Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for November 10, 2015

She’s become a cone head!

Janis, know thy boundaries!

Hey lady, you still married?

So the hubby didn’t come back with her?

Oh oh, be very very careful Janet.

It’s usually just easier to let the other person tell you, or at least let them open the subject themselves before asking a bunch of questions. When I was young a typical convo would go…

Coworker: I’m so glad to be back to work after that week I took off.

Me: Why did you take off time anyways? Did you have a good time? Where did you go?

Coworker: I’d rather not talk about it.

Now with a much older and wiser me that same convo would go…

Coworker: I’m so glad to be back to work after that week I took off.

Me: Glad you’re back, you were missed.

Coworker: Thanks!

End of convo, unless coworker opens up to me on their own.

Must be some type of lady code going on here.

Yep, has the husband split, is he moving here?

Hmm. Robin seems to have the same salmon-colored sofa that Arlo & Janis have. Or is it a single-minded colorist’s choice?

Comicssfan — yes — you are definitely an amateur at this.

This is obviously a guy’s imagination of how women talk to each other. I have never heard such a comment (re:turning screws) except between sisters or very long term friends. To a casual acquaintance, NEVER!

“turn the screws” means stirring up some painful memory. Like when you remind your brother at Thanksgiving about the time he poured coffee on his mashed potatoes instead of gravy.

I’ll bet Arlo could give both of them lessons on turning the screws on their bodies.

Where did you get that she was asking about the woman’s husband? I didn’t even remember there WAS a husband. This is another of those (many) Arlo strips that goes WHOOOSH, right over my head. She might as well have been asking “What about that threesome we’d discussed,” for all I knew.

Ok seems that in my experience women have no hesitation especially in private about discussing all sorts of issues.

“Will they locate the body?”

When a body meets a body coming through the rye!