For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 01, 1999
July 31, 1999
August 02, 1999
Transcript:
Noise: Click! Brarrrrpttt! Elly: Who keeps changing the sound effects on this computer?!!! (typing): Dear Son, Hi, honey! I've been thinking about you all day. What's new? We had a good week, everyone's fine. Grandpa called and says "hello"...All my love, Mom! ...Click! Noise: Tickata, tick, tapita, tick... Elly: What happened? My letter just disappeared! ...I guess I'll have to send another one. (typing): Dear Mike, Everything's fine here. What's with you? Grandpa called... Love, Mom. Noise: Tickata, tap, tap, tickka, tick! Elly: WHAT? NOT AGAIN! THIS MACHINE IS IMPOSSIBLE! (typing): Mike, haven't heard from you for a while. Everything's OK here. You should call your grandfather sometime... Mom. Noise: Tickita, tick, tap, tick! Elly: GONE AGAIN! (typing): Michael!!! You don't call, you don't write, I hate this stupid computer! Courier pigeon would be better! ... Sincerely, your mother. Noise: Tickita, tap, tap. Elly: AAAAUGHHH! I GIVE UP!!!! Michael (typing): Dear Mom...I, um... got your 4 messages...
Hard to believe a person in her late 40s, in 1999, wouldn’t know how email works. By the way, if you honestly believe you lost all your content the first time, why wouldn’t you temporarily copy it to a Word doc, or something the 2nd time…as a backup, so you wouldn’t have to keep recreating it.