What Will They Think of Next?

This is a LI’L ABNER newspaper cartoon strip, by Al Capp, published in 1941, the year I was born.

Notice that Li’l Abner and his parents are confused over the “tellyphone”, a new gadget that talks.

When I see my sons with their ipods, blackberries, and whatever else new in the world of electronic gadgetry I know exactly how the Yokum family feel.

“What will they think of next?” Has probably been the most rhetorical question since the invention of peanutbutter