Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for November 12, 2016
November 11, 2016
November 13, 2016
Transcript:
Gene: I talked to my mom this morning!
Gene: Both she and my dad are fixated on how much money we're making here!
Gene: My parents!
Gene: They're so twentieth century!
I suppose the question is – “do you want to be happy? Or rich?” You can get rich working 60 hour weeks, or you can have your family beside you and be happy.
Meg will have the equivalent of a Harvard MBA by the time she is 16 and with Grandpa Gus as Consigliere, she will be a multi-millionsare by the time she is 20.
My father got a used 14’ sheet-metal boat that leaked like a sieve. Having been apprenticed as a watchmaker-jeweler, he blowpipe soldered the entire 31’ seam. Using circular breathing, this was essentially done on one breath.
Break even is OK until the rainy days show up. Contrary to some beliefs you can’t depend on the kindness of strangers.A few dollars buried in the back yard can’t hurt.
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery.” -
I don’t think your parents are fixated on how much money you’re making. Rather, what they hear you saying sounds to them as though you keep dabbling in this or that because you are short of funds, and are worried you are going broke – which means hungry. In other words, they love you and want you to have a good life, not suffer.
She is washing them? Or bringing them up from underneath the counter? I agree with the kids. As long as they love what they do & make enough to survive on in addition to being self-sufficient, there is no rule that work has to be full-time for a company.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 8 years ago
so last millennium
Tyge about 8 years ago
Ah, the confidence of youth over experience.
Dani Rice about 8 years ago
I suppose the question is – “do you want to be happy? Or rich?” You can get rich working 60 hour weeks, or you can have your family beside you and be happy.
lescaster about 8 years ago
Nice Rolling Stones reference
poppacapsmokeblower about 8 years ago
This is how I felt when young and still feel I was better off, attitudinally, than when money became important.
Chuck_it_all about 8 years ago
Meg will have the equivalent of a Harvard MBA by the time she is 16 and with Grandpa Gus as Consigliere, she will be a multi-millionsare by the time she is 20.
hippogriff about 8 years ago
well-i-never
My father got a used 14’ sheet-metal boat that leaked like a sieve. Having been apprenticed as a watchmaker-jeweler, he blowpipe soldered the entire 31’ seam. Using circular breathing, this was essentially done on one breath.
greylock about 8 years ago
Who needs money when you have a magic jar!
Jml58 about 8 years ago
You do not inherit the world from your parents.You borrow it from your children.
alc7 Premium Member about 8 years ago
mjpalmer about 8 years ago
someone has insight into the millenniums. it isn’t all about the money…….nice
ted.hering about 8 years ago
I still remember my dad and I having a conversation like this, discussing my job options! (I wanted to take the job that was fun)
Teto85 Premium Member about 8 years ago
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery.” -
Mr Micawber, David Copperfield.
JastMe about 8 years ago
I don’t think your parents are fixated on how much money you’re making. Rather, what they hear you saying sounds to them as though you keep dabbling in this or that because you are short of funds, and are worried you are going broke – which means hungry. In other words, they love you and want you to have a good life, not suffer.
Doctor_McCoy about 8 years ago
OK. Why are there two jars in the first panel and three in the fourth panel?
starcandles Premium Member about 8 years ago
She is washing them? Or bringing them up from underneath the counter? I agree with the kids. As long as they love what they do & make enough to survive on in addition to being self-sufficient, there is no rule that work has to be full-time for a company.