December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 by CIDU Bill Once a year is wearing a rut? CIDU, New Year's Eve Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Jimmy Johnson 8 Comments Even if they’ve had that carpet a lot of years… Related
ianosmond has it. You sit and you say an old guy and a baby go by, and then the next moment they go by *again*. And *again*, and *again*. The go by so frequently it seems like they are going to wear a rut in the carpet. LikeLike
… or put another way…. you wear a rut by doing something frequently. And, dang it, years passing is pretty danged frequent. That’s the joke. LikeLike
I’d say the path between the couch and the kitchen, or to the bathroom, would be infinitely more likely to create a rut. LikeLike
I’d say an old man and a baby trotting through your house at midnight on New Years Eve isn’t likely to happen in actuality at all. The joke being Arlo annoyingly telling the guys they are doing it too frequently. Which they certainly are. LikeLike
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Once you get to a certain age, it sure feels like it’s wearing a rut in…
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ianosmond has it. You sit and you say an old guy and a baby go by, and then the next moment they go by *again*. And *again*, and *again*. The go by so frequently it seems like they are going to wear a rut in the carpet.
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You sit and you *see* an old guy and a baby go by……
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… or put another way…. you wear a rut by doing something frequently. And, dang it, years passing is pretty danged frequent.
That’s the joke.
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I’d say the path between the couch and the kitchen, or to the bathroom, would be infinitely more likely to create a rut.
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I’d say an old man and a baby trotting through your house at midnight on New Years Eve isn’t likely to happen in actuality at all.
The joke being Arlo annoyingly telling the guys they are doing it too frequently. Which they certainly are.
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The old guy is carrying the weight of an entire year.
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Speaking of which…. *was* there any time between Presidents day and Halloween this year?
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