The Doppler Effect
By Jimmy Johnson
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52 responses to “The Doppler Effect”
I stopped watching TWC when they fired Heather Tesch.
For me, TWC went downhill when they dumped Sharon Resultan. HLN crashed when they got rid of Lynne Russell.
The “Extra, Extra” would have been more humorous to me (I’ve been a premium member for years) if they had bothered to email my comics to me yesterday. (Maybe they wanted me to better appreciate the benefits of they plan.)
Mine disappeared a while back also. I contacted them and they were back the next day with apologies but no explanation. Maybe they want to be sure we are actually reading our emails.
Jimmy, are they holding someone hostage and making you say such things? If everything’s ok, try to insert “sasquatch into an everyday sentence. (They’ll never notice THAT)
ok, now on to today’s funnies……………
I forgot to close that quote. sorry
I’m with Janis on the “diaphanous” idea. Such a lovely word!
I wrote on the previous blog post that I needed to google diaphanous and once I did I thought that it was the same as “see-thru”. Which may have been the point of the comic.
“Nice little device youse got there to read the comics on. Be a real shame if sumthin were to happen to it.”
The last time Arlo asked about that see-through blouse, he wanted to use it to strain paint!
That was my thought, too, Jeff.
I pay for comics.com for the email. I seldom actually access their site but I like the idea that it is there if I wish to browse. I think the price is well worth it. Without it I would not see your strip since our paper doesn’t carry it. That makes it worth the money right there.
The classic strip above makes a good companion to Monday’s newspaper strip.
A&J was what got me to buy a premium membership years ago; I haven’t regretted it.
I do believe Janis thinks “diaphanous” is classy, but “see-through” is tawdry. It’s the sort of thinking that advertisers rely on.
The extra is a nice touch! Is the Mob Arlo original for the story? I’ve been premium for a while, just because the ads “disrupt my viewing pleasure.” You should sell the Extra to GoComics to use as a Facebook ad!
More importantly then convenience, does JJ get a little kickback from the Syndicate when we subscribe to the Premium service?
We sell diaphanous bloues as Ghost should know. They are usually loose and hint at what is or isn’t underneath.
See through leaves no doubt.
Cleverly put, Jackie!
I am happy to say that I am a premium member, but I use a different name.
A plastic wrap blouse would be see though but not diaphanous.
A diaphanous curtain would not be see through from the outside. IMHO
That would be going by at 40MPH – 50 ft away – during the day.
I recall a conversation my all-female staff once had regarding the meanings and degrees of transparency of sheer, see-through, transparent, translucent, opaque, and semi-opaque…as applied to the type of panties they preferred to wear.* I am quite sure none of them descried their underpants as “diaphanous”.
*Believe me, said conversation was initiated by them, not by me.
^”described”
Heh. “Descried” made it sound as though they “caught sight of” their undergarments. Freudian slip? Or other undergarment?
My kitchen cleaning project moves slowly. The sinks are empty and dishwasher ready to unload. A little more and appliance counter will be wiped down. I am slowly cleaning cabinet facings/doors.
We fired/let go last household cleaner a year ago. Things weren’t getting cleaned with us paying $15 hour which I thought fair for unskilled labor.
I really WANT to cook and that requires clean organized supplied kitchen and pantry. I am planning lemon shrimp gluten free pasta for dinner in spinach with carrots on side.
Supper sounds good Jackie! I’ve got the clean (mostly) part down, and the supplied part well in hand, but the organized part isn’t obvious to most… luckily, I’m the only one that cooks in my kitchen. We’re having a traditional meat and potatoes supper here tonight. Hamburger steaks from homegrown beef, mashed potatoes, and either steamed broccoli or frozen corn niblets. My concession to blood sugar is having one, smallish, serving of mashed potatoes. If we have corn, that will be a smallish serving, too. I’ll bump the insulin up a tiny bit so I can eat a small bowl of seedless watermelon for dessert! 😀
Once everything is shipshape in the kitchen again, I’ll reintroduce Jackie to Rule #1 of Bachelor Housekeeping: “Never let it get ahead of you.”
When I lived alone, I had a “30 minute rule” for used dishes, glasses, and utensils, and therefore seldom used the under-counter dishwasher except for periodic “dust removal” for dishes, etc. stored in the cabinets.
Speaking from experience, sometimes when there’s an illness at issue cleanup takes last place on the priorities. For me, I had to wait until the next morning to deal with the mess from supper. Cooking and eating, or not eating and leaving a clean kitchen were sometimes the choice. Usually I ate. When one’s body is rebellious, it’s often necessary to choose the battles wisely. :/
I managed to get clean sheets on bed today. No longer care about aesthetics of matching, decor lsyering or a dozen decorative pillowe. Bar much lower now. Exhausted throwing into living room, drag to laundry room tomorrow!
Ghost came home around 6 and wasn’t ready to eat. I fell asleep on top clean sheets and woke at midnight totally disoriented. Had no idea time of day, day, where I was.
My phone was still on recipe for shrimp. My pasta on counter, pan on stove.
I felt like one of those old horror movies where they walk in, everything sets same. Character vanished with no trace.
By the way Ghost is beloved by cats. One named Skipper was rescue many years ago from an elderly man with dementia who was going to kill him.
Skipper has attached himself to Ghost and is sleeping on pillow between us. Ghost said he did not ask for a cat. Skipper loves hom, even licks him and talks to him
Tell Ghost that you don’t pick a cat, the cat picks you.
Sorry to hear of your horror movie experience. I had something similar Friday night. The nurse at the VA warned me that the anesthetic might cause a mild amnesia for what went on. I can recall everything up to them inserting the bite block, then it was lights out. I have no problem remembering waking up in recovery, but I don’t recall getting dressed. I was good through lunch with Ghost and getting to my room. Then I got so sleepy I laid down on the bed and next thing I knew it was midnight.
Pretty typical for Versed, Mark. It will kick your butt, but mostly in a good way. (Not letting you remember the parts you don’t want to remember.) I was given that once for a procedure that required an overnight stay in hospital. I later wondered aloud to my sister why Godson I and Godson II had not come to check on me. She gently reminded me they had spent almost an hour visiting with me.
Thanks for taking me in, Ghost. It’s good to have someone you know around while such things are going on, even if you aren’t aware of them.
2am loud cat talking! Recognized Lily saying “I got a mouse”
3 others showed up to help – luckily it was expired, because it took a while
to get a light on. Much praise and a treat after I chucked the corpse. (Not enough fat to render)
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It looks to be a hard winter again if the meeces are coming in already. (3 in 3 days)
If it’s as hot there as it’s been here, they’re probably after air conditioning, same as everyone else, Bear.
Anyone know why today’s “The Norm Classics” is blocked out on Gocomics?