Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for January 17, 2016
Transcript:
We force the foul, 'cause we're behind, we hold our breath, they're at the line. The shot goes up, and it's a miss! The bounce is high, it's down to this. The elbows fly, the soles are squeakin', the rebound's ours! The fans are freakin'! Time out! Time out! What will we do? A second more, and we are through! There is no air, we're dyin' here, as they pause to sell more beer. Then we're back, one hope for the forlorn. There's the pass! The shot! The horn! The ball flies far, it's up there yet... When it comes down, it's naught but net! The shot is good, the joy sublime! 'Cause now we go to OVERTIME!!
alviebird almost 9 years ago
I don’t like basketball. At all. There, I said it.
PettyMower almost 9 years ago
I don’t like basketball, football, baseball, soccer, hockey, etc., etc. Believe me….it’s a long list. LOL
Dr_Fogg almost 9 years ago
I miss the Patriots game yesterday! :( All the others don’t count.
rhsasl almost 9 years ago
worth repeating “Basketball is so painful to watch snakes shut their eyes!!” :-)
Thanksfortheinfo2000 almost 9 years ago
Now if this had been football, it would have been spooky, with GB/AZ doing exactly that last night….
mourdac Premium Member almost 9 years ago
The pro season is way too long and too many players are lacking the basic skills.
ralphyork666 almost 9 years ago
Janis looks kind of seductive in panel 2. Sort of like David’s Madam Recamier.
grainpaw almost 9 years ago
I am forced to pay for a couple dozen sports channels I never watch. When browsing through to find what I want, never once have I seen a croquet game on. That, I would watch.
cornpopper Premium Member almost 9 years ago
The last time I was interested in watching basketball was back in the early 80’s when Larry Bird and Dr. J were in their prime.
K M almost 9 years ago
I get the impression Janis is less impressed than Arlo. She’s also either choking or suffocating, I’m not sure which.
Purple-Stater Premium Member almost 9 years ago
When breaking the rules becomes part of the strategy, there is a problem.
grainpaw almost 9 years ago
A quick search tells me that the median golf course in the US spends $1.2 million a year on course maintenance. That usually includes some nasty chemicals, sometimes a lot of water, and always a lot of mowing. That kind of budget makes it a rich man’s game. The original was probably two peasants with sticks and rocks in a sheep meadow. I call that “flog”. If I set up a flog course when I retire, the bottom of each hole will have a flat rock with a flip-top bottle of homebrewed ale in a hole under it, a different style for each hole. I’ll have to start distilling to load the last hole.
doublepaw almost 9 years ago
Sure brought out the sport haters today. But the other 85% of us could care less what they don’t like.
wolfman47130 almost 9 years ago
I don’t know if Janis can survive another 12 minutes.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 9 years ago
NG, Nope, there is definately hate there. . . . . . . Dani, and if the grass grows too fast, beat it with a club. . . . . . I enjoyed the poem and poor Janis.
JakeV39 almost 9 years ago
This really tickled me. Only a college basketball freak (like me) could so perfectly capture that feeling of dying a slow death, followed by ecstasy.
Colonel B almost 3 years ago
That was a darn good poem!