Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 01, 2013

“Seams Sew Much Better”=“You Cheap(er) What You Sew”=“Hand Sewn Home Grown”or“Made Man”

Tuxedo Organizer and Office Solutions…"For the ‘sharp dressed plan’ "….=Haber’s Dash- Surrey and Fringeon Top Locations… “Man… that’s fast service!”…=Dr. Ron’s Stat Repair… “From hand sowing to tractors, we get you up and growing… stat!”…..=Taylor-Bear… Thread and Textiles…. “for the home, ec onomically sound for the family… we’ve got you covered!”….

Special P.A. consideration by the following:Weaklies… “the breakfast of chumpions!”….The Second Thought Foundation… “Only You Can Prevent Stupid!”…

Is Gunther a custom tailor for Adrian Monk?

I see that the girls are shopping for the latest styles. Pants that are half off.

Hey, I’m in stereo today…^Too bad you weren’t “Moving”….

Gunther, Dude… that expression didn’t work for Miley either.

“Moving In Stereo” (the Cars)….=“Life’s the same, I’m moving in stereo..”

“Life’s the same, you’re shaking like tremolo….”“…It’s so easy to fool with the sound…”

I think there must be some glitch today, because I also had a problem with the page (and the submit button)…

Cue Jaws Theme… (Duhn, duhn……duhn dunh…. dunh, duhn, duhn, duhn,…….)

Of course, being Labor Day, the “Powers that be” could have taken the day off, so the “great big internet machine” is left to fend for itself, Lol!… -I love the smell of irony in the morning…. after it was washed and starched!……

??? Why didn’t he sew his own swim trunks?

No, I just happen to post first… I do my posting late night, early morning….And the equal signs are because if I use the dash (“-”) to separate any thoughs, I’ll get this:textso I use the = to separate the separate thoughts… if you ever read down to some of our conversations, you’d have an idea about the “in jokes” and the other things in the word play, and we each here (the regulars) have our own thing we do, here….

We actually get between 100-200 posts here, easily… not only on weekdays, but Sat. and Sunday, as well!…. If you can, check back later to see what I mean…And if you knew the fun and craziness that happens with each new post on this forum, you’d see why… and you could possibly actually find yourself saying the reverse: “Dial it up a notch!”….

Makes sense to me, as well….

Well, this explains a lot………

Sorry to see that the Pool Party at Rosa’s place has ended. But the set-up to the Gunther’s Fashions joke is good enough. His drab wardrobe’s sameness is now explained, though this has to be a blow to his reputation as a budding fashion designer….

You could see that one coming ;)

Does “Luann” want us to feel pity or contempt for Gunther’s dullness or to admire him for it?

For many of you who read Heart Of The City, Heart no longer wears a tutu.

Now I know which commentor is the artist for “Frank and Ernest.”

I’ve often wondered if any woman in her right mind would be seen dead in 99,9999999999%of the shmattes one a fashion ahow runway. They make Crystal’s poolside outfit look posi-tively mundane.

Agreed.

There are several who have suggested the same, Greg, but the more he is asked, the more he posts.I have been posting on Luann for many years, and there always crops up a serial poster who takes over the comments section for awhile until they finally burn out. At that point we can breath a sigh of relief and many different people come in to make interesting comments.

I’ve had some of those other problems, but the Flag and Delete buttons have been working normally for me.

I see either indifference, avoidance or annoyance. What I’m saying is that sometimes less is more — and that maybe this is one of those times. Otherwise you just end up looking like a spamming troll, no matter how clever or “full of fun and craziness” you might think your posts are.^Don’t mistakei it for being….. condescending… it’s just that I was trying to take a civilized tactic… You post on F-Minus, just like me… tell me, what did you see the last time you posted there?…. one comment…. check on some of the other ones. that we both are on… one comment… = So, please understand…. here is way different than those other places…… something doesn’t add up in what you are saying….when I started posting, I didn’t initiate some new trend… I joined in and did what was already happening here …..I did not “take anything over”…. you post the same places as me, and you can see that I don’t post more than one or two anyplace else…….. posters like Edclectic and Ms. Sunshine and Pcoli (and many others) also post more than one time on a strip, and you know it! ….. in fact, check back from the last time you posted there…. you act as if it’s just me and no one else… if you have been reading comics for a long time, you would not throw this all on me… you know that this is not “my invention”….. if I don’t like a series of comments, I use the wheel on my mouse, or the pg. down or up feature, or the home and end keys…. one click of a button or a flick of the mouse wheel is all it takes….=Even if I were to stop posting, it would not make it so that multiple posts would stop from anyone… it would not make it so that there wouldn’t be so many…. it seems that you are trying to make me the “poster poster” for whatever gripe you are having with long lists of posts here, or what have you…. especially since it can be shown that the same places we both post on, like F-Minus among others, don’t have that same issue!, nor do I post a lot on those places!….

Gunther will make some lucky girl a good wife…

for all those haters regarding project runway, try to create a shirt from scratch by sewing cloth. it is a lot harder than it appears. some people can’t darn socks.

How do you people (for those that this applies to) think a website makes any money?… the ads are paid for, because they know that a site generates traffic… when people pay to display an add, they do so when they are confident that lots of people view a site, and lots of people have activity on that site!… Same with TV and radio!….. Sports and News talk shows do the same thing!…. the more people call in, even some in the same day , the more their ratings grow… the more ad dollars… the more people get paid…..

Hey Gunth?

Ever HEAR if the Saying: “VARIETY Is the Spice of Life”???

“It’s one thing to have your creator put you in the same outfit, but it’s another thing to be a so-called fashion designer and go for the lumberjack style. Of course, I should point out that the fashion designers who compete in Project Runway often wear the most terrible clothing. Gunther might just fit right in with that crowd.”>Lots of hairdressers have awful hair too.

Spider-Man sews his own costumes, too…

@IamJayBluE I enjoy ur post on here. They’re funny :)

Okay, the gist of it, was: We both post on the same sites, and you know that I don’t post as often on the rest of them, such as F-Minus, and you also know that Edclectic, Susan, and others also have more than one post there… when I do post more than once there, it’s not as often as here, the nature of here is different!….

Having tried doing what Gunther is doing, my hat’s off to him!

Ok. So is the pool party over?We never got to see what Bern was wearing. :-(

I think IamJayBluE is on some form of drugs.

Re:Gunther as fashion designer. This is not a blow at all to his career as a fashion designed. He just needs to do fashion for Silicon Valley or Seattle, and he’s set.

> " It’s one thing to have your creator put you in the same outfit, but it’s another thing to be a so-called fashion designer and go for the lumberjack style.">All together now: “He’s a lumberjack, and he’s OK…”

Real men wear plaid. I’m a lumberjack and I’m O/K!…..

I guess Gunther bought a whole bolt of that check fabric. Still, it IS practical to make your own.

I buy my jeans and stuff at Marshalls, but party dresses will always be my own from scratch (I can afford real silk in my favorite colors that way, and still pay less than stores).

Or… Kmart?…. No, but you do have a point.. maybe just a generic umbrella term for stores that have many chains, but don’t cover as large an area as WalMart, Etc… maybe even department stores that serve the area of Pitts, but aren’t in many states, or something along these lines….

I’m thinking “mid-range franchises” means stores like Macy’s, Nordstrom’s, etc., that are more expensive than Target or Sears (and certainly more than big-box discount stores like Walmart) but less expensive than the fancy boutiques that we are told Tiffany patronizes.

Plaid is his favorite color.

I’ve seen guys wearing pants that are more than half off.

Hey, Gunther’s got at least FIVE different fabric styles on his shelf. How many does a guy NEED?-And IamJayBluE, do what you do, and don’t worry about the rest. Those who dislike your posts can skip over them easily enough.-Welcome to KPIT-AM, the home of personalized rock. Today’s playlist, just for IamJayBluE:Alley Oop. by the Hollywood ArgylesSnoopy Versus the Red Baron, by the Royal GuardsmenCharlie Brown. by The CoastersDown in the Boondocks, by Billy Joe RoyalandLet It Be. by the Beatles

On a business channel I heard that the concept of back to school shopping is dated. They said that moms shop in October when they can get 3 jeans for the price of one earlier in the year.

Funny!…. Love it!….

_ Will do… _

Ha! You think that’s LESS EXPENSIVE?! Sewing is not a cheap alternative anymore.

@Donny Wallace

Greg J:We get like 150 of those posts from the same 2-5 posters…

Oh? Like you actually bothered to stop and count them?^And he neglected to say that he is one of those… “2-5 posters”…

Gunther’s life is as exciting as his shirts. He is as interesting as the graph paper he wears every day.

Ellipses (“…”) tend to drive me crazy, and when i see lots of them, improperly used (that is, in place of commas, periods, or dashes), i stop reading. Sorry about the punctuation bugaboo, folks.

Iam, I use dashes a lot. Just use two hyphens at once—like this—and they turn into a dash, or put a space between the hyphen and the word – like this – and you should be okay.

And sewing on jeans material (especially to make seams that way) is VERY hard on the average home sewing machine (and impossible to correct a slight miscalculation)- totally not worth it.

I bought 3 pairs of jeans last trip to Marshalls for $10, 12 and 17 each (in 3 shades of blue and aqua). Dropped waist was not my choice (at 75) but I’m slim so as long as I tuck my shirt in it looks good.

Gunther is one creepy little dude.

How is a guy with tailoring skills SO UNIMAGINATIVE???

I know this much is true about Gunth…he’s NOT a Gemini.

I LOVE it!

I too wonder about this conflicted Gunther. He is too conflicted to be a credible character no matter hoe much I like him. He seems like inspector munk sometimes, but then he is the high functioning costume designer of a big show. Could he be a designer and also be the guy who can sew his own shirts in one pattern. A designer has flair and a willingness to try things. Gunther seems like a closeted technician. Will a real Gunther step forward please? Does the kibitzing crew think I’m on drugs too? That was such a ludicrous comment, really!

(Re. VARIETY is the Spice of Life" by Mordock999): then JPuzzleWhiz’s comment about Gunther’s “variety” of clothes…now mine… (thank you, thank you): Hey, Gunth, Where is your imagination???!!! ;)

Let me see…I’ve posted five posts(including this one)!…Get out the post police! ;)

IamJayBlue, there is one sort of post you could reduce that would improve the tone of the comments. Stop responding to the haters. That could have been one guy saying something rude that made us all role our eyes. Instead it has been the main topic of the day. He is as allowed to object to your comments, as certainly as you are allowed to object to Donny’s, but there is no reason to give him any reply.

worse than Clark kent

Is anyone really surprised by this?

I did try the thing that NG and Over said, and will try the thing that you said, as well, in regards to the hyphen and text escape brackets….

He will show them a picture of the gown he made Luann to wear in the beauty contest. That should end his career on the spot.

So, I guess we never get to see what Bernice wears to the party?

Amazing powers of observation! For those who aren’t as on the ball, see todays Luann Again.

Thanks JayBluE

Not that I watch poor Honey Boo Boo’s show, she’s just kind of hard to avoid. I don’t blame the brat for the exploitation machine that landed on her family. She’s just a little kid, trying to please the grown ups. Even her mother shows little sign of understanding how the network is eating them up, only to spit them out.

YOU are the troll, most of us like Iam’s posts and btw, it’s a free country

what’s the significance of the number 17 ?It’s Luann’s age and it was Brad’s intellectual age before he met Toni.

Gunther should always be able to find work—probably as a designer.

I really wish they wouldn’t show Gunther sewing, it’s pathetic.

See her face not watch that show. See, you’ve seen her face yourself.

A complete 180?….

“We get like 150 of those posts from the same 2-5 posters…”

And you are one of them.

“. . . so I’ll just leave it at that bit of advice.”

Well, some people really enjoy JayBluE and his comments, so why be unkind in the first place? It’s really great to be anonymously mean on the internet, isn’t it?

“It must be lonely for you, living at such heights of fashion consciousness. You should look up the words elitist and snob.”

I wish you would reference what you’re referring to because I have to waste my time scrolling back through the comments and still cannot figure out what you’re talking about!

But wasn’t Knute a new student in the strip when he was first introduced, when the characters where all 13 years old?? How does Luann know that about him?? Maybe he told her that one day.

Now it can be told…

Didn’t Knute transfer to Pitts in middle school?