Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for April 24, 2014

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    Reppr Premium Member over 10 years ago

    There you go ruining a good lazy day…and lifestyle.

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    davbart92663  over 10 years ago

    I think this is just lazy day talk. “I’ve always wanted…”. The problem is her daughter, who now knows, and will tell her friends and Grandpa, that Mom and Dad are buying a zoo.

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    Q4horse  over 10 years ago

    Panel 4: The pony!! What about the pony?? Every little girl deserves a pony!!

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    Fontessa  over 10 years ago

    Oh sweet wanna-be Farm Girl. Farm animals never take a day off, and you can’t exactly board them when you need to be away.

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    BradyB66  over 10 years ago

    Makes me think of Bing Crosby in “Holiday Inn” who imagines how lazy and relaxed he can be on a farm only to discover that it’s actually more work than he can possibly handle.

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    KEA  over 10 years ago

    yawn

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    Gokie5  over 10 years ago

    Who came running when “animals” were mentioned?

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    Gokie5  over 10 years ago

    My daughter liked the farm life, too, before too much reality set in. The cats (well, they’re part of farm life, too, aren’t they?) got too louche about spraying things in the basement (where she hangs out at night – yeah, they’re altered, ), the turkeys were the grossest thing ever (evidently pecked one of their number to death after it got a wound on it), and the pygmy goats had to be altered (too late), injected, and suffer having horns removed (the kid). The at-large house budgies, the screaming macaw, and the twenty-three chickens have their problems. The two little raised veggie gardens became too much to handle, too.

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    Zanere  over 10 years ago

    Farming is one of the hardest jobs on the planet

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    Dani Rice  over 10 years ago

    Even one cow gives more milk than the average family can use, and most states won’t allow you to sell it. Properly handled, fresh milk is much healthier than store milk.

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    Airmousam  over 10 years ago

    Boring

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    paultunes  over 10 years ago

    i think Gene is just wondering if she will let him have a say in what their future plans might be. seem obvious Mary Lou wears the pants in the family. of course it was the same growing up for him. Janis is the alpha in his folks home.

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    ARLOS DAD  over 10 years ago

    The kid missed the first part about how she’ll be hoeing in the garden all of the time….

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    Canoe-full  over 10 years ago

    I think the word going through Gene’s mind is ‘nesting’, not farming.

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    DDrazen  over 10 years ago

    And we’re back to the Sixties: “Gonna get back to the land/And set my soul free.”

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    gaebie  over 10 years ago

    Does she even know what SHE is getting into? That is going to be a lot of work.

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    unca jim  over 10 years ago

    Shades of “The Good Neighbors” of BBC/PBS fame in the ’70’s with Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal.. RIchard is dead now, and Felicity is um, ‘beginning to show her age’…to be kind.

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    wes tnt  over 10 years ago

    @dani rice: yes, nobody realizes the volume one cow produces; and what do you do with the calf every year that is required to induce lactation? even if you raise it for beef one steer will provide enough beef for 2 years; and what if it’s a heifer? destined for veal? also yes; no vacations allowed and there’s nobody competent enough to take care of them if you do try to get away. i may sound bitter but i wouldn’t change it for anything. just watching my critters eat is very calming.

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    bsqnbay  over 10 years ago

    Can we just get to the divorce story arc? We all see it coming!

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    wes tnt  over 10 years ago

    ive never had any chicken lay more than one egg per day. usually one per day per chicken is our average. once in a while somebody slacks off but for the most part it’s one per day per bird. 3 layers is more than enough for our 4 person household & we end up[ giving away a dozen every week or two

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 10 years ago

    We had a cow. Sweetheart. A calf every year (which we ate) a gallon or two of milk per day. Lots and lots of butter which we gave the neighbors.The good life.

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    Varnes  over 10 years ago

    John Smith…So to speak….That’s funny……

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    hippogriff  over 10 years ago

    Dani Rice: There is a way to “sell the milk”. Get a couple of families per cow. Organize a cow co-op and sell the cows to the co-op. Now the co-op members own the cows and you are paid by the co-op to take care of them. They also own the milk, which they buy at the co-op. It is legally their cows and their milk, so the restrictions on sale do not apply. They get better quality milk at a lower price (co-ops are nonprofit), you get a market for the excess milk (you are also a member of the co-op), and now all you have to be concerned about is running a dairy properly – with a guaranteed market for your product. This is not hypothetical, it has been done in Washington state.

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    natureboyfig4 Premium Member over 5 years ago

    You do NOT want a milk cow. Talk about never having a day off!

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