Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 20, 2014

Broken shelf. Poor kid is so tired, she didn’t wake up from the clatter.

And a couple of people are taking advantage of their unexpected alone time. The mess can wait.

Poltergeist!

No. The kid brought it down, then went to sleep in the hope of avoiding parental retribution.

Most certainly, the aim of the last panel is to show that Shrimp is so tired, she didn’t stir when an entire shelf crashed down. Which was swiftly observed by the young couple as an opportunity.

I don’t remember a shelf being involved……

Now wait a minute. When mini-me Janis went to bed the kitchen looked fine. Now it looks like a hurricane hit it.

1. Shelves are capable of collapsing without prior immediate human intervention. When I was with a government agency, an overloaded wire shelf came undone and spilled stuff on me when I hadn’t touched it. Ouch.2. The kids haven’t necessarily gone off anywhere. Panel 4 is a continuation of Panel 3 (see the rust-colored canister). If they did go anywhere, Mary Lou would have left with Gene so he could show her Meg sleeping. Then he might well help her finish cleaning up before doing anything else.

I think poor Meg should go spend some time with Grandpa Arlo and Grandma Janis so she can get a baby sister or brother to help carry the load.

Just hope the bed does not squeak.

We built a bookshelf over the window beside my bed.One night it collapsed and dumped 6’ of paperbacks on my sleeping self.

I remember when my son slept through a very loud cutting machine being used a few feet from his bedroom when we had new flooring being installed. Kids can sleep through anything!

Hey, an Arlo moment!!!

traumatic disease? approaching adolescence? inquiring minds don’t care.

I don’t get it

Minor earthquake?

Obviously the shelf was purchased from Ikea (sellers of JUNK!!!)

In what way does the final panel imply they’re having sex?

Because if the crashing shelf and clanging pans didn’t wake Meg up, then neither will Gene and Mary Lou making wild and passionate love for the rest of the night.