Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 05, 2016
August 04, 2016
August 06, 2016
Transcript:
Mary Lou: I'll tell you, Pop, Meg is in a rebellious stage!
Gus: Daughter of mine, how COULD that be true?
Mary Lou: It is!
Mary Lou: All she wants to do is hang around us and work, work, work!
Mary Lou: Pop?
Rebellion in children consists of defying parental expectations. Thus, a child who’s encouraged to be a free spirit may rebel by going to Harvard Business School and becoming a Reagan Republican. Call it the Alex Keaton Factor.
My father was proud of how he’d managed to instil a love of work in me and had me doing various things around the property with great gusto. (oddly, I was about Meg’s age. It was a LONG time ago!).
He then bitched for years about the neighbour coming along and making fun of it, and me, for working so hard. Dad damn near hit him. Sadly, my father hadn’t instilled a resistance to being made fun of by strangers. His conditioning broke. Looking back, I kind of regret that.
It’s good to see Gus. I think Mary Lou and Gene should visit, too. Maybe we’ll find out what happened to the boat. (Gene and Mary Lou’s Love Boat from several years ago, the one that Arlo supposedly bought.)
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 8 years ago
“Oh, the shame, THE SHAME, THE SHAME! "
RH3 about 8 years ago
Downright unnatural! I blame the parents.
nosirrom about 8 years ago
This is what you get when you don’t instill a good goldbrick ethic in your children.
Ratbrat about 8 years ago
Meg is a keeper!
alviebird about 8 years ago
“Yeah, so what’s the problem?”
Olddog1 about 8 years ago
But in her 20s she may decide that she’s missed out and then take off, without any outside experience.
guy42 about 8 years ago
and Meg’s eggs?
starcandles Premium Member about 8 years ago
Sounds to me like she has no friends. She used to, but they are never seen.
lutherg1 about 8 years ago
Meg has her grandpa’s nose.
ARLOS DAD about 8 years ago
A chip off the older block….
QuietStorm27 about 8 years ago
I guess my daughters are normal then, they avoid work whenever they can.
DDrazen about 8 years ago
Rebellion in children consists of defying parental expectations. Thus, a child who’s encouraged to be a free spirit may rebel by going to Harvard Business School and becoming a Reagan Republican. Call it the Alex Keaton Factor.
ontheroadagain about 8 years ago
My father was proud of how he’d managed to instil a love of work in me and had me doing various things around the property with great gusto. (oddly, I was about Meg’s age. It was a LONG time ago!).
He then bitched for years about the neighbour coming along and making fun of it, and me, for working so hard. Dad damn near hit him. Sadly, my father hadn’t instilled a resistance to being made fun of by strangers. His conditioning broke. Looking back, I kind of regret that.
hippogriff about 8 years ago
comicsssfanBut “rebellious and strange” can be a good thing too. The trick is to channel it and move on; particularly move on.
paranormal about 8 years ago
SEND HER TO FINISHING SCHOOL!
Dawn Premium Member about 8 years ago
I love the look on Pop’s face in the last panel. Priceless!
Doctor_McCoy about 8 years ago
It’s good to see Gus. I think Mary Lou and Gene should visit, too. Maybe we’ll find out what happened to the boat. (Gene and Mary Lou’s Love Boat from several years ago, the one that Arlo supposedly bought.)
philipenewman about 3 years ago
Pop is thinking, ‘So what’s the problem?’