Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 03, 2013

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    Downundergirl  about 11 years ago

    never understood that rule.

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    finale  about 11 years ago

    Shake that dupa!

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    Agent54  about 11 years ago

    Attire will go good with a straight jacket. All white one.

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    hankgillette  about 11 years ago

    Thought she was going in a different direction in panel 2.

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    i_am_the_jam  about 11 years ago

    So why can’t you?

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    Varnes  about 11 years ago

    Downundergirl, yeah, I never got it either, but I find it quaint…It shows an intellectual fashion sense, that would denote good upbringing….I know, I know..Kinda silly….I’ll revert to my mom’s adoption of Cid Ceasar’s line, peoples is the craziest monkeys….Or maybe it was the other way around…I don’t know…My dad did abide by that rule, though…

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    belrobin  about 11 years ago

    Labor Day marked the end of summer. Never mind the 21st. White clothes and straw hats were summer clothes. If you wore a straw skimmer after labor day anyone was authorized to yank it off your head, break it, then give it back to you. Responses to white suits varied. A lot of laughter was involved.

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    edclectic  about 11 years ago

    In your face, grandma!

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    GramEGoose  about 11 years ago

    The RULE is “Don’t wear white SHOES after Labor Day.”

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    SnuffyG  about 11 years ago

    Oh yes, the Southern belle’s of the plantation era. Social graces that I find missing in today’s women. Janis is becoming quite the sloven woman. And it will come to payback with her own granddaughter some day.

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    sbchamp  about 11 years ago

    Yes, that’s a twerk

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    Comic Minister Premium Member about 11 years ago

    And next she’s going to say she’s wearing white undergarments.

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 11 years ago

    On a related topic, how far back does the rule “No woman should wear white to a wedding except the bride” go, and does it still apply?

    (To the extent that such “rules” EVER apply…)

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    Doctor_McCoy  about 11 years ago

    Snow is white. Polar bears are white. White is always all right.

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    Gokie5  about 11 years ago

    Today’s strip is a reflection of the recent incident on the MTV awards. White clothing was involved. It’s worked in with the “No white after Labor Day ‘rule.’”

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    Gokie5  about 11 years ago

    Oh, yeah, I almost forgot – my granny liked red, but she refrained from wearing red dresses, because back in her day, only women of easy virtue wore them (according to the “rule”). My mom wore red dresses with abandon, but it wasn’t to spite her mother; it was a tribute to her, to do something that Granny was afraid to do. Granny would have been proud.

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    saokada  about 11 years ago

    Actually, the rule came about because way back when the roads were dirt and therefore became muddy with snow in the winter so, of course, white would become dirty and look bad.

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    Gokie5  about 11 years ago

    Thank you, hs, I did not know that.

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