Fool me once…

by Jimmy Johnson


Buy the new book, "Beaucoup Arlo & Janis!"Today's "Arlo & Janis!"
Back to the old cartoons. Current events are always a ready source of material for cartoonists. The idea for this 1998 A&J came directly from the news. There was an article making the rounds at that time saying precisely that: research indicated that one of the many effects of pregnancy upon women was an increase in intelligence. As Janis and most of the headlines phrased it, Arlo’s response was the obvious one. Sometimes, they write themselves, but not very often.
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183 responses to “Fool me once…”

  1. Denise in Michigan Avatar
    Denise in Michigan

    Jackie, I’m so very sorry.

  2. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Keep on doing what you love and the love that the two of you had will always be there. My father-b.12-19-1925, d.12-15-2007, and I am closer to him now than ever before.

  3. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    Words sometimes seem inadequate, but, when we read the message they carry, they can help a lot. When I was 19, my live-in grandmother died 3 days before Christmas. We carried on with the Christmas services and, as was traditional in my family, even had a festive dinner after the funeral. Twenty years later, my beloved & respected father-in-law died on Christmas day. While my wife was able to get there, I was not. Again, words learned from scripture had to suffice, and did. It helped that my son and I were at my parents’ place when the call came. Pop’s ministerial expertise really helped us.
    Draw on your faith & family, Jackie, remembering the better times more than the others.

  4. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Jackie, I so prayed for a Christmas Miracle, sadly, it was in the way Mike left you, mercifully quick and painless. I cried. You will draw strength from the adventures and love you two shared, and you will see him every day in the eyes of your daughter.

    God’s blessings on you and yours.

    love, Debbe

  5. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Merry Christmas Villagers…

    “He came down, so we could go up”…..author unknown.

    love to all, Debbe

  6. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    need an edit button……

    “in the eyes of your daughters”

  7. TruckerRon Avatar

    emb: Are you familiar with this critter?

    http://www.ijreview.com/2014/12/221423-freakishly-weird-deep-sea-shark-looks-like-alien-syfy-movie-shark/

    (BTW, if you find yourself in a ridiculously long quadcopter commercial, jump to YouTube.)

  8. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Jerry in FL, what’s more unusual than a White Christmas in Florida? One in Hawaii: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20141224/us-hawaii-blizzard-53b68d9619.html