Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 18, 2023

Arch enemies, Janis and reality, meet again

Arlo, you’ve just been out maneuvered.

Stuff it Janis.

Janis must have the inclinations of a hoarder!

This reminds me of why I like this strip so much.

You’re right, I’m wrong. I don’t know how I could have seen it any other way…

Clean out attic in spring (store in garage) clean out garage in fall (store in attic)

When Arlo surrender?

Remembering Thoreau’s comments about being chained to, and dragging our possessions along with us. “But the fool on the hill…”

They’re not gonna move

We can’t win.

Janis, you are a lucky lady if you can afford to not like that.

See George Carlin’s ‘Stuff’!

Fortunately when we clean out stuff it is disposed of. If the items are in good shape but no longer wanted, we’ll donate them to charity. If in bad shape, the items go to the dumpster.

So what is he supposed to do? Agree or disagree? “It’s not that.” OK, so what is it? But remember to remember, that he loves you, Janis Day.

People are funny!

I just installed another three shelving units in the garage.

“Crap accumulates in direct proportion to the area available to contain it.” Maybe some kind of universal law or something, like gravity?

I’m with Arlo on this.

Move via the dumpster

When we moved from our house of 25 years to a smaller house near our grandkids, we threw away over 2000 lbs of stuff – 50 trash bags about 40lbs each. And that doesn’t count the gobs of stuff we gave to Goodwill.

Aren’t they moving?

Yeah. Agreeing with the wife really upsets them…..

I’m familiar with the saying “Happy wife, happy life”, but you just cannot make Janis happy. Poor Arlo…..

Around here people have 2 car garages at the least. Cars parked outside and garages full of stuff. They should sell the houses with attached storage, semi climate controlled.

I thought they were going to take over Pop’s condo…

Janis is soooo annoying! How can Arlo tolerate her.

“we built lots of self-storage”… hmmm, sounds like a song in there!

relabel the “stuff” into “inventory”. Who wants to have too much unneeded inventory?

You can’t have too much storage. Janis’s Corollary to Parkinson’s First Law: “Work expands to fill the time available.”

“A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.” G. Carlin.

I already planned a house with lots of storage and the closet doesn’t look like that.

Fudd’s Corollary to Murphy’s Law: Stuff expands to fill the room available.

What? Agree with you!

Nature abhors a vacuum!