs (of whatever branding) were still minor niche products. The DeGroots were evidently still part of the majority in not having a ’home computer’.
The only proper response to your wife making mention that certain aspects of you might be wider than they were is to point out that certain aspects of her are lower than they were. Then look away and sigh ‘perky’ wistfully.