A pithy comic strip about life, love, lust and puthy cats.

Est. 1985

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Look but Don’t Touch

By Jimmy Johnson

Buy the new book, "Beaucoup Arlo & Janis!"Today's "Arlo & Janis!"
I’m not sure if this classic A&J from 1997 has run here before or not, but if it has it was a long time ago. (Where do you get the strange notion I should know these things?) I received word yesterday that the test batch of Arlo & Janis tee shirts has been printed. I haven’t seen them yet, but I will tomorrow. We’ll be tweaking the design as needed, and before you can say “I want one,” the final product will be in production. More on this soon.

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197 responses to “Look but Don’t Touch”

  1. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Not deep orange in color, but otherwise, a fairly good description. 😉

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    Mark that is a Great Trumpkin but the one I saw had really.wild hair.

    I must learn to link.

    Ghost, you need to read the full gardening profile on your pumpkin Ghost Rider as it is done for harvest when vine withers and shell hardens

    So. What flavor of milk shake?

  3. sandcastlerâ„¢ Avatar
    sandcastlerâ„¢

    Milk shakes chocolate. Hamburger: pickle, oinion, and catchup. Onion rings on the side.

  4. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    My vine hasn’t withered, so I guess I’m not done yet.

  5. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Ghost, another part of the description: You will need to train the plant as it grows because it will literally take over everything if it has the chance.

    Accurate?

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  7. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Sounds like that plant has a mind of its own.

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    At my favorite shopping center, Dollar General, for more clear storage boxes for my new cleaning lady who Ghost would like for age and looks probably but she has children. I love her, she is compulsively neat and organized. And hangers for me to unpack my suitcases.

    Love all the music, I have been enjoying radio on computer, phone, tablet. I can switch all over the place on genre, thanks to you all.

    Think I am going to buy myself a chanter and learn to play bagpipes, joined a group online. Any excuse to hang out with men who wear kilts and play Scotland the Brave.

  9. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    And when you don’t feel like taking it easy:
    led-zeppelin/84215/whole-lotta-love.jhtml
    I don’t understand why our parents didn’t like this music.

  10. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Let’s try a different one:
    yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0SO8y2C7itW89EAJhpXNyoA;ylc=X1MDMjc2Nj
    I hope that’s it because I won’t be doing it again.

  11. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    “Never mind”-Rosanne Rosadana

  12. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Rosanadana

  13. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Now I know what they meant about off the coast of Texas.
    ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/gmex/flash-wv.html

  14. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    !@#$%^&*

  15. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    “Models suggest that winds along the Texas coast could approach tropical storm strength” tonight-Weather Underground.

  16. sandcastlerâ„¢ Avatar
    sandcastlerâ„¢

    Houston has been receiving a steady monsoon like rainfall all day.

  17. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Handy site if you want to know what’s going on: http://www.broadcastify.com/

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    This is a test, just a test. Return to your normal activities when the sirens stop.

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    Unpacking one of the big suitcases. I may hang around awhile, so I have two see cardiologist, orthopedists and endo assistant for clearance for Florida kayaking trip.

  20. Judy in Conroe Avatar
    Judy in Conroe

    Thanks for the warning Jackie, when I hear sirens I start looking for tornadoes. No kidding, when we first moved to New Orleans (actually River Ridge, a suburb on the west side of NOLA), we lived about 1/2 mile from the Mississippi River. I heard sirens in the distance – it was cloudy – I was out looking. I was questioning the neighbors who looked at me as if I was crazy – “what sirens?” said they. Turns out they were signals of some kind on ships on the river. I swear they sounded just like the tornado sirens in good ole’ Ponca City where I grew up. But after we lived there a year, I never noticed them either.

    Lots of rain here right now, predicted to last through Sunday and tapering off on Monday. So far today a little over an inch and a half in my back yard, but some models are predicting a foot before it’s all over. I hope it doesn’t come down that hard, because we’ve had no rain this month and the ground is a little hard. Earlier today was a nice soft rain which hopefully has softened the soil so more will sink in. No tropical storm winds, though, just lots of the wet stuff.

  21. sandcastlerâ„¢ Avatar
    sandcastlerâ„¢

    Oh, ye band of brothers. Remember to-morrow is St. Crispin’s.

  22. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Maureen O’Hara
    8/17/20 – 10/24/15

    Perhaps my all-time favorite actress and a class act.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkQyRE0byBI