Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 17, 2005

Transcript:

"In the old days, if you didn't want to talk to someone, you had to hang up the phone on them." "Then came the answering machine, which allowed you to hear the person's voice BEFORE talking to them, so you could decide if you even WANTED to talk to them." "Then came caller I.D., which let you know who was calling without even having to hear his voice." "With each new advance, it seems technology puts more and more distance between us and other people." "I ask you...is this the dream?" "It wouldn't seem so." "You're right...." "THAT won't be accomplished until I'm safely ensconced in a self-contained, opaque, soundproof ball that keeps ALL the morons away!" "...no offense."