Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 14, 2016
September 13, 2016
September 15, 2016
Transcript:
Janis: Look what I have!
Janis: New candles! Our old ones are about gone!
Arlo: You just walked into a shop and bought them?
Janis: Of course!
Janis: You're blushing!
My friend’s house on the same block burned down when their teenage daughter lit candles and then fell asleep. Candles in houses are dangerous and evil — that’s why you see them in all the devil-worship ceremonies.
He assumes now everyone knows. For him there is only one use for candles. And does anyone remember the “Whoopee Lamp”? As he came into the bedroom Janice is laying on one elbow and he notices, “Hey, the whoopee lamp is lit!”
Downundergirl about 8 years ago
? don’t get it.
kwanza_30303 about 8 years ago
Maybe they use those candles as a “marital aid”.
LuvThemPluggers about 8 years ago
Candles account for a large percentage of house fires, especially around the holidays. Get the fake ones!
BJB about 8 years ago
Sounds to me that he thinks she usually gets them as a gift. Buying them herself doesn’t sound right to him.
doublepaw about 8 years ago
Huh ?
DRkm Premium Member about 8 years ago
A little romance folks!
Kalkkuna about 8 years ago
“Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness” – and the candle was on the bedside table… (old ’toon}
MeGoNow Premium Member about 8 years ago
It is better to light one candle than to just feel around in the dark. Oh, wait. No it’s not.
Doctor_McCoy about 8 years ago
Men blush. Women glow.
Tyge about 8 years ago
See @ScullyUFO. Whenever you don’t get it, first think it’s about sex. That’s why I love this strip.
Ermine Notyours about 8 years ago
Maybe candles are too low-tech for Arlo. I would be like going into a store and buying a Walkman.
ZBicyclist Premium Member about 8 years ago
My friend’s house on the same block burned down when their teenage daughter lit candles and then fell asleep. Candles in houses are dangerous and evil — that’s why you see them in all the devil-worship ceremonies.
Mark Jackson Premium Member about 8 years ago
And churches.
buddha111 about 8 years ago
Maybe the light used to view their their old home movies…
ladylagomorph76 about 8 years ago
I’m disappointed! That bag is Tiffany blue! And BIG! Imagine what she could have gotten!
sbwertz about 8 years ago
I remember an old strip where Arlo drew her a hot bath and put candles all around the tub.
mj1311 Premium Member about 8 years ago
I’ll bet they get used tonight, or maybe this afternoon!
pearlsbs about 8 years ago
Even if they, as a couple, share some sexual use of the candles it still doesn’t make sense. That’s their secret. Why would it make Arlo blush?
locake about 8 years ago
I don’t get it either. People use candles all the time for non-sexual times. I would never connect buying candles with sex.
Woodstockius about 8 years ago
The best comic strips reveal only 40% of themselves, and Mr Johnson is very good at that.
well-i-never about 8 years ago
He assumes now everyone knows. For him there is only one use for candles. And does anyone remember the “Whoopee Lamp”? As he came into the bedroom Janice is laying on one elbow and he notices, “Hey, the whoopee lamp is lit!”
phobos over 2 years ago
Must be some of those candles from Gwyneth Paltrow