Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 12, 2014

As funny as someone reading the comics while driving.

Some people need to be in touch when alone and some people feel out of touch when in a crowd.

I agree. It is also faster to simply call someone You can say 100x more in a quick conversation than taking the same amount of time to text. . If I get voicemail, then I text. Texting is just too slow. Good for situations where you do not want people to hear your phone call, though.

There are times when A&J reminds me of Burns and Allen. (that’s a compliment)

Say goodnight, Janis…

I love Jimmy Johnson’s humor! Sometimes I think he has a hidden camera in our house!

OMG! Anything but that!

All Janis asked was “How is your day going?” Didn’t need the lecture.

comic strip: a panel discussion

Nice analogy! A huge pet peeve of mine is when someone texts me, I call immediately or within a couple minutes and they don’t answer.

Being hard of hearing, I generally don’t mind texting.

Arlo broke the fourth wall! (well, SORT of…)

Texters will evolve with size 14 thumbs…..

Uh oh! I think Arlo is becoming self aware!

I approve of texting. Telephones are obnoxious – they demand the recipient stop everything they are doing, to satisfy the wish of another. Telephoners in the modern era compound that odious behavior by loudly conducting their business everywhere in public, punishing innocents by inflicting their mindlessness on all within shouting range. In contrast, the text is silent and awaits response at the convenience of the recipient – well-mannered, by contrast.

Uh oh, he’s on to us!

Yeah, like Arlo would be an expert on such things. Sheesh!

Someone is knocking on the forth wall.

Would Arlo prefer janis spend her evenings on the phone with her friends instead of quietly ‘texting’ with them?

When I find someone who will only text, and refuses to take phone calls I stop trying to communicate with them at all. And I don’t take texts.

I will do my best to remember not to try to communicate with you then. If one wants to talk to me by telephone, they will text me, or they will wait till they see me so I can read their lips. It is now the only way I can use a phone. Or you can email me. That works too. One of these days I may get a tty phone, but it hardly seems worthwhile right now. People I know know how to communicate with me. People I don’t know, I probably don’t want to hear their selling spiel anyway.

Say, you don’t think its possible that they are living in a comic strip, do you?

Phones give me the creeps. I will answer them, but prefer texting. For one thing, I never know how to end phone conversations without the other person’s thinking I’m tired of talking with him/her. Some people run on and on and on, and are insensitive to any little hints to pack it in. Sometimes we run out of things to say, and just muddle along. It’s hard for me to “speak on my feet,” so to speak, and I prefer writing. Diff’rent (key)strokes for diff’rent folks, I guess.Actually, I don’t “text” per se, as I don’t have any devices I could text with [except for IM’ing on the computer, but not many people are into that and I’m not nuts about it, either], but send email messages. Texting isn’t optimal for elderly thumb joints, either, I would think . . .