Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 07, 2013

Bashful shashful….

He’ll make it fast.

Late, is she still that young…? Oh, for work…..silly me….

Just wait a tick…

Pulling tick off with tweezers isn’t best method either, If you leave the head buried in your flesh, infection is on the way.Frontline for pets will kill the ticks on dogs with no requirement to remove them. they just die and drop off.

Yeah, but getting your spouse to wear their “flea and tick” collar is a real pain.

As I predicted yesterday…..

The rewards of removing a tick…Must of got Arlo excited when removing the nasty little tick…..

I’m fairly certain that the art of tick removal wasn’t the point…:rolleyes:

Janis helps remove the tick (this is good) but notice that she then makes a terrible mistake by disposing of it. Was that a deer tick, dog tick or some other kind? How long had it been attached and feeding? What are the risks to Arlo? It is not too late for her to recover that tick, then visit https://identify.us.com/idmybug/ticks/tick-FAQS/ for guidance and assistance.

Now we know what makes Arlo tick.

The actual comic strip is in the fifth panel.

I think Arlo planted the tick to get what he really wanted. Risky, but worth it!

The tick must not have been there too long, as Arlo’s blood flow is obviously NOT affected…..

Maybe if I went into the woods and got a tick………

Brad Paisley has a song about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxgAVB2IMpM

(cut and paste)

Arlo and Janis have jobs they way they have a kid. out of sight out of mind. anyone know what jobs they have? they have got to be getting close to retirement.

Lucky he found it in time. Hubby got a deer tick buried so far in his skin all you could see was a little shiny red bump. It had to be surgically removed, and followed by meds, “just in case”. Seriously, when you’ve been out in the wild, wild it’s best to have somebody check your back, and look through your hair.

Tick…tick…tick… Arlo is a ticking time bomb.

Actually using tweezers is the recommended way to remove ticks. You gently squeeze tehm and pull being very carefull not to pull it’s head off! If it’s head is buried in the skin, see a Doctor.Burning them off used to be the recommendation, but too many people were burned so that method is not good. Smearing them in oil, petroleum jelly, or any other goop is also not recommended any longer. It gives the little ticks time to burrow in deeper.This is from a Wilderness First Aid Course.

The last pane saved the PG-13 rating

Late? As in late for work, or…?

Like all guys and large wall clocks, it’s that ticker at the bottom…

Not the most COMMON form of foreplay, but hey, whatever melts your butter……

If that tick had Lymes disease, that is going to make some bullseye!!

Oh, finished already, Arlo?

RiverHawk, her time of the month….just a bad joke….

Google ticks…..I did. The most important thing is to get them off a quickly as possible, by any means necessary. Tweezers is what they use for demonstrations…A good set of finger nails will do. The head coming off isn’t much of a problem because it usually doesn’t and it’s not in that deep.. But if it does, it will be shed with the surface skin in a day or two. Just get them off so the chance of getting infected time is shorter….

Did Arlo tickle her pink?

tock for tick

I see this has already been mentioned, but as far as the tick crawling out of the trash is concerned, I assume that she would have used the tweezers for more than removal. Any tick I find gets squeezed hard between unyielding surfaces so that there is no doubt about its demise.