Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 10, 2019

Bow?

That confirms Arlo is being gaslighted….

Bully for you, Janis!

Arlo is lucky – I worked with three designers plus the client

Perfect word, Arlo!

Arlo just go with the flow. You do not want to incur the wreath of Janis.

I have been cursed with my father’s eye. Like him, I am distracted by misplacements of just a fraction of an inch. One of his favorite expressions was “Square with the world” and yes, that wreath is almost, but not quite centered.

I have spared you the rather long ghost story I have on this subject.

Now what was it that Arlo said on 12.05.19? Ah, yes. He said, “How long have we been married?”

Turnabout is the fairest but most unkind of play, eh, Arlo?

Reminds me of the comment by a retired carpenter friend of mine: “plumb and a little more”.

Well played, Janis.

“Gaslighting”. I’m not familiar with that term. Little help?

One occasion, my then GF was insisting a picture wasn’t level. My level said it was, so I checked the ceiling, it wasn’t.

In a word, Yes.

what bow?

And that is why I let the Mrs. handle that part of the decorations.

could be the door frame isn’t plumb

Well then, I’m sure you’ll be glad to straighten things out.

Shades of my wife.

What bow?

She’s serious. To an individual so obsessed with perfection even a half a degree off is unacceptable.

There is no bow. She is gaslighting him.

“No, you ACTUALLY are crazy.”

“Crazy over YOU.”

“That excuses a lot of other flaws.”

Looks like Janis ends glasses

You hang it on one nail and let gravity do the rest.

What bow? There isn’t one.

My take was that they also have a Christmas gaslight with a bow on it, which is crooked, according to Janis, which is somewhere else around the house. The joke is that the use of the term “gaslight” went over Janis’ head (as with a number of readers).

I don’t see a bow!

Janis, if you can do better, have at it.

Makes perfect sense to me.