LOL-November 2

Cidu Bill on Nov 2nd 2009

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Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Jimmy Johnson, World Series, baseball, comic strips, comics, lol | 13 responses so far

13 Responses to “LOL-November 2”

  1. Chris Barts Nov 2nd 2009 at 03:11 am 1

    This is a CIDU for me.

  2. Brent Nov 2nd 2009 at 03:28 am 2

    Arlo can’t hit imaginary home runs anymore… he’s coming up just short of the wall.

  3. Lola Nov 2nd 2009 at 07:42 am 3

    Could this be an especially stealthy one for an Arlo award?

  4. Nicole Nov 2nd 2009 at 08:37 am 4

    Clearly I am not a sports fan … It’s still a CIDU for me … even with Brent’s explanation

  5. Dan Nov 2nd 2009 at 10:04 am 5

    Arlo looks like he’s playing baseball on the Nintendo Wii. He’s lamenting that he more power when he was younger. Of course, this being an Arlo and Janis strip, it’s probably also a nod to his sexual prowess.

  6. mister obvious Nov 2nd 2009 at 10:04 am 6

    It’s a popular past-time of sports fans to imagine themselves making a clutch play. Arlo is sort of getting old, I guess, that even in his imagination he was unable to get the game-running home-run. The humor, such as it is, is that even though it’s his fantasy and he can make the game end any way he wants, he imagined himself getting out and then was wondering what went wrong.

  7. Frosted Donut Nov 2nd 2009 at 11:15 am 7

    I think part of what’s puzzling non-sports fans (like me) is the term “warning track.” It refers to the part of the outfield between the fence and where the grassy part of the field ends. If you hit the ball over the wall, it’s a home run. If it’s “caught on the warning track” then the outfielder caught it just short of the wall (and you’re out).

    (It’s called a “warning track” because the change from grass to dirt is supposed to warn the outfielder that they’re about to run into the wall.)

  8. Michael Nov 2nd 2009 at 02:38 pm 8

    Dan, it can’t be a Wii reference because the copyright on the strip is 1999…

  9. Dan Nov 2nd 2009 at 03:14 pm 9

    Oh, Michael, you and your “logic” and “good thinking” …

  10. Bob in Nashville Nov 2nd 2009 at 08:33 pm 10

    You know you’re getting older when you choke in your fantasies.

  11. Bill Nov 3rd 2009 at 11:18 am 11

    Dan,

    I don’t know why everything in Arlo and Janis needs to have a sexual connotation. It could just be a comment on aging, in general, or it could be a wistful desire to have things the way they used to be, including less structured baseball (without a warning track, DH, etc.). Personally, I think he’s just lamenting the changes that come with aging, in general.

  12. Dan Nov 3rd 2009 at 12:18 pm 12

    Well, not everything does, but it’s sort of their raision d’etre.

  13. Bill Nov 14th 2009 at 11:36 am 13

    I disagree. Your view is too narrow. Arlo and Janis exist to examine lots of different aspects of the lives of aging boomers.

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