Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 14, 2016

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    Downundergirl  about 8 years ago

    ? don’t get it.

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    kwanza_30303  about 8 years ago

    Maybe they use those candles as a “marital aid”.

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    LuvThemPluggers  about 8 years ago

    Candles account for a large percentage of house fires, especially around the holidays. Get the fake ones!

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    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.

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    doublepaw  about 8 years ago

    Huh ?

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    DRkm Premium Member about 8 years ago

    A little romance folks!

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    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}

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    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.

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    Doctor_McCoy  about 8 years ago

    Men blush. Women glow.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Mark Jackson Premium Member about 8 years ago

    And churches.

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    buddha111  about 8 years ago

    Maybe the light used to view their their old home movies…

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    ladylagomorph76  about 8 years ago

    I’m disappointed! That bag is Tiffany blue! And BIG! Imagine what she could have gotten!

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    sbwertz  about 8 years ago

    I remember an old strip where Arlo drew her a hot bath and put candles all around the tub.

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    mj1311 Premium Member about 8 years ago

    I’ll bet they get used tonight, or maybe this afternoon!

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    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?

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    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.

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    Woodstockius  about 8 years ago

    The best comic strips reveal only 40% of themselves, and Mr Johnson is very good at that.

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    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!”

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    phobos  over 2 years ago

    Must be some of those candles from Gwyneth Paltrow

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