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That’s J-a-n-i-s
By Jimmy Johnson
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58 responses to “That’s J-a-n-i-s”
oh, I don’t mind listening to the talking heads, when it’s stuff I like to hear
Wonderful strip today! Thanks for posting that, JJ. As I read it I immediately heard one of the brothers saying that last bit, accent and all, in my head – then chortling afterwards. A testament to what cultural icons they’ve become.
Babbling talking heads will be be with us until the end of time.
There will always be a market for people telling people what they want to hear, and there are significant markets of people who want to hear how Democrats are evil and unAmerican, and how Republicans are evil and unAmerican, and how Yankees fans are evil and unAmerican, and how people who complain about other people being evil and unAmerican are evil and unAmerican.
There will always be issues that divide us, and people ready and willing to exploit this fact.
No sugar in my French toast, Jackie, but a bit of vanilla extract, yes. And the best I’ve made is using my homemade beer bread, which is dense textured and can be sliced to the desired thickness.
I make my waffle batter from scratch, also with vanilla.
Dang, now I’ll have to have Belgium waffles tomorrow morning.
Thanks.
Sadly, sadly missed.
emb, was this you?
http://consumerist.com/2014/11/05/acme-foundry-would-like-to-thank-whoever-finally-added-wile-e-coyote-road-runner-to-the-building/
Ghost – While you are whipping up those waffles, do you mind creating some cherry-topped crepes? I have been craving them for days. Whenever I get a day off again, I just might have to dust off the stove and make som; not that a day off is going to happen any time soon. :-/
Nope, would not even have occurred to me. [Other things have, but that’s as far as they get.]
The one on the left is a graffito, the two are graffiti.
Peace, emb
Mark, when I went to that link I also got sidetracked by the “Guy Looking For Woman With Same Name As His Ex To Use Round-The-World Plane Tickets” story. It’s for real! And kind of a neat story once you read through it and the comments. Apparently it has gone insanely viral in the last few days, too – news to me, though.
Mindy from Indy, click on this link and then scroll down to Egg Specialities. Look at the right-hand column. And these folks are in Indianapolis.
http://www.originalpancakehouseindy.com/images/forms/Original_Pancake_House_Menu.pdf
Mark, I read the entire menu! I would love breakfast there, all the Benedicts, omelets, crepes, waffles, French toast. I liked the whole menu. Sure sounds better than IHOP which is about all we have here. Well, we have a chain called Jimmy’s Egg too but it is pure production line food.
Don’t know how you find all this stuff? I looked for the ham on toast and scrambled eggs, topped with cream white gravy. It sounds like what they are doing up here called “Breakfast Bowls” but they put a layer of some kind of hash browns, then sausage, bacon or ham, eggs, then pour the biscuit gravy over it all. Since I have not ordered it, not sure where the biscuit layer comes in?
Love, Jackie
Nice tribute. Car Talk is one of my favorite shows. Thanks for a great comic.
Lady Mindy, I used to make crepes Suzette, but it’s been a while. They were good though. As I’m sure the cherry-topped ones would be.
For some reason Jayne Mansfield is prominently in news tonight. I just spent a good half hour reading about her “wardrobe malfunctions”, something she seems to have invented? Sorry, Ghost, but I kept thinking of you somehow!
Thinking what a waste of time I had just spent, I realized it really wasn’t, as she was a major part of the American obsession with top heavy blondes who appeared to be ditzy and not too bright. All this during the period I was young, female fighting for equal rights and respect and probably should have just “uglied up” I suppose?
Beats listening to the talking heads analyze America!
Love, Jackie
Forgot, Priscilla Presley and her plastic surgery was also in top 10 trending subjects. Another example of created sexuality. Not that I don’t think she has been brilliant at making more money from Elvis’ dead than alive, but that isn’t what has landed her in news.
Back to the 60’s!!!
Love, Jackie
Online, I found the shop that makes the alligator-skin holster that Scott Bakula’s character uses on NCIS-New Orleans. For $315. I’ll pass.
Government work must pay better than I thought.
I’ve never been one to think that “top-heavy blonde” was mutually exclusive with “highly intelligent”. In fact, I’ve been fortunate enough to have known several women that proved they are not.
Jackie, I knew about the Pancake shop because they have one in Birmingham and I used to eat there when I overnighted with friends in the area.
The spice site is one I ran across when looking for spices/baking supplies. Before my wife and I separated I did more of the cooking and grocery shopping so tended to spend a lot of time looking for ways to save money at it.
Ghost, I’m with you about looks being mutually exclusive to highly intelligent, but don’t draw the line at blondes. If you recall that link I posted about the woman portraying a madam at a cemetery walk, I found a video clip of her doing her talk and she was really funny, having a good time with it. She is an executive with a commercial real estate company. So, looks, humor and intelligence, that’s what I like!
Not being mutually exclusive! Doggone fingers outran my brain again.
That is what I kept thinking: they seem to be of a different attitude today about the Feds. Our offices, along with everyone else’s in New Orleans were in that rather ugly pile of stone called the Federal Building, not some trendy unusual French Quarter offices. And certainly no personalized equipment, like guns or holsters! Or shirts, clothing.
About Jayne Mansfield, I had never realized she created concepts of “wardrobe malfunctions” that resulted in exposure for exposure.
Love, Jackie
All this chili talk made me go, OK, let’s make some. At which point I discovered I didn’t even have a can of tomatoes or paste in house. Weird! I did find some fire roasted slow cooker sauce, some low sodium pinto beans, some green chiles for enchiladas verdes, the ground meat, bell pepper and onions. To this I will improvise with some plain old pasta sauce in a can for the tomatoes and we will see how it turns out!
My basic pantry core is getting strange and depleted. Love, Jackie
Good morning Villagers….
Something strange just happened….an old pickup truck came down our driveway, loud muffler…I turned the light on here in the computer room, went to the front porch and turned that light on. It turned around, I could see that two people were in it. We have a dusk to dawn light. They left back down the driveway. I don’t like it. Not at 5:15 in the morning.
Jackie, little Kyler has been in the hen house…and we keep a close eye on him when he is there.
GR 😉 ….yup, knew that about lions and lionesses…..and I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express to know that….NatGeo.
Mark….tomorrow is the 7th, gonna get the album? Ian said it would be on the net, I glared at him and said “don’t even think about it, you got us in trouble over that stinking movie you downloaded.”
Didn’t watch Kyler last night, and I was glad, too pooped. Went in and ANOTHER auger popped out….the devil is running amok there, as I had packer problems too. But I did manage to squeeze 216 cases out of the old girls.
Ya’ll have a blessed day.
Important List
10. The most effective sleeping pill. Peace of Mind
Today’s real time strip was very somber…….and very reflective.
Debbe:
If you live fairly far out in the country, I hope that you a large dog and several weapons – preferably something other than a shotgun.