I’m getting to be that “certain age”. One of the reasons I tell my kids not to grow up too fast, which in the days of instant this or that, is almost moot.
It would appear (to me, at least), that Mr. Johnson is setting up another shift in the story. While I don’t think it would detract from the strip, it does make me wonder, with a bit of dread, if Arlo and Janis turn that corner, will that new road lead to (eventual) strip retirement?
I don’t know… Janis working at the deli… that’s a slippery slope for Arlo to turn into Dagwood.