Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 29, 2012

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    JimT8  over 12 years ago

    Arms still folded, but the provisions are encouraging.

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    chireef  over 12 years ago

    she’s going to propose to him

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    Woody157  over 12 years ago

    ‘Spontaneity’ does not ‘just happen’. It has to be painfully pre-planned.

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    rusty gate  over 12 years ago

    I’ve been wrong in my thinking. Thought Gene’s part of the story was on a lake or ocean. River is mentioned here, so appears the setting is not what I had imagined. I must have missed that strip that originally introduced where Gene was at.

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    JoeStoppinghem Premium Member over 12 years ago

    See, she does care for him as a partner, not as a puppet..The arms could be folded because she’s a little cool or maybe even cold.

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    Alyre  over 12 years ago

    nah…she’s playing it cool. My bet is things are going to heat up by the river…she misses him as much as he missed her…food, wine and a blanket spells nookie to me…..as the saying goes " It’s hotter than young love out there!"

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    chicken 33  over 12 years ago

    Is she piggy?

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    Nighthawks Premium Member over 12 years ago

    A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread-and Thou … Ah, my Belovèd, fill the Cup that clears / TO-DAY of past

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    Cofyjunky  over 12 years ago

    A ‘pre-put-together-picnic’ ensemble is not spontaneous. But once she relaxes those arms, maybe she’ll be willing to admit she’s too intense.

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    Matthew Davis  over 12 years ago

    RE: river/lake/ocean – I believe her parents (and the restaurant and the schooner) are at the ocean, but in this scene I’m pretty sure they’re at the farm. I don’t know where the farm is, but I’ve always thought of it as more inland.

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    paultunes  over 12 years ago

    looks promising. maybe she did listen to Big Yellow Taxi a few times and heard “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got till it’s gone.” and took the lyrics to heart and doesn’t want to lose the good thing she has. Mary Lou also has to be aware that she would not be the only one hurt if she ended things with Gene. Meg would also be hurt by the fallout..

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    Kydex29  over 12 years ago

    Seems that spontaneity is usually one-sided. It’s spontaneous to Gene because he didn’t know about it. Probably depends on the personality, but in our marriage, too, my spontaneous suggestions usually go over much better when I’ve thought them through ahead of time.

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member over 12 years ago

    What’s always better outdoors?

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member over 12 years ago

    How ‘spontaneous’ will it be?These two are going to have a dynamite marriage – probably lots of kids and lots of interesting events!

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    david.reichert  over 12 years ago

    I hear Foghat’s “Slow Ride” softly on the wind.

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    Gokie5  over 12 years ago

    It struck me that Gene’s kind of pushing it with the, like, sarcasm, so soon after their big spat. Her mad face and “Mr. Smarty Pants” show that she doesn’t appreciate it.

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    gocomicsmember  over 12 years ago

    As an actor/director, I have given considerable thought to the old saw that arms-crossed body language is an indication of rejection or self-protectiveness. In fact, people can cross their arms for any number of reasons, including a casual relaxation. The real trick of a skilled actor is to vary the position and the tension of the crossed arms to distinguish between feeling cold, feeling threatened, or just feeling casual.

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    lsheldon  over 12 years ago

    Not “painfully”! Carefully!

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    localhost  over 12 years ago

    unless one person gets poison ivy in places that don’t much see the light of day and requires cortizone shots

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    lmchildress  over 12 years ago

    “Piggy” may mean pregnant…

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Maybe she learned a painful lesson with spontaneity.

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    bashar327  over 12 years ago

    How conveinant the child is always absent during special moments. They make it looks so easy.

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