This is the “edgy” humor that earned me a reputation in the old days. I never saw it coming really; I was just trying to do “married” humor. By the way, the blush color on Janis’ face in the last panel was added this morning by me. When this strip ran in 1991, all daily comic strips were black and white. Readers were adept at transcribing comic strip shorthand. The little lines around her lower face indicated to all that she was blushing. Or had a five-o’clock shadow.
About those t-shirts. Developing my own line of clothing is proving to be more problematic than I imagined. The trick is to order the correct amount of shirts while juggling colors, styles and sizes. Failure would mean not just financial loss but that I might face the prospect of wearing a new A&J t-shirt every day for the rest of my life. Quel horreur! So, here’s probably what’s going to happen. There will be one style offered initially, the arloandjanis.com logo, the car art. I hope to learn a lot from sales of the car shirt. I really expect it all to proceed well, and other designs will follow quickly. I’m just hedging my bets while I learn my way around the world of haute couture. Remember, I really am doing this myself. Like an idiot.
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I’ve already been imagining the car logo on a t-shirt, trying to decide where on it pokies might be reasonably expected to appear when worn by a well-equipped female. Hard to say without knowing the exact layout, but for some reason the word “headlight” keeps popping into my mind.
Salacious material on a boating forum? Who’d a thunk it?
Since I have not read what they say, my knowledge is hearsay but I am told lots of political content, conspiracy theory, religion. They don’t like women so not sure what they discuss? All the stuff they are NOT supposed to talk about on main forum. I know we all post stuff that says “Stay off offensive material” and then we list what we think of as offensive, and ask for polite considerate comments. Like no racial content, something that often is violated or even homophobic comments, sexual remarks that are offensive, especially political and conspiracy comments, there is or used to be a lot of that.
I once told a violator for the umpteenth time that I knew where his trailer was parked and I was going to bring 9 foot oars and whack him in the head, since the frozen fish threat had failed to stop him. I told him furthermore that neither I nor anyone else cared to hear a 10,000 word dissertation on his sex life and then I put him on moderation. Didn’t stop him but slowed him down!
Yeah, on a boating forum. Who’d have thought?
Love, Jackie
I am reminded of the Oar House Restaurant in Pensacola.
Scandalous, salacious, sexual assault with boat oars. Is this the daily A&J Blog, or the Congressional Record?
GR8 Would those be Hi Beams or parking lights?
Steve, could be salacious lights. Or, the flashing lights of the Maritime CIS.
I looked at the car and I think you might hit one headlight and one hubcap. It could end up a flat tire?
Which raises the issue of female/male tee shirts. To meet minimums and sizes, we just buy unisex shirts but in assorted sizes. There is such a thing as tee shirts cut lower or scooped for women.
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Jackie, GR6 would agree on the scoop styling.
Steve, “high beams” also popped up. So to speak.
Jackie, I often see females wearing t-shirts with vertical cuts a ways down the front from the center of the neckbands which, I suppose, provide more, ah, capacity.
Am I the only thinking that if someone has a sex life that merits a 10,000 word dissertation, they wouldn’t have time to write a 10,000 word dissertation?
“. . . when worn by a well-equipped female.” If the tee is reasonably snug, it shouldn’t matter, nor need it be female. I think I’ve mentioned before that the first time pokies were brought to my attn. [not the first time I’d noticed them] was on a cool fall day at the local college stadium. Wife and I were 4-6 rows up in the stands, probably with at least sweatshirts over our indoor wear, when a late-teen/early 20s male in a tee came out of the nearest entrance down front. Wife quietly said, “Are you cold or just glad to see me?” One of our little hark-backs over the years.
Lots of places are printing t-shirts on demand these days. Works a whole lot better than gambling on inventory.
I sincerely doubt he moderates this group, although I did give the A and J book to my chicken farmer friend who needed cheering up and lives in same small rural area. I am positive the local papers don’t carry A and J. So, I will say I finally got to meet him when he came to my boating festival this year.
He is about 5 feet tall and looks like a round teddy bear cookie with a bald head, blue eyes. Since a lot of his ranting was about his Native roots, besides ranting about the “fat white girls” who were desperate enough to date him, hardly what the net conveyed and thus lieth another lesson for us all. The net often lies and lies and lies!
Since I now fall into the “fat white gals” category, I wasn’t angry he spoke so about me, just the disrespect he showed all women.
I am now and always have been a believer in equal rights for all and that includes women and Native Americans and people of all sexes and colors.
But using it as a manipulative divisive tool is wrong, no matter who does it.
Love, Jackie
Someone mentioned conspiracy theories, which reminded me of this comment in a recent Tina Dupuy column: “Spend one afternoon on any community planning committee and see how easy it is to get people to work together to do anything—let alone something vast and secretive.” (Most of us know that applies to many types of committees.) Then throw in the question of how many people can be in on a secret and have it remain a secret and you’ll know why I don’t put much stock in conspiracy theories 🙂
Counting the minutes until the political ads end, even though I know it will be the beginning of the holiday sale ads!
True, emb, but I’d only be interested in the ones belonging to well-equipped females. 🙂
Ruth Anne, after the elections there will be more free air time for Medicare enrollment ads. 😉
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Ghost: My definition is a handful is wasteful.”
I have an acquaintance that some people think they’ve told secrets to. They haven’t. Really guard my remarks in her presence. She also has special reasoning in religious matters. “Revealed” statements are unquestioned, except when they interfere with her secular values. Those statements “don’t really mean that. He didn’t really have any sisters and brothers.” “He meant only the ‘poor in spirit’.” I’ve avoided discussing conspiracy theories with her, but she has hinted at some.
Also avoid starting religious conversations with her, and don’t pursue them any further than I can help. I also forgive her. It ain’t easy, but we are supposed to.
Some words and a symbol got deleted somehow. “My definition, posted here before, is > a handful is wasteful.” I thought my use of the math symbols for “more than” and “less than” [ > and < ] had passed muster here before. They're on our keyboards, upper case . and , respectively. Let's see what happens.
Sandcastler: in Florida we seem to have Medicare ads year-round. This is my last chance to tune them out, I suppose. Just turned 65 but have insurance through my job until I retire at the end of the school year at which point I’ll probably go with the same plan my husband has.
“…5 feet tall and looks like a round teddy bear cookie…”. But what size t-shirt would he wear? 🙂
I normally only wear t-shirts for exercise wear. Large t-shirts fit well but tend to be too short. Extra Large ones are a good length but are too baggy. So I usually wear XL over L at the gym. So, hey, I’ll need one of each.
I know Jimmy has to sweat the economics of all this, but I for one would not be surprised if the t-shirt sales make him a thousandaire.
Then, even before the “Medicare Advantage enrollment” ads are over, the ads for “gift stuff that only sells during the holiday season” will begin…followed shortly by the post-holiday ads for diet plans and gym memberships. Which will last until it’s time for Valentine Day ads for gimongous Teddy bears, mail-order roses, and sleazy lingerie and nighties.
We can’t win.
Another vote for xxxL. I’m tall AND round
I did what other people have done and posted this yesterday while I was reading the last of that day, not realizing that today was already up. So here it is again, for what it’s worth.
Ghost, I would be very interested in your post if/when you have time. I am in general very “gullabull” (great word, Debbe, thanks), and didn’t think too much about discrepancies and oddities, although I did notice some of them.
Haha, Jerry, about age perception changing all the time. I am now 72. “The 70?s are the new 50?s,” right??!!
Oh no! My computer also lost my name for some reason! Anon above is me, aka NK in AZ, or in full, Nancy Kirk.