Ok, maybe I am just dense, or just don’t use enough automated things in my life. Ok, so the pot is two hours ahead, just run it manually and it will be ready in about 3 minutes. Don’t see the real issue here.
What do you do with that coffee that’s been sitting there for so long? Many of them are reset automatically like on your computer. So the time on them would be correct, and unless you set your alarm you will be an hour late.
Or is it one hour ahead? If she set the clock, she moved it forward one hour. (“spring forward”) So now the time is correct, right? Then she set the timer another hour ahead. So now it’s an hour late. Or is it an hour early? Who can say? It makes my head hurt. This is why people are in favor of scrapping the whole thing.
Dang, you guys are tough critics. This is funny. A look at ourselves and our first world problems. Yes the coffee will be made manually. One of the best things about this strip is the way JJ appears able to peek into our lives.
I gave up coffee for Lent several years ago and decided to stay off of it. Now, instead of needing coffee to feel awake and alert, I feel that way naturally. I still miss its taste, though.
Just now thought of this. I’m also saving quite a bit of money.
I lost an hour of sleep. Then I lost an hour manually resetting the 26 clocks that don’t automatically change. Come the Fall I’ll gain back an hour but still lose an hour resetting those same clocks.
We haven’t ‘set’ the coffee maker in 40 years. I don’t even know why it’s a feature. Get up, press start, visit the little boys room, feed the cat and it’s done. Right on time too.
Surly something interesting & funny has got to happening with Gene, Mary Lou & Meg. Or maybe after 30 years of wishing for and fantasizing about a sail boat, now that they actually have one A&J could finally sail someplace! Think of all the fun things that could happen to A&J sailing to the Caribbean. They could run into (maybe literally) Jimmy Buffett eating a hamburger and drinking a margarita. What ever they did it would have to be more interesting that another joke about Luddie sleeping on their bed or their morning coffee.
We don’t drink coffee, but if we did it would not be left plugged in overnight due to fear of electric fire – same as we unplug most of the small appliances we do have (including the computers). TVs and Video recorders (Beta, VHS, and DVD) are left plugged in, clocks, and the house lights timer setup are, but that is about it.
Having seen an iron that was plugged in and not turned on during an electric (lightning) storm and got turned on somehow from the electricity in the storm and heated up, we leave a bare minimum of small appliances plugged in. When we go on a trip, even just for a weekend, lots of large appliances are unplugged also – including the clothes washer – the clothes dryer, the stove, and the basement electric heat all have their breakers shut off. Used to do the same with the dishwasher, but it died, we did not bother to replace it – as it is a waste – and it’s breaker is always off.
KenTheCoffinDweller about 5 years ago
Ok, maybe I am just dense, or just don’t use enough automated things in my life. Ok, so the pot is two hours ahead, just run it manually and it will be ready in about 3 minutes. Don’t see the real issue here.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
What do you do with that coffee that’s been sitting there for so long? Many of them are reset automatically like on your computer. So the time on them would be correct, and unless you set your alarm you will be an hour late.
dsTrekker Premium Member about 5 years ago
Or is it one hour ahead? If she set the clock, she moved it forward one hour. (“spring forward”) So now the time is correct, right? Then she set the timer another hour ahead. So now it’s an hour late. Or is it an hour early? Who can say? It makes my head hurt. This is why people are in favor of scrapping the whole thing.
tauyen about 5 years ago
this to him is a ‘lulu’?
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 5 years ago
What delay?
AlanM about 5 years ago
Is my math wrong? If she set the clock AHEAD the coffee would have been made an hour earlier.
m b about 5 years ago
https://www.gocomics.com/aunty-acid/2019/03/10?ct=v&cti=1269515
Meg: All Seriousness Aside about 5 years ago
I would dance naked in the streets if this was as big a mess up as I made all year.
Just make a dam pot of coffee!The Pro from Dover about 5 years ago
The Joke Explainer Premium Member about 5 years ago
Maybe I have to come back in an hour for the punchline that makes me laugh.
mywifeslover about 5 years ago
Dang, you guys are tough critics. This is funny. A look at ourselves and our first world problems. Yes the coffee will be made manually. One of the best things about this strip is the way JJ appears able to peek into our lives.
assrdood about 5 years ago
Only good thing about the semi-annual time change – Material for the comics.
jarvisloop about 5 years ago
I gave up coffee for Lent several years ago and decided to stay off of it. Now, instead of needing coffee to feel awake and alert, I feel that way naturally. I still miss its taste, though.
Just now thought of this. I’m also saving quite a bit of money.
nosirrom about 5 years ago
I lost an hour of sleep. Then I lost an hour manually resetting the 26 clocks that don’t automatically change. Come the Fall I’ll gain back an hour but still lose an hour resetting those same clocks.
wvrr about 5 years ago
We haven’t ‘set’ the coffee maker in 40 years. I don’t even know why it’s a feature. Get up, press start, visit the little boys room, feed the cat and it’s done. Right on time too.
John Smith about 5 years ago
Isn’t that the coffee pot calling the kettle black
El Cobbo Grande about 5 years ago
Okkkkay, he’s used to getting up, being too sleepy to,……Oh what the heck, if you have to explain em, they lose a lot
John Smith about 5 years ago
Surly something interesting & funny has got to happening with Gene, Mary Lou & Meg. Or maybe after 30 years of wishing for and fantasizing about a sail boat, now that they actually have one A&J could finally sail someplace! Think of all the fun things that could happen to A&J sailing to the Caribbean. They could run into (maybe literally) Jimmy Buffett eating a hamburger and drinking a margarita. What ever they did it would have to be more interesting that another joke about Luddie sleeping on their bed or their morning coffee.
Boise Ed Premium Member about 5 years ago
So, it’s a Lulu. Does that mean they’re being interviewed on NPR’s Sunday Morning Edition?
kunddog about 5 years ago
I would think that Arlo ,at least on sundays, would make a fresh pot. fresh ground beans, fresh water.
Dr_Fogg about 5 years ago
The morning coffee is one thing I don’t have to worry about. Never have, never will… I can’t even stand the smell of it. Blah and yuck!!
mafastore about 5 years ago
We don’t drink coffee, but if we did it would not be left plugged in overnight due to fear of electric fire – same as we unplug most of the small appliances we do have (including the computers). TVs and Video recorders (Beta, VHS, and DVD) are left plugged in, clocks, and the house lights timer setup are, but that is about it.
Having seen an iron that was plugged in and not turned on during an electric (lightning) storm and got turned on somehow from the electricity in the storm and heated up, we leave a bare minimum of small appliances plugged in. When we go on a trip, even just for a weekend, lots of large appliances are unplugged also – including the clothes washer – the clothes dryer, the stove, and the basement electric heat all have their breakers shut off. Used to do the same with the dishwasher, but it died, we did not bother to replace it – as it is a waste – and it’s breaker is always off.