Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 05, 2019

Chain pulled. Reaction Received. :)

All together now: “Too long, apparently.”

Wow, he’s been wearing used underwear since they were married.

If Janis buys Arlo new underwear then it’s only fair for Arlo to buy new underwear for Janis.

Could be interesting.

The word of the day is “Commando.”

Save and use your soon to be thrown out underwear, on trips. Throw them out at end of each day. No dirty underwear to wash.

Sorry Arlo, I’m with Janis on this one. No used undies for me no matter how cheap.

All the underwear I have is used; I only get new ones a couple times a year. I wash them after every use and they stay pretty serviceable for a long time. Janis’s problem is what I have heard called being “ritually unclean.” In those cases nothing can remove the stain of whatever the problem is. If I use glass kitchen bowls for holding automotive fluids they are Unclean forever – we can rely on the dishwasher to remove dog slobber but not brake fluid. It makes me wonder if washing the same stuff off my hands with hand soap leaves me forever unclean. I’ll have to ask Lady Macbeth about that.

You didn’t have a family? You never wore hand-me-downs from siblings, or cousins, or the families of your mother’s best friends? I don’t envy you. I pity you.

Sometimes when a husband buys himself new underwear, the wife wonders who else is seeing his undies?

In the Army you’ll hear the Sarge say…“Men, we’ve been out for 7 days. Today we change our underwear. Murphy, you change with Zatarski”.

The only time there’s men’s clothes at a yard sale is when someone died.

I’ve been looking for this comeback for my 50 years of marriage. Thank you, Jimmy Johnson!

Wrong time of year for years sales anyway.

Y’all don’t get it: Arlo is pulling her leg.

Why NOT? Wash it, good to go

Well played Arlo.

Janis’s mind;“He would buy used undies? Has he? He did! I washed them? Somebody else’s undies?!?! And he wears them?! WHAAAT!?!?”

My wife’s the same. I once told her I thought about turning my underwear inside out and wearing them two day in a row. It would save her some laundry. Maybe sox too.

Got a dead pan answer about hygiene. :o)

My wife won’t even get used books from the little free libraries around the neighborhood. Says she doesn’t like the thought of where they’ve been.

And she faints away into his arms… [Curtain]

As some have pointed out, Arlo is kidding her. After decades of marriage, Janis should be used to his sense of humor.

Men do tend to wear theirs until disintegrate.

Gotcha!

Arlo, that is disgusting!

I don’t get the joke. Is Yard Sale a shop? Why is he mentioning mariage time? :(

They’ve been married how long and he still can still have a “Gotcha” moment

OK, Let me try to understand this. They go out to a store and get Arlo some new undies (say, a pack of 7 for the sake of argument). So far so good. Arlo wears one new pair out of the package each day for a week. He now has 7 pair of used undies of his own. If the “no used” rule stands, they now have to go out shopping. Ideas?

I’ve actually seen used underwear at a thrift store!!

I don’t think it has anything to do with underwear. Arlo is just teasing that she didn’t get that he was putting her on.

Don’t bother with them till it gets too cold.

If mine is worn out when it is time to buy new, I bleach the stuff that is still usable to disinfect it, wash it thoroughly and put it in a collection box for charity. The unserviceable stuff gets cut up for cleaning rags.

I have a nephew who won’t buy new clothes. He has a decent income, but buys all his clothes second hand. I don’t know if that extends to his underwear and don’t really care to find out.

Isn’t Arlo a little old to wear briefs?

would the dollar stores carry underwear that has design flaws?

Almost 20 years ago husband had cataract surgery. Just before he was due to go in it dawned on me that he needed new underwear as surely he would not have his clothes on during surgery and to avoid an argument, I went in and bought some of what he wears for him. He actually agreed and we bought some additional packages.

He has not bought since then and a couple of years ago decided he needed to buy again. They have changed the underwear – the height from crotch to waist band is much shorter these days on all of the ones he sees – the ones he had as well as any similar. We are approaching the point where I am going to have to replace the elastic in the waists for him.

On the other hand, I am having a problem finding the socks I like – and have started darning mine.

Ahh, I’m pretty sure he’s joking. My girl still doesn’t get mine most of the time either.