Janis is getting dressed in panel one. Me thinks she first thought Arlo was making an off-color reference, which, given he is already dressed, didn’t make sense.
I think this is another instance of Janis having embraced new tech and its expressions and Arlo still using the old ones. It took her a second to recall the reference to analog clocks.
My local big box Fred Meyer store doesn’t sell wrist watches any more. Due to carpal tunnel, I can’t wear watches, but I glue one to a carabiner and wear it on a belt clip.
I was going to compare using a phone to tell the time with using a pocket watch, but then I remembered that for lots of young people the phone never leaves their hands.
I’ve noticed that the digital generation usually gives the time in exact minutes while those of us that grew up with clocks tend to round time, even when reading it from a digital timepiece. Digital time readers also often do not get “half past xxx” and “quarter ’till xxx” time references until they are explained.
7 o’clock “On the.dot” .was.about watches with no numbers,just dots in place of the numbers…Some wall clocks only had.12,3,6 and 9,all the rest were just a dot.
i_am_the_jam almost 5 years ago
I’m not sure I get this one.
finzleftright almost 5 years ago
Analog clocks. With the minute hand pointing straight up at 12. A term no longer used. I’m guessing that you’re maybe under 40?
mddshubby2005 almost 5 years ago
I get it, but I don’t know why Janis wouldn’t.
Alondra almost 5 years ago
It just means exactly that time, I used to use that expression all the time.
GRogerStreff almost 5 years ago
I wonder how many people under the age of 30 would get this one. I probably own 10 wrist watches, and I never seem to put one on any more.
Da'Dad almost 5 years ago
Janis is getting dressed in panel one. Me thinks she first thought Arlo was making an off-color reference, which, given he is already dressed, didn’t make sense.
destry1970 almost 5 years ago
When we are going some where the wife never asks me what time it is, she just let’s me know when she’s ready to go and we get there when we get there.
ahnk_2000 almost 5 years ago
I think this is another instance of Janis having embraced new tech and its expressions and Arlo still using the old ones. It took her a second to recall the reference to analog clocks.
lee.alford13 almost 5 years ago
It’s a reference to one of those old timey gadgets with hands instead of digital displays.
bjballard1 almost 5 years ago
I get what it means, but it’s not funny. I like some humor.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 5 years ago
My answer to her would have been, “Do you mean now?” I always liked that Berra_ism.
The Joke Explainer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Oh…. I didn’t realize that was a clock and honestly thought he was referring to something else that is straight up in the morning.
Michael G. almost 5 years ago
Voh-dee-oh-doh, Arlo!
elkaypee almost 5 years ago
My take is that in the digital age, analogue analogies like “straight up” (big hand on the 12) are forgotten!
Dr. Whom almost 5 years ago
As opposed to on the rocks.
Schrodinger's Dog almost 5 years ago
and why do we still refer to “taping” something, like our TV shows. No-one uses “tape” anymore for recording.
axe-grinder almost 5 years ago
My kids were confused if I reported the time with words like “half-past” and “quarter-of”…
snookdog69 almost 5 years ago
you need to get your mind in the gutter
jr1234 almost 5 years ago
“straight up” must be regional…asked dad, never heard of straight up, here we say 7 o’clock SHARP or on the dot
carole_fj almost 5 years ago
I think he’s referring to the Winter “hair-do”. Static electricity has Janis’ hair sticking straight up…
ChessPirate almost 5 years ago
Interesting that the comics, like this one, that are not “clear”, seem to get the most comments…
Ermine Notyours almost 5 years ago
My local big box Fred Meyer store doesn’t sell wrist watches any more. Due to carpal tunnel, I can’t wear watches, but I glue one to a carabiner and wear it on a belt clip.
sid w almost 5 years ago
I was going to compare using a phone to tell the time with using a pocket watch, but then I remembered that for lots of young people the phone never leaves their hands.
bryan42 almost 5 years ago
I’ve noticed that the digital generation usually gives the time in exact minutes while those of us that grew up with clocks tend to round time, even when reading it from a digital timepiece. Digital time readers also often do not get “half past xxx” and “quarter ’till xxx” time references until they are explained.
jr1234 almost 5 years ago
7 o’clock “On the.dot” .was.about watches with no numbers,just dots in place of the numbers…Some wall clocks only had.12,3,6 and 9,all the rest were just a dot.
GS Knight almost 5 years ago
Do A&J still have jobs that they have to get up early for? I was starting to think they’re retired.