Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 05, 2022

That’ll turn your hat around! 8^ )

It seems Arlo’s quick coals ignition process no longer comes as a surprise to Janis…

fa-WOOOSH! From The Ed Crankshaft Book of Charcoal Lighting.

Ka- FOOOSSHH! From the Rip Haywire book of half-remembered things.

Janis has seen it done. Along with Arlo some of us have indeed survived stupid things we do to ourselves, oftentimes repeatedly.

Ed Crankshaft seems to be making an appearance a lot lately

Arlo, Roger Fox salutes you.

Have a safe and Happy Labor Day all.

I’m good at doing that.

I still can’t believe Myron Mixon uses lighter fluid.

I need that proverb on my wall.

Must be common practice for Arlo to be generous with the lighter fluid.

After all the years of grilling you’d think Arlo would know better. Dementia kicking in?

Arlo has one heck of a nose in the last panel.

he’ll never understand the ease of using a charcoal chimney… some folks never will.

Don’t try this at home, kids.

Looks like something Tim the tool man Taylor would do

The guy behind my childhood home used gasoline to start his charcoal, because it was cheaper than lighter fluid. Getting his garage door repainted, on the other hand…

Best proverb ever!!!

Janis is taking advantage of the last day she can wear white.Otherwise she might have to deal with Serial Mom.

And the red solo cups are the perfect addition.

The Italians say “Dolce far niente.” That’s “It is sweet to do nothing.”

OK, LOL today.

OOOPS?

Everyone lights one fire with gasoline in their lives. But never two.

Now, that’s a toast! ☺

Weber chimney, one piece of newspaper to get the charcoal going. I haven’t bought lighter fluid in 30 years. I save the advertisements dropped in the driveway once a week, since we don’t seem to have newspapers anymore.

Arlo, who’s toasting, is toasted himself. <];0)

I thought that was the Cat’s Proverb.

Gas grill, so much easier.

Come on baby, light my fire…

A friend taught me how to best use a chimney starter. Take a double sheet of newspaper, twist it into a corkscrew and curl it into a circle inside the starter. Repeat with a second sheet. You wind up with a doughnut of newspaper with a hole in the middle to allow air to flow through and encourage burning. Works great.

you forgot the earth shatering KABOOM

“How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterward.” -Spanish proverb

When we used charcoal I used to rearrange the coals by hand. My wife didn’t like it, even though I assured her I dropped live coals quickly.

I once heard one cup of gasoline has the explosive energy of 15 sticks of dynamite. Izzat troo?

I use a cotton ball, petroleum jelly in the bottom of chimney, add my charcoal and use my gobspark to start it. Works anywhere, regardless of temperature. I use the same method for starting a wood fire, loading some kindle on top of the cotton ball saturated in Vaseline. One spark and it starts.

Burnt hair STINKS. Thankfully my glasses somehow protected my eyes.

A little heavy on the Ronsonol, it appears.

Then, there is the liquid oxygen crowd: https://youtu.be/UjPxDOEdsX8