Comics I Don’t Understand

And better yet, what if she were a wise Latina pregnant woman?

Cidu Bill on May 10th 2010

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jimmy Johnson, comic strips, comics, humor, pregnancy | 22 responses so far

22 Responses to “And better yet, what if she were a wise Latina pregnant woman?”

Elyrest May 10th 2010 at 12:09 am 1

I don’t know if it made Janis smarter, but Arlo certainly was a wise man.
BetterBanon May 10th 2010 at 01:49 am 2

I hope, I pray, or Hester to win just one more “A”…
Kate C May 10th 2010 at 01:53 am 3

I was seriously hoping to go the rest of my life without ever hearing the phrase “wise Latina” again.
mitch4 May 10th 2010 at 08:27 am 4

Kate, the next nominee has just been named. Any guesses what catch-phrase will circulate — among supporters or opponents?
Chyron HR May 10th 2010 at 09:09 am 5

mitch4: “Militant Lesbian”.

Is this a CIDU? I’m pretty sure that Arlo means pregancy is so misrable that any woman would know better in the future.
Ian Osmond May 10th 2010 at 09:46 am 6

Arlo and Janis have a son. Therefore, Janis has been pregnant.

Once presented with the idea that “pregnancy makes women smarter,” Arlo needs to come up with SOME sort of response.

There really aren’t any good responses to that sentence. That’s about the best he can do.
John DiFool May 10th 2010 at 10:26 am 7

When did Janis start dyeing her hair? In these old strips she’s always a brunette…
Dan W May 10th 2010 at 10:29 am 8

This one is a TIDU for me - Title I Don’t Understand. The comic was pretty straightforward but I don’t understand the title of the post.
Jeff S. May 10th 2010 at 10:44 am 9

It’s a reference to a comment made by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor… And that also explains comments #4 and #5.
Dyfsunctional May 10th 2010 at 12:15 pm 10

CIDU for me. Nothing “straightforward” about it. Arlo doesn’t look snarky, and Janice doesn’t look offended. It seems he’s genuinely agreeing with the plausibilty of the findings, but why? What is he basing that on? What’s the joke?
paperboy May 10th 2010 at 01:03 pm 11

Dyfsunctional#10- I think it’s that Arlo wisely doesn’t get into an argument with Janis, as Elyrest#1 implies.
Marshal May 10th 2010 at 01:21 pm 12

I did a search on Google News ( in the archives) and found a few articles
dated around November 1998. Seems to deal with hormones released during
pregnancy and nursing enrich parts of the brain dealing with learning.

So is this a comic from 1998? The 11/30 date on it would be a couple of weeks
after the article I looked at.
Elyrest May 10th 2010 at 01:29 pm 13

Marshall (12) - I checked online and it is from 1998. Your guess is probably right on where Jimmy Johnson got the idea.

http://comics.com/arlo&janis/1998-11-30/
Mark in Boston May 10th 2010 at 02:53 pm 14

Sadder but wiser?
Igelino May 10th 2010 at 03:02 pm 15

I don’t know… maybe she is arguing for having a baby. I will simply imagine that this cartoon is before Gene and that she wants to become smarter. Please don’t correct me.

: )
Darren S. A. George May 10th 2010 at 06:51 pm 16

I would guess that this is an old strip from when she was pregnant. A wise man never argues with a pregnant woman.
todd May 11th 2010 at 12:13 am 17

If this is from 1998 (and that appears to be the copyright date), that means Gene would be younger than 12 now.
Cidu Bill May 11th 2010 at 12:16 am 18

As far as I know, Janis was never pregnant during the run of A&J.
Christine May 11th 2010 at 01:24 pm 19

It’s a wise comment to make - would you disagree with a (presumably) hormonal woman who was telling you that she was smarter now?
ChuckC May 12th 2010 at 06:50 pm 20

Breast size increases during pregnancy. Why wouldn’t other things increase, like intelligence?
Tim May 12th 2010 at 11:20 pm 21

@Bill #18,
It’s not like they weren’t trying hard enough…
Snardo May 19th 2010 at 08:43 am 22

I don’t know about intelligence (up or down), but my own data does show a significant trend toward increased forgetfulness in pregnant women!