FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for August 10, 2011

It is often difficult to hear what is said over a cell phone.

Come on, who ever listened to their parents?

We did. We had too, it was the 1960’s!

Peter on auto-pilot. That’s not going to end well.

Cell phones, one of the greatest inventions and time savers of all times and at the same time the biggest pain in the ass man could devise!

Make him sign a written agreement. And then make every cell phone addict everywhere sign one just like it.

@JiminNYC No, over the years Amend has gone out of his way to show us that Andy keeps it so cold in the house that sometimes it’s warmer outside. He’s shown the entire family wearing ski jackets and the coffee usually freezes so it’s definitely below 32°. Of course at that point it’s just being comic silly but it’s definitely not just Paige whining, Andy’s just that cheap!Also, “Your father and I”? Hah! As if she lets anyone else in the family make decisions…

“To not use” sounded stupid the first time she said it. Each time she repeated it, it sounded even stupider. I wish Bill would take a basic English writing course!

And some of us wondered why she didn’t want to let him have the phone…

My cell doesn’t have a phone.

When I was a child we had a great big Willow tree out back. Mom referred to it as ‘The Tree of Learning’.

Sounds like Calvin. “What did I just tell you?” “Beats me, Mom. Weren’t you listening either?”