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I was just yesterday wondering if weâd ever see current-day Bernice without her glasses. And now here she is! Sometimes I scare me. :-) Canât say she looks better without them, alas.
Wow, cute guys at Pitts. Itâs always kind of startling to see other, random students. You know our seven or eight kids arenât the only ones, but it sure seems that way after a couple decades.
If I could say this without incurring a lot of hating, I like to think that Crystal has seen Knute without his glasses. Or maybe Iâd just like to see him without them. I bet his eyes are blue.
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Luann will discover the truth regarding what attracts males by trial and error. She just held a trial and found the saying was in error.Can truth be far away?
Okay, so far, as far as âsightâ or âgirl watchingâ or âguy watchingâ songs, Iâve come up with: â âI Can See For Milesâ, The WhoâBlinded By The Lightâ, Manfred MannâWatching Ladies Go Byâ, SlaveâIm a Girl Watcherâ, the OâKaysonsâMusic to Watch Girls Byâ, The Bob Crewe GenerationâHeâs So Fineâ, The Chiffons
She is not Lucy, she is not Gidget, she is not Peppermint Pattie. She is just Luann. You are constantly trying to squeeze her into other charactersâ shoes. She is a perfectly good character in her own right and doesnât need to be a clone of anyone else.
The boyfriends seem to exist just to let us know that Luann is adorable. (We have to be told that explicitly, on account of Luannâs âinner beautyâ.) Those boys have little substance on their own, when not worshiping Luann.
Cute guys not noticing Luann-with-glasses. Just as well; sheâs got Quill to take care of. Bernice without her glasses looks nearly blind; I wonder if contact lens would work for her?
Donât blame Luann â we all wonder at times if we still (or ever) have what it takes to attract attention. And itâs so discouraging when it appears we donât!
@Tinyman:I donât recommend self-darkening glasses. Please talk to your optometrist before you spend money on those. My info is more than a decade out of date, so I could well be behind the current technology, but I wore a few pairs for several years in the 90s and early 00s. After a while, they got slower and slower to fade, but just sort of became permanent sunglasses. My optometrist suggested better ways to have my lenses treated to reduce glare, some sort of polarizing this-n-that.
Again: I could be out-of-date on this, but please check with a professional before you spend serious money on self-darkening glasses.
I donât hate Quill as much as some of you do, but I do think heâs a lot less â I donât know, âdamagedâ than most of the other characters in the strip. Frank, Gunther, Knute, Ox, TJ and even Brad have their endearing character flaws that make it easy to write gags around (although Brad gets an asterisk, because heâs done a lot of growing up recently â which makes him one of my favorite characters here).
Quill just isnât all that messed up. He handled things with Tiffany (from what we saw, anyway) with maturity and poise. He didnât make a fool of himself at the farewell party, and came off as quite mature in his conversation with Gunther. Heâs decent, kind and wise. Itâs hard to poke fun at a guy like that, at least in a âgag-a-dayâ format.
Like Delta, heâs best used as a foil for other characters to play against â and youâll notice we only see Delta when Greg needs someone for Bern and Lu to look sillier than, or to fill space in a large panel. Quill is eventually going to find True Happiness with someone a little closer to (his) home, and Luann will be âset freeâ to behave as she always has and always will.
Some guys do not like girls in glasses on the basis that the gal might be smarter than the guy. Those guys expect women to be interested only in the homelife.
Writers get their ideas from a number of sources. That doesnât mean they rip it off in full and make their own character lock step for the rest of forever. The new character is still the new character and will grow, independent of whatever inspired it.
The âmystiqueâ of wearing glasses is to make people think youâre a heavy reader, and thus an intellectual. Even with Berniceâs glasses, Luann canât pull that one off!
The boys in her school are astoundingly attractiveâ or else the bad focus of the glasses are to blame. Quill would be insecure, but that attractive guys are often SO shallow.*That said, Luann and Bernice have been back in school over two weeks. Is Quill flying in, or are his arms still tired?
Ever hear of the term âplay on wordsâ? Thatâs what Iâm doing. I never claimed that the lyrics themselves had anything to do with it. The key words are âglassesâ and âlookingâ. ^To Parrot Brd, exactly! But I think he planned to⊠âgo fishingâ , today⊠(nudge nudge)⊠it happened to a couple of other posters, earlierâŠ
I meant to write âglassesâ instead of âlassesâ and a " in back of the âSo many booksâŠâ saying. CommentâŠjust doing some post house-cleaning⊠;)
JayBluE over 11 years ago
âBlinded By the SightâorâGlasses To Watch Guys Go Byâ
overtherainbow over 11 years ago
I was just yesterday wondering if weâd ever see current-day Bernice without her glasses. And now here she is! Sometimes I scare me. :-) Canât say she looks better without them, alas.
overtherainbow over 11 years ago
Wow, cute guys at Pitts. Itâs always kind of startling to see other, random students. You know our seven or eight kids arenât the only ones, but it sure seems that way after a couple decades.
overtherainbow over 11 years ago
If I could say this without incurring a lot of hating, I like to think that Crystal has seen Knute without his glasses. Or maybe Iâd just like to see him without them. I bet his eyes are blue.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
The Fuller Vision Center, led by Dr. Hope Fuller⊠âThe Optimistic Optometristsâ⊠â Dramatic Dating Services⊠âUsing patented âfireworks dramatic scene actingâ for focused dating and matching techniques⊠If it becomes a spectacle , youâll know by then if itâs the right match for you!!âŠâ â Blue Ray Bans⊠â5% more portection than other optical sunblocking technology, only better looking!!â âIt costs a lot, but at least youâll be chic!â⊠â Focal Points Fashion Wear.. âBuy Focal Points wherever you see them⊠chances are if theyâre there, you can buy them!â⊠-and byâŠâWhereâd Ya Get Those Peepers?â âAn independent film, starring Luann DeGroot⊠coming to some peopleâs DVD players and Blu Ray, this TuesdayâŠâ
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen over 11 years ago
Luann will discover the truth regarding what attracts males by trial and error. She just held a trial and found the saying was in error.Can truth be far away?
JayBluE over 11 years ago
Okay, so far, as far as âsightâ or âgirl watchingâ or âguy watchingâ songs, Iâve come up with: â âI Can See For Milesâ, The WhoâBlinded By The Lightâ, Manfred MannâWatching Ladies Go Byâ, SlaveâIm a Girl Watcherâ, the OâKaysonsâMusic to Watch Girls Byâ, The Bob Crewe GenerationâHeâs So Fineâ, The Chiffons
JayBluE over 11 years ago
So, does this mean that Lu is having âwandering eyesâ?âŠ.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
Looks like itâs the day for the male models to come to career day at Pitts.^I took it that they were having a bite to eat at the mallâŠ
barbarasbrute over 11 years ago
Checking out all the new guy action AND not wearing Quillâs boomerangâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ Hmmmm, the beginning of the end?
live2read over 11 years ago
And the day for Luann to forget that she has a boyfriend.
Barbara McKibben over 11 years ago
Very cute and often very true! LOL
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 11 years ago
You have to look mysterious Lu
gkid over 11 years ago
Yup, looks like heâs gone. (Quill) Furthermoreit looks as though he never wasâŠ..wow. A major character.
TheDOCTOR over 11 years ago
I think sometimes Luann wears that Boomerang inside her blouse close to her ampleâŠ..Heart, Yeah, thats it. âș
Angelalex242 over 11 years ago
Donât write Quill off yetâŠ.
It is highly unlikely the author forgot about him. This is only a Sunday strip, after allâŠ
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
I love girls in glasses, frames their eyes
watmiwori over 11 years ago
I donât recall ever seeing it âworkâ for BerniceâŠ.âMen seldom make passesAt girls who wear glassesâ
sarafaye over 11 years ago
Donât count Quill out yet. From there perspective itâs still the first week of school.
sarafaye over 11 years ago
Oops, you accidentally spelled my name right.
sarafaye over 11 years ago
She is not Lucy, she is not Gidget, she is not Peppermint Pattie. She is just Luann. You are constantly trying to squeeze her into other charactersâ shoes. She is a perfectly good character in her own right and doesnât need to be a clone of anyone else.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 11 years ago
The boyfriends seem to exist just to let us know that Luann is adorable. (We have to be told that explicitly, on account of Luannâs âinner beautyâ.) Those boys have little substance on their own, when not worshiping Luann.
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
Cute guys not noticing Luann-with-glasses. Just as well; sheâs got Quill to take care of. Bernice without her glasses looks nearly blind; I wonder if contact lens would work for her?
barbarasbrute over 11 years ago
Grow up.
curmudgeon68 over 11 years ago
I see no indication of sluttiness here. and I strongly suggest that we never will.
Barry1941 over 11 years ago
Did I miss something, what happened to Quill?
jeanie5448 over 11 years ago
so why is she making eyes at other guys, I thought she was in Love with that guy from Australia. (old age has wiped his name from my brain) lol
Mordock999 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Heh, Heh. Now that the Glasses are OFF, take a LOOK at those Guys AGAIN. See? In reality They ALL Look kinda like Gunther and Ox.
Starting to GET the Picture NOW, Little Ms âI Wanna Cute Guy so I Show Off to My Friendsâ???
imbaldeagle over 11 years ago
Donât blame Luann â we all wonder at times if we still (or ever) have what it takes to attract attention. And itâs so discouraging when it appears we donât!
ctsignguy over 11 years ago
I have always been more attracted to ladies in glasses, regardless of what they might do squint, whateverâŠ
Tinyman over 11 years ago
Luann wouldnât know how to be a slut if her life depended on it.
priyangika over 11 years ago
very funny hahahahahahahahahahahâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make Mine Marvel over 11 years ago
@Tinyman:I donât recommend self-darkening glasses. Please talk to your optometrist before you spend money on those. My info is more than a decade out of date, so I could well be behind the current technology, but I wore a few pairs for several years in the 90s and early 00s. After a while, they got slower and slower to fade, but just sort of became permanent sunglasses. My optometrist suggested better ways to have my lenses treated to reduce glare, some sort of polarizing this-n-that.
Again: I could be out-of-date on this, but please check with a professional before you spend serious money on self-darkening glasses.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
A nice, relaxing song for a Sunday Morning, âStanding On The Cornerâ: â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlbGQ0xKZbY
sbchamp over 11 years ago
Youâre kidding right?Theyâre barely aware of their surroundingsâŠ
Make Mine Marvel over 11 years ago
I donât hate Quill as much as some of you do, but I do think heâs a lot less â I donât know, âdamagedâ than most of the other characters in the strip. Frank, Gunther, Knute, Ox, TJ and even Brad have their endearing character flaws that make it easy to write gags around (although Brad gets an asterisk, because heâs done a lot of growing up recently â which makes him one of my favorite characters here).
Quill just isnât all that messed up. He handled things with Tiffany (from what we saw, anyway) with maturity and poise. He didnât make a fool of himself at the farewell party, and came off as quite mature in his conversation with Gunther. Heâs decent, kind and wise. Itâs hard to poke fun at a guy like that, at least in a âgag-a-dayâ format.
Like Delta, heâs best used as a foil for other characters to play against â and youâll notice we only see Delta when Greg needs someone for Bern and Lu to look sillier than, or to fill space in a large panel. Quill is eventually going to find True Happiness with someone a little closer to (his) home, and Luann will be âset freeâ to behave as she always has and always will.
milania over 11 years ago
You DO?? Really???Wow!
Comic Minister Premium Member over 11 years ago
Thanks for giving Luann your glasses Bernice! Your glasses must some special power when you ONLY wear them.
ILuvLu over 11 years ago
âSara:The rest of us including Greg are bored with Quill- itâs time to go back to Ruben level stories like in the Golden Age of Luann.â
Please donât try to include ALL of us in your sweeping condemnation of Quill.
bba3555 over 11 years ago
So what happened to Quill. Is he coming back or not? Where is the boomerang necklace? Luann was wearing it constantly but now? What did I miss?
BradFilippone over 11 years ago
Whatever happened to the guy in the wheelchair Bernice once dated?
ChrisV over 11 years ago
âGuys donât make passes at girls that wear glassesâ, huh? I would if they looked as good in them as Luann. [Bernice, not so much.]
Sangelia over 11 years ago
Some guys do not like girls in glasses on the basis that the gal might be smarter than the guy. Those guys expect women to be interested only in the homelife.
sarafaye over 11 years ago
Writers get their ideas from a number of sources. That doesnât mean they rip it off in full and make their own character lock step for the rest of forever. The new character is still the new character and will grow, independent of whatever inspired it.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 11 years ago
The âmystiqueâ of wearing glasses is to make people think youâre a heavy reader, and thus an intellectual. Even with Berniceâs glasses, Luann canât pull that one off!
Dragongourd Premium Member over 11 years ago
Luâs shopping â so long, Quill.
ACTIVIST1234 over 11 years ago
The boys in her school are astoundingly attractiveâ or else the bad focus of the glasses are to blame. Quill would be insecure, but that attractive guys are often SO shallow.*That said, Luann and Bernice have been back in school over two weeks. Is Quill flying in, or are his arms still tired?
John W. Vinson Premium Member over 11 years ago
Men never make passesAt girls who wear glasses.
- Dorothy Parker
Men sometimes make passesAt girls who wear glasses:It all depends on their frames.
- Bennett Cerf, in response
notbornyesterday over 11 years ago
hereâs a hint ladies, beer goggles work much better
unca jim over 11 years ago
Luann; the CB Channel 19 of the Comics World.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
Thereâs some songs with that theme, and somehow, Iâm drawing a blank on them! Maybe it was because of the bad day for me, in the NFL, ha ha!
JayBluE over 11 years ago
Ever hear of the term âplay on wordsâ? Thatâs what Iâm doing. I never claimed that the lyrics themselves had anything to do with it. The key words are âglassesâ and âlookingâ. ^To Parrot Brd, exactly! But I think he planned to⊠âgo fishingâ , today⊠(nudge nudge)⊠it happened to a couple of other posters, earlierâŠ
JayBluE over 11 years ago
Myself, includedâŠ
ORMouseworks over 11 years ago
I meant to write âglassesâ instead of âlassesâ and a " in back of the âSo many booksâŠâ saying. CommentâŠjust doing some post house-cleaning⊠;)
ORMouseworks over 11 years ago
barbarasbrute over 11 years ago
LOL. We can only hope his computer will crash, or his asylum will take away his computer priviledges.
dr trumpet over 11 years ago
She looks unattractive in those glasses, maybe she should try wire frame.
barbarasbrute over 11 years ago
I honestly believe heâs either a stroke or an Alzheimerâs patient somewhere.
jayelldee1 over 11 years ago
Hey, what has happened to Quill? Did I miss out? All the sudden, he is a non itemâŠ..
barbarasbrute over 11 years ago
Good analogy.
DonnaHilton almost 7 years ago
She looks like sheâs wearing double glasses.