I had a serious problem with nose bleeds as a kid, but only get them now when it’s really dry inside. The rumble in the background is an industrial-grade humidifier.
According to EMTs here, we’ve always done it wrong. They recommend tipping your head forward so the blood doesn’t go down your throat. Personally, and I am not a vampire, I have never had trouble swallowing my blood.
I have a place on my septum which is easily irritated then it bleeds. I put Vaseline in my nose to lessen the chance of a nose bleed. It works most of the time. Be well my friends.
So, having read this strip since it’s beginning and not recalling Arlo ever getting violent, I wonder which president’s supporters would throw the first and likley only punch.
I once got into an argument with a senatorial candidate. He asked me to “step outside.” His opponent won and is worse than him. Luckily , we don’t have a senators’ day.
When I was a State Employee, We had around 13 to 14 Holidays, one being Robert E. Lee’s Birthday. Also had Confederate Memorial Day. When Martin Luther King Day was added, I was thinking oh great another Holiday to take. State combined Martin Luther King’s Birthday with Robert E. Lee’s Birthday, so we never really got another day.
my father taught me never to talk to friends or family about politics. These days everyone fights about it. Can’t get away from it with twitter, facebook and even the comics. Sheesh
Tyge over 3 years ago
Now it’s Stuff Your Nose Day???
Da'Dad over 3 years ago
Not getting political are we?
alasko over 3 years ago
It bleeds, it leds.
pschearer Premium Member over 3 years ago
Not Arbor Day?
anymouse77 over 3 years ago
Arlo got in a fight ?!?
ConnieEmbury1 over 3 years ago
Now what did he do?
nosirrom over 3 years ago
And President’s day was once two holidays. Now you have to take the bad with the good.
Say What? Premium Member over 3 years ago
That dry air will get you, Arlo.
Rhetorical_Question over 3 years ago
Nose bleeding? Arlo has large nostrils.
mxy over 3 years ago
Must have been one of the “mostly peaceful protesters”.
sallyseckman over 3 years ago
I guess people are still on edge about the current congress
well-i-never over 3 years ago
Dry winter air – I just sat down to get my nosebleed to stop!
jr1234 over 3 years ago
https://www.gocomics.com/offthemark/2021/02/15
jr1234 over 3 years ago
Arlo went for a walk and
A) nose started to bleed
B) Got hit by someone
C) Looked up and a squirrel threw a nut at his nose
D) ????
Sevvie Premium Member over 3 years ago
What does a nosebleed have to do with Presidents’ Day?
pathamil over 3 years ago
At least he kept it off his shirt…
unfair.de over 3 years ago
Free speech isn’t free of consequences. For most people.
david_42 over 3 years ago
I had a serious problem with nose bleeds as a kid, but only get them now when it’s really dry inside. The rumble in the background is an industrial-grade humidifier.
Michael G. over 3 years ago
What’s this in aid of?
dnotkin Premium Member over 3 years ago
So, the implication is that Arlo got punched relating to something that he said? Isn’t that sweet. I’m feeling the unity.
Alec McLure Premium Member over 3 years ago
I’m guessing it’s a dry winter air nosebleed…. but I don’t get the President’s Day reference …
cracker65 over 3 years ago
Sinuses
LexSiehler over 3 years ago
A President’s Day sale, maybe? If only we had a real president…
jski14 over 3 years ago
I used to get them all the time, but hardly ever since I quit smoking.
Lydushka over 3 years ago
Ah, this may have happened because of a discussion about “presidents”?
poppacapsmokeblower over 3 years ago
According to EMTs here, we’ve always done it wrong. They recommend tipping your head forward so the blood doesn’t go down your throat. Personally, and I am not a vampire, I have never had trouble swallowing my blood.
RonaldMcCalip over 3 years ago
The King is a Fink!
billwog over 3 years ago
Me thinks the Muse is on sabbatical. We need the Shrimp and family to the rescue.
ChessPirate over 3 years ago
What I got is that President’s Day led to a “discussion” about Presidents, which led to a bit of knuckle diplomacy…
RonnieAThompson Premium Member over 3 years ago
I have a place on my septum which is easily irritated then it bleeds. I put Vaseline in my nose to lessen the chance of a nose bleed. It works most of the time. Be well my friends.
not my real name Premium Member over 3 years ago
Oh that was the punch line!
seismic-2 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Oh, Arlo. You don’t mean you got into a fistfight about Rutherford B. Hayes again???
ncorgbl over 3 years ago
So, having read this strip since it’s beginning and not recalling Arlo ever getting violent, I wonder which president’s supporters would throw the first and likley only punch.
Cincoflex over 3 years ago
I prefer a backstory where he got in a fight with several presidents.
jmoore78 over 3 years ago
I don’t know. Kinda looks like mark twain to me.
Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member over 3 years ago
I once got into an argument with a senatorial candidate. He asked me to “step outside.” His opponent won and is worse than him. Luckily , we don’t have a senators’ day.
1504jarvis over 3 years ago
President Calvin Coolidge has been way underrated.
cuteswan Premium Member over 3 years ago
Maybe while Arlo was out walking he imagined Janis wearing a Japanese schoolgirl uniform.
dv1093 over 3 years ago
It looks and reads to me that no one knows the point of this strip today – which isn’t unusual.
Sevvie Premium Member over 3 years ago
What does this have to do with Presidents Day?
locake over 3 years ago
Half the time I don’t get this comic. Today is one of those days.
GregSearcy over 3 years ago
When I was a State Employee, We had around 13 to 14 Holidays, one being Robert E. Lee’s Birthday. Also had Confederate Memorial Day. When Martin Luther King Day was added, I was thinking oh great another Holiday to take. State combined Martin Luther King’s Birthday with Robert E. Lee’s Birthday, so we never really got another day.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Must have stuck his nose into a discussion where his opinion was not wanted.
alexius23 over 3 years ago
Dry air leads to nose bleeds
Not Again over 3 years ago
Maybe the squirrels from Mutts got him.
jarvisloop over 3 years ago
My favorite President in my lifetime is Eisenhower.
Craig Westlake over 3 years ago
Never discuss politics with idiots – so that means don’t talk to anybody these days…
CynthiaLeigh over 3 years ago
Huh?
jamesbaird1572 over 3 years ago
I guess we missed something.
Kathy M T M Premium Member over 3 years ago
my father taught me never to talk to friends or family about politics. These days everyone fights about it. Can’t get away from it with twitter, facebook and even the comics. Sheesh
artmer over 3 years ago
Tried to speak truth to a right wingnut, Il Douché supporter. They’re all about violence.
paranormal over 3 years ago
He better never be late paying the paperboy. That paperboy has some punch!