I wouldn’t mind only getting fie or six hours of sleep if I it was from 11 pm on; 9 pm bedtimes are annoying, but if I force my self to stay up to 11 I have even more trouble going to sleep.
Simple. One of them is bothering the other at 3am and tosses all night, keeping them both up. Solution – a seperate bedroom for later sleeping. The first one to wake up, goes to the second bedroom and they both have a goodnight. No fights, no argument. If they both have a good night, they wake up in the same bed. Bliss.
Sorry for this oldie: I am an old man, I wake at 3 AM to #1, I wake at 4 AM to #2, at 5 AM, I wake up get out of bed and change the sheets. Sadly I can not remember who told this joke, might have been Red Skelton, but it has always been my favorite for being old.
Remember how stupid water beds turned out to be, if two of you were trying to sleep on one? As soon as one person moved…at all…the other person was awake.
“Before time to get up” seems to imply they are both still working— not retired. But the strip seems not to have mentioned anything directly about their jobs, nor depicted either of them in an office, for a LONG time now. It was never a strip about work, of course— but there was an occasional depiction of one of them at work, or talking about work while at home. I’m a little puzzled.
Tyge almost 5 years ago
It’s called bedroom cohabitation.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
CPAP. CPAP run.
Sanspareil almost 5 years ago
Feedback loop.
Nachikethass almost 5 years ago
Don’t go where you can’t retreat from, Arlo!
dsTrekker Premium Member almost 5 years ago
They’re both ready for some other kind of activity at 3 AM. Being married for a few decades tends to synchronize your clocks.
Skeptical Meg almost 5 years ago
This sounds familiar.
The Joke Explainer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I guess we will have to wait until tomorrow to hear the theory.
joedon2007 almost 5 years ago
I guess we have to wait a day or two for his theory
Michael G. almost 5 years ago
Further expound, O master metaphysician.
flagmichael almost 5 years ago
In bed with somebody who is tossing and turning ends to do that. A dog with a cold nose has even more power!
david_42 almost 5 years ago
I wouldn’t mind only getting fie or six hours of sleep if I it was from 11 pm on; 9 pm bedtimes are annoying, but if I force my self to stay up to 11 I have even more trouble going to sleep.
Rotary12 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
What is it with 3:00 AM and waking up??!?
Snolep almost 5 years ago
As they never seem to do anything but sit around or take walks, why is there a needed “time to get up”?
dv1093 almost 5 years ago
Nope – my wife says that once I’m asleep a sonic boom in our bedroom wouldn’t wake me.
cuzinron47 almost 5 years ago
The theory is simple really, when sharing a bed, one person’s tossing and turning tends to wake the other person up.
CynthiaLeigh almost 5 years ago
Time to get up? Neither of them appear to work.
rick92040 almost 5 years ago
I just get up and read if I can’t sleep. No use fighting it. I’m retired so it isn’t a problem taking a 20 minute nap in the afternoon.
Plods with ...™ almost 5 years ago
One of them has to sleep on the couch.
Back to Big Mike almost 5 years ago
Simple. One of them is bothering the other at 3am and tosses all night, keeping them both up. Solution – a seperate bedroom for later sleeping. The first one to wake up, goes to the second bedroom and they both have a goodnight. No fights, no argument. If they both have a good night, they wake up in the same bed. Bliss.
Searcy9320 almost 5 years ago
Sorry for this oldie: I am an old man, I wake at 3 AM to #1, I wake at 4 AM to #2, at 5 AM, I wake up get out of bed and change the sheets. Sadly I can not remember who told this joke, might have been Red Skelton, but it has always been my favorite for being old.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 5 years ago
What he has is what is called a hypothesis.
Lightpainter almost 5 years ago
Remember how stupid water beds turned out to be, if two of you were trying to sleep on one? As soon as one person moved…at all…the other person was awake.
The Pro from Dover almost 5 years ago
It can’t be insomnia Doc I can sleep great when it’s time to get up.
JAE in MN over 3 years ago
“Before time to get up” seems to imply they are both still working— not retired. But the strip seems not to have mentioned anything directly about their jobs, nor depicted either of them in an office, for a LONG time now. It was never a strip about work, of course— but there was an occasional depiction of one of them at work, or talking about work while at home. I’m a little puzzled.