Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 29, 2020

He’s not so sure now…

You’ve heard of win-win? This is a lose-lose.

Fasten your seat belt, Arlo.

You asked for it.

I’ve been married long enough not to like the sound of that…

Be careful what you wish for….

RED ALERT, RED ALERT!

“ *Danger, Danger, Will Robinson!!!!”

Arlo, in the words of Graham Chapman when he played King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Run awaaaayyyyyy! :-)

Third Rail Thinking There…

It’s a trap!

When will he learn to let a sleeping female dog lie

J.J., you captured it perfectly in the 4th frame!

Would you buy a used car from a guy smiling like that?

Yes! Of course I do.

It’s not like Jimmy to leave us with a cliffhanger on a Saturday!

I have to laugh at today’s strip…..it really does hit close to home. It’s kind of like knowing you shouldn’t eat that last piece of cake, but you eat it anyway!

Oh…Arlo!

… what life would have been like if I had married what’s his name.

I don’t think Arlo (or the rest of us) will ever know the real truth.

Stay tuned … Monday. Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!

Another classic moment from real life.

Be very careful, Arlo

He says sheepishly. Meanwhile, he is thinking “Oh, crap. What have I gotten myself into?”

Bump on a log? Bump on a log? That’s how you start an argument, not a conversation. Did he turn the toilet paper roll the wrong way again?

What’s wrong with Arlo’s mouth in the last frame? That white thing?

He does NOT want to know what she is thinking. She is always so negative these days. A real Debbie Downer.

No you really don’t Arlo

Take Notes, Arlo; there will be a quiz at the end.

fusilier

James 2:24

Pull back, Arlo, pull back!

Danger, Will Robinson…in the same class as “does this make me look fat” and other marital pit traps.

And by ‘yes’ of course he means ‘no’.

I think Arlo knows that he will eventually hear about it anyway, but this way, at least he scores some positive points… ☺

Oh Arlo noooooooo….

Oh he’s asking for it NOW!

Don’t ask questions you don’t want to know the answer to.

A bit difficult to decipher in the fourth frame but I think I got JJ’s intent. What does one do when they are not exactly lying but are not sincere either?

There’s no straight talk. She/He talks out of the other side of his mouth.

My husband never asks me what I am thinking. I don’t talk to him any more than I have to. Fortunately I have 2 daughters to talk to.

Yesterday, I was assuming that Janis was thinking about Gene, and that this was just a segue to a Gene-and-Marylou storyline. Now it seems a lot more ominous.

“Danger, danger Will Robinson!”

Oh my, oh my… You are in serious trouble now…

We are about to discover the difference between what Arlo is HOPING she’s thinking and what she’s ACTUALLY thinking. Men are very predictable, women much less so.

I am going with the lost of her son’s future. What should be the start, its just stagnation.

The way Jimmy draws you?

“Yes, I want you to put a bullet in my head!”

Oh no, Arlo, get ready for a long sentence.

Don’t do it Arlo, don’t do it!

That is the face of a man whose mouth says “yes” while his brain is screaming “NO!”“NO!”“NO!”“NO!”“NO!”“NO!”“NO!”“NO!”

Dangit! Now I wanna know too.