For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for January 25, 2022

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    howtheduck  almost 3 years ago

    John says, “Elly, if there was something wrong, he would have called.”

    Or someone from the hospital or morgue or police station. Elly has the right of it. You should be worried before you are angry.

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 3 years ago

    oh, you have no idea, John, how much doodoo Michael got himself into

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    MichaelAxelFleming  almost 3 years ago

    Pay phone. Then he can go home and listen to the gramophone while he makes charcoal drawings on the wall of his cave.

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    LastRoseOfSummer 1 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    , I couldn’t find my phone today..asked the newly installed Alexa. Was asked the number, gave it. Then I was told she would text me a confirmation code to establish ownership. HOW CAN I READ A TEXT IF I DONT HAVE MY PHONE! And it didn’t appear on my tablet. Finally I drove back to my daughter’s and I had left my phone there. Don’t you love Technology?

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    Johnnyrico  almost 3 years ago

    “Service With A Smile”…. Not much of a smile anywhere!

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    Its just me  almost 3 years ago

    Down under more phone booths are being installed and the calls are free.

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    capricorn9th  almost 3 years ago

    What’s wrong, Mike? Couldn’t read the map or you ran out of gas?

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    Susan00100  almost 3 years ago

    John is still more concerned about his damned car than about his son’s safety!!

    At least, Elly has her priorities straight (for once).

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    preacherman Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Why doesn’t Mike just ask for directions?

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    When I was a kid and living at home, I was coming from my job in a blizzard. A normal 20 minute drive took over 2 hours and even then I didn’t make it all the way. An intersection was blocked and I had to walk the rest of the way. There were no cell phones then. The whole thing started because some idiot who had bald tires got stuck and caused a giant traffic jam.

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    Strider Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    I can’t stand people like that as it is clear Michael is going to use the phone because he has a problem. I label those people Frank Burns of the world.

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    tripwire45  almost 3 years ago

    Just ask how to get to the entrance to the “direction” bound freeway you want, kid.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Been there. Now, does the pay phone work. Do you have a quarter? Do you have a calling card? Will Dad accept the charges?

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    calliarcale  almost 3 years ago

    One thing ubiquitous cell phones have done for us is that if you don’t have one, you don’t really have an alternative other than the kindness of strangers.

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    BlitzMcD  almost 3 years ago

    He’s doomed!

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    dv1093  almost 3 years ago

    Hey Kids! This is really what it was like before cell phones!!

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    mindjob  almost 3 years ago

    Most reliable is still tin cans and string

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    StackableContainers  almost 3 years ago

    I was with my older brother in the 90s and we had this same thing happen. Needed to use a phone, guy in gas station said “No” and 3 payphones we tried were broken. And parents were mad at us for not calling. We tried to call.

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    Cincoflex  almost 3 years ago

    The attendant is kind of heartless; I’m sure he can see this kid is lost.

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    198.23.5.11  almost 3 years ago

    If there’s anything worse than being a kid in trouble it’s people who don’t BELIEVE you’re a kid in trouble.

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    Yardley701  almost 3 years ago

    Cheap skate let the kid use the phone!

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    Stan Baranowski Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Today’s strip sends me back to being 16 again and in a panic because of being in the same kind of situation.

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    Iwa Iniki  almost 3 years ago

    No cell phone? He needs to be up to date.

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  almost 3 years ago

    Wonderful days of cell phones

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    sjsczurek  almost 3 years ago

    I don’t know of any place that has pay phones anymore. I think the phone company stopped making them and tore down the ones they had. More’s the pity. Not everyone has a smart/magic/whatever phone in their pocket.

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    ktrabbit  almost 3 years ago

    I am reminded of several times I could have avoided being in hot water (and the stress of knowing it) if I could only have let the folks know I was stuck somewhere…and then the one time I could, and my dad came and rescued me from a bad situation. Love U Daddy.

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    CrzyDyeman  almost 3 years ago

    The ‘80’s struggle was real.

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    kathleenhicks62  almost 3 years ago

    Too bad Michael-everything happens to make you look bad and I would not call that a “service” station, rude station more like!

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    mikeywilly  almost 3 years ago

    In this modern day world of “instant communications”, we sometimes forget just how limited we used to be! This strip was originated, what, 25-35 years ago?!?

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    finnygirl Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    The small-to-mid-sized city I live in still has a few payphones. There are two (and they work) at the bus station. There is actually one in my apartment building lobby but it doesn’t work! There used to be one at a 7-11 near where I lived in the past, but I haven’t been by there in a couple of years, so I don’t know if it’s still there.

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    SquidGamerGal  about 1 month ago

    This exactly what happens when you give your kids even a tiny taste of freedom!

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