I wonder the same thing. I have allergies but not so much in the spring as in the fall when the weather is changing. It’s at the same time as my asthma flares up the worst.
Just what is Janis doing to Arlo in the second and third panel? Is the tactically confirming the fact that Arlo’s nose is bigger than hers? She should be able to just look and confirm that, unless her eyesight is so blurred from the allergies….but truly, she should know the size difference by now!
A large nose allows for wider passages, which still support breathing even when the membrane is swollen. (A reasonable explanation, not supported by any fact I know.)
I never had problems with allergies until I got in my 50s (with the exception of something in the desert in Idaho which kicked my butt when I was stationed in the Navy out there – yes, the Navy)
It took me 45 years to develop an allergy. For many years now I wonder what it is that makes me sneeze violently and my eyes itchy. No test I took was yet conclusive. It usually starts in late February and keeps on until late May.
I have a number of fears which I have had since I was a child – such as animals. I learned early one when someone had a dog and was pushing it on everyone to pet that if I said that I was afraid of dogs I would be told “But he’s a nice doggy, he won’t hurt you.” I quickly learned to say instead that I was allergic to dogs and then the dog would be moved elsewhere in the house or at least it would not be pushed on me to pet it.
Understand that I am NOT nasty to animals. Of course if one child in a family is like me, another one LOVES animals. So my sister got a dog (you can imagine how much I loved this). We would be outside or somewhere and some child would be afraid of sister’s dog. My mom or my sister would start the “But he’s a nice doggy.” I would say NO and take the dog elsewhere. (I also used to throw food at my sister’s hamster’s cage when she forgot to feed him and dropped food into her fish tank – ditto. I am very much in favor of animals being treated well – just terrified of them.)
Da'Dad 28 days ago
I’m sure my wife thinks the exact same thing.
Muttley 28 days ago
Anyone remember “the schnozzola”?
pschearer Premium Member 28 days ago
Today I looked in the mirror, marveled at the bags under my eyes, and realized it’s pollen season. (A lot of sneezing but no runny nose. Odd.)
electricshadow Premium Member 28 days ago
I’m sure Darryl and Wanda from "Baby Blues’ could make the same joke.
Jason Allen 28 days ago
Arlo should be pretty grateful that seasonal allergies are determined by your immune system instead of by the size of your honker.
Macushlalondra 28 days ago
I wonder the same thing. I have allergies but not so much in the spring as in the fall when the weather is changing. It’s at the same time as my asthma flares up the worst.
davidob 28 days ago
What a revoltin’ development.
markkahler52 27 days ago
Uh-oh! You have pollen on your finger!
cmerb 27 days ago
Good night Mrs. " Calabash " <<< something like that I think " where ever you are ?
The Humanist Boss 27 days ago
Isn’t man fever a popular perception ?
gammaguy 27 days ago
“How can you not have allergies?”
Genes.
Hydrohead 27 days ago
It’s not the size of your receptor so much as it is the sensitivity.
MRBLUESKY529 27 days ago
I know it’s only a comic. But, wow! She could fit her whole hand up his nose.
Dunligiel12 Premium Member 27 days ago
With a schnozz that big he could have allergies and still not be congested.
BJDucer 27 days ago
Just what is Janis doing to Arlo in the second and third panel? Is the tactically confirming the fact that Arlo’s nose is bigger than hers? She should be able to just look and confirm that, unless her eyesight is so blurred from the allergies….but truly, she should know the size difference by now!
Just-me 27 days ago
My allergies are also in a mess. They seem particularly bad this year.
jonesbeltone 27 days ago
There was a character in Popeye comic books called O. G. Whatachnonozzle.
FassEddie 27 days ago
Because his nose is a front porch.
ChessPirate 27 days ago
Well, I bet he’s not liking poking fingers…
elgrecousa Premium Member 27 days ago
The interesting thing here is that Arlo is being chastised for not having allergies.
Emperor Rick 27 days ago
It’s not the size that counts, it’s the…Wait, there’s a dirty joke here somewhere.
poppacapsmokeblower 27 days ago
A large nose allows for wider passages, which still support breathing even when the membrane is swollen. (A reasonable explanation, not supported by any fact I know.)
MuddyUSA Premium Member 27 days ago
Really that nose……………..Achooo…achoo……
mjpalmer 27 days ago
a nose joke…..nice
bmeaton Premium Member 27 days ago
Because God has a fine sense of the absurd.
KEA 27 days ago
cruel
ladykat 27 days ago
Some people have allergies, some people don’t!
Bill The Nuke 27 days ago
I never had problems with allergies until I got in my 50s (with the exception of something in the desert in Idaho which kicked my butt when I was stationed in the Navy out there – yes, the Navy)
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault 27 days ago
“My nose is big enough to fight them off.”
chief tommy 27 days ago
Big nose, big -—-
unfair.de 27 days ago
It took me 45 years to develop an allergy. For many years now I wonder what it is that makes me sneeze violently and my eyes itchy. No test I took was yet conclusive. It usually starts in late February and keeps on until late May.
jbcuster 27 days ago
Not nice, Janis.
mistercatworks 27 days ago
Better filtration system
raybarb44 27 days ago
Fair question…..
PaulGoes 27 days ago
Allergies are nothing to sneeze at
metagalaxy1970 27 days ago
I’m happy when I find something I’m allergic too. On the whole, there’s very few things that I am.
mafastore 23 days ago
I have a number of fears which I have had since I was a child – such as animals. I learned early one when someone had a dog and was pushing it on everyone to pet that if I said that I was afraid of dogs I would be told “But he’s a nice doggy, he won’t hurt you.” I quickly learned to say instead that I was allergic to dogs and then the dog would be moved elsewhere in the house or at least it would not be pushed on me to pet it.
Understand that I am NOT nasty to animals. Of course if one child in a family is like me, another one LOVES animals. So my sister got a dog (you can imagine how much I loved this). We would be outside or somewhere and some child would be afraid of sister’s dog. My mom or my sister would start the “But he’s a nice doggy.” I would say NO and take the dog elsewhere. (I also used to throw food at my sister’s hamster’s cage when she forgot to feed him and dropped food into her fish tank – ditto. I am very much in favor of animals being treated well – just terrified of them.)