Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 07, 2013

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    localhost  about 11 years ago

    Welcome to the real world.

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    pbarnrob  about 11 years ago

    All those contacts, none of them backed-up!OMG, my whole Left Hemisphere is GONE!!

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    rqs1123  about 11 years ago

    There should be a commentary that explains this strip. I haven’t been able to laugh or understand it for quite some time.

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    ckvparsec Premium Member about 11 years ago

    Sometimes I think so too. But today maybe it is that it takes years to build an airport – and she has had her phone since before it was built. Time for a new phone?

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    stlmaddog5  about 11 years ago

    She’s so preoccupied with the phone that despite walking that route daily, she’s never noticed the construction, or the aircraft after it was finished. Because of the phone, she’s been completely unaware of what was going on around her.

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    Varnes  about 11 years ago

    pbarnrob, actually, I have found that to be a problem, I used to keep a list of phone numbers in my wallet, but I don’t any more…It’s all on my phone…Without it, I have no idea how to call anybody, especially on their cell….

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    Kvasir42 Premium Member about 11 years ago

    That is why I don’t listen to music when I am walking. I find out that I am focused more on what is around me whereas before I just focused on the music and missing a lot.

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    jbmlaw01  about 11 years ago

    LOL. Funniest strip on the comic pages this week.

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    jbj34241 Premium Member about 11 years ago

    Janis just wanted to know something and no longer had her smart phone to look up the answer.

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    jeanie5448  about 11 years ago

    PUT DOWN THE PHONE and pay attention to what is going on around you. Amazing what you might discover. like birds, neighbors, an airport……..lol

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    Grammie of 4  about 11 years ago

    I used to really love Arlo and Janis but these story lines seem to get more and more stale with passing time. No Gene? No boat? What gives . . . or is it just me?

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    Dani Rice  about 11 years ago

    I was waiting in the ER, sitting across from a woman and her two daughters. The three of them were texting each other. Mom’s ring tone was a quacking duck, and every so often she would fuss with one of the kids – sitting next to her! -. because they didn’t respond to her message. It was a good thing I was too ill to move fast.

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    Gokie5  about 11 years ago

    " don’t think this strip is meant to be “understood”, as much as it is thought out to make the reader think ….."It does make one think, and sometimes I have to read the comments to get the point. But the Sept. 4_Pearls before Swine_ still has me stumped, after I’ve read the comments and the rest of the week’s strip. The lady penguin’s (?) remark has served as a kind of koan, being turned over and over in my mind. Maybe I need to get a life, or maybe this is it. :- O

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member about 11 years ago

    Hoo Boy!!

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    bachinsure  about 11 years ago

    Quixotic and true. But it’s the way she stays in touch with Gene and family and friends. Very essential.

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    scsurfer  about 11 years ago

    Good one Jimmy! Best statement I’ve seen lately about how much people are obsessed with their smartphones: What airport?

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    Say What? Premium Member about 11 years ago

    So THIS is life outside the screen?

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    locake  about 11 years ago

    People who stare at a screen all the time miss out on real life. Sad.

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    tigerave Premium Member about 11 years ago

    If you have a smart phone you must have a Gmail account. If you enter all your contacts in Gmail it will always be there to upload to your phone if your phone dies, you get a new one, etc. It only takes seconds to sync.

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    Kathy M T M Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I dont know anyone this age so attached to their phone, its usually the younger peeps missing out on the world around them.

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