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

Est. 1985

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No second opinion!

By Jimmy Johnson


It isn’t easy depicting Arlo and Janis in the act of kissing. They don’t really have lips, or even mouths sometimes. Arlo’s nose gets in the way. And kissing is really kind of a silly act when you step back and observe it objectively, something admittedly difficult to do. Anyway, I think it turned out as well as could be in this old strip from 2004. We’ll talk about that boat next week.

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147 responses to “No second opinion!”

  1.  Avatar

    The man who disagrees with me would agree with you emb but he knows who the Duggars are. Your religious views are about two miles closer to heaven than most of middle America where women still belong in a class that serves men as handmaidens.

    Your students would not accept a “woman’s place” I suspect. But I could be wrong? I often am.

  2. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Jackie, there is a blank spot on your FB page that says attachment unavailable. Can you hum few bars so I know what to look for? That is, at least the first few words.

  3. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Jackie said this is what she wanted, so here goes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton

  4. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Woohoo!!!!! Go IU…….gotta go, Butler playing…..good evening basketball fans….are you watching Nancy?

  5. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    Just sent the message, anon. Hope my friend checks the mail frequently.

  6. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Debbe πŸ˜‰ Happier days. I still miss Levon and The Big Man.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNpcms4UdMA

  7. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Good morning Villagers….

    The high schools I attended in little ole’ Loogootee did not have girls’ sports….it was all about basketball…Jack Butcher, the winningest coach in Indiana…..times have changed now, they do have girls’ basketball.

    Never played basketball, but I did play softballl. I was third base and usually 4th or 5th batter. Still have my softball glove.

    AND it’s still cold and rainy. I think the sun will be out tomorrow, but don’t tell anyone.

    Mark, so glad you have your mother home.

    And congratulations Gal…..you deserve more than a day off…..bonus maybe πŸ™‚

    A blessed Lord’s day to all……………….

  8. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    GR πŸ˜‰ take 8 minutes off, you’ll be gad you did

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDnwD550zoM

  9. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Jackie, a new billboard has gone up along the highway I take to work….curiously, I thought “I’m going to look that up”. Have you heard of them?

    http://www.boatangel.com/

    Sounds like a good charity for children.

  10. Llee Avatar

    Jimmy- love it πŸ™‚
    Debbe – you make me laugh, too. thank you πŸ™‚

  11. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    This is Chevrolet SUV Day.

  12. Galliglo in Ohio Avatar
    Galliglo in Ohio

    Debbe – thanks for the kind words But my organization is a non-profit and we actually DO live the walk, and not just the talk. I am a hard nose about Agency funds, and proud of it!

  13. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Oops. Spring sneaked in around 11:30 (CDT) last night. Perhaps that is why I missed seeing Spring Babe traipsing around in just her diaphanous gown. Pity.

    Janis did it much better in 1997, but I’d still give her an “A for Effort” for today’s performance.

    http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/1997/03/20

  14. domaucan1 Avatar
    domaucan1

    Happy Spring to everyone. Glad to hear that many are improving health wise. Prayers for everyone who needs them. Thanks, Rick, I replaced my wrecked Blazer with an Equinox. Birthday yesterday for my carriage.

    God bless us every one.

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    Something strange here. I clicked on Ghosts link and read it, agreed, looked down below and there is a big honking ad for a life size statue of a garden statue, nude, wearing only a sheer fabric across her loins. The Bather. She was in front of a beautiful fountain water feature with about a dozen large frogs around the parapet spitting water into fountain pool.

    We know that Ghost likes frogs sounds and we know women but why this particular ad?

  16. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    I didn’t get that ad for the garden gnude, Jackie. It must have been tailored for you, for some reason. πŸ˜‰

  17. Trapper Jean Avatar
    Trapper Jean

    We had a few days of Spring last week, but now seem to be heading back into a short winter for the oncoming week. Don’t know if we will get ice or snow, but it’s always a possibility.

    emb, no, no-one ever seems to understand why tall people don’t want to play basketball. If I remember correctly I told that PE teacher I couldn’t play because I might ruin my manicure.

  18. Trapper Jean Avatar
    Trapper Jean

    Indy Mindy, I’ve also never understood the fascination of watching cars go around in circles very fast. πŸ™‚ Have you ever read Sharyn McCrumb’s books “St. Dale” and “Faster Pastor”? Both are set in the NASCAR world. Sharyn is a fan and friends with many of the drivers. I might not care for racing, but the books are good.

  19. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    Trap:

    When I was in junior high and high school, I was one of the taller people in school, and people who didn’t know me wondered why I didn’t play basketball.

    It’s simple.

    I wasn’t any good.

  20. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    domaucan1:

    Glad to.

    By the way, how well do you like your Equinox?

    I have been considering buying one with all-wheel drive.

    I have thought about the RAV 4 and the CR-V, but they just don’t appeal to me.

    The Ford Escape is also a possibility for me.

  21.  Avatar

    Ghost, now why would I get a nude woman statue in a garden sitting on a pool surrounded by spitting frogs? Could it have to do with my buying habits on net and things I write?

    Clearly the frogs represent my search for a prince.

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    About NASCAR, I have never understood it although open road racing like through villages in Europe seemed exotic. So, when I was calling on Lowes in NC I flew in first time and saw that big track with the condos and stadium boxes and had no idea what it was.

    My boss could not believe I was serious.

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    Sitting up to my armpits in foaming bath bubbles and froth is so deep it touched my shoulders in parts. Is Jimmy out in neighbors yard looking through the plantation shutters?

    Time for gardening strips too. I am trying to leave today and get a few hours down the road to Texas but I have to go through piles of mail on desk. Lost bills and my new diabetes testing equipment.