The Arlo Bowl
Cidu Bill on Feb 7th 2010
A lot of people sent me this for the Arlo Page (including two who prefaced it with “I’m sure Nicole already sent this one in, but…”), but… I don’t know… I mean yeah, they probably are discussing some sort of sexual wager, but there are any number of things they could be referring to, so I certainly wouldn’t put this in the NSFW category. Though I’m not as confident about the comments that might show up below.
Filed in Arlo Page, Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Jimmy Johnson, Super Bowl, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far
Kamino Neko Feb 7th 2010 at 10:16 pm 1
I admit, I can’t think of anything that fits the dialogue and the looks on their faces, other than sex, at least from Arlo’s side - Janis could have different plans.
Arlo expects that Janis would enjoy what he’d be asking her to do as much as him, and he’s horrified that she apparently doesn’t…and that sly look on Janis’s face in the last panel doesn’t allow for that many interpretations, either.
Taigan Feb 7th 2010 at 10:27 pm 2
This also isn’t the first time their super bowl wager has come up. Previously, Janis had said that if she won he’d have to clean out the gutters and he replied “You know I think we *both* have more fun when I win.”
David N Feb 7th 2010 at 11:26 pm 3
Only if Nicole says she doesn’t see the Arlo in it will I believe it isn’t one.
drdan Feb 8th 2010 at 12:13 am 4
when I started dating my wife, she promised she would do anything for my birthday”anything I said”, she giggled and said yes, so I told her “clean my bathroom”, she didn’t, and still gives me grief evertyear, I still think it was funny
mkilby Feb 8th 2010 at 04:44 am 5
@ drdan (4) - There’s an “iron curtain” era story about a young lady who owes (for whatever reason) a gentleman a big favor, and he says that he would like to have her for the entire night. When the woman (reluctantly) consents, he drops her off at a market, and asks her to stand in line to pick up his ration (of meat, bread, or whatever) in the morning. (I generalized the tale because I’ve read several different versions.)
yellojkt Feb 8th 2010 at 06:34 am 6
Reminds me of the line in Cruel Intentions when Sarah Michelle Geller makes a bet with her step-brother and says “You can put it anywhere… “
Nicole Feb 8th 2010 at 07:58 am 7
Oh JEEZ!!! LOL LOL — maybe you all should be sending your Arlo candidates directly to me.
Of course they are talking about sex. However I did not send it it. I thought it was ambiguous enough that it didn’t have to slip by a censor. So while it is definitely sexual in nature I thought it far to subtle to be an Arlo. BUT that is just MHO
Igelino Feb 8th 2010 at 09:52 am 8
Hee he. Me too, thought it was definitely about sex but subtle enough to get past censors.
buzz Feb 8th 2010 at 04:05 pm 9
A year or two back Arlo asked for Irish stew as his winning wager and Janis was reduced to tears.
This is a guy who used a leaf blower to turn the bath into a jacuzzi. He’s imaginative and kinky, folks.
drdan Feb 8th 2010 at 09:26 pm 10
mkilby
thanks for that story, I figured the idea came to me from a monty python skit or something simular to a farmer getting a wife instead of a plowing horse
chaz Feb 9th 2010 at 11:46 pm 11
@drdan, mkilby
The version I’m familiar with is:
A guy is at a bar, and he is approached by a woman. She whispers in his ear, “For $100 I’ll do anything you can say in three words.” The guy reaches for his wallet, peels off the bill, slips it to her under the bar, then whispers to her, “Paint. My. House.”