Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 16, 2014
Transcript:
Mary Lou: This isn't just some crazy idea, Gene! Think of it as a unique opportunity! Mary Lou: We have a building full of equipment that's ours for the asking! Mary Lou: We know everyone in town, the vendors, the cooks, the dishwashers! The good people, the screw-ups! Mary Lou: Besides, what are we going to do? Flip burgers? Gene: You might consider sales!
GR6 about 10 years ago
I think I know what the next point she is going to make is.
mackerelhead Premium Member about 10 years ago
This is one of the best, deepest, funniest, and sexiest comic strips I have ever read.
Arianne about 10 years ago
Well, she tried soft selling the idea, now she’s going for the hard sell.
Observer fo Irony about 10 years ago
I know where she is coming from; it is hard to kick the habit of being a workaholic.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member about 10 years ago
She needs to take a month off and just clear the head..Write these ideas down and then let them sit...Then get out of town for that month and go somewhere you’ve never been, but not to check out what other food establishments are doing..Go see the a national park.
StoicLion1973 about 10 years ago
I would love to read how Gene and ML rekindled their friendship (and more) when Gene was away at college. It was hinted at during ML’s re-introduction back in 2008 but never fully explored.
Doctor_McCoy about 10 years ago
As Varnes said yesterday, “Panel 3 is the best by far.”
Q4horse about 10 years ago
Didn’t Gene get a degree in something?
MeGoNow Premium Member about 10 years ago
Yep. Panel three is the flip that prepares the bed-hair look that will help close the deal in panel four. He never had a chance. .And he doesn’t care.
Gokie5 about 10 years ago
I think he looks a little crowded in that last panel.
alc7 Premium Member about 10 years ago
jimyoungreporter about 10 years ago
Here comes the close!
paultunes about 10 years ago
this me reminds me of the way my company works. they already have got the plan or the processes or the software and only after the deal is done do they want the workers the folks who will actually have to deal with things to sign on like they had a part in the decision and choices that were made. MaryLou has already made up her mind and just wants Gene to validate her plans. not exactly an equal partnership here. for the most part Gene has been a dupe in their “relationship”.
ChessPirate about 10 years ago
♪♫ “Happy birthday, Mr. Pres i dent…” ♪♫
kumaandi about 10 years ago
Why didn’t they buy the Dock from pop. It was making money.
Boophilus about 10 years ago
Hmmm. Mary Lou might listen to Gene if he had a plan … A plan that was more than not think about it for a while more and just relax. What is his counter idea for his own career? What research or idea has HE been throwing around?
Comic Minister Premium Member about 10 years ago
It seems Mary Lou is getting flirty all of a sudden!
ladylagomorph76 about 10 years ago
I thought she was preggers?
slsharris about 10 years ago
She might consider going back to college for business, first, being as she didn’t do that while working for her dad and having a unplanned pregnancy. She’s way over her head on this one and will take the family down with her…
Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member about 10 years ago
@ladylagomorph76Nope, not preggers. Through rigorous analysis on several web sites, it was determined (and confirmed somehow) that Arlo was the one eating for two.
ARLOS DAD about 10 years ago
They’ve been given a lemon, now, make lemonade….
billdi Premium Member about 10 years ago
She’s about to get something straight between them
TrudyQ Premium Member about 10 years ago
Brilliant! She IS persuasive …
RonBerg13 Premium Member about 10 years ago
Ooo Boy… there is not much you can do when your wife looks at you like in the fourth panel either… all you can do is give in…