Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 03, 2015

What, he thinks he’s going to have to buy a couch now?

Couch leads to new carpets, new paint, somehow to new kitchen, remodel bedroom, new house, new car….

Another good reason to turn cell phones off while out to dinner.

A&J wouldn’t be the same without that salmon colored couch.

George, it’s brown on Sundays…..

Janis looks good in spaghetti straps.

Now Arlo’s given her ideas.

Looks to me like Arlo is not happy about Janis on the smart phone, while they are out to eat and should be concentrating on each other and the meal. Wife and I have an agreement to turn phone’s off when we are out, as it is “just our time” and out of respect for each other, beleive that is the most important thing in our life

How many people will post today’s strip?

Gene?? who’s Gene??

I agree that scanning social media while at the dinner table is rude to all present, but I’ve found that banning the phone altogether is also not the best idea.I find that, while in casual conversation, I will need to look up something (fact-check, or just to help remember something) in order to contribute intelligently to the conversation. A quick Google search can be beneficial in this case.But it does require a lot of will power to just find what you need and then put the phone back in your pocket.

Sofa? I’m pretty sure no one except Americans say ‘sofa’. And I think most of them are Eastenders. Where are Arlo and Janis supposed to be living? Just wondering.

If everyone else were like Arlo, the economy would be in a shambles, what with people only buying what they actually need.

Janis said “their”, as in ‘more than one’. Did I miss where it was stated that Robin had a partner or child of some type?

What’s with the third panel? Arlo looks like a ghost is leaving his body.

He should just take a quick look at the photo and change the topic. Acknowledge what Janis said but move on.

David Winter: In Canada, it is a chesterfield.

The ghost of Arlo past….before cell phones….

The cliff cliche, heard that a thousand times growing up.

Gotta go with xkcd here (https://xkcd.com/1170/):If all my friends jumped off a bridge, I would probably, too. Think about it – Which scenario is more likely:Every single person I know, many of them levelheaded and afraid of heights, abruptly went crazy at exactly the same time……or the bridge is on fire?Imagine reading this on CNN: “Many fled their vehicles and jumped from the bridge. Those who stayed behind….”Is something good about to happen to those people?You stay. I’m jumping.

We tried that on our daughter: If your (older) brother jumped off the roof, would you too?" She considered it briefly, figuring he couldn’t get hurt that badly on one story, and said “yes.”

OK, who’s ghosting the strip? Or is someone re-lettering the panels, like in the Chicago Sun-Times?

Gram’ma said chesterfield. Everyone I know says couch. Davenport? Wow! That goes back a ways….