Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 31, 2020

Was that a flush or a jiggle?

The throne must be prepared for the Queen.

Arlo forgot to giggle the handle, and the sound of running water got to Janis.

“Now I can use it.”

Why couldn’t she jiggle it if she was going anyway?

This one took me a minute. A little pictogram of a toilet with legs in panel three would’ve been more effective.

OK… took me a minute…

and maybe you already got it.

 

But if not…. Arlo tries to be quiet, but he wakes up Janis.

And of course, she hears the toilet running.

As soon as he goes back and fixes it, so she can sleep,

she wakes up enough to need it herself.

 

That’s why he looks annoyed, or at least startled…

wishing he’d just gotten back in bed.

 

Been there, done that.

Janis just needs something to complain about. Lately that seems to be all she does.

How the heck would a man know?

I interpreted a different scenario – I imagined Janis asked him if he remembered to flush.

JJ has had some gems but this one…?!?

Either he has to walk around outside for some inspiration during this hunker in the bunker era, or he’s attempting to tell us that he’s an advocate of happy wife = happy life but it is getting to be a strain.

Good comments today. We do not flush when one simply pees. Pure waste of water even with a low flow. A good investment is a slow close seat. I just pee and give it a flip and I’m in bed before it silently closes so she can use it if need be. Saved my marriage.

maybe she has to go now too since she is up.

This reminds of a very old comic that I found amusing. A man has picked his butt a couple of inches off the couch, reaching for something, and his wife says: “Oh, while you’re up…” ☺

Life’s little aggravations.

Come on. Don’t tell me you’ve never waited until you wife came to bed and then asked her if she needed to pee.

He pissed her off one time too many!

What’s worse is, after she’s done, he’s gonna have to go jiggle the handle.

No words but so funny

Separate toilets!

Judging from Arlo’s frown showing in the last panel, the toilet was still running afterr the handle jiggling, so Janis got up to fix it. Note that she is also frowning as she heads for the bathroom.