Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 12, 2021

And just like that you’re in the dog house.

Cool cat to Old Dog Amazing how quickly that can happen!

I think you You do not know much about pookies and cat’s.

He could have saved that comment…"I’ll call you ol’ (all) I dream of.

Ol’ Reliable… no good either?

Arlo, after all these years I would have thought you would know better.

Ol’? Big, big mistake.

A fire, once started, must forever be tended to.

No pet name that starts with Ol’ will ever win her over. I like Dorothy Glenn’s idea … catch yourself in time to change that “Ol” into “All”.

Arlo’s ol’ lady did not appreciate that nickname.

Evidently “Ol’ Yeller” was too accurate.

Old faithful? Not an insult

There are advantages to the wife being alot younger than the husband….heres one. My nickname is Gorgeous his is Mr. Grumpy.

Arlo is just the best ♡.

Once again, you should have quit while you were ahead.

If my hubby told me “I love my Ol’ Ball and Chain” I’d reply, “That’s nice you Old Fart”, with a smile. It’s all a game.

Ol’ Pile of Pookie? Oh well, beats battleax

Terms of endearment!

And how’s your pookie this morning?

Someone’s getting a tongue lashing tonight!

My Grandma called me Pookie when I was a child. I kept the “tradition” going by calling my husband Pookie (with a y)

Garfield has a Pooky…it’s his teddy bear.

Pro tip: The female partner’s nickname should never ever be something that rhymes with “nookie”. Particularly offensive is “wookie”.

Pookie = Female Pooka?

He just had to keep going for a third panel…

NEVER call you wife “Ol’ Sourpuss”, “Ol’ Ball an Chain”, “Ol’ Faithful”, “Ol’ Foot Warmer”, “Ol’ Titslinger” or any other variation that contains “Ol’”….

Arlo should have stopped after “Pookie.”

Actually what a wife should have is a sense of humor.

Husbands never get out of the doghouse. They just extend their sentence.

old cold toes

Especially when he opens his mouth without first engaging his brain

Don’t know the background of their ages, but I suspect Arlo is a tad older than Janis. If anyone should be called ol’ it’s him.

I called my cats “Fuzzbutt” occasionally.

As Steve Harvey would say in Family Feud, “Fill in the blank” …ol’ …Ironsides?

My initial impression here is that Arlo stopped in time and didn’t add what he thought was a “term of endearment”, when he realized that he, as a mere husband, didn’t have nine lives. But apparently there was an “exchange” of some sort between panels 3 and 4.

I have often told my wife that whatever wrinkles or smile lines or stretch marks or whatever that she sees on herself does nothing to diminish her beauty to me. Both because I certainly have them and they represent the lessons I have learned in life and because I can’t imagine having a relationship with someone who didn’t have some life lessons already. If I were in a relationship with someone who doesn’t have that – I don’t know what I would really have to offer, because such lessons are part of the experience of living. It doesn’t change that we do what we can to keep our bodies and minds healthy.

None of my wife’s nicknames start with ol’ .

I’d recommend “pookie” only.

Dumb

Arlo should have been sporting a black eye in the last panel to make more sense.

I believe I’ve used all of mine!

what round of “nine lives” is he into now?