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And we’re back!

By Jimmy Johnson

I apologize for leaving the site down longer than planned this weekend. Events unrelated to what we do here intervened, and, to be honest, I forgot to take the “Out-of-Order” sign down. Not that it is as simple as that. I’ve resolved not to bore you with a lot of this Web business, but what I’m attempting to do is a lot like rehearsing and staging a play in a theater where another play is running concurrently. I have to close the curtains, arrange the new set, take a look at it and probably rearrange it. And rearrange it again. Then, I must take it all down and put the old set up exactly as it was and open the curtain. It can get very confusing. If it helps, the new production is shaping up, I think.

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26 responses to “And we’re back!”

  1. emb Avatar
    emb

    JJ: That’s ok; you have a loyal, faithful, understanding congregation. Peace,

  2. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    Yes we don’t mind as much of this is out of your control. However I have to admit that your play is lasting longer than many shows do on Broadway!

    1. Jimmy Johnson Avatar
      Jimmy Johnson

      Purdue and Auburn are hanging tough!

      1. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

        Yes. I was very surprised. I saw the halftime with Charles and you would have thought that he had just eaten the Cheshire cat!

  3. emb Avatar
    emb

    Mark [from previous post]: “On our wedding night … ” you could hear the mice in the walls laughing. May have posted this before, at least once. We eventually got it right. Peace,

  4. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    OK, what is that entering or leaving Janis’ device in the last panel? {I surmise her geo-locator is on the fritz in first few panels.}

    1. Mark in TTown Avatar
      Mark in TTown

      Maybe it’s supposed to represent the data being sent to her phone?

  5. Charles Speir Avatar
    Charles Speir

    No problem. 🙂

  6. emb Avatar
    emb

    John Fowles did the same thing in TFLW. Peace,

  7. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Re 3-25-19: Jimmy, you misspelled “biscuits” in Janis’s speech balloon in Panel #4.

    1. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
      curmudgeonly ex-professor

      Are you implying that “toast” ought to have been “biscuits”?

  8. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    Charlotte
    To answer your post (#14) of yesterday – Yes (#17)

  9. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    And when this happens in a “Self Driving Car” you get what?

    As a proponent of self driving farm equipment, that was against
    Self Driving on the highway- because car salesmen will not explain
    because they don’t know or are afraid of “He said” – and owners will
    not read the manual, like they do not now. When something goes wrong
    there better be someone that knows how to correct the problem behind the
    wheel.
    3 airplanes come to mind – on 1, by the grace of God, a deadheading Pilot
    knew what to do.

  10. emb Avatar
    emb

    Today’s 9CL is a not very exclusive in joke. Peace,

    https://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2019/03/26

    P.S. They are married and want to have a child.

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