Is this strip defective? The essence comes through loud and clear to me, but for my wife, who is brilliant but for whom English is a second language, an unassisted reading did not convey the essence. And its logic did not come through to me without my creative cooperation. Let’s try to fix it! Lame attempt: Can’t we have the third panel show the question being posed by the caller? Come on, y’all can do better!
Only just noticed Francis is a southpaw.