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Roll Called

By Jimmy Johnson

November 14, 1997


I know that many of you who come here visit the Facebook group “Arlo & Janis Fans.” Those who do might have seen this A&J classic yesterday, when it was posted by our friend Mark Vick. If so, you’re excused if you have something else to do, but I know a lot of visitors here do not see the Facebook group. However, I like this one, and I mentioned something to the group that I thought was worth mentioning here. This was one of the rare comics to be censored by my editors, then in New York. Originally, the last panel read, “Those just dating should use extreme caution.” My editors suggested changing it, and we arrived at the above. It was no big deal. Probably it works better.


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105 responses to “Roll Called”

  1. Joe Don Avatar
    Joe Don

    My = How times have changed.

  2. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    Maybe “Amateurs should use….” would have covered all bases.

    PS; My MBH seems to be doing well from her cornea replacement 4 days ago. Her surgeon had only good things to mention during yesterday’s visit. There’s still no vision to speak of in the affected eye, mostly because it now has a bubble of sulfur hexafluoride in it, and that messes up the refraction therein. The sulfur hexafluoride needs to dissipate, and that will requires a long time since it isn’t soluble in watery materials. I did learn that it is the only sulfur fluoride safe to use in a living system. Others are too reactive and/or toxic.

    At the doc’s office, my own specs managed to lose a lens. When I found it, I realized that replacing it into the frame was not going to be easy. Well, I was in the right place, as there was a woman at a desk selling glass frames, and she knew exactly how to replace my lens and then did so. Thanks to you, my anonymous friend.
    Thanks also to the Villagers who have offered concern for my MBH.

    1. RayRay Avatar
      RayRay

      Happy to hear she is doing well. Amateurs andnewlyweds are the only ones that sleep this way.

      1. Cozmik Cowboy Avatar
        Cozmik Cowboy

        Now, mind you, I don’t speak from personal experience – but it’s my understanding that it’s usually too expensive to get a professional to spend the night………….

  3. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    Amateurs do it until they get it right. Professionals do it until they can’t do it wrong…. Oh that doesn’t apply to THIS!

    I had to think more about it when you put in Newlyweds rather than just dating. Just dating implies no practice runs and newlyweds implies that the couple care about it. Gee maybe my statement above does make sense!
    😛

  4. Sideburns Avatar

    Sorry, but in order to see something on Facebook I’d have to have an account, and that’s Just Not Gonna Happen.

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    emb

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  6. David from Granbury Avatar
    David from Granbury

    There are some thoughtful comments over on GoComics today… I won’t even call it the “DarkSide.”

  7. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    Re 08/08/21

    The shortest increment of time – the “ah 5h!t” from the time you hit send and when you want it back.

    1. James Pollock Avatar
      James Pollock

      The proper term for that time interval is an onosecond.

      1. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
        curmudgeonly ex-professor

        Good construction! I shall try to remember that.

        Referring to Planck time – a new term to me: Does that imply that time is quantized? Quantization of time has been one of my pets for about 50 years, not that I ever did any work with/on it.

  8. emb Avatar
    emb

    Even shorter than Planck Time?
    Peace,

    1. Old Bear Avatar
      Old Bear

      >Jul 06, 2019 · Planck time is a unit of time that is considered to be the smallest time interval that can be measured, or in other words, that can make sense. It is the time it would take for a photon of light traveling at the speed of light over a distance equal to Planck’s Length, that is, the shortest length a photon can travel in this Universe.<

      Shorter than that.

  9. emb Avatar
    emb

    9 Aug 2021. I suspect, based on personal experience, that the “ah 5h!t” = many trillions of PTs.
    Peace,

  10. Nancy Kirk in AZ Avatar
    Nancy Kirk in AZ

    I love the “onosecond”!!

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