Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for January 30, 2024

Back in the day Bob Newhart did a skit as a grocery store owner. His least favorite customer was a man holding a shopping list. His favorite was the way Arlo was depicted here, a man without the list.

And that is why Arlo bought so much. Trying to cover all the possibilities……………..

For a brief minute Arlo was a winner. Is there shame in phoning home and saying is there anything else you wanted from the store besides uh, you know?

And he forgot the detergent.

Seems about right.

Grocery pick up or delivery is much better

An oldie that’s been around. Another variation of this joke was on FoxTrot Classics a couple of weeks ago.

Reminds me of an Elayne Boosler joke. The guy went to the store for eggs and milk, bought about fifty other things, and came home with no eggs or milk.

Yikes!!!!!

BTDT ;-(

I was going to make a comment about this being the reason why you make out a list, but I’ve brought a list and forgot to buy one of the items on it.

I hate it when I do that.

If they have dishwashing liquid, they can use that in the laundry. Also, shampoo and/or body wash work as substitutes. Wait, I’ll bet Arlo forgot those, too, didn’t he?!

Yeah, I’m guilty of that myself.

crickets in my house

Yep. Hubby does this :) but I’m grateful he stops on his way home to get the groceries.

I am convinced there is a magnetic strip as you walk in the grocery that stimulates your brain to pick up things you recognize and forget the things you want.

Been there – done that

I feel for Arlo. I have “so” been there.

I’m not allowed in the grocery store.

Been there done that…like paying for groceries and leaving without taking the bags! :-)

With that bottle of wine under his arm, I thought he was planning a winter picnic!

I have a little list and nothing on it will be missed.

I’ve done this in the parking lot. Sometimes it makes you angry enough to drive off. Sometimes it makes you angry enough to go back in the store.

D’oh !

That’s why I always grab the one thing I am there for first, then I can go wondering.

You had ONE task! Just one!!!

Oh yeah. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt…

been there, done that.

Forget the detergent, drink the wine, dig that girl (apologies to Eric Burdon).

Been there

That’s why I ALWAYS make a list… but sometimes I forget the list when I go… :-)

I started making lists but then forgot to take the list. So then I started making the list on my phone…and forgot to look at it.

We use a chalk board in the kitchen and before we go out, we take a picture of it. Hard to mess up.

For 20 years our condo was right across the street from my favorite grocery store. I made at least 1 trip there everyday and usually a second trip to get what I initially went there for. We’ve recently moved. We’re still inside the city loop but the nearest grocery store is 8 minutes away. My memory, all of a sudden, has improved greatly. My wife gets mad when I tell everyone that we moved out to the country, out in the sticks.

The Alexa list has been a game changer, but sometimes I also need to take pictures to get i right (too many variations)

This is a good cartoon because we all can relate to Arlo’s expression in panel four.

one Thanksgiving Day, i was sent to the store to get so thyme, as we had just ran out, and my 2 grandsons, 6 & 5 accompanied me, and i returned about half an hour later having spent some $50 (and this was like 25 years ago) and forgot the thyme

So true, just use stuff in the closet until your next trip to the market…

Love that look on Arlo’s face in the last panel. Well done.

Gotta love Arlo. He’s in all of us.

Bullseye!

The needed supplies are always what gets left nehind! Lol

If it’s more than 3 items, I need a list.

done that

EVERY… DARN…TIME!!! Sheesh.

THIS i why they keep rearranging the stock in the stores now. They WANT you to take (at least) 2 trips.

A prepared list has two positive effects: it ensures you get what you need, and, it ensures you don’t get what you don’t need. A list is probably the single best thing to reduce the cost of groceries. When the kids were young I would arrange the list in the order the store was laid out, to save time. Look out, I’m shopping here!

What husband hasn’t…….

“…back you go.”

ME!

I’ve done that.

Art imitates life

Suddenly Janet is obscured from the shoulders up. My imagination wants to believe that she took her top off. Of course, no one would undress to put away groceries, but it is nice to think about.

Been there, done that!

The Old Sarge is very good about going to the store, but also brings home lots of oatmeal cookies, pickled beets, and bean dip, with cheap chips.

Been there , done that a million times. I haven’t left the apartment in 3 months due to dealing with my sister being in hospital for 3 weeks and then dying and then I need to have a pacemaker put in a week after she passed and couldn’t do heavy lifting for 6 weeks plus been crying every day and too depressed to leave house so Dad has been doing my shopping for me- I give him the list and the check card and he gets the stuff, well I have gottent to the point that later in the day after I gave him the list that I forgot to put something on the list so then I have to send him an email to add item to list. I did that just Monday night, gave him my list then about 3 hours later had a bit of a coughing fitting, beeen fighting this cold for 5 weeks now, and as I was couging I remembered that I only had about 2 doses of cough syrup left so I had to send an email to have him add that to the list.

Man with big nose is unhappy about his wife being dismissive about his attempt of being helpful and loving.

Knew that was coming. I do the same thing all the time.

there’s always that one item and it’s usually the one you went for. :L

I do that all the time! LOL

Iheart keeps playing the ad from some mortgage company that implies one should take out a second mortgage to afford things at the grocery store. I feel a little horrified at the thought every time I hear it.