Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for January 13, 2023

Groovy.

Must be a Louisiana idiom. 8^ )

They would know who John Hancock was if they had the teachers we had.

Doesn’t matter anyway, most of them can’t write in cursive.

Somebody ‘splain to me exactly WHY the history classes aren’t teaching who John Hancock is anymore??

and the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Everybody knows that Janis is the bee’s knees.

Those commercials really are irritating.

“Pffffttt….. It’s HERBIE Hancock!” – Tommy Boy

2 Stars = LECK

My version of “hit dog”: Anger reveals deep truths.

I love the “turning into your parents” commercials

Come to my class. My students not only know Hancock but have learned the Bill of Rights and can explain them using SCOTUS precedent.

education is “WOKE”.

Brilliant!

So Arlo, a simpler question is: what commercials do you find NOT irritating?

Never heard “Hit dog ….” and I’m from Appalachia.

These kids today have it made in the shade, and don’t that their old man is the cat’s pajamas.

In my job I often hand people papers to sign. More of them quip, “Put my ‘John Henry’ here” than say “John Hancock.” Sigh.

Comments are good today, or I’ll be a monkey’s uncle.

They teach who he is. The commercial Arlo is talking about would not work if it’s audience didn’t know it. The usage of the name to denote a signature is declining. More generally, the words “John Hancock” peaks in the American English corpus that Google’s Ngram viewer uses back in 1940 (oddly the peak before that was 1840), dropped to about half in 2000, and has been declining much faster since then.

I don’t know what’s more amusing! The Comic strip I came to read, or all of the political bickering in the comments! “Hey Ma! Come ‘er and look at du pot callin’ de kettle ‘Black’! Yuck yuck!!!” Don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, lighten up folks! Nobody gets out alive anyhow…

Ish kabibble and a 23 Skidoo!!

It’s interesting, John Hancock signing the Declaration large enough for King George to read it without glasses was more important in school than discussing the contents of the Declaration and its meaning.

What does that say about our education? (We want entertainment.)

My favorite John Handcock reference per Bart Simpson https://youtu.be/t0uP3uxxJJ0

When I was a kid, my mother would say to me, “You look like the wreck of the Hesperus.” I haven’t heard that expression since.

Commercials are so stupid and ridiculous. Like Robin Hoods merry men going to Amazon.com for new tights…

so so funny

23 Skiddoo!

I’ve been around a while… actually a LONG while… but had no idea what hit dog hollers means so for those similarly unenlightened, this is what I came up with compliments of Google:

“A hit dog will holler” refers to the idea that people offended by a certain idea or statement will be the ones most likely to react defensively or even aggressively to it. In fact, in some cases, if someone makes an accusation, the individual who reacts most vehemently is likely the most guilty of said accusation. In other words, their reaction can be construed as an admission of guilt.

I’ve made references to time periods by saying who was President at a given time.

One replied by asking me who Nixon was.

My personal favorite: “First smeller’s the feller”

They are too busy and burdened with woke and CRT lessons.

i’m kinda sick and tired of the commercials up here that constantly make it look like any white guy over 40 is a complete imbecile.

You gotta admit “the hit dog” beats “the squeaky wheel.”

I know about John Hancock, but “the Hit Dog Hollers”?

“The boy is the father of the man.” Wordsworth? Maybe?Hancock=American patriot. Hancock=British smuggler/traitor

Someone probably took down his statue. Like they can erase history by doing so

My Mother was in advertising in the 50s and 60s. She would call todays ads idiotic.

“The hit dog hollers?” Never heard of it!

I DVR all NFL games now so I can avoid seeing Rob Gronkowski making an idiot of himself representing one brand of insurance, or numerous others making idiots of themselves talking to “Jake” from another insurance company.

John Hancock meaning a signature is out of style since they no longer teach cursive in schools. You can just sign things electronically or print it. Pass the crayons.

He had slaves?

All this crap from a comic strip? Good Grief Charlie Brown! Just enjoy it. BTW, no one uses CRT’s anymore. It’s LED and LCD now. (if you understand this, right click and choose your option)

Possibly because those of the “woke” persuasion consider that he was a rich white man, and therefore, like Geo. Washington, Thos. Jefferson, et al, he should be forgotten/minimized as to his role in the founding of America.

I had a nephew yesterday not know what the Pony Express was. He knows now.