Comments on: Arlo Rub

By: Powers

Powers — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:55:27 +0000

Re: #5: Ooten, try looking up “polite fiction” sometime. Sheesh.

By: yellojkt

yellojkt — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:55:18 +0000

Janis is having a very hard time dealing with the fact that her son is sexually active and that rubs her the wrong way.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:13:16 +0000

Pheidias, it’s only a belabored setup if you don’t know the story line. Gene will be “practically living with” Mary Lou to get this job because it’s a job in her family’s restaurant, in a town far away from his parents’ house. So living with Mary Lou has everything to do with the job.

By: Kamino Neko

Kamino Neko — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:16:22 +0000

That wouldn’t be funnier - it’d be the exact same joke.

What the up side Arlo presents is doesn’t change that, or why, the downside is that Gene will be living with (and presumably sleeping with) his girlfriend.

By: Pheidias

Pheidias — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:27:01 +0000

I get the “more than rubbing” joke, but it’s a belabored setup. What does practically living with Mary Lou have to do with getting a job, and why is that “the rub”?

Perhaps a better comic would be, “Gene’s not spending much time at home anymore, finally!” “But he’s practically living with Mary Lou!” “Ay, there’s the rub.” “There’s a lot more than rubbing going on, and you know it!”

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Sat, 30 May 2009 21:27:14 +0000

Piborn seems to be web-only, so it doesn’t count.

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:59:57 +0000

Mitch4,

Pibgorn frequently strays way past suggestive and into explicit. I was still tempted to send it in for consideration.

By: Mitch4

Mitch4 — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:44:46 +0000

“Pibgorn” this week went well past suggestive, approaching explicit. [So not an Arlo candidate.]

By: Rammy M

Rammy M — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:04:09 +0000

This does not deserves “The Arlo” at all. Yes he is implying some “heavy petting” (a purposely vague term)

But to say that “more than rubbing” is something that “obviously slipped by the censors” is like saying that ANY strip with a baby (or any person!) implies someone (their parents) “Had SEX!!, how did the censors not block the comic!!?? What Will We Tell The Kids For Heavens Sake!!!!”

If you did “want to explain [this comic] to the kids”, it is easy to explain that it means kissing.

No award here.

(Did you mean “practically living with”? Certainly there are many that would frown on that, even just “practically”, but the mention of the concept itself is certainly nowhere near censor territory)

ps sorry for the rant

By: Ooten Aboot

Ooten Aboot — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:33:48 +0000

#4 Powers: if the Arlo Award is not named after Arlo of Arlo and Janis, then I suppose Washington is not named after George. Don’t believe everything you read in the FAQs. “That’s my story and I’m sticking with it” is on a par with “To be perfectly honest with you”.