Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 03, 2012
Transcript:
Gene: We're going to be slammed this evening! Do you want a table? Arlo: No, we brought supplies! We'll just relax at the boat! Janis: Maybe Meg could visit! Gene: She's at Pop's, with a sitter. We can't trust her! Janis: What do you mean? Gene: Nothing!
mummieeva about 12 years ago
I think more like they are throwing a party for his parents.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 12 years ago
Or maybe those I didn’t agree with so far are right, and this is the wedding, too.
doublepaw about 12 years ago
Can’t Meg be trusted to keep the secret?
Jo. Goodwin about 12 years ago
I say WEDDING!!!
T_Lexi about 12 years ago
♥♥ I vote wedding ♥♥
MississippiRedagain about 12 years ago
Wedding!!!!!!!!!
riverhawk about 12 years ago
I don’t understand. Where is Meg that she has to visit?
rare appearance about 12 years ago
MEG’s the one who can’t be trusted?? Looks like Gene is the one who must be kept away. He’s as good as me for surprises.
mhlon Premium Member about 12 years ago
Speaking from experience (our daughter just got married this past June, my son 14 years ago), Arlo and Janis wouldn’t be upset with a birth announcement, or obviously no graduation ceremony, and Arlo would be able to handle almost anything. Janis would be upset if she wasn’t there for her only child’s marriage vows. Receptions are all wonderful (another catering gig), but it’s the wedding itself for women and mothers that means everything. Meg would have spilled the beans on their elopement. Not sure, of course, but re-reading it all, this has the earmarks of a post wedding celebration.
Skeptical Meg about 12 years ago
Maybe they can’t trust the sitter.
david.reichert about 12 years ago
Why are Gene’s elbows bent backward???
JB10000Lakes about 12 years ago
Do Arlo and Janis know about the Meg in the water incident?
Sojourner about 12 years ago
@ Dreich1064 ~ I believe Gene’s arms are meant to appear angled out to the sides of his body as he leans into his hands over the bar, but the artist definitely did NOT get the perspective and foreshortening drawn correctly.
Gokie5 about 12 years ago
1. I vote for wedding.2. Janis must know that something is afoot, because Gene told her to “dress casual.”3. Meg would likely be brought in by the sitter just before the ceremony.
Strod about 12 years ago
Are we all amnesic? Gene and Mary Lou were going to get married last December, but they decided to postpone the wedding until they finished repairing their new house (although I believe that JJ just forgot about it until December sneaked up to him). Janis was all excited about the wedding and disappointed when it was postponed. So all this talk about a “surprise wedding” or “quasi-eloping” is all nonsense. If it turns out that G & ML do get married in a surprise ceremony, it will be a slap in the face of Janis who was therefore excluded from all the preparations. Yes, I believe it is possible that JJ may have made this mistake (planning a surprise wedding) but let’s face it: it would be just rude!
thewizofaz about 12 years ago
I’m not of this generation. What is “slammed”?
mwyounce about 12 years ago
Slammed = full of customers, very busy.
Boise Ed Premium Member about 12 years ago
I agree with Dave: they wouldn’t exclude Meg from a wedding.
toppop52 about 12 years ago
Wedding! That’s why she told "dressy casual ", then Gene forgot and said csaual! JJ is moving up the time table, strip might end before spring!!!
fehorse about 12 years ago
I think she scuttled the boat.
marvee about 12 years ago
Saturday “just another catering gig” would only work for them not for Arlo and Janis. I’ve thought a surprise wedding or announcement of an elopement that already took place. Janis might be upset by not being included in plans. The mother of one son doesn’t get to do much like that.
Gokie5 about 12 years ago
JJ might not want her future mom-in-law to manage the wedding. My mom was supportive, but didn’t interfere. Just right.
bevgreyjones about 12 years ago
JJ is in Doonesbury.
They mentioned doing a catering job and one of them said “it’s just another catering job” in a way that implied it wasn’t.
Meg is in on the secret, which is why they can’t see her – it’s almost inevitable that she would give it away.
I think it seems quite likely they would have a very small private wedding and surprise Arlo and Janis with it. I bet Janis would only be upset for a very short time, if at all.
jimyoungreporter about 12 years ago
A wedding is in the works I say!