Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for November 29, 2013

One weekend? Excuse me? One month more like it……!

Buy from small local shops, Arlo, make the best of it……

Arlo, I feel you. I always get teary watching my own little version of Disney’s Spenderella this time of year too.

Nothing says Christmas like one of Arlo’s economic rants. I’ve missed them.

It’s insane that people spend so much just for one day out of the year, then worry come January about how they’ll pay for the junk they bought. I used to work with a woman, who one Christmas, bought 70 presents for her daughter; then “just to be fair” she bought 70 presents for her son.

Ain’t no way I’m shopping today! And the Tampa Bay Times said that lines were shorter than expected at stores that opened on Thanksgiving. Ha, ha, ha.

‘Tanked’ sry

Once it was a single shopping day, the day after Thanksgiving. Then, Law of Deminishing Returns set in and stores started offering deals for days before. Suddenly it no longer made sense to camp out in wet, cold weather for a chance to buy 1 of 25 iPads for $25.

Relax Arlo, it’s a fine football day!

Same here.

Which idea? The problems with the economy didn’t start with him, nor did overspending and it they won’t end with him.

I don’t shop on Black Friday. I do decorate. Tree is up and inside stuff is done. Getting ready to go do the outside (normally would do it tomorrow, but have a lot of other stuff to do then).

Arlo spoken like a true republician

If we stopped using the profit margins of the 1% (AKA “the economy”) as the sole measure of the health of a society it would be a good start.

Thanks, Arlo. Well said.

I want the last panel on a mug.