The Blue See

by Jimmy Johnson

When I was starting out as a syndicated cartoonist, I lived in a house on a bluff, 100 feet above the Tennessee River. I couldn’t begin to afford that house today, but real estate prices are another story. The view was grand. I always kept a pair of binoculars handy. Bald eagles were frequent visitors. Interesting yachts would pass daily, making the long voyage on the waterways, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Huge commercial tows would pass with serene majesty. And every now and then, especially midweek when things were slow, there would be a boat drifting far out in the water, its company assuming no one could see them.

14 responses to “The Blue See”

  1. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    This cartoon reminds me of my visit to Valencia Spain about 2 years ago this month. It was my first chance to dip my toe into the Mediterranean Sea. Beautiful beach. Let’s just say that I did not need binoculars….

  2. emb Avatar
    emb

    Today’s “Dustin.” Zing.
    https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/dustin/

    Steve / Wight. “It’s good enough for me” reminds me of Stanley Holloway’s “Trafalgar Square.”

  3. emb Avatar
    emb

    “Ere’s Holloway”:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLi_IyJZv4A
    Our kids were raised on this stuff, + PPM, Chad Mitchell, G&S, Erich Kunz, Lerner & Lowe, Tom Lehrer, Old Man Noah, and such.
    Peace.

  4. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Re 5-10-19 retro cartoon: I swear that sometime in the past year I read about a Bluetooth-equipped bra that could be unfastened remotely. (I suppose there has to be an app for that.) I seem to recall they were marketed as a solution for elderly women who had trouble undressing. Sure. ::wink wink::

    It’s a measure of how busy I’ve been lately that I don’t recall more details of this particular technological advance.

    Anyway, that could be one explanation for why the bikini babe’s top when flying, even though Occam’s Razor would suggest she unfastened it the old-fashioned way. (Ghost’s Razor would suggest the top wasn’t up to the job and popped open on its own. 😉 )

  5. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    lLee
    Momma Bear is doing well. Drain tubes are out.
    Monday see surgeon for last time. Oncologist first time.
    Do not anticipate problems.

    Our tenant put in his corn in the same # of hours that it would have taken us in days.

    We missed the snow. We are waiting for April.

  6. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    Re: backing up.
    Try backing a 4 wheel trailer with automotive style steering.
    Into the shed with 19 inches either side. – just takes practice —
    lots and lots of practice.

    1. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

      Yeah I have PLENTY of respect for anyone driving a big rig. I once had to take a pallet of coke off of a truck with a fork truck , down an incline and then deposit it on the dock. I had no training, but decided to take it down backwards. Did not lose a bottle…

      1. Blinky the Wonder Wombat Avatar
        Blinky the Wonder Wombat

        Steve- Congratulations, you did it the right way.- always keep the load center on the upside of the slope (I teach fork lift classes at work.)

      2. David in Austin Avatar
        David in Austin

        Yep! I was worried you lost the entire pallet! Not just “A” bottle. 😀

  7. TruckerRon Avatar

    Steve, you left me hanging there with that ellipsis!

  8. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    Jimmy:

    Your commentary made me remember the punchline to one of your comics, the one in which Janis was bending over while wearing a sun dress, and Arlo says, “There’s just something about a peek.”

    1. Blinky the Wonder Wombat Avatar
      Blinky the Wonder Wombat

      Rick, that comic was the one that hooked me on A&J. (JJ was never afraid to speak the truth!)

      1. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
        Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

        I fully agree.

  9. Mary McNeil Avatar
    Mary McNeil

    “Tonight we shall water our horses in the Tennessee…” – Gen Albert Sidney Johnston, who was on his way to die at the Battle of Shiloh.