Well, not just to see cheerleaders. As we’re into the heart of football season, I thought I’d resurrect this golden oldie from 2001. I’m sorry, but I don’t have a lot of time this morning. The corporeal world is demanding attention. I always feel badly about falling back on the no-time cop-out, but I figure it’s better than not showing up at all, which happens all too often. I hope you enjoy the above comic and today’s A&J at GoComics.
Shaky Premise
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43 responses to “Shaky Premise”
Cheerleaders, dancers, acrobats: These are just a few of my favorite things!
Arlo, you dolt, I think she is hinting about something.
…and they hardly ever show the cheerleaders anyway.
A few weeks ago, we had a slight dusting of snow. Last night it started snowing for real and hasn’t stopped yet. We’re expecting eight to twelve inches today. Earlier, I got a call from my physical therapy people to see if I’d be in today; of course. Then they asked if I could move my session up to 1 PM instead of 2:30. They’ve had a lot of cancellations and are trying to consolidated things. Of course I can, as that lets them finish up and get home safely and earlier.
If I was Arlo I’d be pinching myself right now! ……………………………….. if only!!!
Or ‘pinching’ her. A live pretty woman in a skimpy outfit is always, and I mean always, more important than a game of the tube.
Amen!!!
Now if Janis also worn the remote control T-shirt…
That was a great one!
The long holiday season is coming, so it’s time to remember why programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas :
Oct 31 == Dec 25
11001!
I guess I should have said 00011001… Arlo would want to get the full bite.
Arlo: “Guys do not watch football to see cheerleaders!”
Ghost: “Ahhh…”
Being an older, B&W cartoon, I suppose we are allowed to imagine Janis wearing our favorite team’s colors.
In that case, my favorite colors would be Janis!
As Lily Tomlin said, “rah.”
Also, “Just because you’re acting the part of a heterosexual doesn’t mean you have to actually BE a heterosexual,” or words to that effect.
Peace,
“our favorite team’s colors”: Chartreuse and plaid?
Related to Jimmy’s cat history: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191024-why-do-we-think-cats-are-unfriendly
From 2001, and I remember it like it ran this morning!
I am about to have an experience few (probably) have had. Having lucked out and found a HS buddy on-line about 2 months ago, in atonement for a then-impossible act, I am about to send him a wedding gift more than 52 years too late! Back in ’67, I/we just didn’t have the means to send anything significant. Now that I know he is still kicking, he’s gonna get a major goodie next week! I only wish his late wife were around to enjoy it, too.
Sorry that I couldn’t do it back then, but delighted to be able to act now….
Re: above comic strip:
My panels 3 & 4 would have been different.
That is, if I were Arlo.
For those who take a handful of pills at any given time, did you ever notice that, if you drop one,
a) it will be the smallest, or
b) it will be the last visible against the flooring, or
c) both (a) and (b), and,
d) if you are in a recliner, it will always roll underneath same?
This has been shown time and again…and again just now.
Or if you are taking them by the bathroom sink, they will go direct for the drain. For that reason, I put one of those drop-in screens in my sink, which does not have a built in stopper.
That also reminds me of the do-it-yourselfer rule that states that any part you drop will roll under the workbench to the farthest corner from you.
“least”
Todays comic trick or treat candy. Poor kids will get red hots and candy corn. Everything from panel 2 to end is too expensive to give trick or treaters. Janice will eat it all herself as that is her plan.
My dad taught 36 years at the same college where he was a small-college All-American football player; football games were, of course, what we did on Saturday. The whole time I was growing up, the college cheerleaders were beautiful. sophisticated women.
Now, many decades later, I live in a university town, and – while I have never gone to a game – I see the cheerleaders at parades at such events, and I have to wonder: When did they change to using silly children for cheerleaders?
CC
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About the same time the people in our yearbook went from adult looking – ready
for the world, to young naive kids without a clue.
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Mark & c e-p
Small parts dropped attain escape velocity and enter a different dimension before hitting the
floor. After driving across/into town for a replacement they return and will be right there where you looked for
45 min before leaving.
Much wisdom in both replies!
From the Department of That Was Then, This is Now:
Tattoo sleeves used to mean you were biker and would kill someone.
Now it means you are a chef who makes a lovely pork belly with a balsamic drizzle.
Looks as if Auburn bit the dust.
I was mildly concerned that the Buckeyes might be goners, too.
However, are they really going to take it all? I just can’t see them beating an SEC team.
What are tattoo sleeves?
Miz Charlotte, Imagine an arm (or both) covered with a pattern of tattoo ink from wrist to elbow or shoulder. Normally a pattern of some sort: https://www.theinkfactory.ie/tattoos/sleeve/