You've Got Mail!

Oops! The comic doesn't seem to be very clear again. Haha. But just click on it for a clearer picture! =)

When the computer told Jason's dad that he'd "got mail", he thought that he had received letters in his mailbox, and so he went out of the house to open his mailbox, but did not find any letters. And so he came back, thinking that the computer had lied to him about receiving new mail, when there weren't any.

The word "mail" is lexically primed for Jason's dad only as letters in the mailbox, and not as email in his inbox. But "mail" is primed for Jason as email, since he was attempting to explain the situation to his dad in the last panel.

I looked "mail" up in Dictionary.com, and found that "email" is listed as one of the meanings too! (Meaning No. 5)

1. letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
2. a single collection of such letters, packages, etc., as sent or delivered: to open one's mail; to find a bill in the mail; The mail for England was put on the noon plane.
3. Also, mails. the system, usually operated or supervised by the national government, for sending or delivering letters, packages, etc.; postal system: to buy clothes by mail.
4. a train, boat, etc., as a carrier of postal matter.
5. electronic mail; e-mail.

I checked Longman Web Dictionary, and "messages that are sent and received on a computer" is listed as one of the meanings too.

Luckily "mail" is lexically primed for me as email too. Haha. =P