Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for February 20, 2020

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    i_am_the_jam  about 4 years ago

    I’m not sure I get this one.

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    finzleftright  about 4 years ago

    Analog clocks. With the minute hand pointing straight up at 12. A term no longer used. I’m guessing that you’re maybe under 40?

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    mddshubby2005  about 4 years ago

    I get it, but I don’t know why Janis wouldn’t.

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    Alondra  about 4 years ago

    It just means exactly that time, I used to use that expression all the time.

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    GRogerStreff  about 4 years ago

    I wonder how many people under the age of 30 would get this one. I probably own 10 wrist watches, and I never seem to put one on any more.

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    Da'Dad  about 4 years ago

    Janis is getting dressed in panel one. Me thinks she first thought Arlo was making an off-color reference, which, given he is already dressed, didn’t make sense.

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    destry1970  about 4 years ago

    When we are going some where the wife never asks me what time it is, she just let’s me know when she’s ready to go and we get there when we get there.

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    ahnk_2000  about 4 years ago

    I think this is another instance of Janis having embraced new tech and its expressions and Arlo still using the old ones. It took her a second to recall the reference to analog clocks.

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    lee.alford13  about 4 years ago

    It’s a reference to one of those old timey gadgets with hands instead of digital displays.

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    bjballard1  about 4 years ago

    I get what it means, but it’s not funny. I like some humor.

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    HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 4 years ago

    My answer to her would have been, “Do you mean now?” I always liked that Berra_ism.

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    The Joke Explainer Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Oh…. I didn’t realize that was a clock and honestly thought he was referring to something else that is straight up in the morning.

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    Michael G.  about 4 years ago

    Voh-dee-oh-doh, Arlo!

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    elkaypee  about 4 years ago

    My take is that in the digital age, analogue analogies like “straight up” (big hand on the 12) are forgotten!

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    Dr. Whom   about 4 years ago

    As opposed to on the rocks.

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    Schrodinger's Dog  about 4 years ago

    and why do we still refer to “taping” something, like our TV shows. No-one uses “tape” anymore for recording.

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    axe-grinder  about 4 years ago

    My kids were confused if I reported the time with words like “half-past” and “quarter-of”…

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    snookdog69  about 4 years ago

    you need to get your mind in the gutter

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    jr1234  about 4 years ago

    “straight up” must be regional…asked dad, never heard of straight up, here we say 7 o’clock SHARP or on the dot

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    carole_fj  about 4 years ago

    I think he’s referring to the Winter “hair-do”. Static electricity has Janis’ hair sticking straight up…

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    ChessPirate  about 4 years ago

    Interesting that the comics, like this one, that are not “clear”, seem to get the most comments…

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    Ermine Notyours  about 4 years ago

    My local big box Fred Meyer store doesn’t sell wrist watches any more. Due to carpal tunnel, I can’t wear watches, but I glue one to a carabiner and wear it on a belt clip.

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    sid w  about 4 years ago

    I was going to compare using a phone to tell the time with using a pocket watch, but then I remembered that for lots of young people the phone never leaves their hands.

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    bryan42  about 4 years ago

    I’ve noticed that the digital generation usually gives the time in exact minutes while those of us that grew up with clocks tend to round time, even when reading it from a digital timepiece. Digital time readers also often do not get “half past xxx” and “quarter ’till xxx” time references until they are explained.

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    jr1234  about 4 years ago

    7 o’clock “On the.dot” .was.about watches with no numbers,just dots in place of the numbers…​Some wall clocks only had.12,3,6 and 9,all the rest were just a dot.

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    GS Knight Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Do A&J still have jobs that they have to get up early for? I was starting to think they’re retired.

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