Comments on: Jacket

By: Morris Keesan

Morris Keesan — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:21:21 +0000

“How terribly strange to be 70.”
(Paul will be 70 in October of next year, and Art will be 70 a few weeks later, in November. For me, this feels even stranger than Paul McCartney turning 64

By: padraig

padraig — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:56:29 +0000

Dangit paperboy, that is NOT the explanation I wanted to hear while I’m sitting in front of the computer waiting to buy Simon & Garfunkel tickets on line.

Well, at least I’m still younger than Paul & Art.

By: Another Bill

Another Bill — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:05:43 +0000

Paperboy: Wow. That was a great connection–wish I would have come up with it. Makes perfect sense to me. Arlo is certainly lost in his thoughts while looking at his coat. That really completes the theme and enhances the continuity of the week’s A & J story. It makes the final panel that much more jolting.

By: Bob in Nashville

Bob in Nashville — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:31:41 +0000

The jacket looks like one Janis recently bought Arlo, but that doesn’t mean he had to put it back on.

The look on his face was the realization that he’s getting old and the cute young girl made him look bad by comparison (of fitness and athletic performance).

He was calling it quits while she was still running around, and she then blew his doors of in her little convertible.

Driving with earbuds in may be a no-no, but so is talking on a cell phone while driving, and too many people do that as well.

And there is no grey scarf there. That’s the concrete leg of the bench.

By: Father Bruno Di Frocco

Father Bruno Di Frocco — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:11:14 +0000

I could buy that for the jacket, DemetriosX, but what about that grey scarf (or towel) draped next to it?

By: DemetriosX

DemetriosX — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:18:26 +0000

There’s no reason that can’t be Arlo’s jacket. After his exercise, he might be too warm to want to put his jacket back on, so he just picked it up and tossed it onto the passenger seat or in the back.

By: FeelinOld

FeelinOld — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:35:03 +0000

I’d agree with Pirk, at the track, the runners in the background (presumably one of them is the girl) is what made me think that, so she’s still running then he gets passed by her again on the way home?

schleifnet: Not in all jurisdictions, and to me it’s always seemed a dumb thing to target, how about those fools that have their stereos so loud that your car bounces when they pass by c couple of lanes over, I guarantee that I’d have a better chance of hearing an emergency vehicle with the level I play my mp3 player at with headphones than they would without.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:29:41 +0000

Maybe it’s a mistake on the part of the color artist - using the red in the last panel instead of the gray of the jacket.

By: buzz

buzz — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:00:33 +0000

(1) Arlo is jogging; the continuity this week has been on how out of shape he is for this activity and how he has made some minor progress
(2) He is passed by a younger person, making him feel like his effort is futile
(3) He leaves the park tired, wondering if it’s worth the effort
(4) Even tho he left first, the younger runner finishes her run, gets in her car, and still zooms past him

The punchline is the irony that no matter what he does, Arlo is still being overtaken by a younger runner.

By: paperboy

paperboy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:32:10 +0000

“Old Friends/ sat on their park bench like book-ends/ lost in their over-coats…” A ’60s song from Simon&Garfunkel. It’s not technically an over-coat, but that’s all I got: Arlo is remembering those lines he heard when he was young, and now he realizes he’s nearly ready to be one of those old folks Simon wrote of.