Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 17, 2024

 ♪   I said, dreamer, you’re nothing but a dreamer

“The days drift by. They don’t have names. And none of the streets here look the same. And there aren’t many reasons I would leave. Yes, I have found me some peace. Yes, I have found me a home.” —Jimmy Buffett

I think Gus believes Arlo is “Wasted Away In Margarita Ville”

Sounds like Gus isn’t willing to help now.

Arlo and Janis are on different specifications on the house they want.

The solution is to not move?

He’s right. The impossible never causes trouble.

Yes, just stay where you and don’t move.

It’s seldom the house: it’s the location…

This new house we’re in is quite different from the last one, which we “loved”. But we love this new one, too! People adapt, eh?

When I retired I was living in NC. Sold my home and bought in northernmost Maine. Nice comfortable well cared for home with a great workshop and a fantastic lake view. The Winter can be tough, but the natural beauty and the pace of living is so much better here. Please stay away, you won’t like it.

Sarcasm?

I guess this is a “to be continued” strip. Just left hanging.

Yeah, little trouble finding paradise, huh?

Privacy? For a hot tub no doubt.

At there age they should not rule out a ranch house they don’t need to climb stairs all the time.

Not a ranch? Well, ok as long as the main suite is on the first floor.

Gus’s sarcasm is quite obvious. Arlo is looking for the impossible home….or is it Janis who is looking for that.

Their wants will change once they walk through and look at twenty or thirty houses. Most likely they will end up staying at the cottage house that are in now.

Hmmm, sounds like Gus knows some people, who knows some realtors, who knows who’s selling….

Gus looks different on the first 2 panels. The last one looks ok ish!

Gus! The Consummate Salesman!

Ugh! The gnats! That’d be a deal breaker for me right there!

I suspect Gus already has one in his portfolio or he has an old friend in real estate who can fix it.

Ah, the house buying delusions…

Yeah, they’re not moving…

Sounds like sarcasm to me.

Gus, the smart aleck, that’s an impossible house.

Huh? In Florida? Seems impossible to me.

Ranch means not climbing stairs everyday (except to the basement).

Not fussy at all, are you?

Knowing your goals is halfway to achieving those goals.

(I just wish I knew what mine were.)

Gus will be the voice of reason soon.

in today’s market, good luck, but I believe you will not be moving

Looks like Pop is holding a hole made by Acme from the roadrunner cartoons

Doing OK ’til his last want.

In the last panel, Gus looks like George Burns.

We figured our non-negotiables. Our realtor took us to a number of possibles. We got out non-negotiables and more. We were quite blessed.

I keep trying to place the person Gus is drawn after. I keep having the feeling I know him from somewhere. It seems he is a public figure but it is just out of reach. Maybe the old age or my chemotherapy is kicking in.

Comment #2: Why are the gnats only buzzing around Arlo? Is Gus’ cigar a gnat-be-gone stick?

Wait until sees what the holding costs ( taxes, insurance & maintenance) are.