Another old classic (a redundancy in the lingo of reruns) from 1996. Today’s cartoon, as was yesterday’s, was taken from the also-rans for my book, Beaucoup Arlo & Janis. They made the short list of cartoons to be included in the anthology but did not make the final cut because of space considerations. So, they were acceptable cartoons in my estimation, and you’ll almost certainly see them in the upcoming book, Pretty Good Arlo & Janis. Just don’t hold your breath.
The King of Hearts Extolled the Tarts
By Jimmy Johnson
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104 responses to “The King of Hearts Extolled the Tarts”
Being sorority gals, I suspect they would conform and all be topless or topped. Wait, did that come out wrong?
GR6, and what happened to the one who left the vest floating alone in the background? (cue the Jaws theme)
Lily: ‘. . . a pair of European Starlings.’
1. Were they both ‘pretty’, or was one a dull brown. Girl starlings, unlike girl people, are rather plain.
2. Many North American birders dislike these highly successful transplants enough to look down their noses at anyone exclaiming over their beauty.
For a murmuration of starlings, see:
http://americablog.com/2014/01/stunning-flock-starlings-video.html
Someone posted it here years ago.
Late to this party, but PLEASE put out another book!!! 🙂
Add my name to the pre-order list, please!
Lilyblack, a young friend works at a local grocery store, and recently posted this on her facebook page. Even short-shorts would be better, I think, and I am not a fan of those. (Sorry Ghost dear, but I don’t wear Daisy Dukes. 😉 )
“I’d hoped I’d never have to mention this, but you’re going to not wear pants to the grocery store, at least wear some underwear. I don’t need or want to see your a$$ and v@gin@.”
Heh, Jean, I agree with your friend. I wear shorts all the time, but they are running shorts, roomy and with built (sewed)-in panties.
emb, they were both pretty, so I guess they were both male. They seemed to be cooperating, though, hunting together. I read that they were introduced in like 1890 in New York’s Central Park, so it just follows, doesn’t it?
There is a mockingbird in the tree next to it, and I have never heard anybody look down on them!
Again, oddly, Ghost concurs with Jean and Lily. Although the two features mentioned in Jean’s quote have their place, I do agree that the grocery store, or any other public place, is not that place.
And Jean, if your legs are as long as I imagine they are, I suspect Bermuda shorts might look like Daisy Dukes on you. 😉
The only thing long on me is my nose. I am just 5’2″ 🙁
I didn’t say “diameter!”
@JJ,
You gots a new book, I gots room on the shelf for it!
@Trapper Jean,
I Symply blame your story for my earworm of the day. I would Fargone love to have them come to our venue and play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA_Yf1m55FA
Ghost, I don’t wear shorts much any more because I don’t get enough of a tan on my legs to look good, but even in my younger days I stayed with bermudas or walking shorts.
Lily, I expect you have the opposite of my problem-finding pants that fit properly. I have a problem finding ones long enough. You, I’ll bet, have to have them hemmed up.
Symply, should I appologise? 😉
Would that be Très Bon Arlo and Janis?
Jean, yeah, especially in my working clothes, which are scrubs. If I don’t go to the “Petite” section. Jeans, of course, I just roll up. But most of the year, I wear shorts at home and dresses when I go out.
I am six two, and many of the women I’ve dated are five two. Go figure.
Of course, I’m currently dating a woman who is six feet tall. I suppose she could be termed “Jeanesque”. 😉
I’m still imagining what outfit Janis tried on that made her look like a tart.
Debbe 😉 Sorry if you’re having a bad time of it, hon. Here’s a tune for you…one of Clapton’s better efforts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSquiIVLhrQ
Probably a spandex mini with a cropped tank. I saw somebody wearing that the mall and I thought, “Hello, sailor”
I don’t really like any of Clapton’s songs except “Promises” but that I love.
GR6, probably anything popular with the 16-20 year old crowd. Although Lilyblack’s “Hello, sailor” also provides a vivid mental image.
GR6, I am 6’5″ and when I try to find clothes its like that ad on tv, a barren wasteland of awful colors and patterns most of the time. So I stick to t-shirts in the summer and pullovers in the winter. As I told friends, I buy what I can fit into and stand to see myself in.
Trapper Jean, your friend’s sign reminds me of an old joke I had read. When women’s outfits started to shorten drastically in the 1920’s a reporter asked a man what he thought of the new styles. His answer? Two more cheeks to powder and a little more hair to curl.
A spandex mini with a cropped tank, Lily? I don’t know; that seems a bit daring for Janis, even 18 years ago. I was thinking more along the lines of this:
http://leg-fashions.com/up1914i.jpg
A somewhat classy tart, I’ll admit, but there is still a distinct flavor of tart about it.
Jean, Mindy, and any others who read SF novels, I recently read “Ancillary Justice” by Ann Leckie and have since learned it has won the Clarke Award and the BSFA Best Novel Award. And it has garnered nominations for the Nebula and the Hugo as well. I would highly recommend it.
“Not So Good/Bad Arlo and Janis” reminds me of the food description Garrison Kellar often used for Lake Woebegone cooking. I’d buy one, the book.
While I was “out” I missed a lot, apparently now gone into ether somewhere. But what happened to the planned opportunity to offer us A and J nuts shopping at the Arlo and Janis Boutique or the Luddie Kitty Boutique? Much anticipated here, I might add.
With a two year old train nut in temporary residence my funds are being spent on Chuggington choo-choos and assorted train tracks. I have learned to watch Chuggington videos on you-tube in Russian, Japanese and Spanish. Weirdly interesting. The grandson stands on a “riser” to reach desk height and thinks grandma’s computer spits out “choos”.
Quick, get the Luddie shop up so grandma can send JJ money!
Love, Jackie Monies
Hi, Jackie. Good to hear from you. A two-year-old? You have even more of my prayers now. 🙂
The “Pretty Good Arlo & Janis” book (or would it be “Très Bon Arlo & Janis”?), should it ever actually materialize, would definitely fall in the category of “Shut up and take my money”, at least for those of us around here.
Love, Ghost
Good morning Villagers….
GR 😉 thanks…..Layla is the ultimate classic, in my opinion. Love the bird at the end.
Lily…Clapton’s “Promises” is one of my favorites too…..”I got a problem, can you relate, I got a woman (man) calling my fate, we made a vow to always be friends, how could we know that promises end.”
Had a stressful few days at work, somehow the water got turned off to the top row of cages in the first row…..for two days! Now they are in a molt. I was pretty hard on myself for not catching that. If one stops and thinks what responsibility there is in keeping 75,000 laying hens healthy and productive…not because it’s my job, it’s because I care. I really hate to see a “distressed” hen “put down”. I know, some of you may think I eccentric, but I’m I like to think….and have been told….I’m “anal”.
Working this weekend, the smell of Prom is in the air around here…….anyone remember their prom dates and what they wore? I remember my first prom dress and my hair style…. a pastel blue organza overlay with small white tufts of suede spots, long sleeves with cuffs and a collared jewel neckline….my hair was done up in banana curls! Nowdays, too much information in prom dresses that are barely there.
Ya’ll have a blessed Caturday….
Steve…got to thinking about your post re: The Association…..thanks for the earworm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etY4HKUNvcQ