Now, don’t be offended. You know I’m not talking about you, but this old cartoon from five years ago is an example of the problems I sometimes cause for myself. Arlo’s words in the last panel, “I figure grape jelly/wine…,” makes the joke very subtle. The reader must fill in a blank. I know—I certainly hope—that many readers would have no problem doing this, but looking back I know a lot of readers probably were left thinking “I don’t get it.” This could have been avoided by having Arlo say, “I figure grape jelly/wine, what’s the difference?” I have had to learn over the years that a cartoonist can’t be too obvious.
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Actually, Jackie, I skipped that particular “topic” so I could expound on it. Are you $#!+ing me? They made the females march wearing high heels and stockings with tightly-fitted straight skirts?
No, that was not a female officer’s uniform…then, now, or in the history of any US military organization. I have no doubt that yours and your female comrades’ “mission” was to simply serve as eye candy.
You should have gone Air Force. They would have given you boots and a real uniform to train in.
Are you thinking of Jenga, DellaMae? And what’s wrong with Twister. It’s a great co-ed party game, especially when alcohol is involved.
One holiday season a few years ago, Jimmy took off for over a week, and I believe the comment total went well over 500, perhaps close to 600. Talk about conspiracy theories…there were some pretty wild theories as to where Jimmy was. Someone even suggested that he might in fact have been posting under a pseudonym, and much fun was had trying to decide which regular poster he might be.
Ghost is still sad that those comments and most all of the others have gone away, apparently forever.
Well, I was searching just now and found no photos to support my memory except one where Lyndon Johnson is signing a bill surrounded by military women and the one on the end is obviously wearing hose and high heels with her skirt. I did find interesting notes about how even when in service in Viet Nam they were “encouraged” to wear skirts and pumps instead of pants or boots to appear more “feminine” and the Marines were told their lipstick and nail polish had to match the red in their uniforms trim.
Yeah, Ghost, we were just there for looks but it took some talent to march in those ##### heels. The second college I went to had Air Force but by then I’d lost interest!
I still say we were easier to have as mascots than animals, easier to train.
Love, Jackie Monies
Yes, it’s called Jenga! Thanks.
Not a thing wrong with Twister. I totally agree with your assessment. 😉
When I asked what game is it where you take turns stacking odd things higher and higher until they all topple down I just thought your first response might be Twister. Based on what little I have gleaned of your train of thought. 😉
All day my sometimes hometown of Monroe, LA has been in Yahoo’s top 10 trending items.
This is unusual because it does not involve bearded men and “Duck Dynasty” episodes.
It seems a small private plane crashed into the McDonalds in the Piccadilly Cafeteria parking lot. This is not the first time this McDonalds has been involved in tragedy, as it is among the oldest of the chain’s locations. (Just remodeled a lot) Were my mama still there and not living with me, she would have been eating at the Piccadilly.
Although those DD guys get around a lot apparently in town and everyone seemed to be extremely grateful to them for bumping up the economy and tourism. Small towns appreciate that sort of thing.
Love, Jackie Monies
You would have thought right, DellaMae. 😉
You’ve come a long way, baby…four Eagle drivers at Elmendorf AFB AK.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/F-15_Eagle_female_pilots,_3rd_Wing.jpg
Now THOSE are beautiful women!
Love, Jackie Monies
Jackie, I have vague memories of eating at a Piccadilly in Memphis a LONG time ago, after church. It may have been the one nearest the airport.
As for the shuttle disasters, I remember hearing about the Challenger from Paul Harvey that morning. The Columbia… I was playing CDs at the time, crossing the Mojave, when I saw the smoke. That was about 1300 miles away.
Ron, most of the Piccadilly’s disappeared a long time ago. Why this one has lasted and thrived in Monroe, LA has been a great mystery to me because I never thought it had good food, even back in the 1950’s. My food tastes were already moved on, even then!
They are truly old fashioned cafeteria’s and seem to cook the same menu perpetually. My mom loves them, they know her by name (they should) and she considers them friends and tips large amounts. But they are always busy and it can’t just be seniors, as the audience for cafeteria food has literally died.
The Texas Luby’s chain (satirized on “King of the Hill”) actually had good food and some of them still exist. Remember Hank and Bobby going and ordering the chicken fried steak and gravy with mash potatoes and adding a vegetable, macaroni and cheese?
Love, Jackie Monies
Lordy! There are 95 Luby’s still in existence, so they must have just closed the out-of-state locations and kept the Texas ones.
The Piccadilly chain, not so good, there are 59 left and they are in the southeastern states mainly, For a second there the location map had me fooled, as they had a location right in the middle of Cuba! Turned out to be Hollywood, Florida when you clicked on it.
I had a lot of friends managing Luby’s back in their heyday and those guys made triple digit incomes in the 1980’s if they were good at it. And the food WAS good, the ambiance a little lacking, despite King of the Hill’s jokes about it.
Love, Jackie Monies
Good morning Villagers…..
On my computer’s screen, we have lot the gold colored margins and entered the “white space.”
(Theme from Twilight Zone cues in.)
So many interesting topics covered here in the past few days. I’ve enjoyed reading them all.
And then, Whether.com increases my vocabulary by introducing the word derecho. And it’s heading right for us today……couldn’t happen at a worse time. We’ve discussed where to go in case of a tornado, boss man said under the concrete bridge….I don’t think so, the creek will be flooded., and I sure ain’t hitting the pit 🙂
Things aren’t bad enough with this derecho comin; but,we still have not been inspected. We were in a three day window, so today is the day. Been pulling 9 hours these past few days, scraping, hunting for dead, trimming cages…..all to be certified a 5 star facility with United Egg Producers. Also learned yesterday that we were pulled out of the hat for a more detailed inspection. AGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
GR 😉 Junior and Cogburn are still with us. I just hope they aren’t spotted. Ian takes Junior out for walks and pets him till he falls asleep. I told him yesterday, they’re doomed if they are found. He said he was not going to put them down. There are three of them left. He said the Corp. may get upset, but not the animal husbandry inspector.
And just where and who decided to name it ‘animal husbandry’….husbandry?
Gotta go….
Indy Mindy…you take care of yourself, sounds like you’re getting ‘beat up’ too. Watch the sky my friend.
Ya’ll have a blessed day
oops…..we have lost the gold margins….
Indy Mindy….it doesn’t look good……
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/centgrtlakes_loop.php
…..and our ‘flippin’ roof leaks…..aaahhhgggg…..
Derecho, per Wiki. Seems to me I saw one once. My daughter lives in Chi town’s NW burbs, which looks to be on the north edge of the one on Debbe’s map, above.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho
‘Snakes’ in a potted plant?!?!? JImmy you are great! 🙂
Yeah, they’ll be discussing (“arguing about”) that one for days over on TDS. But Ghost knows where the “snakes” were hiding. (Hint: They weren’t in the plant,) 😉
I’d ask if anyone else is having trouble posting today, but I guess they wouldn’t see this post…
Hmm, maybe it’s the link I am trying to include.
At any rate, today’s strip is a call back to one of A&J’s best strips.
(Since I can’t link, do a Google search on “Something about a peak”)
Well played, Mr. Johnson, well played!
Good morning, Villagers! It all looks fine to me. Those F-15 pilots look wonderful. No makeup I can see and natural lips. I have a friend who is a helicopter pilot for the Marines and she is gorgeous.
Oh, and today is the 62nd anniversary of the Battle Of Midway. I salute all the fine American pilots and seamen and Marines that took part.
Darn it, 72nd. I never could do math
Where is everybody?
Ok, boys and girls, lets count the shots, the ones that we know about and there is no dispute. One-hits Kennedy and Connolly, two-hits the chrome reinforcement at the top of the windshield (there are several pictures of this, three- hits Kennedy in the head, four- misses the car altogether, hits a curb down at the overpass and throws up a piece of concrete cutting a man in the face. That’s pretty good shooting for a guy drinking a Coke on the ground floor of the book depository. Why didn’t he shoot when the limo was practically stopped right in front of him?
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