there are times – like this one – where silence conveys everything we need to know far more than words could ever hope to convey. Who knows what adventures JJ has for A&J&family and for us faithful followers. We wait with baited-breath. Head ’em up & move ’em out.
@Barry Hoskings: That’s “bated” breath. It’s short for “abated.” What you’ve said means that we’ve waited with worm breath, or whatever it is you use for bait. #everybodyknowsthisstuff
Noooooo! The sail boat plot is now ruined. For years he came close but never got it. That was the fun of it. What next, Charlie kicks the football with Lucy holding it?
In reply to a question that arose yesterday, one of the meanings of ‘beard’ is ‘one who serves to divert suspicion or attention from another.’ It’s usually applied to a woman who accompanies (or even marries) a closeted gay man, but has a more general sense. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_%28companion%29
@Tony; Props for your most excellent satire in the key of D !To the ’toon; two men, paper and pen, a handshake and no $600 an hour lawyer to bungle the deal until way past Christmas 2013..
Yes, not only are words unnecessary, but they would have been drowned out, as A&J toon ‘tators everywhere erupt in a jubilant chorus of celebration! ♪♫♪ Oh happy Day Oh happy day Oh happy happy Day; Oh happy day When Arlo bought Oh when he bought When Arlo bought The boat at Gus’s café!
This would be a really bad example of a funny strip for anyone starting… yes, I know it’s the finishing of a long arc, but not even a crack, joke, pun, or wink!
This strip has a lot more to say than even what has been expressed here in the comments, sure all the jokes about getting a boat is second best to getting rid of it, etc. etc. – yes it’s something that Gene worked hard on, it’s something that Arlo is so happy to finally have, but there is also a subconscious bond being made between families – in a way that only the patriarch’s of each family can do, expressed in that handshake. Well done.
OK, there was one day in this arc where the dialog didn’t make it on line; we needed someone with a dinosaur print copy to fill us in. Is that the case here, or does today’s strip really need no dialog?
It only took like, what, 15 years?? FINALLY! Congrats Arlo on your dream coming true! (And you Jimmy, for finally writing it!). I hope this doesn’t mean the strip is nearing its end….
Varnes almost 12 years ago
♫ ♫He’s Arlo the Sailor man! ♫ ♪
Orion-13 almost 12 years ago
Hopefully it’s not:♫ ♪Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…♫ ♪
Orion
rusty gate almost 12 years ago
Can’t help but wonder, where’s the cat? Will he like open water?
Tony almost 12 years ago
♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip,
Two guys signed bills of sale that day, in a four panel strip…
A FOUR PANEL STRIP.
The story had been getting rough, boat ownership was tossed…
If not for the clever strips that J.J. drew, the plotline would be lost…
THE PLOT LINE WOULD BE LOST…
The schooner changed its ownership, the paperwork was filed…
For Arlo… and Janis, too…
The college boy… and fiancee…
Their little girl… and the cat…
They’re all the Family Day!
♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪kbyrdleroy123 almost 12 years ago
♫ Rock the boat, don’t rock the boat baby, rock the boat, don’t tip the boat over…♫
jbpink46 almost 12 years ago
there are times – like this one – where silence conveys everything we need to know far more than words could ever hope to convey. Who knows what adventures JJ has for A&J&family and for us faithful followers. We wait with baited-breath. Head ’em up & move ’em out.
TheRealWildWilson almost 12 years ago
finally – now they can take it home and put it in the driveway like on ‘Cougar Town’
bignatefan almost 12 years ago
@Barry Hoskings: That’s “bated” breath. It’s short for “abated.” What you’ve said means that we’ve waited with worm breath, or whatever it is you use for bait. #everybodyknowsthisstuff
doublepaw almost 12 years ago
Baited breath is a cat at a mouse hole after eating cheese.
ljkulik almost 12 years ago
Yay Arlo! You have been wanting this during the entire comic strip!
Meg: All Seriousness Aside almost 12 years ago
Well, I found it touching.
lisajwalton almost 12 years ago
FINALLY!!!!
Gray Vinson almost 12 years ago
Finally!!
JB10000Lakes almost 12 years ago
How awkward would it be now, if Gene does find another gal while finishing up school?!
StoicLion1973 almost 12 years ago
Finally, after all these years!
yoopers almost 12 years ago
Noooooo! The sail boat plot is now ruined. For years he came close but never got it. That was the fun of it. What next, Charlie kicks the football with Lucy holding it?
aaum13 almost 12 years ago
BOAT – Bring Out Another Thou$and
Dr_Fogg almost 12 years ago
And Luddy can sit on his shoulder :-P
rugeirn almost 12 years ago
The two happy days in the life are the day you buy your boat and the day you sell it.
Alexthen almost 12 years ago
Consummation at last.
BrianLupiani almost 12 years ago
Hey, have y’all heard this one?
A boat is a hole in the water you fill up with money!
< Ducking thrown objects >
autumnfire1957 almost 12 years ago
That song can be sung to “Amazing Grace”
sheiladgold almost 12 years ago
Can we start planning the wedding now?
prrdh almost 12 years ago
In reply to a question that arose yesterday, one of the meanings of ‘beard’ is ‘one who serves to divert suspicion or attention from another.’ It’s usually applied to a woman who accompanies (or even marries) a closeted gay man, but has a more general sense. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_%28companion%29
guyzie174 almost 12 years ago
Gene, as so many sons, built his father’s dream [here a boat] and now the father lives with the fruit of that labor.
DDrazen almost 12 years ago
Yeah, just that easy.
Orion-13 almost 12 years ago
@Tony:FTW!!!
Orion
Varnes almost 12 years ago
Tony deserves to win a Tony!
KEA almost 12 years ago
uh oh
unca jim almost 12 years ago
@Tony; Props for your most excellent satire in the key of D !To the ’toon; two men, paper and pen, a handshake and no $600 an hour lawyer to bungle the deal until way past Christmas 2013..
Arianne almost 12 years ago
Yes, not only are words unnecessary, but they would have been drowned out, as A&J toon ‘tators everywhere erupt in a jubilant chorus of celebration! ♪♫♪ Oh happy Day Oh happy day Oh happy happy Day; Oh happy day When Arlo bought Oh when he bought When Arlo bought The boat at Gus’s café!
meillered almost 12 years ago
It was a long time coming Arlo.
Tue Elung-Jensen almost 12 years ago
Soooo… enter “Giligans Island” scenario?
burleigh2 almost 12 years ago
This would be a really bad example of a funny strip for anyone starting… yes, I know it’s the finishing of a long arc, but not even a crack, joke, pun, or wink!
Drake_Vega almost 12 years ago
>RING RING<
Gene? Hey, hon, it’s me.
Oh, I have some unbelievable, wonderful news! Are you sitting down?
Gene?
Gene? Are you there, baby?
Gene?
Miramichier almost 12 years ago
As Johnny Carson said, for Arlo, the second happiest day of his life. For Gus, the happiest.
Gracey James Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Well done Arlo!!!!
lsheldon almost 12 years ago
It would be Ludwig with the baited breath, right?
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member almost 12 years ago
The deed is done..Muah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
swagner almost 12 years ago
YAY!!!!!
Canoe-full almost 12 years ago
If there’s one thing in my life that’s missingIt’s the time that I spend aloneSailing on the cool and bright clear waters……
AdamJBlack almost 12 years ago
This strip has a lot more to say than even what has been expressed here in the comments, sure all the jokes about getting a boat is second best to getting rid of it, etc. etc. – yes it’s something that Gene worked hard on, it’s something that Arlo is so happy to finally have, but there is also a subconscious bond being made between families – in a way that only the patriarch’s of each family can do, expressed in that handshake. Well done.
K M almost 12 years ago
OK, there was one day in this arc where the dialog didn’t make it on line; we needed someone with a dinosaur print copy to fill us in. Is that the case here, or does today’s strip really need no dialog?
wild0409 almost 12 years ago
It only took like, what, 15 years?? FINALLY! Congrats Arlo on your dream coming true! (And you Jimmy, for finally writing it!). I hope this doesn’t mean the strip is nearing its end….
wild0409 almost 12 years ago
@night-Gaunt49Not so sure about that. Gene was a little kid in the strip 15 years ago.
bagbalm almost 12 years ago
I didn’t see the tenner pass.