Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for January 30, 2024

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    Da'Dad  11 months ago

    Back in the day Bob Newhart did a skit as a grocery store owner. His least favorite customer was a man holding a shopping list. His favorite was the way Arlo was depicted here, a man without the list.

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    Yakety Sax  11 months ago

    And that is why Arlo bought so much. Trying to cover all the possibilities……………..

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    SpacedInvader Premium Member 11 months ago

    For a brief minute Arlo was a winner. Is there shame in phoning home and saying is there anything else you wanted from the store besides uh, you know?

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    Lucy Rudy  11 months ago

    And he forgot the detergent.

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    LoveBritTV Premium Member 11 months ago

    Seems about right.

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    cracker65  11 months ago

    Grocery pick up or delivery is much better

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    reverendike  11 months ago

    An oldie that’s been around. Another variation of this joke was on FoxTrot Classics a couple of weeks ago.

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    electricshadow Premium Member 11 months ago

    Reminds me of an Elayne Boosler joke. The guy went to the store for eggs and milk, bought about fifty other things, and came home with no eggs or milk.

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    Rhetorical_Question   11 months ago

    Yikes!!!!!

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    nosirrom  11 months ago

    BTDT ;-(

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    Jason Allen  11 months ago

    I was going to make a comment about this being the reason why you make out a list, but I’ve brought a list and forgot to buy one of the items on it.

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    bobpeters61  11 months ago

    I hate it when I do that.

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    markkahler52  11 months ago

    If they have dishwashing liquid, they can use that in the laundry. Also, shampoo and/or body wash work as substitutes. Wait, I’ll bet Arlo forgot those, too, didn’t he?!

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    Just-me  11 months ago

    Yeah, I’m guilty of that myself.

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    Robert Williams @ Williams Web Solutions  11 months ago

    crickets in my house

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    Grace Premium Member 11 months ago

    Yep. Hubby does this :) but I’m grateful he stops on his way home to get the groceries.

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    Homerville Premium Member 11 months ago

    I am convinced there is a magnetic strip as you walk in the grocery that stimulates your brain to pick up things you recognize and forget the things you want.

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    joedon2007  11 months ago

    Been there – done that

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    Kerrds2001  11 months ago

    I feel for Arlo. I have “so” been there.

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    Hamady Sack Premium Member 11 months ago

    I’m not allowed in the grocery store.

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    shorzy  11 months ago

    Been there done that…like paying for groceries and leaving without taking the bags! :-)

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    Fontessa  11 months ago

    With that bottle of wine under his arm, I thought he was planning a winter picnic!

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    david_42  11 months ago

    I have a little list and nothing on it will be missed.

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    Out of the Past  11 months ago

    I’ve done this in the parking lot. Sometimes it makes you angry enough to drive off. Sometimes it makes you angry enough to go back in the store.

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    AnneFackler  11 months ago

    D’oh !

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    Hydrohead  11 months ago

    That’s why I always grab the one thing I am there for first, then I can go wondering.

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    RonMcCalip  11 months ago

    You had ONE task! Just one!!!

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    gigagrouch  11 months ago

    Oh yeah. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt…

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    DaBump Premium Member 11 months ago

    been there, done that.

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    jarvisloop  11 months ago

    Forget the detergent, drink the wine, dig that girl (apologies to Eric Burdon).

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    CitizenKing  11 months ago

    Been there

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    becida  11 months ago

    That’s why I ALWAYS make a list… but sometimes I forget the list when I go… :-)

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    Bill The Nuke  11 months ago

    I started making lists but then forgot to take the list. So then I started making the list on my phone…and forgot to look at it.

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    hk Premium Member 11 months ago

    We use a chalk board in the kitchen and before we go out, we take a picture of it. Hard to mess up.

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    kencrosno  11 months ago

    For 20 years our condo was right across the street from my favorite grocery store. I made at least 1 trip there everyday and usually a second trip to get what I initially went there for. We’ve recently moved. We’re still inside the city loop but the nearest grocery store is 8 minutes away. My memory, all of a sudden, has improved greatly. My wife gets mad when I tell everyone that we moved out to the country, out in the sticks.

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    kiwi41.jg  11 months ago

    The Alexa list has been a game changer, but sometimes I also need to take pictures to get i right (too many variations)

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    Mr. Organization  11 months ago

    This is a good cartoon because we all can relate to Arlo’s expression in panel four.

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    oakie817  11 months ago

    one Thanksgiving Day, i was sent to the store to get so thyme, as we had just ran out, and my 2 grandsons, 6 & 5 accompanied me, and i returned about half an hour later having spent some $50 (and this was like 25 years ago) and forgot the thyme

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    royq27  11 months ago

    So true, just use stuff in the closet until your next trip to the market…

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    morningglory73 Premium Member 11 months ago

    Love that look on Arlo’s face in the last panel. Well done.

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    Emperor Rick  11 months ago

    Gotta love Arlo. He’s in all of us.

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    foxmike6513 Premium Member 11 months ago

    Bullseye!

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    love2cook  11 months ago

    The needed supplies are always what gets left nehind! Lol

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    petermerck  11 months ago

    If it’s more than 3 items, I need a list.

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    richhill48  11 months ago

    done that

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    Back to Big Mike  11 months ago

    EVERY… DARN…TIME!!! Sheesh.

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    christelisbetty  11 months ago

    THIS i why they keep rearranging the stock in the stores now. They WANT you to take (at least) 2 trips.

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    ScullyUFO  11 months ago

    A prepared list has two positive effects: it ensures you get what you need, and, it ensures you don’t get what you don’t need. A list is probably the single best thing to reduce the cost of groceries. When the kids were young I would arrange the list in the order the store was laid out, to save time. Look out, I’m shopping here!

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member 11 months ago

    What husband hasn’t…….

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  11 months ago

    “…back you go.”

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    Searcy9320  11 months ago

    ME!

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    Enoi  11 months ago

    I’ve done that.

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    mike256  11 months ago

    Art imitates life

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    david.reichert  11 months ago

    Suddenly Janet is obscured from the shoulders up. My imagination wants to believe that she took her top off. Of course, no one would undress to put away groceries, but it is nice to think about.

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    jbcuster  11 months ago

    Been there, done that!

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    GG_loves_comics Premium Member 11 months ago

    The Old Sarge is very good about going to the store, but also brings home lots of oatmeal cookies, pickled beets, and bean dip, with cheap chips.

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    Sambora1  11 months ago

    Been there , done that a million times. I haven’t left the apartment in 3 months due to dealing with my sister being in hospital for 3 weeks and then dying and then I need to have a pacemaker put in a week after she passed and couldn’t do heavy lifting for 6 weeks plus been crying every day and too depressed to leave house so Dad has been doing my shopping for me- I give him the list and the check card and he gets the stuff, well I have gottent to the point that later in the day after I gave him the list that I forgot to put something on the list so then I have to send him an email to add item to list. I did that just Monday night, gave him my list then about 3 hours later had a bit of a coughing fitting, beeen fighting this cold for 5 weeks now, and as I was couging I remembered that I only had about 2 doses of cough syrup left so I had to send an email to have him add that to the list.

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    The Joke Explainer Premium Member 11 months ago

    Man with big nose is unhappy about his wife being dismissive about his attempt of being helpful and loving.

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    eced52  11 months ago

    Knew that was coming. I do the same thing all the time.

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    Chris  11 months ago

    there’s always that one item and it’s usually the one you went for. :L

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    bigdad1211  11 months ago

    I do that all the time! LOL

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    TaraDianeHarless  11 months ago

    Iheart keeps playing the ad from some mortgage company that implies one should take out a second mortgage to afford things at the grocery store. I feel a little horrified at the thought every time I hear it.

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