This old strip indirectly echoes events in the current strip, if something from seven years ago can “echo” something today. All the recent discussion in the current story line about a drastic change in the situation of Arlo and Janis inevitably leads to the question: are they retired? Well, I could make up something, but really all that exists in the world of A&J is what appears in the strip, and that question never has been directly addressed. You know what I know. However, I am the author, and therefore I am entitled to make something up. So, watch this space in the coming days, where I will make something up!
65 responses to “In Days of Old”
Debbe:
That’s the greatest compliment you could possibly give me. Thank you from the depths of my soul.
And I hope that it won’t be read aloud on your behalf for many, many years.
Everyone:
Last week, I mentioned that my high school best friend had passed away.
Two days after that, another classmate’s obituary appeared in the local paper.
This evening, I found out that three other classmates have passed in the last three weeks.
I know that the class of ’71 is entering that age, but I would never have expected this.
Then there’s Stuyvesant H.S. ’47 and Cornell U. ’51. Let my Cornell Mag. subscr. lapse sev. yr. ago, wish I hadn’t. Peace,
Topper?
That you, man?
Inapropes, dude.
GM Debbe
Have 2 cats that do the hanging thing on the back door.
Sometimes open it when they hit the lever handle.
Last item in this comes close to what we learned in grade school [P.S. 41, Greenwich Village], in ’38-’42. Do they still teach history? Peace,
http://writersalmanac.org/episodes/20170504/
Jimmy, I recall reading somewhere that you were a Carl Barks fan. Have you seen these books? http://www.fantagraphics.com/series/the-complete-carl-barks-disney-library/
I have started buying them, and they are worthwhile. The same publisher is also doing the complete Pogo comic strips in book form.
Everyone grows older. There is nothing you can do about that. Growing old is a(n unfortunate) choice people make. Then there are those like me who refuse to grow up.
Norm in Utah, growing older is in the calendar, growing up is all in your mind.
Rick: I feel your pain. Sometimes it seems to all hit at once. It can make it hard to properly grieve when it is someone particularly close. In my case, my sister and her husband were very close to us while I had only seen my brother’s wife once in 41 years. (which I constitute as a long time).
My brother is doing remarkedly well. His wife has had serious health issues over the past 3 years and for the last week was under a DNR. She went for a cat scan and when she came back to the room went into arrest at 12:40. My brother was at home and arrived at the hospital at 1:55 when they finally called him. He was mad but not as upset as maybe most of us might have been. I think he was mentally prepared.
I should have proof read the above. Multitasking. She passed away at 12:40 last Thursday and the hospital did not call him for over an hour. Said he just talked with her for a half hour or so (with a Navy Chaplain by his side) just like he had for the last few months. He is hoping that she could hear him, wherever she is.
Steve: I work on the assumption that Elaine can if she chooses. Don’t know, but that seems a good approach.
Ghost: ‘If McEldowney is still getting paid good money for “Pibgorn”, he should have to pay it back.’ My guess is he doesn’t get paid at all, or if he does, it’s ‘piece-work.’ Expect any money from Pibgorn is from book sales and such. Does get annoying when Pibgorn doesn’t change for weeks. Of course, I enjoy 9CL, except when the cat plays w/ the margins and such. De gustibus … That suggests another way to flaunt my non-existent flair for foreign languages. May be back.
Peace,
Ghost:
Let’s see: Flaunt: chacun à son goût. It works. Go to my documents, steal accented letters [this time a whole phrase] from the store below one of my working files, then print it here.
Peace,
EMB,
That’s one of my favorite French phrases. Thanks for the memory.
God bless us every one. God bless the USA.
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