Whenever things get real in the strip, someone inevitably chimes in with something like, “Arlo sure is being mean!” Or, “Arlo’s not being very sensitive to Janis.” When I was in the 5th grade, seriously, our teacher introduced us to the two essential elements of fiction: conflict and resolution. If you’re going to write fiction, any kind of fiction, things are liable to get testy. Then, things are put right, or they aren’t. Either way, a story is told. Admittedly, a comic strip is not the ideal vehicle for complex narrative. It unfolds so slowly, and readers, for whatever reason, seem to have well-formed expectations of how the characters should act. Of course, my advice to those who become unsettled by events in A&J is always the same: be patient.
232 responses to “Great Expectations IV”
And if you can get hold of one of those home rotisseries, what you can do with a rack of lamb chops!, or a roast. The fat drips off as it cooks, so you end up with leaner meat. Good for fish too if it has the basket which won’t let it slide out.
Probably told this anecdotes about having an opera show in college on the before PBS channel. The Cajun broadcast students had trouble with Universal Rnglish, forget anything harder. I got show by default. It ran a couple of hours VERY late at night and we always said no one was listening but we played albums anyway.
Except one night when I cued up the Kingston Trio who believe it or not were not acceptable music and turned them on by mistake and didn’t catch. No one called station.
Ok, I have an address and telephone number. Who wants to call?
Jerry I would be happy to call for you if you would let me. I have had to make calls all my life and I am tough if news is bad and can handle it. If news is happy I laugh and smile easily too.
If working for government wasn’t enough, being a florist was, followed by stint as car salesman, then road sales representative.
Just pointing out I am both fearless and eminently qualified at cold calling. Love.
Good for you, Jackie! I admit to being timid and anxious about making phone calls, even when I know I ought to call.
Hasta manana …
I’ve always heard that the clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath. 😉
Debbe 😉 The King, with a Royal backup band…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvNG3ODYFCI
Good morning Villagers…..
Indy Mindy, I hope she wasn’t driving, her Guardian Angel must have been with her. Sending hugs and prayers for you and her…………………………….Amen
Jerry, you are such a sleuth 🙂 Give Jackie the phone number, as we are all concerned about Denise. But as I’ve said before, she’s been MIA before and then returns.
Sandcastler, your relatives didn’t stay very long….what did you do to run them off 🙂
True story….before marriage, Ian and I lived in town. On Halloween night, there was a two hour curfew for trick or treating. The first hour, I took Ian and friends around the neighborhood, then I would tell Ian let’s go home so we can get some trick or treaters…..then I would dump this big plastic pumpkin full, and I mean full, into a big glass bowl….that is what I used to hand out to the trick or treaters….cheap…no, smart….yes. We never were much on candy in my house. Ian loves those Little Debbie chocolate brownie Christmas Trees…I will be stocking up on those for him.
GR 😉 I chose Saturday because I felt like crap all day Friday, tired too. Plus, I didn’t feel like messing with teens, turns out we were short handed, but Skittles and Evan came through. I needed rest, which I got. And then yesterday, Andrew and Skittles helped me pack, while I was still hacking. Two more antibiotics left….feeling somewhat better. Using dust mask if I stay out in the henhouse for any length of time. I know, I know…I should use one every time I go out there. Will be opening windows a bit more as it will be in the seventies here today.
Old Bear…never thought about tacky glue. When I sew belts together, I sew straight down the red line to align the belts….I think the belts now are the original ones, the new belts are different material (more nylon) and about an eighth of an inch wider. We are going to replace one whole line (1200 ft) with new belt when the hens ‘go’ out.
Ya’ll have a blessed Mondya…..
GR 😉 so, what do we have….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AixMLerqlik
GR 🙂 when you said the King….I thought you meant The King…….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oica5jG7FpU
a grin for Monday….
https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8578885376/h59AAAF0F/
…why, it’s a two for one Monday…..
https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8580434688/hE5C5571F/
Jerry, pics from BCN’s Georgia Dunn’s photo gallery….the second row, first pic is her cat Elvis. The white cat is Lupin, who is deaf…..you can click on each pic, and read her comments.
https://instagram.com/breakingcatnews/
My computer must not let me type the word breast….
NOT MUCH TO SAY. STILL ONE-ARMED BUT IMPROVING DAILY. WILL GO TO HEALTH CLUB LATER IN WEEK. BLESSINGS ON EVERYONE.
domaucan1: Assuming your injured arm is better, or at least hasn’t fallen off. Hang in there. 🙂
Silly Joke of the Day…
Q: What do you call an Amish guy with his hand in a horse’s mouth?
A. A mechanic.
Thanks, Arlo. Based on carefully controlled experiments over the years, with members of my all-female staff as unsuspecting subjects, this actually works surprisingly well.
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2005/01/22
Please, Anonie and Jerry, do carry out that plan. We’d all rather know, I think, even if bad news.
I hope Jerry will trust me to do that. Federal adjudicators, retail.florists and even professional salesmen learn tact, diplomacy, discretion and staying calm.
On a not happy note, if I disappear forever from internet, Facebook and here, assume the worse and write to ask.
So has anyone tried calling Denise yet?
Not me. Mark look up Denise Krupa and text or contact me. I will.
Can’t remember if this is something that has been mentioned here before but it seems like the kind of gizmo some of the Villagers would like:
https://store.digg.com/sales/mykee-titanium-multi-tool-key?utm_source=digg.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=mykee-titanium-multi-tool-key
I’ve been gone all day and I’m exhausted. Debbe, those cats are beautiful, but I didn’t see the comments. I’ll look again tomorrow. Ok, I’ve been thinking about this all day. If I put the phone number here I can’t keep anyone from calling, but there’ s no guarantee that I have the correct number although I think that it is. If it isn’t then if several people call we’ll irritate them I’m sure. Having said that, I think that Ghost is without a doubt the one that should call. The telephone number is in Sterling Heights, Michigan and the number is 586-795-0071.
I am going to leave a note on my computer with instructions how to let you all know if anything happens to me.
I should have mentioned that I could not find her last comment, but she said something about a backpack and it really didn’t make sense. It was not like her at all.