Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 12, 2021

  1. Santa  1 ram
    chief tommy  about 3 years ago

    A bad rap for what?

     •  Reply
  2. Al the fish cup
    alasko  about 3 years ago

    On the other hand, (of Arlo,) flies deserve all the beating that they get.

     •  Reply
  3. Img 5555
    Da'Dad  about 3 years ago

    I’m sure bugs are vital for something like pollinating but they do take the fun out of a picnic.

     •  Reply
  4. Img 4591
    Say What? Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Ants at a picnic? Eh.

    Ants in a kitchen? All Hell breaks loose.

     •  Reply
  5. Missing large
    whahoppened  about 3 years ago

    You need those little net igloo’s to keep ’em from wiping their feet on your ’tater salad.

     •  Reply
  6. Jmao9763
    mddshubby2005  about 3 years ago

    Those ants would prefer your chicken wrap, rather than a bum one.

     •  Reply
  7. Img 1931
    Sanspareil  about 3 years ago

    Arlo should have ANTicipated that the flies are the real problem!

     •  Reply
  8. Missing large
    John Smith  about 3 years ago

    I asked my daughter if she’d seen my newspaper…

    She told me that newspapers are old school. She said that people use tablets nowadays and handed me her iPad.

    That fly didn’t stand a chance.

     •  Reply
  9. Sunshine   copy
    SusanSunshine Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Around here it’s yellow jackets that are often the menace, especially in public spaces … and you don’t want to swat ’em with your hand.

    In fact swatting them at all can bring their angry cousins.

     

    They’re not everywhere… sometimes you luck out, but other times you feel like giving up and eating in the car.

    You keep everything that you can covered, buy the little nets to put over anything open, and watch out for beverage cans, where they can hide.

    Some people believe a decoy plate of food on another table works.. I haven’t seen that happen.

     

    The parks often use baits and sprays to control them… but sprays are kind of scary too.

    Nonetheless, there’s one local park where I won’t picnic any more because yellow jackets always spoil it.

     

    At home, if you have them, you can use hanging traps, and root out the nests, which sometimes takes professional help.

    I don’t usually get any in my yard… I get paper wasps instead, which look just as scary but tend to run away instead of stinging.

    Try telling a five year old that.

     •  Reply
  10. Missing large
    timbob2313 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    poor picnic spot if cows were close by you have to have flies. At least they aren’t biting black flies like those found in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

     •  Reply
  11. Aaron s ou pumpkin 10.30.14
    jarvisloop  about 3 years ago

    As I once told a radical nature lover, “Always remember this: You may love nature, but all it wants is to have you for lunch.”

    She hasn’t spoken to me since.

    Yeah, I still chuckle over that.

     •  Reply
  12. Atheism 007
    Michael G.  about 3 years ago

    No. No, they don’t. We don’t like them but there’s a reason for them. Grr.

     •  Reply
  13. Stude avatar
    kingbrlee Premium Member about 3 years ago

    When I was a teen I worked in a restaurant and in the kitchen there was a series of pictures showing how flies eat their food. They are nasty bugs.

     •  Reply
  14. 20190411 135231
    formathe  about 3 years ago

    problem is you kill ONE bug and 164 come to the funeral.

     •  Reply
  15. Img e0281
    joefearsnothing  about 3 years ago

    It’s not a bum rap when they are crawling up your leg! ;o{

     •  Reply
  16. Missing large
    raybarb44  about 3 years ago

    Depends where you find them…..

     •  Reply
  17. Missing large
    Thinkingblade  about 3 years ago

    The eye roll on the requested high five … classic.

     •  Reply
  18. N1495118875 241922 2408
    Ermine Notyours  about 3 years ago

    When my sister and I found a restaurant in a lush courtyard with waterfalls in Maui, we thought it was great atmosphere. Then the food was served and flies descended out of nowhere on the solid food. I had just experienced seasickness, so all I thought I could down was noodle soup. The flies didn’t bother me.

     •  Reply
  19. Missing large
    joedon2007  about 3 years ago

    Arlo will be hearing from PETA soon

     •  Reply
  20. Dvincent
    dv1093  about 3 years ago

    I don’t know, a roadside picnic at a rest stop on a concrete picnic table still sounds fun to me.

     •  Reply
  21. Bearfront
    paranormal  about 3 years ago

    Some aunts do too…

     •  Reply
  22. 689 6897683 blue rebel alliance logo png transparent png
    KEA  about 3 years ago

    yeah, it’s the yellow jackets that really mess up picnics

     •  Reply
  23. D3109feb b108 4281 84b0 b9c384bc7f45
    CynthiaLeigh  about 3 years ago

    I’d eat in the car.

     •  Reply
  24. Zeke
    Spoonbone  about 3 years ago

    I was about to order eggs at a diner once, until I saw the grill cook turn aside and smack a fly on the counter with his spatula. Without missing a beat, he went back to flipping the eggs and burgers on the grill. I changed my order to, “Just coffee, thanks.”

     •  Reply
  25. Klingon crest a
    Scott S  about 3 years ago

    Eating outside last week we encountered midges, a/k/a no-see-ums. I’ve heard of them but never experienced them before.

    Don’t care to experience them again.

     •  Reply
  26. Steve3a
    JP Steve Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Sheesh! If you’ve got a reasonably healthy immune system most bugs aren’t going to do you any harm, and there’s a lot more of them than there are of you!

     •  Reply
  27. Tulips
    locake  about 3 years ago

    Picnics are way overrated. The wind often blows your plate or napkin away.

     •  Reply
  28. White tiger swimming
    cabalonrye  about 3 years ago

    There’s a reason why mankind spent all that time and energy to get away from nature.

     •  Reply
  29. Photo
    j.l.farmer  about 3 years ago

    i carry a towel and swat at the gnats and mosquitoes when my dog and i are waking the trails at the park. it has been so hot and humid lately and we go early the morning but the bugs are up and ready to attack as soon as you enter the woods!

     •  Reply
  30. Missing large
    Ukko wilko  about 3 years ago

    With cattle being the attraction for so many flies, if you succeed in squashing one with your hand, give a thought to what that fly has been walking in and feeding on, before you touch your food with that hand…

     •  Reply
  31. Missing large
    mafastore  about 3 years ago

    Flying bugs love me – have done so since I was a girl. I hate dealing with spray on to keep bugs away while also dealing with sun lotion as I am also very fair. First night Out on a trip one summer I had 8 bites on face. I can get 2 or 3 bites walking the less 20 ft from the door to our car on the driveway at home.

    I found something called Bug Bands. (There are other brands also.) It looks like the plastic bracelets for causes which were popular a few years back. They are impregnated with something – by the odor I would say citronella – and are even safe for children. Works very well. Since it says it can be worn on the ankle under pants, when we do a reenactment event I put it on a ribbon and hang it from my waistband inside my petticoat (skirt) and it works fine that way also and is unseen by the public.

     •  Reply
  32. August 024
    tomfromthe50s  about 3 years ago

    A diaper is also a bum wrap.

     •  Reply
  33. August 024
    tomfromthe50s  8 months ago

    I hear that in England, a bum wrap" is called a “diaper”.

     •  Reply
Sign in to comment

More From Arlo and Janis