2008-10-14

Main comic, single panel: A red-haired man holds a telephone receiver to his ear, looking dejected, with a staircase behind him. He says, "Hi, uh, lady. Listen, I know this is a phone sex line, but... right now, I feel like I can't do anything right, and... could you just tell me I'm doing okay?" A caption beneath the panel reads, "You speed-dialed the wrong number again, son." The joke: he called his own parent by mistake. Votey (hand-drawn black-and-white aftercomic): The same man on the phone asks, "So... am I doing ok?" and a small speech bubble from the phone replies bluntly, "No."