When I sat down today to update this page, I thought it would be interesting to look back and see what A&J comic strip ran on this date in 2001. It was interesting. Actually, this cartoon appeared in newspapers Monday, Sept. 10, 2001. It was the beginning of a week-long story line about mortality and uncertainty. While not exactly predicting the horror of the next day, it’s creepy enough, don’t you think?
Unfortunate Cookie
By Jimmy Johnson
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123 responses to “Unfortunate Cookie”
Yes.
Yes. Life imitating art, but not in a good way.
The coincidence for you must have been startling to say the least. Yes I remember where I was.
Timing is everything, JJ.
Yes, I remember reading this comic on that day. We had an afternoon delivery of the daily paper so I did not see the 9/11 comic until the late afternoon. I remember it all very well.
As far as I know, no one (in this country) has yet run a “Big 9/11 Day Sales Event” on merchandise. But give ’em time…stupid will out.
We all know that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Think of what would have happened if Osama bin Laden and his cronies had taken a moment to Remember Pearl Harbor.
Yup – spooky
I really remember that one. I think you may Have shared it at a &j.com before
I did not personally know anyone in the 9/11 attacks. I have never been to NYC. And every year, I watch the footage, and watch heroes weep for the lost, watch strangers become family, and I weep for the living and the lost. Many hugs to everyone today.
Anonymous was me. Another early and long day tomorrow. Night.
Side: They wouldn’t have done anything different, and bin Laden did achieve many of his goals. [We don’t know what all of them were.] For instance, he hated democracy, and we are now a much less democratic nation.
Mindy, I am from NYC, and wife and I were back once since 9/11/01, probably Jan. ’03. Visited G0, then a big hole with workers drilling and such. No known folks in the atrocity. Several Stuyvesantians who worked there died, all one or more generations younger than the class of ’47. The new Stuyvesant HS is only 2000′ from G0; students got to watch the whole thing, then walked home, some many miles / all ground transport was down. Some presumably ferried to Staten Island, eventually.
SHS was a base of operations for a day or more, and students went to Brooklyn Tech for a few weeks until SHS was habitable again. I suspect some susceptible students still have mental health issues; after all, some TV watchers do. I do.
A national tragedy made worse by many American responses.
This has been a dark day for me.
It was that way at work, too.
Little laughter and banter today.
Some talk about that day, all in somber and low voices.
Tomorrow, the vast majority of the United States will have no thought at all about Sept. 11.
I’m also from NYCity but have not been there since my mom’s funeral in ’81.
As far as I know, I didn’t know any victims of 9/11, but a school friend has a son who lost three dozen of his closest buddies. Cannot say if the son was there and survived or was not present at all; I do know he was absolutely devastated to become so completely isolated so suddenly. Hope he has found a decent number of new friends – not that the old ones can ever be replaced fully.
There is 6* of separation — we are ALL connected.
I’ve mentioned this before. I only mention it to say that there were lucky people that day. A friend of mine was the usual pilot on flight 93, but he was bumped by a more senior pilot to accommodate his vacation schedule.
In today’s realtime cartoon, either Gene and ML have drowned and become fellow ghosts, or the gocomics.com colorist just didn’t get it.
Debbe 😉 My erratic (that’s erratic, not erotic) InterWebNet conection of the other day is now “hard bent” (AF slang for “broken) until Monday afternoon (estimated, by the same folks who broke it). I’m using my tablet “hot-spotted” to the InterWebNet via my smartphone for this, and due to the difficulty of posting links and a lack of time to do it this way, I’ll have to owe you some music links next week. 🙁
Did I recall correctly that you actually had a day off? Did you go crazy, a little? I hope. 🙂
Good morning Villagers….
You’re up early GR 😉 can you link up to my posting links? I too had difficulty finding Gene and ML in the water….that’s why I keep a magnifying glass next to my computer 🙂
Yup, I took today off….just spent the last hour going through all of 2001’s A&J strips…some were so funny, like the one where Arlo is drinking his coffee and he brings up Gene’s coffee mug with the bug painted on the bottom and the fact he hadn’t seen it in years until now…..and good ole Janis said that the ceramic cup had been broken for years…..the look on Arlo’s face….I almost spit my coffee out 🙂
And how the Christmas tree confused Ludwig…he didn’t know whether he was outdoors or indoors. Mr. Johnson, your humor throughout all these years has never failed us here. Thank you.
Don’t know quite what to do with myself today….really don’t feel like doing much. I think there may be some recliner time involved surfing for a good movie.
Old Bear, thanks for the ‘heads up’ on the PBS special on the Civil War…my husband and BIL watched Thursday’s and last night’s shows.
Since it’s going to be 45 degrees tonight, think I will be dragging out the sweatshirts…..
…and I do recall where I was that fateful day….and there are other days something triggers that memory….my heart still aches for those who lost loved ones and the survivors, and the loved ones left behind.
….later………………………………….
This actually happens at my hen house, especially since they are 1 1/2 years old….my Miss Prissies will ‘attack’ an egg when I hold it up to the cage. I will crumble it into the feeding trough, and they will eat shell and all……the shell is full of calcium. They have added shell to their feed, but evidently it’s not enough.
http://www.gocomics.com/dogsofckennel?utm_source=gocomics&utm_medium=ymal&utm_campaign=ymal_dogsofckennel
Debbe: Enjoy your day – however! I awoke at just one/half hour later than my “work” time of awakening. I have been lounging in bed ever since… reading news, comics, A & J (!), and did some personal financial stuff. This afternoon will be laundry! Like other housework, that never stops!
I am now trying to figure out how to tell my grandson that he has sponged long enough! Ah me…
It’s called “tough love”, Gal. 🙂
Today was my weekly Weight Watchers meeting, and I was asked to say a few words to the group about my sister’s time as a class leader and my experiences with WW. I have heard that one of the secrets of public speaking is to imagine that everyone in your audience is stark naked. But, at a WW meeting…well, perhaps not the best plan. 🙂
And yes, Debbe 😉 I can go to any links on my tablet you or others post here. Just so it’s not a link to a photo of a WW meeting at a nudist colony. 🙂
I see that Giada’s food show is coming on TV. Haven’t seen her in some time, so perhaps I should check out what’s new with her cleavage…uh, I mean, cuisine.
Back when Janis wore the “Saucepan” hairstyle as depicted in the 9/10/01 cartoon here, it struck me as making her look unattractive, and I wondered why that was, given that when I compared how “long” her hair was with later variations of her short hairstyle, it was still about the same length in back (which was where I figured the difference was.) Finally, I was able to put my finger on it. The length of the top of her head was much shorter with the “Saucepan.” Compare how her head is drawn in a cartoon from earlier this year:
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2015/01/04
Janis is much more attractive in the 2015 version, even though she is more than 13 years older. 😉
Heck, there is a difference in the length of her head in the first panel in the 9/10/01 cartoon and the last panel of it. That last panel has the problem, IMHO.
We once lived behind the Florida office of the American Sunbathing Association, now the American Association for Nude Recreation. Some of their discarded publications fell out of their trash and ended up in our yard. For the most part they were typical newsletters. I have often regretted not keeping the one picturing the finalists in the Miss Nude Chubby contest as a motivator to stay in shape.
While I understand the philosophy behind nudism (and there’s definitely a difference between real nudists and people who like to strut around naked), it would not be the thing for me. With my fair skin the cost of sun screen would be prohibitive!