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Office Favorite

By Jimmy Johnson

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Are Arlo and Janis retired? Technically, no. Although home undeniably has become the focus of the strip lately, they still have comic-strip jobs, traditional jobs where they go to a brick-and-mortar office, put in a day of routine work and collect a regular paycheck. In other words, jobs that hardly exist anymore outside comic strips. Perhaps I’ll explore this area in 2016. I’ve thought a lot about it. Heaven knows, their resume needs updating.

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220 responses to “Office Favorite”

  1. Dale Avatar
    Dale

    I gather that Janis has a job, but while I can remember Arlo being shown at work every once in a while, I can’t remember the last time Janis was shown at work.

    Me, either. — JJ

  2. Ursen Avatar
    Ursen

    Embarrassing yes, but also should be flattering and comforting that he still enjoys her.

  3. Mark from Maine Avatar
    Mark from Maine

    I love the term “might could.” Very Southern!

  4. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Longtime readers will of course realize that “My favorite bathing suit you ever wore” means “Yellow bikini*”.

    *Percentage of nakedness unknown, but likely significant

  5.  Avatar

    When Janis was having the possible office romance with the young guy……..wouldn’t she have been in an office?

    She comes home from work, we see her dragging in her tote bag.

    Sitting at Orthopedist to find out about shoulder tear, tell her postponing knee replacement to go sail 200 miles through mud, wind and heat to raise $20,000 for American Cancer Society. That’s an extreme thing to do to avoid knee surgery.

    Need permission to go kayak and do SUP next month or at least try. Met a martial arts school owner last night, woman, ended up having dinner with her and bonding. Ortho is martial arts expert, she’ll like that, so I am looking into doing that as well for fitness, protection and attitude.

  6. Steve From Royal Oak, Mi Avatar

    I just always thought JJ was looking in their windows on the weekends.

  7. Ray Avatar
    Ray

    I remember the confusion over “might could” the last time this showed up. Causes some of us to do a double take.

  8. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Jackie, defensive hand-to-hand combat tip #1 – Punch opponent in the throat. (Kids, don’t try that at home.) Preferred attitude (the one I project when I can’t carry) is “I’ll light you up if you mess with me.”

  9. Bryan Avatar
    Bryan

    “In other words, jobs that hardly exist anymore outside comic strips.”
    Does this mean I’m a dinosaur or dodo?

  10.  Avatar

    Good news I knews is I have a complete rotator tear (duh) and two bad knees, can’t have surgery for ar least year with cardiologists permission then. But I can go kayak or paddle or Sail or build boats from an orthopedists standpoint since it will just hurt but not fall off. I can accept that.

    Ortho female pilot major in reserves is martial arts and shootist. Says I should get gun training and forget martial arts, I am already way over limit on what I do to my body. Ghost, I did tell her I wasn’t falling in love with anyone again, didn’t promise to give up men totslly. Told her I was trying to become self reliant. She is for that.

  11. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Careful there, Jackie. I’ve always had a thing for strong, self reliant women. đŸ˜‰ (See: Millionaire Widow Lady) (Did you get those business cards printed?)

    Yep. Remember, my first recommendation for self-defense was an Evil Death Machineâ„¢. Some problems are best dealt with at a distance.

    And buy the best training you can afford.

  12. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    I mentioned this earlier, but I don’t know if anybody saw it, as it turned out to be the last post on the old thread.

    Actor Alan Rickman died of cancer at age 69. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, think English stage actor, also Die Hard, Costner’s Robin Hood, and all the Harry Potter movies. Another great example of his profession gone.

  13. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Hey Jackie, can you use one of these on your cross-America tour of our country’s best mosquito breeding grounds?

    http://www.13deals.com/store/products/29448-the-concealer-safari-hat-w-durable-concealed-mosquito-netting-ships-free

  14. TruckerRon Avatar

    My daughters, who have seen the films and read the HP books many times, are in mourning.

  15. NealinBawstun Avatar

    I’m trying to think of a job where a guy sitting at a desk still wears a tie….

  16. NealinBawstun Avatar

    Regarding Alan Rickman, what a terrific actor and what a loss. Of all the wonderful roles he played, the one that stands out in my mind is that of the Spock-like character in ‘Galaxy Quest’ – a British stage actor who did Shakespeare, but who is doomed to forever be remembered for his role in a cheesy TV series (the eponymous ‘Galaxy Quest’). It was a great ensemble film, and Rickman truly threw himself into the part; his contorted facial expressions made words unnecessary.

  17. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    NealinBawstun, funeral director, loan officer, security guard doing access control in building lobby.

  18. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    Jimmy, we certainly had that conversation during 2015 about “Dream” houses. We ended up siding with Janis and went smakker . If you do have them move, you could have them sort through stuff and that way they can find old A&J strips that they collected over the years. So you could take a week or two off and just recycle…

  19.  Avatar

    Jackie needs a mosquito hat. Bought some in Upper P of Michigan where they are size of humming birds.

    I loved him in Galaxy Quest. Who was he in Harry Potter? I have seen some but don’t remember his character.

  20. TruckerRon Avatar

    Snape! Snape! Severus Snape!

    As in the Potter Puppet Pals — The Mysterious Ticking Noise:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4

  21. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Alan Rickman was evil, evil Hans Gruber in “Die Hard”. Remember?

    http://memecrunch.com/meme/AI2NU/it-s-not-christmas-until/image.png

    I understand that was his first film, at age 42. He built quite a career in movies from that.

  22. emb Avatar
    emb

    That TIP BlogSpot by Edward Roberts Hughes is titled ‘Diana’s maidens.’ How does he know?
    BTW, thanks all for the scoop on grits/cornmeal.

    Also, though Mom grew up in Bay St. Louis [but lived in NYC four+ decades], I never heard ‘might could’ at home. Here in Bemidji, likely in my 40s or 50s, I responded to someone’s question with ‘I used to could.’ [Probably pronounced ‘yoosta could]. Surprised me as much as others. Actually, think there’s nothing ungrammatical about ‘might could’ or ‘used to could,’ but they do sound unusual.

    Peace, emb

  23. emb Avatar
    emb

    ‘How does he know?’ Joel gray tells you how to find out:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBlB8RAJEEc

    Peace, emb

  24. Blinky the Wonder Wombaf Avatar
    Blinky the Wonder Wombaf

    We were privileged to oce view the famous yellow bathing suit- it appeared during one of Arlo’s summer sailing fantasies- the arc also featured Jimmy Buffet serenading our favorite couple.

  25. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    Rickman: Anyone else remember him as the voice of Marvin the Paranoid Robot in the movie version of “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”?