This is why I love this strip – and have for uh, let’s just say a long time.Lynn has an ear for accuracy, an eye for detail, and the sense to see humor where most people don’t
The strip is in reruns. The episodes right now are from the early to mid 80s. The strip began in 1979.
When this strip appeared, microwaves were fairly new on the market, there were few personal computers, mostly Tandy that were home made and only “nerds” might have had one.
I like that they’re not into the present right now. It shows the simplicity of childhood that is missed now because of computers and other electronics. Kids don’t know what they are missing.
When I was in grade school, one kid brought a bottle of soda for recess. He sat it on his desk, then remembered the opener was in his coat pocket. When he left the room to get it, another kid reached over and shook the bottle like mad for a few seconds, and then sat it back down on the desk. (The ceiling was stained until the next time it was painted!)
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
Reminds me a bit of Helen Reddy’s “Tried to Write a Song.”
jemgirl81 almost 10 years ago
Dog abuse…Lawrence and Gordon need to go home for the rest of the day.
Jogger2 almost 10 years ago
Here is a song about someone trying to use the phone to give a friend a recipe for orange cocoa cake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU44fs21Yj0
meldupe almost 10 years ago
A can of pop was a rare treat in my family. We never would have wasted it by spraying the dog!
Can't Sleep almost 10 years ago
This is why I love this strip – and have for uh, let’s just say a long time.Lynn has an ear for accuracy, an eye for detail, and the sense to see humor where most people don’t
Ray Thomas almost 10 years ago
A typewriter? Don’t they have a computer?
alc7 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
jergideon almost 10 years ago
The strip is in reruns. The episodes right now are from the early to mid 80s. The strip began in 1979.
When this strip appeared, microwaves were fairly new on the market, there were few personal computers, mostly Tandy that were home made and only “nerds” might have had one.
Megamind almost 10 years ago
@Ray Thomas: You do know none of these FBOW comics are current, right? This particular one was originally published in May of 1985.
loveslife almost 10 years ago
I like that they’re not into the present right now. It shows the simplicity of childhood that is missed now because of computers and other electronics. Kids don’t know what they are missing.
westny77 almost 10 years ago
Hey! Send me a letter, dammit!! I don’t care if you have to use a
Today we use emails. This script is definitely dated. Nice imagination you have by the way.
Mr. Pig Hates Bacon almost 10 years ago
Irony.
Poollady almost 10 years ago
I know these strips are old, but nowdays (21st century) she could just send a text. “I’m bsy”
Mr Granddad 2 almost 10 years ago
A type writer?
38lowell almost 10 years ago
The Internet has replaced Grandma!
tuslog64 almost 10 years ago
When I was in grade school, one kid brought a bottle of soda for recess. He sat it on his desk, then remembered the opener was in his coat pocket. When he left the room to get it, another kid reached over and shook the bottle like mad for a few seconds, and then sat it back down on the desk. (The ceiling was stained until the next time it was painted!)