Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 04, 2017

Sorry Janis, I wouldn’t know what to do with him either.

Janis: Paranoid much? Actually, Arlo is the one who needs to worry, judging by some of the past strips.

Just Googled the meaning. Yes, it is about murder. https://www.bustle.com/articles/73136-8-nursery-rhymes-with-bizarre-hidden-meanings-because-peter-pumpkin-eater-is-a-murderer

But that happened because Peter could not “keep” his wife. In other words, she was stepping out on him. Are you feeling guilty about something, Janis?

Janis is thinking: “EVERY year …”

L♥VE IT!

The thing I don’t like about Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins is they have to be discarded after Halloween. The bigger they are, the more room they take up in the garbage bin which is already full when it is picked up. (Cooking pumpkins are much smaller.)

The prospects for this P.M.’s pleasant pastimes are precipitously Petering out!

Arlo seems blissfully unaware of his predicament. Later that evening: “Is something the matter, Janis?” “No. I just have a headache.”

Perhaps Janis knows the real meaning behind the nursery rhyme. Y I K E S!http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-childrens-rhymes-that-have-hidden-meanings.php

sneaky, Arlo, sneaky.btw: Janis Joplin died this date in 1970.

A “pumpkin shell” is a chastity belt.

’’Don’t get any ideas son!’’