I would fully expect to be schooled about the authentic chimpanzee diet in response to the above cartoon from 2000. I know. Chimpanzees in the wild don’t eat a lot of lettuce; they do eat fruit, and they will eat meat when they come across it, i.e., catch a hapless critter and beat it to death. However, what chimps really eat is not important. This is a dinner-table conversation between man and wife. It doesn’t matter if Arlo is spot-on from a zoological standpoint. He’s just saying what anyone might say in response to one too many salads. This sort of pedantic observation by some readers is as old as the rotary press, but today, in the age of online comments, Boy Howdy!
77 responses to “Salad Daze”
“…that close…” Vive la dif·fé·rence.
Today is my son’s 31st birthday.
“This sort of pedantic observation by some readers…”
Good one, Jimmy.
Hoist by their own pedantry.
I wonder if our chickens will resume laying eggs? Or if they never quit and one of them is hoarding the group’s output and hatching baby chicks?
Sunday morning in a Walmart parking lot, seems Amazon has not done in brick & mortar retail.
Run away, run far away! https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22141223_1643169409084068_3176553068637712452_n.jpg?oh=23b5406c109a1a496ff7eb7735b59a28&oe=5A4FA4C5
Interesting advice from a fashion designer:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dont-bathe-more-once-week-says-designer-westwood-175724636.html
Of course I last bathed in 2009 to keep my implant site dry. And I usually shower daily. Baths aren’t my thing at all since they take longer and use much more water.
I suspect they mean hygiene in general, not bathe in sense of immersion. In other words they aren’t very clean and may smell.
Some joke: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelTheRebelPrechtel/photos/a.957902494256362.1073741828.957866597593285/1558633694183236/?type=3
Ten years ago today, I started my second career. With luck, I will be able to go at least six more.
Ten years gone already…
I have this strip (personalized) hanging on the wall by my bedroom door! Love me some A & J.
Anybody hear about fulfillment of JJ’s Kickstarter? I trust it’ll happen, but can’t get update.
https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22046143_10154790116616891_709260503592693923_n.jpg?oh=13d62933d34f542f5bb551eee819b017&oe=5A8158DB
Rick in Shermantown, Ohio: Ten years ago today, I started my second career. With luck, I will be able to go at least six more.
You’ll end up with 8 careers.
Let’s see, I’ve worked as a tech writer, taught college math, drove a big rig (my favorite!), worked in front office for Habitat for Humanity, and now work as a proctor in a testing center. Then there’s the volunteer stuff I’ve done…
No wonder I feel so tired! And I’ll need 3 more careers to match you.
TruckerRon:
Good one. Yes, I did mistype a little.
I’ve had quite a number of jobs, too. More than I care to remember.
What a wake-up call: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/01/alaska-man-discovers-lynx-kittens-see-photos.html
Check the news. Horrible in Las Vegas last night.
Sept. 13, 2017
” Speaking of stoves, I finally am back at my drawing board after having to be away the better part of two weeks, but the much-delayed book project is alone on the front burner here. I hope to wrap it up in early October. I’ve made similar predictions in the past, and it is true work has been done, but it’s way past time to deliver this thing. I owe you, and I’m on it. I’ll be talking more about this as the project swings into high gear.”
Jerry, yes I saw the story. And decided not to mention it here because I didn’t want to start the week off here with horrible. That’s just my own feelings, no disrespect intended to you.
LLee, thanks for reminding people of Jimmy’s earlier comments about the book that was part of the Kickstarter rewards. I wonder, though, about the people who wanted the artwork. Jimmy hasn’t really said anything about that, but I know Jackie, for one, got hers.
I think I was supposed to get one or two of the individual character drawings, ie. Janis or Arlo or Ludwig. I never bothered Jimmy about it as I figured he was swamped and I was happy to get my original strips.
Think I may have been largest donor but I was happy to help Jimmy with a project I thought commendable. I really owe Jimmy for all the joy and laughter he has given me in dark times.
And Ghost keeps saying we should send Jimmy a REALLY big fruit basket. ????
I intended to feed the cats, check the headlines and go back to bed, but I’ve been too upset. I’m headed that way now though. Retirement is rough.
It is that.
http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/10/tom_petty_reportedly_hospitali.html#incart_river_home
Unreal
Jerry:
If you are serious, how is retirement rough?
I’m facing it in about six years when I hit 70.
Tom Petty died and rose again, all in a single.