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No Second Guessing

By Jimmy Johnson


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A smart husband, like a smart lawyer, doesn’t ask a question for which he doesn’t know the answer, not in the above context anyway. In reality, husbands ask many such questions, such as, Do you know where my shoes are? Well, you know what’s coming for most of us: winter! And it’s just Veteran’s Day.

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63 responses to “No Second Guessing”

  1. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Good morning Villagers….

    No strip here, tried Susan’s suggestion…no go, sigh….

    The Dark Side got nasty yesterday…got my hen feet slapped…..but being the better person, I will not retort, but boy could I….cluck, cluck. I always liked the bumper sticker that read, if you can read this, thank a Vet. Has anyone else seen that one?

    Gal πŸ™‚

    Indy Mindy, I loved your post re the nursing home. Thanks.

    Oh, I introduced Bugs Bunny to little Kyler yesterday evening (I’m babysitting tonight also, and he’s getting more daring…the two year old, not Bugs). Never thought of bringing up Bugs and all on the interweb.

    “Say yer prayers ya long eared galoot”…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOUhGcsHqDM

    Granny Carol, you’re welcome….maybe I’ll recap the whole list that those who wish can copy and paste and print…I did, and I see it every morning….helps in keeping things in my life in perspective.

    ya’ll have a happy hump day…..

    =^..^=
    loved today’s real time strip

    GR πŸ˜‰

  2. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Important List

    15. The deadliest weapon. The Tongue

  3. Outlander Avatar
    Outlander

    Am I the only one in the country who dislikes seeing “Happy Veterans Day!”?

    I don’t see it as a happy day.

    I’m extremely grateful and humbled when I think of veterans, but using “happy” seems disrespectful, along with trivializing the importance of the day.

  4. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Mea Culpa….and you are right Outlander, ‘happy’ does seem somewhat disrespectful…but ya gotta admit the lolcat pic is cute πŸ™‚

  5. Granny Carol Avatar
    Granny Carol

    Debbe – we should all think about that one as we begin every day! The tongue “is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” I used to remind my children of Thumper’s wise words (his mother’s, actually), “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothin’ at all.” πŸ™‚

  6. Chris in South Jersey Avatar
    Chris in South Jersey

    Outlander, my husband and I were talking about that yesterday when we were wished a happy…I think people don’t think much below the surface, most holidays wishes start with a “happy” so they blurt it out. I just think “yeah, I know what you mean”.

    Debbie, when my nephew graduated from AF basic his father found a bumper sticker saying “my kid is defending your honor student’s freedom”.

  7. phil in Missoula, MT Avatar
    phil in Missoula, MT

    My mother was born on Veteran’s day, before the end of the first world war. Even after that was over, it was Armistice Day before it was Veterans’s day and she thought, as a young girl, that the parades were in her honor.

  8. kerumbo Avatar
    kerumbo

    In Chrome, I can right-click where the image ought to be, then select copy URL, then paste that URL into the address bar. That’s the only way I can see it, on any browser.

    It’s a good one, though — worth the extra trouble.

  9. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Who knew we had so many techies here in the Village? πŸ™‚

  10. David (one of the many) Avatar
    David (one of the many)

    I placed a copy in JPEG of the missing strip in the comments of today’s A&J in GoComics:

    http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2014/11/12

    I will remove it when the problematic TIFF file gets replaced here. (Unfortunately, today GoComics is slow as molasses….)

    JJ: I hope you don’t mind, as I intend no copyright infringement. As I said, I will pull it down when things get fixed here.

  11. emeritus minnesota biologist Avatar
    emeritus minnesota biologist

    How about “your ‘most valuable players’ freedom”? Pigeon-holing takes many forms; honors students are real people, too, not just nerds or dweebs.

    Peace, emb

  12. Chris in South Jersey Avatar
    Chris in South Jersey

    emb, I’m aware of that. But that bumper sticker is in response to the plethora of “Proud parent of an honor student at XXX school”. Haven’t seen too many MVP bumper stickers

    Pax