Arlo’s gonna be googlie-eyed trying to decide which to ogle. And I see this new one can wear those pants that Janis shunned last week. And if this one if young, and Janis imagines her as the daughter she never had, the mothering impulse will take hold with a vengeance. Potential rich mine of plot material.
This reminds me of the old Dunkin Donut’s commercial where the baker would get up to make the donuts and on the fifth day he bumps into himself coming home from making the donuts.
In the first panel, especially, the one in the light blue coat has features that look slightly more like Meg’s and those of the other people drawn in that style
I am not I.I am this oneWalking beside me whom I do not see,Whom at times I manage to visit,And at other times forget;The one who remains silent when I talk,The one who forgives, sweet, when I hate,The one who walks when I do not,The one who will remain standing when I die.
The person in the first three panels is obviously a younger woman. It’s hard to tell with a comic, but she looks to be in her late teens to early twenties to me.
I still say they are going to have temporary amnesia, and the real Janis will temporarily adopt the other woman’s life and the other woman will become Janis temporarily. It is a standard “comedic” entertainment use of amnesia occurring in people who look like twins but are genetically unrelated.
hawgowar about 9 years ago
How existential can you get?
tammyspeakslife Premium Member about 9 years ago
Janice’s new friend?
LuvThemPluggers about 9 years ago
So she left the house all dressed for her walk and realized at the corner she was wearing her bathrobe? Better than going to the mailbox all nakedy.
Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member about 9 years ago
Only the one on the right has Janis’ actual hair, I’m pretty sure.
ShortStraw about 9 years ago
Long lost sister in the Witness Protection Program.
Say What? Premium Member about 9 years ago
I never liked tall hedges at street corners because they impede vision for walking and especially for driving.
pam Miner about 9 years ago
that must be Gene, who did he run into?
LHPuttgrass about 9 years ago
The answer is in the boxes in panel 1.
Reppr Premium Member about 9 years ago
Met herself coming and going….
doublepaw about 9 years ago
I must be more dense than usual today………….
Olddog1 about 9 years ago
So tired she can’t be out of her own way.
wschott about 9 years ago
Janis found her doppelganger, wonder if she’s married to Arlo’s doppelganger. Jane & Artie?
PettyMower about 9 years ago
Hmmm….does this have anything to do with it being President’s Day? No trash pick up! No work today?
kd1sq Premium Member about 9 years ago
I make no observations (on behalf of Arlo) other than I once had a sweetie whose sister was almost identical in looks and dress habits.
It almost led to accidents that could have been either pure comedy or nasty trouble.
Henry Robertson about 9 years ago
Well, I’m glad someone cleared that up, I was totally confused.
MeGoNow Premium Member about 9 years ago
Arlo’s gonna be googlie-eyed trying to decide which to ogle. And I see this new one can wear those pants that Janis shunned last week. And if this one if young, and Janis imagines her as the daughter she never had, the mothering impulse will take hold with a vengeance. Potential rich mine of plot material.
Observer fo Irony about 9 years ago
This reminds me of the old Dunkin Donut’s commercial where the baker would get up to make the donuts and on the fifth day he bumps into himself coming home from making the donuts.
William Taylor about 9 years ago
That doesn’t look quite like Janis…….. wonder if this could be a flashback episode, of a younger her?
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member about 9 years ago
They will both have amnesia? This was a pretty strange sort of turn of events.
AliCom about 9 years ago
Janis is the one in the purple/grey coat.
Gokie5 about 9 years ago
In the first panel, especially, the one in the light blue coat has features that look slightly more like Meg’s and those of the other people drawn in that style
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault about 9 years ago
“Why can’t a twin be a good twin?”.They can and usually are.
jbmlaw01 about 9 years ago
JJ has our attention now, with what appears to be a unique plot line.
Doctor_McCoy about 9 years ago
Dreams are made of this…
gwayner Premium Member about 9 years ago
“Dream a little dream of me”
locake about 9 years ago
No idea what this means Do people really not look both ways when they are at an intersection?
Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member about 9 years ago
Since the new do (a decade or so ago), Janis’ hair is always (famous last words) done with solid black strokes.
ZBicyclist Premium Member about 9 years ago
Dream sequence? Or, as @Matt implies, Arlo bought enough costume stuff to dress up as her convincingly?
roberta.star.hirshson about 9 years ago
Perhaps this is the explanation:
A poem by Juan Ramón Jiménez:
I am not I.I am this oneWalking beside me whom I do not see,Whom at times I manage to visit,And at other times forget;The one who remains silent when I talk,The one who forgives, sweet, when I hate,The one who walks when I do not,The one who will remain standing when I die.
Lou about 9 years ago
Cue Freaky Friday. Boy…is that lady in for a surprise when she takes a bath.
Doctor11 about 9 years ago
Happy President’s Day!
craigwestlake about 9 years ago
Janis has got herself coming and going…
FosterGrant about 9 years ago
I smell new character.
Chuck_it_all about 9 years ago
I thought only New Yorkers did that.
Ginger Vedder about 9 years ago
I’ve waiting on someone to provide me the “Ah, that’s what Jimmy was getting at.” But it seems everyone is just putting out their best guess.
junieb about 9 years ago
New neighbor who looks just like Janis, right down to the snout?
1148559 about 9 years ago
The person in the first three panels is obviously a younger woman. It’s hard to tell with a comic, but she looks to be in her late teens to early twenties to me.
roberta.star.hirshson about 9 years ago
Maizing is right! I think Janis, feeling like her younger self, “bumps” into the reality of the self she is today.
pickled-onions about 9 years ago
a long lost twin sister. in As Janis and Arlo turns
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member about 9 years ago
I still say they are going to have temporary amnesia, and the real Janis will temporarily adopt the other woman’s life and the other woman will become Janis temporarily. It is a standard “comedic” entertainment use of amnesia occurring in people who look like twins but are genetically unrelated.
ChuckberryNOnothim Premium Member about 9 years ago
Thats Bruce Jenner on a journey
PettyMower about 9 years ago
This is going to make comic strip HISTORY! But can Arlo handle a 3-some?
RonBerg13 Premium Member about 9 years ago
Oh boy!! This is going to be GOOD!
RonBerg13 Premium Member about 9 years ago
Oh, oh!! They bumped heads and are going to somehow switch places!
rfeinberg about 9 years ago
A lady with Janis’s hairdo takes a walk, and crashes into the real Janis. Comedy gold!