Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for November 05, 2020

Watch out, she may hit you!

That would just let it all hang out.

Fifty years ago, I regularly left rolled-up sheets of paper in people’s driveways. I actually got paid for it. Is that still a thing?

What? Mrs. “I do everything on my smartphone” reads the dead tree edition of the news?

Unrealistic… who gets a paper anymore.

Did she think she was showing too much leg so early in the day?

Remember Janis, you reach a certain age eventually when you become invisible.

Maybe it was a bit chilly out that morning.

Make Arlo get the paper

I seem to be missing the point here. what was Janis’s problem?

The NP here has virtually disappeared. All local news is online…just like this comic. Can’t miss the comics!

Must have been cold out there for Janis’s girls.

Looks more like cold and too lazy to put on a robe.

Is her gown made of gossamer? :-o

In the summer I will ride my bicycle to work on a route that takes me through various rural and suburban areas. I am used to seeing people in various degrees of, shall we say, casual attire outside of their homes. One memorable instance was an attractive young woman, clad in a bath towel, her hair soaking wet, and holding a leash with a puppy on the other end. She saw me, smiled and waved and said, “When a puppy wants out, it means now.”

A year later I saw her in running clothes with a handsome young german shepherd. She said, “we finally got our schedules in sync.”

- is she running? down on the ground? did she fall?

She could just let Arlo get the paper…

I always wondered about that. If women were so shy about the possibility of being seen like that; put something else on, send the husband, wait until they’re dressed… 8^ )

Who takes newspapers anymore?

Certainly the male neighbors woud be better served with a more nonchalant peeping opportunity.

From the archives: https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2008/01/12

https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2013/01/02

https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2016/12/02

Guess who’s getting the paper tomorrow… ☺

Lord, my mother did the same ‘paper skulk’ as Janis here!

Ah so great to live in the country….Cows see but do not tell, wild life just run first look. One neighbor goes out in cowboy boots, boxer shorts, and wife beater shirt.

For all the folks in the comments so far with a “who still takes a newspaper, is that still a thing?” remark – YES, many folks still take a newspaper, and others buy them at outlets if they want to read one, but not necessarily everyday. Without question, papers are struggling, and some have lost the battle and folded, but others are making a quite successful transition to new attractive formats. Several papers that I know about across the country have recently invested in new printing equipment, and even new buildings to house the production facility. Others are following the business model of outsourcing the printing to a regional printer, who is set up to produce many papers each night within their geographical area.

There is one advantage to waiting a day to “read all about it” – once things have settled down, the written paper often has the details correct, whereas the “talking heads” on electronic media, with their drive to be “instant”, often don’t know what they are talking about when they start talking. And anyway, many folks just enjoy reading.

Don’t overdue your concern about “dead trees” – paper manufacturers are not cutting down virgin timber. They have their own forests, which they manage as a very renewable resource.

How quaint, they still get a real paper. . . . Not for much longer I’m afraid. Sooner or later news organizations are going to charge a real premium for a physical paper.

It takes 30 seconds to put on clothes. I have to walk my dog right out of bed, and I have perfected the art of quick dressing. I never, ever go outside in just my underwear or sleep wear, probably because they are the same thing, and I need pockets for dookie bags and such dog items. I however see people in all kinds of inappropriate garments because they don’t really walk their dogs. They just stand there in jammies or one used to walk down the street in see-through nighties. I am not even sure she had a dog. Mostly I watch for cars early – they are generally in a hurry to get to work and we don’t have sidewalks, but no fences either, so it can be scary.

Or, you know, just got dressed before going outside . . . ?

Do people still get newspapers that way?

Arlo’s right. She’s fully covered. What’s she embarrassed about?

That’s what I do… feign nonchalance (see lyrics for Jimmy Buffett’s “Pencil Thin Mustache”)

Janis simply likes to believe that there are people hanging about waiting for a peek. It’s a self-esteem thing.

I like the real newspaper, but I can’t deal with the hundreds of dollars they want to deliver it!

It’s obvious that it’s a pullover robe. Accidental self-exposure is just not a problem.

It’s a flannel nightgown. Janis wears less than that on her summer walks.

I have had female neighbors who would not be caught outside in anything less than fully dressed, hair done, and makeup on.

I subscribe to 4 newspapers. 2 local and 2 mailed. Get news you see nowhere else!

I do…. it’s a shame the newspapers have dwindled over the years… :-(

I wonder when fall weather will finally hit the GA coast. Ugh. Looking forward to more 50 0r even 40 degree nights.

At first, I thought the white lace collar was pearls. RBG.