The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for August 26, 2021

He said remorsefully.

And the earworm is invented

Then buy a new warranty!

Now all you have to do is wait 30-some years for the phone to be invented.

Dang, now I’m gonna be singing “1-877-WAGONS FOR KIDS” all day…

That scam has been going on this long, and I still haven’t seen any kids driving cars.

“your wagon’s warranty has run out…”

Pretty sure that’s vaggons.

Marconi himself would be proud.

There’s a ‘wag’ on the line. Thinks he’s mighty funny….

Sorry, no can do! I’m on the wagon.

“Sir! It says dot-dash-dash-dash-dash-dash-dash-dash-dot-dot-dash-dash-dot-dot-dot.”

I prefer 1-800-Konestoga-for-Kids.

Forerunner of 1-800-KARS-4-KIDS?

You’d think Hilburn would at least use real code.

Guess I’m the only Ham Radio operator here, it di dah not dot dash, LOL

“What’s it say?” “dot-dash-dash-dash…”

" Dash away, Dash away, Dash away all"

My wagon is a Radio-Flyer.

OY!

The first Telegraph Marketers?

And it’s suppertime too.

… ... - - .. -.- / …- .. . .. . -. … .-.-.- (Bloody Vikings.)

“It’s from a Nigerian Prince, and he’s wiring money!”

Unrepentant plug here, I knit scarves that I refer to as Morse Code scarves, they’re stripped scarves where the narrow and wide stripes that spell out the person’s name in morse code. I actully did a series of you-tube videos where I told people how to make the scarves.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJMq7AeCGNo

Spam, I hate spam!

Spam, spam, spam! Wonderful spam!

And you can extend your warranty.

The warranty on your covered wagon has expired!

How many times do I have to tell you? It’s “..” before “.” except after “-.-.”

Not sure that is spam. But if it was about an extended wagon warranty, then it is spam!

“I’m calling from Morserosoft. Your telegraph has been infected with malware…”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBCR6AB31bs

I despise those commercials with a passion that approaches insanity. I change the channel the moment they pop, or live in agony if unable to reach the radio buttons (another reason to never ride in the back seat).

The real kicker is that the charity essentially stole the name from an older established group. Changed the C cars to K to skirt trademark infringement laws. For that reason alone I would never contribute a single penny.

Actually scams and spam were quite prevalent in those early telegraph days. Really interesting book all about that called “The Victorian Internet.” Look it up.

Obviously he means on one’s smartphone.

Just as an FYI, the Kars4Kids charity, whose grating commercials this cartoon is based upon, has been criticized for not disclosing that they are an orthodox Jewish organization that supports only Jewish children and families. While I am not against donating to religious organizations (as a former president of my Buddhist temple, I had to solicit donations regularly), there may be some people who would not necessarily want their donation to support religious education in general, or not support a particular religion specifically. Do a search on CharityWatch.org for Kars4Kids.

I think it’s a Grammerly commercial. Again.

“B-e-S-u-r-e-T-o-D-r-i-n-k-Y-o-u-r-O-v-a-l-t-i-n-e”

Extremely annoying radio ad!!!