I had a different old cartoon picked out to show you and to discuss today, but I decided for once to finish something I’d started. Here are the final two episodes of “Rearranged Marriage,” completing the entire sequence that first appeared for one week in 2005. You might recall that not long ago I reprised this idea in a rather colorful Sunday. Did I deliberately sneak back and crib from the older comic strip? Not really. Not consciously. What usually happens in these situations is that I’ll get started on an idea and in creeps the nagging question: Have I drawn this one before? The answer in this case was, Yes.
Rearranged Marriage, fini
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170 responses to “Rearranged Marriage, fini”
“What usually happens in these situations is that I’ll get started on an idea and in creeps the nagging question: Have I drawn this one before? The answer in this case was, Yes.”
Now, this is appropriate: Ecclesiastes 1:9.
“and snakes as well.” Snakes are no more interested in unclad people than clad.
Julia Richman was NYC’s first female supt. of schools [or whatever; I did a search]. I don’t remember knowing any girl who went there. The one girl I was interested in [fortunately wouldn’t give me a tumble] went to Washington Irving, much nearer Greenwich Village, also all girls then, coed now, and apparently a much worse crowd.
Peace, emb
Rick: “Now, this is appropriate: Ecclesiastes 1:9” – So very true.
EMB, if we are to believe the story of Eden, that particular snake had a great interest in unclad people.
But I agree that the snakes in my yard would equally strike at clad, unclad equally.
I can’t remember how long it’s been since I’ve watched an Academy Awards show, but suffice it to say it’s been a very long time. I do agree with Pig and Rat, though.
http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2015/02/21
Jackie on her recent trip to Florida:http://www.gocomics.com/herman/2015/02/12
Not that I think the driver really looks like her!
Mark, yes that is funny! No, I don’t look like that yet I hope. But I have to tell you the worst thing I ever did was get stopped at 130 mph in a town where I was supposed to be doing 35-45
miles and I was actually pretty much asleep at the wheel. The trooper was so sweet and didn’t book me which he probably should have but made sure I went to a motel and checked in and got off the road. He gave me a ticket so I could take a remedial driving course and get off somewhat with my insurance as well. No, that wasn’t on this trip but I have a heavy foot on the gas in the past sometimes and used to own the cars to drive like that.
Minivans are comfortable to drive and certainly I don’t need five speeds and shifting and clutching any more!
Love, Jackie
Mark, I am listening to country tonight and Bonnie Rait and Nora Jones are singing “Tennessee Waltz” and I am thinking what a coincidence that may be as I just clicked the play all button.
“If your grandmamma doesn’t remove the Marlboro from her lips before telling the State Trooper that just stopped her to kiss her ass…you may be a redneck.”
Jackie, the song is an odd coincidence for me. That is the first tune I ever danced to (not that there’ve been many). My kindergarten class had to get into costume and dance to that about 1960-61. This was during the Civil War centennial and the boys were wearing Confederate uniforms and the girls were in antebellum type clothes.
Good night everybody. Work comes early in the morning. Glad my commute is only from the bedroom to the home office. It’s cold (by Alabama standards) out there!
I quit smoking Marlboros in 1966, Ghost, and I have never, ever told a state trooper to do any kissing anywhere. I protest! Now, airline pilots, flight instructors and air traffic controllers, that is another story.
Why do I have a feeling Jackie gave a whole new meaning to “Wild Blue Yonder”?
Debbe 😉 Dance of the Seven Zippers again today?
No helicopters.
Good morning Villagers….
Good laughs this morning, love the redneck joke and Hermann. When Ian and Dakota went to buy 400 ft of auger last week, they had a list of “you might be a Muslim” jokes. Dare I quote a couple? I’ll sub ISIS, as I do respect a true, pacifist Muslim.
If you think vests comes in only two styles, bullet proof and suicide…you might be an ISIS
If you have more wives than teeth, you might be an ISIS.
OK..enough of that.
GR 😉 love the Dance of the Seven Zippers….and yes, it will be another morning of that, as it is minus 3 out there!
These county roads are slicker than snot. Suzi wouldn’t start yesterday morning, seems my driver’s door didn’t close completely and an interior light was on all night. Had to drive husbands front wheel drive….and she would not go up this hill…had to take a detour, which we will again today because even in 4 wheel drive no one is going up that hill after freezing temps last night.
Jean…..when Brooklynne Rose and Kyler started coming around I dug out Ian’s childhood books and started reading them to the little ones….I use to read to Ian all the time. Subscribed to Nickelodeon Magazine for him too. He loved to read. Now it’s games. When they gave those standardized tests in high school, we found out he had college level reading
skills.
Jackie…I’d go with you in a heartbeat, if I was single. I always loved road trips. But, unfortunately the old hips don’t sit well for very long. And I would look into Mark’s link on home security too.
Gal 🙂
ya’ll have a blessed day…
today’s grin:
http://cheezburger.com/8451318016
speaking of Oscars:
http://cheezburger.com/387589
Learned a new simile today: “These county roads are slicker than snot.” Not sure how often I’ll use it. Peace, emb
Simile? Doesn’t use “like” or “as”, so maybe “metaphor” is better. emb
I never did figure out yesterday’s strip (Monday). Had to click on the comic and look at the comments and immediately realized what had happened. I waited for today because I thought maybe today’s would better explain yesterday’s. However today’s strip was funny and obvious.
I took some beautiful pictures of the snow that fell Super Bowl Sunday, but then realized that I needed to get the snow off the roof. So for three weeks my footprints have stayed in the snow, along with the occasional bunny rabbit.
emb: I don’t know how slick my snot is as the below zero temperatures have frozen it. I have had a slight sinus infection since Christmas, so looking forward to the day when that is done.
And this morning there is snow on the Mountain! At least two inches, with more coming down, so we’re not trying to go anywhere just yet. We do still have power though, so we’re good. 🙂
Deeper than two inches outside the office window but not as deep as it was. Don’t know how but some must have melted? We haven’t had sun or warmer temps either.
EMB, slicker than snot is an old country expression and there are other versions of it as well but I don’t think we should start putting JJ’s site full of the references! Actually Debbe, I have been using that one my entire life. EMB, just substitute other bodily substances and you get the drift.
Snot is politer than others.
My minion can’t get down off her mountain/hill and is stuck up there. I told her if there was a break to bring clothes and come stay here which she had planned to do. Dog sitter is only one block away down street but she’d still have to make it here? Need to go see if I am going to have any window of getting out of here and in which direction?
I have seen ice storms so bad here that the trees explode and come down all over, worse than hurricanes actually. One about 15 years ago lasted forever, our cell towers exploded from ice, the water plants did too, they were rescuing people off the mountains with bull dozers to get through fallen trees.
Going to look at weather map!
Love, Jackie
How is anyone moving? I just checked weather and road conditions, they are saying stay off roads between here and Texas or Arkansas, Not sure how I could escape?
Jackie, the weather service is calling for possible 4-6 inches of snow in Birmingham tomorrow starting late in the morning. If it happens, it will be absolute chaos, in a city without road salt or adequate clearing machinery.
Anyone between Tulsa, OK and Gulf Coast of Mississippi or Florida, Alabama can report in for me. I know the chaos that happens in South with a little snow and ice. We aren’t even prepared up here in OK which is why I am sitting in my house looking out and nothing is moving. I was once in New Orleans and then again in Houston where they got a couple inches of snow and the entire cities went insane.