Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 21, 2021

“Lucy!!! You got some ‘splainin’ to do!!!”

At their age, I’d think they’d both know about even the sacoglossan sea slugs.

My wife and I were married before anyone splained to us.

" ’The Birds and the Bees’ was a 1964 single release by Jewel Akens that is said to have been written by the twelve-year-old son of Era Records owner Herb Newman; the songwriting credit on the Jewel Akens recording of “The Birds and the Bees” reads Barry Stuart, which is the song’s standard songwriting credit.”https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_and_the_Bees_(Jewel_Akens_song

Janis is just teasing. As happy as they are I’m sure they splained this to each other decades ago. But a refresher splaining is always appreciated. ;-)

Splain me, baby. Splain me.

My husband and I often speculate that the cartoonist has cameras positioned all over our house. I’ve never seen a more realistic view of marriage.

Awwwwww….

Got a friend who mansplains to me, even though I know more about it than he does.

Oooo! Stop it some more. Keep your hands to myself.

Gather ye rosebuds. With both hands. ;-)

Just another reason why this is my favorite comic strip. JJ, you’re a master at your craft.

And this is on of the many reasons I love Argo and Janis, love and compassion

Earworm!! Earworm!! Noooo!!! I was in the 4th grade when this song came out. Have always loved it! But now it’s gonna be stuck in my head all day! :-)

♬The Birds and The Bees and My Honey and a Squeeze!♬

He took a whole week of setting up to craft this strip!

The Genius of Jimmy J!

Burl Ives again, yay!

Oh-Oh…Hot springs are are a comin’

looks like a good ’ol fashion grope

Very soon Janis will need no splaining!

’s’plains’ might lead to ‘strains’ and ‘sprains’ if you’re not careful, guys.

And the moon up above, and a thing called LOVE!

Sometimes I fell like a Peeping Tom when I read this strip. At other times, my HOA calls me the same thing.

Janis confuses us further on the issue.

Sometimes Arlo & Janis are memories of my marriage. And sometimes I secretly wish, “Dang I Wish I Had Done THAT!”

Sure beats “You wanna?”

3 points for Arlo. Good boy.

It looks like she was a little concerned about hair loss into her brush, another joy of aging for both sexes, and he just knew that his love for her, no matter what, was always going to be there. They really are a wonderful couple.

I understand the premise but there’s a better “non gender specific” word for to describe the situation: “Condescension”.

It’s not ‘mansplaining’ if you sing it. It’s romantic.

To everything there is a season…

Any ESL readers care to share the equivalent of this idiom in their language and its literal translation?