Speaking of saving labor, I don’t remember what was going on in the late fall of 2002, when this series would have been drawn, but it is obvious I was trying to produce a “quick” week of work. There is a lot of, shall we say, economy in the drawing. Plus, the gimmick of “answering” reader mail isn’t exactly an original one. However, life sometimes places one in a bind, even a cartoonist, but if the result is acceptable, all is well. I like to think this little series turned out well. Whatever was compelling me to hurry, I think the jokes are sharp. Sometimes, hitting a single in a pinch can be a very satisfying achievement.
90 responses to “Frequently Questioned Answers III”
I hope Lady Mindy survived the day. I don’t have the heart to tell her that earlier tonight I committed cakery with a half pint of dark rum.
Ghost I owned three red convertibles, that is only one and it is so small we’d have to shoe horn you in and out. I owned a silver sports car so tiny it was like flying over the pavement on a seat.
The one I thought you’d like was the jail bait in grass one. I am 12 years old there and never grew any more until I blew up fat. I had not noticed until I found these photos that I had eyebrows like Blue Lagoon?
Yes, Jackie, I did like the “jail bait” photo; I was just trying not to come across as too creepy. 🙂 And yes, the eyebrows were striking; first thing I noticed.
I think I’ll retouch the “older you” photo. (College age?) No, that doesn’t mean I’ll digitally remove your clothes or anything. But I do like to scan and restore old, faded and damaged photos. My mom recently found a small (2.5 x 3 inch) snapshot of my sister and me, made in our backyard when I was about 5 and she about 3. It was in pretty bad shape, but I scanned, repaired, cropped, enlarged, printed and framed it for her. She loves it and keeps it by her recliner where she can easily see it.
Of course, I guess I could lower the neckline of your dress just a little. 😉
Debbe 😉 Well, it ain’t Barenaked Ladies’ or Lady Gaga’s version of a carol, but it ain’t bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QLn7gM-hY
Are you referring to the one with the long hair that is damaged? The one with the sweet smile? I was in Very Late 20s and in Hawaii as adjudicator for civilian deaths from Turkey back to California during Vietnam .
Unless you mean Very, Very old and have three inch nails?
Brooke didn’t exist when I was young but someone did that I looked like, I have just grown too old to remember or their starlets faded long, long ago. People always acted like they do, even now when they think they have spotted someone. Women used to strike up conversations in restaurant ladies rooms and many just asked “Who ARE you?” No one wants to believe you when you answer truthfully.
About the smile, it’s perfect now if the nerve damage to face and neck goes away.
Brain getting blood. Carroll Baker in early years, same eyebrows as Brooke’s. And she definitely took it off and took it off, again and again. Shouldn’t have remembered because I just saw how she looks now. OMG! She did not age well.
But honestly, except she became famous movie star, she is most remembered for nudity. Talk about pokies but you don’t want to see her now. Hal changed that to ponies.
Strip of 12.21.15:
That’s about the most political Arlo has been in quite a while.
Speaking of football, I thought that it was fairly ironic that my first alma mater lost the Camellia Bowl the same way that my second alma mater lost its game against the other Team Up North.
Good morning Villagers….
Gary, you looked good as Santa, just like the real Santa 🙂 No phony beards for this Santa believer.
And what can I say about Jackie’s looks, striking, yes. Love the red convertible too. Our second car was a white 1967 (?) Mustang with a convertible top….I thought I was hot stuff back then…reddish blonde hair blowing, Beach Boys playing in the 8 track…yes, those were the good old days.
The rain should be over by 8ish, going back to my hen house for the first round of ‘chicks’…they are approximately 18 weeks old…..and I’m the counter. Five in each cage the first top three rows, and 4 in the bottom. I make sure none are caught in the cage doors.
I will never take two days off in a row again. Drama, drama, drama. The nephew-in-laws are feuding.
Well, have a blessed Monday everyone!
GR 😉 no white Christmas here in SIN, supposed to be in the 60’s! Found this yesterday, different take on an old Lennon song….and she does it well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf8db3Vz95I
This should bring a smile or two here……
http://cheezburger.com/8596348672
Mark,she appears to be a Ragdoll. She is very pretty.
Thanks Jerry. She has the body type of a Domestic Shorthair, but color and markings of a tabby point Siamese. But she has white feet. The mother was mostly white with black blotches. I have a feeling there was a Siamese in the ancestry because we have a number of cats running around out there that are white with colored markings that follow the distribution of marks on a Siamese. She is almost completely silent, demands a lot of attention.
Yes, Jackie, the late 20s photo from Hawaii. (I thought you were about 19, so there’s a 10 year looks/age differential right there.) Yes, you had a definite resemblance to Carroll Baker, who had a prolific but checkered film career.
And yes, much of that career seemed to be built around the fact she seemed to have trouble keeping her clothes on in front of the camera. If a reasonably competent actress chooses to use her lady parts in a supporting role, I say good on her. But Ms. Baker’s appeared to use hers more as the star of many of her “appearances”.
I thought that she was a Ragdoll because of her head coloring and blue eyes. I can’t tell in the photo whether she has a bushy tail. For those who are wondering I am referring to the picture of the cat.
‘That’s about the most political Arlo has been in quite a while.’
Since Tea-Partiers, socialists, and pragmatists often use those or similar words, I think JJ is off the hook.
Peace, emb
Jerry in FL, she is a shorthair. But a kitten from her last litter has medium length hair, is white with black markings on face, ears, back and black, bushy tail.
Ghost, I thought Jackie’s 20’s photo looked more like Ann-Margaret in her 1960’s/1970’s movie phase.
Thank you for cat clarification. Even at very obese I could not be considered bushy tailed. But that is a southernism, bushy tailed and bright.
For some reason looking at Carroll Baker photos through the years made me feel really, really good that my porn career, if wearing as much as we did was porn, was most short and I didn’t try to do it for life.
About how young I looked, that always got hearings attorneys who would have honey and sweetie fetch and tote coffee, etc. And then honey set at head of conference table to hear their case.
And as for today’s strip, JJ isn’t being political, he’s referring to pro ball and it’s supposed effects.
I suspect that is who many thought I was because I lived in Hawaii and New Orleans in those days and frequented hotels and restaurants where there were celebrities in those days. That and waiters and maitre D’s kissing our feet was a tip off back then.
A young woman who knows me says Adele in her younger days but both could be my children.
Quit bleaching hair in late 1960s so it was always full and dark blonde ash until I began frosting it. Now it is naturally frosted ash blonde.
What the heck, cardiologist office should be open by now!
Here’s a pic of Ann-Margret for comparison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann-Margret#/media/File:Ann_Margret_1968.jpg
Per Wikipedia you would be nearer sisters than mother-daughter since her birthdate is earlier than yours.
I wanted to wish everyone a sunny and happy solstice today. At 23:48 EST, that should include most of you with just a few spilling over to tomorrow.
We have sleet, rain and freezing rain but I am still going to have a sunny day.
Rick in Shermantown, Ohio:
They both lost? Steve Harvey told me they both won? The man will never live it down…
“Feelin’ bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and ten feet tall.”
Far be it from me, Jackie, to fault you for making a bunch of attorneys squirm. Now, perhaps you need to make some cardiologists squirm:)
No, I knew how old Ann Margaret was, it is young woman and Adele who could be my daughters. This young woman has been trying to get me to hire her for a couple years. She thinks I am sexy senior and makes me banana milkshakes with skim milk and no sugar added ice cream or iced tea, no sugar, half a fresh lime sqeezed, where she works now. She knew me obese and she’s a huge fan.
Been on hold at primary physicians office. Don’t need a doctor or die week of Christmas. Just got off phone with my deputy, his sister in law died of MS and services are tomorrow or next day. One of my editors lost his mother this weekend, services are this week. Know the feelings.