Comics That Made Us Laugh in the Week Leading Up to My Birthday
Cidu Bill on Jul 7th 2008
(Morris Keesan seconded this pick: “and when I laughed out loud at this one, I was ashamed at what a dirty-sounding laugh came out of my mouth”)
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Chris Jul 7th 2008 at 04:22 pm 1
Hm; I’m afraid I don’t get the 1st one..
A different Chris Jul 7th 2008 at 04:30 pm 2
I believe that Arlo was referring to guys wondering what it would be like to “be in bed with so and so.”
Not a Chris Jul 7th 2008 at 04:44 pm 3
While women are dreaming of the relationship with their future husband, men are dreaming of the “relations”.
Charlene Jul 7th 2008 at 05:21 pm 4
I suddenly seem very young, despite being older than Janis is supposed to be. We never talked, or even thought, about what a guy would be like as a husband at Gene’s age. Three or four years later after university, sure. But at 18?
Viva Arlo Jul 7th 2008 at 08:28 pm 5
The ARLO was worth a guffaw but the others not a chortle.
Amberosia (who happens to be married to a Kris) Jul 7th 2008 at 10:46 pm 6
Charlene ~ didn’t you ever play MASH when you were a preteen or teenager? You know, that little paper game where you figure out a place to live (Mansion, Apartment, Shack, House,) a guy to marry, a car to drive and how many kids you were going to have? Or is that just a nutty American thing?
Joshua Jul 8th 2008 at 01:36 am 7
I just couldn’t find it plausible that Janis would speculate that the young Arlo and friends would speculate about what it would be like to be *married* to various girls.
Surely after 20+ years of marriage to Arlo, she must be familiar with the way his mind works. There’s a reason that certain comics on this site get relegated to the *Arlo* page, after all.
solarrhino Jul 8th 2008 at 03:48 am 8
But Joshua, that’s what’s funny!
I think you’re right - if she had started out asking what Arlo and his friends talked about, she should probably known what to expect. But in the first panel, she’s not thinking about Arlo at all; she’s only asking about her “innocent” but increasingly independent baby Gene.
Arlo’s ambiguous answers to her first two questions don’t satisfy her, so she tried to fill in the blanks with her own life experience.
Though Arlo seems reluctant to do so, the punch line is when he reminds her of what she should have already known: Gene and his friends are probably a lot more like Arlo and his friends were than like Janis and her friends were. Eventually, biology does have its say.
catlover Jul 8th 2008 at 04:46 am 9
For what it is worth, I was born in Morristown Memorial - did the CIDU web site do that specially for me? Did different newspapers use local names for the hospital?
Poor Doc Ock.
I am guessing this was inspired by this case (approx 6 weeks from May 30):
http://www.drudge.com/news/108377/man-sues-over-testicle-removal
furrykef Jul 8th 2008 at 10:25 am 10
Surely the second one qualifies as an Arlo?
John Jul 8th 2008 at 11:51 am 11
A different Chris - In my experience, boys that age are not so much speculating on what girls would be like in bed, as on what they would look like naked.