Bearman Cartoon: Why I keep a Home Phone Line

Bearman Cartoon Reason to Keep a Home Phone Line

Hat tip to Colleen of Tix Comix who prompted my memory in my last post as to the main reason I keep my home phone line.   I lose my cell phone all the time in the house and am always using my home phone line to call it.  Sure I can use the locate function on iphones, but then I have to remember how to do it.  And what if I lost my cell phone during a power/internet outage?

Oh and look, I used my own handwriting on this one.  Now you know why I tend to type text.

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62 responses to “Bearman Cartoon: Why I keep a Home Phone Line”

  1. Red Avatar

    If I ever lose mine, I may never look for it.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thought it was surgically attached…then you would be losing your arm.

  2. Nef Avatar

    Hahahaha! I don’t always call my phone to find it. Sometimes, I ask other people to do it.

    And your handwriting isn’t bad, cry baby!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Ask me how many times I wrote it out.

  3. duncanr Avatar

    you are not alone ! 😳

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I’m not? Are you under my bed?

  4. Deb Avatar

    I haven’t lost mine as of yet, but calling it is a good idea if it’s gone missing in the house.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You aren’t the scatter brain that I am obviously

  5. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

    We only have one so if I want it my wife usually has it lookin’ at Facebook. I really seldom call anyone. I just answer when someone calls me. That is usually when I am eatin’, workin’ or nappin’.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      They must have a camera on in my house to know when I am napping

  6. Comedy Plus Avatar

    Well it makes sense to me. We do the same thing. It’s just what needs doing way too often.

    Have a terrific day. 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Mind is the first thing to go Sandee

  7. Dr. Cynicism Avatar

    This toon and your last toon totally sent me down memory lane about home phone lines. I also keep one around–guess I’m old fashioned. Then I started thinking about beepers/pagers… wow I’m old.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I worked for a group that I was on call all the time so I had a pager in the 90’s. My girlfriend at the time hated it because I had to wear it all the time saying “you aren’t a doctor”

  8. Colleen Avatar

    Hey! I have a comic in my buffer on this theme. Could be months though before its published and it’s a slightly different twist. And your handwriting is fine!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      That’s ok, I will probably forget I did this by then. Buffer? Man I always wanted one of those

  9. Colleen Avatar

    Mobile phones need a function like they have on some keychains: You clap real loud and it triggers it to give off a ringy dingy.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      hmmmm…maybe there should be an iphone case that does that….

  10. Jim Avatar

    I’d say your hand writing is spot on, for cartoons.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      So my dream of being a wedding invitation calligrapher is out?

  11. Nate Fakes Avatar

    I have been cell phone free since August of 2011. I don’t miss it! I have a great excuse for not picking up “I wasn’t home.” I can peacefully go about my day without being bothered AND my home phone is FREE!

    Downside: Last time my car broke down, I borrowed – like – 5 cell phones from strangers trying to contact people and I have no phone numbers memorized.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You sound like my sister. She doesn’t have a cell phone either. No one can ever find her.

      1. Binky Avatar

        She must have something to hide.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Probably the fact that she is my sister

          1. Binky Avatar

            Your family sounds like mine.

  12. Tony McGurk Avatar

    I have used my landline for the same thing many times. Compared to mine that’s excellent hand lettering.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      OK…next cartoon you have to hand letter and we will compare

      1. Tony McGurk Avatar

        I’ve got some more of the Ed series to go yet & they’re all done so I’ll do a quick one up to add on to tomorrow’s post

          1. Tony McGurk Avatar

            Oh… I forgot to do it. Well maybe another time, if I remember

          2. Jande Avatar

            No fair, Tony! You promised. ;`)

          3. Bearman Avatar

            he does that.

  13. frigginloon Avatar

    I’m constantly ringing for mine. I wish my car keys would answer!!!!!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Glue them together

      1. frigginloon Avatar

        Smart thinking!!!!

  14. Binky Avatar

    If you lose your mind, can you use your phone to locate it, too?

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Only if the bells ring in your head

  15. lisleman Avatar

    We are contributing to the longevity of telemarketing companies with ours.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thank you for saving the economy

  16. Rent Textbooks Avatar

    I have money loaded on my skype account for that. So no house phone here.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      What if they power is out when you can’t find your cell phone?

  17. Tony DiGerolamo Avatar

    I keep the landline just because if I ever call 911, I won’t have to speak for the cops to find my house.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Speaking is overrated

  18. Mark Stokes Avatar

    Date: 3060. Location: Smithsonian Museum.
    Son: “Look, Dad! What is it?”
    Father: “That, son, was called a telephone.”
    Son: “How does it work?”
    Father: “It’s too primitive to explain, son.”
    Son: “It’s so OLD! How did it plug it into their cerebral cortex?”
    Father: “Haha, son, they held it in their hands.”
    Son: “What are hands?”

    1. Bearman Avatar

      haha…more like 2060 with the way we are going

    2. Jande Avatar

      Oh, Mark! Too funny! Love it! :`D

  19. starla Avatar
    starla

    I usually don’t lose my phone much but if I do I just have Navar call my phone with cell phone. I try to put my cell in the same place after I use it that seems to help.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You are a creature of habit…I am a creature of forgetfulness

  20. DadaHyena Avatar

    I’m just surprised you still have a phone with a rotary dial!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      If they made them, I would…

  21. Mike Avatar

    I still have a rotary phone in my kitchen, just for the heck of it. Work for the incumbent phone company here, and figure that one day land lines will be a thing of the past. Got to admit though, my Blackberry can do a few extra things the old dial can’t. Cheers!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I think some retro dials would be nice…but they need at least a zero to press to get through phone queues..haha

  22. Androgoth Avatar

    Great idea Bearman,
    and nothing wrong with
    your writing, it is
    much better than some
    of the writing I add on
    my tacky art 🙂 lol

    A great cartoon as always…

    Androgoth

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thanks…then again it took 5 times to get it to look that good.

  23. dontchawannadream Avatar

    Ahahahahh I think you don’t know how lucky you are.
    My phone’s always on silent.

  24. Chris K Avatar

    Plus it is good in case you forget to charge you phone. 🙂

  25. Jande Avatar

    I don’t have a celphone. I do have a mobile phone that goes with the land line, and also a GE mobile Skype phone which is always wanting to update after which you have to log in again on the teeniest tiniest screen ever. PITA

    The landline is always on answering machine and is used as a magnet for phonespam. Except when once a year at least mice get inside the outside box and chew the wires. (WHY do they do that? Better yet, why don’t they electrocute themselves doing it? o.o)

    Generally it’s very peaceful around here. Yesterday we received a message from the emergency weather people telling us to stay indoors and not drive anywhere until further notice. I was shocked. Someone finally used the phone for something useful! ;`D

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well at least you get some use out of it….Hope you are staying high and dry.

  26. Jande Avatar

    I forgot I wanted to also say this: I think you could turn that hand lettering of yours into a unique Bearman font! Only five tries? Did you use an Ames Lettering Guide?

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I tried that once. Didn’t come out right and when I went to try again they started charging for it.