Janis: You look pooped! Did you finish?
Arlo: Yep.
Arlo: I picked up twigs, I cut the grass, I pruned the shrubs,
Arlo: And I...and I...you know!
Arlo: I weed ate the rest!
Meanwhile… towards the end of yesterday’s comments, I wrote an answer to those of you who said it was OK to use a barbecue in the garage, or that maybe I should worry just as much about having a stove in the house…For safety’s sake, I kinda hope you’ll check it out.
Maybe he meant that he chipped the stuff. But the main point here is Arlo’s senior moment, where he can’t think of the damn word but has an image of it just the same.
I’m glad someone else understands that people actually get “brain freeze” and DO talk like that. You should have seen me try to “sign” that I saw quail on the porch to my hubby. Just could not remember the word!
We used to have a 1 2/3 acre lot outside Helena. We had a couple of nice, small pieces of lawn near the house, about 40 trees, a vegetable garden, and an acre or so of native vegetation with lots of wildflowers. Of course, around mid-June we’d get out the John Deere and mow it all, just in time to prevent the local idiots and their fireworks from starting a disastrous range fire. By August the grass would be back and late-summer wildflowers would be in full bloom.
The main nuisance was the (non-native, invasive) noxious weeds. Knapweed and Dalmatian toadflax were the worst.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault almost 8 years ago
String-trimmedBut the sign language was good too.
water_moon almost 8 years ago
we call it weed wacked but if I were being proper I’d go with “edged”
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 8 years ago
One of those nouns that refuses to verb itself.
Good for you, “weedeater!”
Meanwhile… towards the end of yesterday’s comments, I wrote an answer to those of you who said it was OK to use a barbecue in the garage, or that maybe I should worry just as much about having a stove in the house…For safety’s sake, I kinda hope you’ll check it out.
Olddog1 almost 8 years ago
comicsssfan: try that in my neighborhood and you get an 8X12 bright orange notice taped to your door.
ARLOS DAD almost 8 years ago
Arlo’s day sounds like my yesterday….
eepeqez almost 8 years ago
Whipped and snipped. With a whipper snipper.
JimT8 almost 8 years ago
Maybe he meant that he chipped the stuff. But the main point here is Arlo’s senior moment, where he can’t think of the damn word but has an image of it just the same.
ladylagomorph76 almost 8 years ago
I’m glad someone else understands that people actually get “brain freeze” and DO talk like that. You should have seen me try to “sign” that I saw quail on the porch to my hubby. Just could not remember the word!
llapeere almost 8 years ago
If you switch the first two words around in the first speech bubble, this strip has a completely different meaning.
Boise Ed Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I had nearly forgotten that WeedEater was a brand name for weed-whackers.
Fontessa almost 8 years ago
Whipper-Snippers. Whipper-snipped for past tense :)
choo choo willy almost 8 years ago
Sounds tasty, nah!
George Alexander almost 8 years ago
Dirty mouthed Ralph York is back. Go away and play with yourself.
Shonkin almost 8 years ago
We used to have a 1 2/3 acre lot outside Helena. We had a couple of nice, small pieces of lawn near the house, about 40 trees, a vegetable garden, and an acre or so of native vegetation with lots of wildflowers. Of course, around mid-June we’d get out the John Deere and mow it all, just in time to prevent the local idiots and their fireworks from starting a disastrous range fire. By August the grass would be back and late-summer wildflowers would be in full bloom.
The main nuisance was the (non-native, invasive) noxious weeds. Knapweed and Dalmatian toadflax were the worst.
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Oh yeah… That weed ateing – has to be done…