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| date = June 22, 2012 | | date = June 22, 2012 | ||
| title = Seventies | | title = Seventies | ||
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| titletext = Hey, man, the 1670s called. They were like 'Wherefore this demonic inſtrument? By what ſorcery does it produce ſuch ſounds?" | | titletext = Hey, man, the 1670s called. They were like 'Wherefore this demonic inſtrument? By what ſorcery does it produce ſuch ſounds?" | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This is a take on the common insult "<year> called and they want their < | + | [[File:746 telephone in red.JPG|right|thumb|A GPO 746, the standard UK telephone from the late 1960s to the 1980s.]] |
+ | This is a take on the common insult "<year> called and they want their <whatever> back," referring to something out of fashion (used before in [[875|comic #875]]). In this case, the '70s ''actually'' called (for an unknown reason), but did not leave a message. Instead, the caller is puzzled because answering machines and especially voicemail were rare or nonexistent in the 1970s, and his telephone has a {{w|rotary dial}}, rather than a {{w|touch tone}}, so he can't "press" 1. | ||
− | + | Originally telephones had rotary dials instead of buttons. When you lifted the receiver you would hear a tone that let you know you had a connection and you could dial the number, this is the "dial tone." This is the origin of the phrases "dial tone" and "dialing a telephone number". Touch tone phones were introduced in the 1960s, but weren't standard in many places until the 1980s. | |
− | + | The title text plays off the fact that the telephone had not yet been invented in the 17th century, as well as the fact that most of the English-speaking world was deeply religious and consequently distrusting of anything unknown or different. Randall uses the character "ſ", the {{w|long S}}, which was used in written English to take the place of the modern lowercase "s" in the beginning and middle of words; it was phased out around the beginning of the 19th century. | |
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− | The title text plays off the fact that the telephone had not yet been invented in the 17th century | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :Cueball: Nice jacket. | + | :Cueball: Nice jacket. Hey— |
− | :Cueball: The | + | :Cueball: The Seventies called. |
:Out-of-panel: Oh? What'd they want? | :Out-of-panel: Oh? What'd they want? | ||
− | :[Cueball | + | :[Cueball looking at phone] |
:Cueball: I don't know. They didn't leave a message. | :Cueball: I don't know. They didn't leave a message. | ||
:Out-of-panel: Weird. | :Out-of-panel: Weird. | ||
:1974: | :1974: | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Person in bell bottoms using a rotary phone to call the present day, with an incredulous look on his face.] |
:Voicemail service: If you'd like to leave a message, press "1". | :Voicemail service: If you'd like to leave a message, press "1". | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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