From the salmon-colored sofa that is the center of the Arlo & Janis universe, this unique and quixotic comic strip has been just about everywhere. From unvarnished human drama to flights of unfettered comic fantasy, from unabashed pathos to unsurpassed observational wit, Arlo & Janis is perhaps the most unpigenholeable comic strip ever. It also invents new words!
The characters Arlo and Janis have played the parts of mermaids, squirrels, alligators and grasshoppers over the years, all while exploring the unexaggerated human condition and managing to become, with their son Gene, perhaps the most believable family in the funny pages. This unique approach has garnered Arlo & Janis an intelligent and engaged readership and guaranteed that a percentage of it will be confused at any given moment. However, readers eagerly return every day for another quaff from what has been the holy grail for a generation of comic-strip authors: quintessential Boomer humor.
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thebird55 said, 4 months ago
This is exactly why I want a white one. I keep mine clean. Wash or wipe down all parts right after brewing (including the “sprinkler head”) and dry the excess condensation.
ShortStraw said, 4 months ago
That’s called washing away all the flavor.
win said, 4 months ago
@ShortStraw
Yah…coffee making is like sourdough bread or roux, you need a good starter. Pot likker, I believe it’s called.
jan n said, 3 months ago
That’s why I bought a black one.
Q4horse said, 3 months ago
That’s not dirt. Those are just mineral deposits.
Doctor Toon said, 3 months ago
Making my Nuclear Coffee is hard on drip coffee makers, they usually burn out long before they have a chance to get truly nasty
finale said, 3 months ago
@win
same thing with coffee mugs….they need a “patina” to be really broke in.
ScullyUFO said, 3 months ago
Don’t look at the top of the refrigerator then.
twypsi said, 3 months ago
I’m constantly harangued by my wife because my coffee cup is disgusting! It has this beautiful chocolate brown patina along the inside getting darker towards the bottom of the cup. It takes at least three days to develop and nurture. Then my wife will scrub it out and the process begins again. The coating renders a somewhat robust flavor to the coffee.
Varnes said, 3 months ago
That is guy logic for you….
smalltownbrown said, 3 months ago
@Varnes
I think it’s “iron skillet” logic.
Tony said, 3 months ago
Chester never washed the coffee pot in the Marshall’s office and when someone did, he went nuts claiming the coffee wouldn’t be as good until it got used a few hundred times again.
DOOFUS-2 said, 3 months ago
Chlorox and hot water. Rinse. Problem solved.
whmIII said, 3 months ago
Clean it you lazy jerk…
Gokie5 said, 3 months ago
You “patina” types would love my daughter’s place. For example, the toaster ovens are rarely if ever cleaned. The last one caught on fire and burned up.