This comic is from 1993. So before everyone had cell phones and you were actually calling places instead of people. Probably actually manually dialing all the numbers, too. So you’d dial number, hope you did it right, and you didn’t actually know who would pick up if multiple people were at the place you called.
I think this is why I was taught the polite way to answer the phone was: “Hello. Smith residence, John speaking. May I ask who’s calling?” Besides, most of the time, the person on the other end was someone somebody there actually knew. It wasn’t a goal to try to keep information away from the caller.
The joke is on the phrase “talked with God.” It’s kind of a common phrase and usually used in a metaphorical/spiritual way rather than actually speaking to him. It’s not that deep of a joke. Far side usually isn’t.
This comic is from 1993. So before everyone had cell phones and you were actually calling places instead of people. Probably actually manually dialing all the numbers, too. So you’d dial number, hope you did it right, and you didn’t actually know who would pick up if multiple people were at the place you called.
I think this is why I was taught the polite way to answer the phone was: “Hello. Smith residence, John speaking. May I ask who’s calling?” Besides, most of the time, the person on the other end was someone somebody there actually knew. It wasn’t a goal to try to keep information away from the caller.
The joke is on the phrase “talked with God.” It’s kind of a common phrase and usually used in a metaphorical/spiritual way rather than actually speaking to him. It’s not that deep of a joke. Far side usually isn’t.
It’s also absurd that God has a landline.
I suspect His service was cloud-based.