That’s my mom. I don’t think she realized what it was.
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Panel 1 (Errol's phone is buzzing) -
Errol: Oh, hold on. They're calling again.
Manpans: About @$%! time.
Panel 2 -
Errol: *gasp* Such language, Manpans!
Manpans: JUST ANSWER THE @$%! PHONE!
Panel 3 -
Errol: (My ears can't handle such vulgarity...) Hello?
Phone: ...
Panel 4 -
Phone: Oh! Hi, Errol! It's your mom! How are you? I tried calling you before, but some strange lady answered the phone.
Errol & Manpans: Ahh...
Errol: Oh, hold on. They're calling again.
Manpans: About @$%! time.
Panel 2 -
Errol: *gasp* Such language, Manpans!
Manpans: JUST ANSWER THE @$%! PHONE!
Panel 3 -
Errol: (My ears can't handle such vulgarity...) Hello?
Phone: ...
Panel 4 -
Phone: Oh! Hi, Errol! It's your mom! How are you? I tried calling you before, but some strange lady answered the phone.
Errol & Manpans: Ahh...
You didn’t whitelist your mom?!?!?
I don’t have the service that shows what number is calling. π
Wha–? That must be a Canada thing, I guess. Down here in the US I’ve never had a cell phone that didn’t automatically show the number that was calling.
In general, our mobile services in Canada are horrible. We pay a lot of money for not a lot of service. π
To set a couple of things straight: Yes, mobile services in Canada are horrible, but Errol not having call display is the exception to the rule. Almost all of us have call display. It’s not a Canadian thing. It’s an Errol thing.
Huh, I can’t reply to Manpans. I guess we’ve reached maximum reply level, so I’ll do my reply here.
Manpans to Canada’s rescue! Well, kinda. I guess I should just assume any weirdness like that is due to Errol rather than lumping it all into Canada. I’ll keep that in mind.
Most packages have that added in, but I’m cheap and we didn’t add it in. π
The phone itself says “AHH…”