Now that I have your attention, take a look at this old comic strip from 1985, less than six weeks after the debut of Arlo & Janis. Don’t the characters look weird? But that’s not why I’m showing you this particular strip. I’m showing you this strip, because it is the only A&J strip ever changed or rejected by syndicate editors because of risqué content. United Media editors in New York struck the words “without a bra.” Apparently, other cartoonists have groaning file drawers filled with material rejected by an editor for salaciousness, and the annoyed cartoonists take their revenge by publishing this forbidden material on their own Web sites, to the delight of readers. If you believe my reputation, you would think that I would have the groaningest file drawers of all. I am sorry to disappoint you. I am at a loss to explain this.
Arlo & Janis, Uncensored!
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266 responses to “Arlo & Janis, Uncensored!”
In today’s real-time strip, if Arlo had said “Once I wiggle my way through the cabinet door and under the sink, I am not coming out till the job is done. I need you to hand me things, move things around up top, commiserate with my problems, admire the great job I’m doing, and remind me to wear my safety goggles.” Then Janis would have understood. (Or maybe that promotion to associate was what she was gunnin’ for.) My husband once declined assistance on a plumbing job, forgot to put on his safety goggles, and wound up in the emergency room for xrays and stitches after a falling garbage disposal impacted an inch from his eye. I remember the moment of panic and prayer I had as he asked “Does my eye look all right?” And I had to answer “I can’t tell. There’s too much blood.”
There are news reports of an earthquake in Japan with damage in Tokyo and points to the NE with a post quake tsunami.
Jackie – I’ll enjoy seeing you share your new life, I’m sort of in the same boat too. Nothing as exciting, just long walks and hikes, but perfect for long meaningful conversations if you find someone.
Not entirely sure why Janis held out for an “associate” position. After all, it’s the associates that have to do all the work at the big box stores. (I assume Arlo did not actually have in mind to play the “Randy Handyman” game, else Janis would have been recruited to play the part of the “Lonely Housewife”.)
Debbe 😉 I saw your “yellow and red” on the Radarmaschine picture. Looks like mostly just “green” still moving through. I hope you had a great day, hon.
I think Janis was looking for equal billing in the production. All the other titles implied she was below him in importance.
REALLY overslept and am running hours late! That Lowes wore me out for sure more than two weeks of travel.
Having lunch with new boat builder and his wife in Tulsa before going to schedule my first knee replacement with surgeon. Will report on that later to you guys but yeah, big life changes coming on.
And yes, David, isn’t it wonderful to find someone to share common interests and passions with?
Made it worthwhile in my case to wait fifty years for that second chance to go on a date. You may not have gotten to the passion part yet, however?
Isn’t that interesting? Fifty years with one man, never went out with another person in entire time? Never thought I would want to. Then travel over 4000 miles, so a little further than your 500 mile trip you offered. Keep offering, you may be surprised.
Love, Jackie
John in Richmond, keep your eyes open. You never know what offers may come your way. Sometimes a flirt is just that, other times it’s a cover for serious interest. And I was very uneducated about such things before i started dating in my ’30’s.
John, the secret, or so I’m told, is to act interested without seeming needy. I wouldn’t know, though. I’m not particularly needy, while at the same time seeming to attract more than my share of needy women.
Not that I’m saying that’s a bad thing, of course. 🙂
Reports from Japan immediately after the quake indicated that there was little damage and no deaths. This is far from true. There are large devastated areas, fires and a tsunami washing away everything just like 2011. One news reporter said that Hawaii was under a tsunami warning but I have no idea right now if that is true. This is all very strange because I have been watching CNN today and haven’t seen anything about this. The reports online say this happened yesterday and give the date but I’m going to look like a fool if this is from the last big one.
As best I can tell this is the deal, there is a mixture, sometimes in the same report, of news about Nepal, Japan and previous quakes in Japan, however, everything I said above appears to be true. Just look very carefully if you do a news search.
Jerry, here’s a good link for recent earthquake activity in Japan:
http://earthquaketrack.com/p/japan/recent
It’s regularly updated, so you may be able to figure out which quake you were hearing about.
I knew I was right….you are such a slut puppy, GR 😉
Heading to the recliner, home alone for an hour or so…peace and quiet..to all.
Storms were not as bad as they looked at Accuweather. NWS radar, but whether.com showed all green 🙂
Mark, have you noticed a new weather channel on D__H? Just below 214,,,haven’t seen any ‘reality shows’…and they have a show about a fat man in the….right now it escapes my mind.
Sweet dreams…..
Jerry in Fl, here’s what I found: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/05/30/earthquake-japan/28204621/
Proving once again that you can find anything that you’re looking for on the internet, no matter how erroneous it may be. I wish that we had that delete button.
Finally, and you knew this was coming…Miss Patsy Cline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7XAkN0TaY
Mark, you are a speedy, wealth of informational links….now, just what is it you do now? I don’t think I would have enjoyed the midnight, security shift.
outta here…manana
Debbe, I work as a medical record coder for a hospital. Work from home using equipment provided by them. Have my own pc for my personal use. Work alone in my home office and like that for this kind of work. The fewer interruptions the better so your mind can get in the groove to concentrate. It’s the best job I have ever had because it lets me use my interests and knowledge, and when I’m off, I am really off because there are no call-ins. This is not a job for people who like to socialize on the job because you don’t see anyone. But you don’t have all kinds of folks calling you on the phone, etc, to answer silly questions.
As for the wealth of information, I was thinking about that this morning. When I was getting close to graduation from high school my goal was to get into the news reporting business. In college I majored in Broadcast communications. Never got there. But now, thanks to the ‘net and this blog, I’m doing much of what I wanted. I get to pass along information I think is useful, music I like, and help people find out what they want to know. Weird turns life takes, huh?
Mark, I think you are a very smart and gifted man whom I enjoy as a friend and value. I suspect you would have been superb as a writer or production person for broadcasts. Dont know about voice?
Glad to have your knowledge here. I will contact you off forum?
Love Jackie
Debbe 😉 Slut puppy? Whatever could you mean by that, hon? 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul041CSNJto
Debbe 😉 I still owe you one from last night, so here’s a solo effort by Ben. Not too shabby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZNL7QVJjE
Thank you Jackie. Of course you can contact me off forum. I can’t judge my own voice, but the professor teaching my radio class thought it would be ok, with practice. That was in 1980, so I’m sure it’s changed again. Seems to be lowering with age. My accent has changed when I’ve spent enough time living outside Alabama, and returned to Alabama standard when I came back. My ex commented that when I talked to my Mom on the phone, my Alabama accent got stronger. I noticed the same thing about a lady from New Hampshire I once dated. When she talked to her Mom, her New England sound got much more pronounced.
And you are probably right about my writing. I was good at that when in school, to the point that my Jr. College English teacher tried to get me to be an English major. I thanked her and politely declined.
For anyone who thinks Arlo and Janis would never play “The Randy Handyman Game”, I offer the following into evidence:
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2005/11/19
And then there was “Cabana Boy”, but I won’t go there.
Debbe, sorry, I overlooked one of your posts. No, I don’t watch the various weather stations on D–h. I have a weather app on my phone and Weather Underground on the computer. Between them, I can find out what I need to know without waiting to hear what the rest of the world is doing.
I’ve worked as a security guard, crypto tech in the Navy before that, grocery bagger and busboy during high school. Since leaving the security field I’ve been a telemarketer (hated it and quit), booked airline tickets and worked as a customer service rep for an early online travel company. I was a remote data encoder for the Postal Service, which was an easy job for me. Before they got the bugs out of the system that scans the mail and automatically sorts it, they needed people to look at images of addresses that the machinery couldn’t read. We would then key in the information the system needed to properly sort it. I would pop in a music cd or book on disc in my portable CD player and just go at it. But the Postal Service got better equipment and began cutting hours. So I ended up working two part time jobs till I could get full-time. Worked as customer service for Shop at Home afternoons and the Postal job nights. Got a better job working for an Auto Auction service that also hired out repo work from lenders. They contracted out the repo work, taking that off the lender’s hands and then resold the cars at their auction lots. That’s where I learned about skip tracing, interesting work.
I have to keep preaching the benefit to my life due to my CPAC. I can understand totally why some cannot wear it, but it makes all of the difference for me. However, I still need to remember to go to bed! One of the benefits is that I know get up at 6:00 AM with the cuckoo clock in the hall waking me up. The alarm goes off at 6:15 if I miss the cuckoo. The benefit is getting on the road a half hour earlier, which in Detroit makes a 35 minute drive with no traffic to a 50 minute drive bumper to bumper nightmare. Dr says that the machine lowers BP, but I think the less stress from my drive into work helps too!`
By the way, the Consumerist website has posted a couple of stories lately about bugs found in fresh fruit/veggies you ought to know about. Live black widow spiders have been found in bags of grapes, so don’t reach in and grab grapes from the bag. Dump them in a colander and rinse them first. Also a species of blister beetle has been found in certain organic salad mixes, so check before eating if you buy those. If you want to know the brand, go to the Consumerist.com and check it out.
Late afternoon dental cleaning today => Discovery of loose crown => Early morning repair work tomorrow
As Roseanne Roseannadanna once told me, “Well, Ghost, it just goes to show you, it’s always something — if it ain’t one thing, it’s another.”
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