Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 18, 2014

Ah-haaaaa!!…Conspiracy therory time! The panels may not show it, but how many would suspect that in between them, Quill…"tapped"…G-man by accident?…heh-heh-heh!…I mean…dunh-dunh-duuuuhhhhhnhhh!!!…. – Seriously, though….This shows that it’s easy for people to telll you what you need to do, but then they’re not the ones that are going to have to deal with the effects!…

Way to Quill, you really made a thinker do something.

“Calculating Results”“For Whom The Knoll Tells”“Fool Not On The Hill”or “It’s All Fun And Games Until You Actually Do It!”

Haha, Gunther. What a rube! Pffffht!

For you, your instincts are usually better than someone else’s.

Greg fooled you guys! No one expected this.

Well, finally a character flaw in the “perfect” one, he’s a jerk

To be honest though, when I was a kid, that thing would be nothing, I rolled down hills much steeper than that… or, for an even bigger thrill, run down them (And yes, I fell a few times)

Now he should go to Rosa, tell her he rolled down the hill justto see what it’ld be like, and she;ll kiss it all better, he will res-pond, thus starting on a REAL roll.

“This shows that it’s easy for people to telll you what you need to do, but then they’re not the ones that are going to have to deal with the effects!…”

I think that is REALLY important to remember, and something that surprisingly is NOT taken into consideration as often as it should. Sometimes people give well-meaning advice knowing there may be consequences, but the consequences seem inconsequential or easy to handle. That may be true — FOR THEM. But one of the reasons the other person is having difficulty in the FIRST place is that they are different. And what person “A” may find simple to navigate, person “B” may find worse than before.

For example, if Quill rolled down the hill and ruined his clothes, it may not be a big deal. His parents can just buy him more clothes! Or maybe he doesn’t care if his jeans are torn the rest of the day. But Gunther’s mother may not be able to buy a new pair of pants right away. Maybe Gunther spent a lot of time sewing his (admittedly awful) outfit and was proud of it. Now it’s ruined. That may be an unacceptable consequence.

Anyway, if a guy rolled down a hill, I would think he was infantile, not spontaneous / interesting / fun.

I’ve heard of rollin’ and tumblin’ but this is ridiculous. Change those pants, Gunth!!

Well, NOW we get a better idea of what Gunther was saying about the grade of that hill.It still doesn’t look so bad as to require mending after a good roll. Must have been cheap fabric.

“Sponsored by”..Pitts Lieutennant Hospital…"Rated better than Pitts Private Hospital…working on being as good as Pitts General…"– Jacken Jell Snacks…. “So bouncy!…. “Now in convenient, new, handy pail-shaped containers!”…”Look for ‘em at Hill Street Market!"… – Oft-Lack… “For Auto, and home!…We’re working on the rest, right now…”-

People’s United Helping Society…. “Give someone the gift of a PUSH, today!”….– and by… – Chillin’ With Quill…a Brd Studios Special Broadcast… “Tonight he’ll have a really big shoe for you!…a footwear reunion with special celebrity guest, Gunther Berger!”…"Check your local ’TV Lied…"

One idiot, hot to go!

Good going, Gunther!

Now you’re ready to begin your career in the U.S. Marines!

Just wait until you scuba dive and parachute much farther than that tiny little hill. You’ll experience some real obstacle courses and you won’t have to deal with a nagging Rosa!

As a bonus, you get to shoot allot!

Those 147 degree inclines can take a lot out of a guy.

The result may not be obvious. Perhaps Gunther’s roll down the hill may have been the turning point after all, and he will start taking more chances.

Funny, the one time I (accidently) rolled down a hill I rammed into a giant pile of goat heads and a tree truck after hitting rocks and other miscellaneous poky plants on the way down.

Are hills in Australia covered by soft stuff or were Quill and Gunther temporary idiots?

How high is that hill? Five Feet?

Gunther appears more banged up and dishevelled than a simple roll down the hill should have caused; maybe, like Jack, he tumbled rather than rolled. Technique, Gunther, technique!Now what? How will Gunther react to his less-than-perfect adventure?

Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’! Well, in any event, I believe there’s hope for Rosa and Gunther now, if only because at the end of the day, he DID go down the hill. It shows he cares enough for Rosa to allow himself to be damaged for her sake.

Gunther must had a very boring childhood——-or an overly protective mother.

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGH!

Gunther! That’s NOT What I TOLD You to DO Yesterday, You FOOL!!!

(SIGH)

Please, PLEASE God!

Let Greg Evans Choose a Couple of Us Here to Guest Write THIS Strip for a Week and Let ONE of Them Be ME!

A-men and A-MEN!!!

….., And Gunther’s WEARING White Socks!

WHITE-SOCKS!!!!

Mordock, well at least ONE white sock. (Let’s not get carried away with the assumptions.)

Gunther is the Charlie Brown of the Lu-niverse!

Fail Army

I had thought Quill would’ve given advice from his own personal experience, not just generalizations about risk taking.

WAY TO GO, GUNTHER!!Next stop Mt. EVERESTNow THAT’S an impressive fall.

Having survived the roll down the hill, Gunther is ready for a roll in Rosa’s back seat.

Has got to be the cheapest pair of pants ever.

Unless he’s broken his leg or ankle, there’s NOTHING WRONG with him that didn’t NEED to be “wrong” with him.Or, to put it just a TINY bit gross, Gunther needed his cherry popped. He NEEDED to venture out past the safe zone, to encounter what some people call “The Han Solo School of Action Without Rational Thought” in order to understand what it’s like to just DO something, so he could understand that it IS possible to lust let GO, and SURVIVE the experience.NOW, he can go on from there to learn about COMBINING the two to form a genuine grasp of how to ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS.Which I’ve always thought Gunther is capable of. He just needed to get past Momma’s overprotectiveness, and her fear of losing “her baby boy.” Which he ISN’T, any longer.

What’s the big whoop? Gunther is FINE.

Collar popper out. Shirttails out. Grass in hair and on clothes. One shoe off. Worst ding, Knee of pants ripped. Heavens. To. Betsy. Will he live?

Not surprisingly (Especially given Guther’s likely usual level of physical raucousness) he’s a touch dizzy and dazed, but that’s kind of part of the fun of rolling down a hill.

He’ll patch up his pants and have his first pair of knock around pants that for once don’t look like they’re fresh from the JC Penny’s boys’ department. Bonus.

Thank Quill, Gunther. You’ve just had what one hopes is the first of many memories that you can look back and laugh at ‘that “crazy” thing you did’.

Gunther needs to live his life according to his goals, not other peoples. He was willing to be spontaneous for Quill, but not for Rosa, interesting.

But, Quill is trying to teach Gunther so he can be more spontaneous with Rosa. It was her complaint to Gunther about him that prompted this arc.

Gunth and Quill went up the hillTo talk about their girlfriendsGunth rolled down and tore his trouAnd Quill was shaking his head

This experience will make his more cautious than he already was, not less.

You’re not supposed to do it head-over-heels, mate!

he slopped his dripper

Yeah, and I was thinking…*Were they adults, Quill’s good advice would be “For one day/week, just say ‘Yes’ to everything!”*But they’re teens. Gunther’s friends would soon figure it out and make life hell for him. “Gunther, go tell Les Knox he stinks.” or “Gunther, go tell Ms. Phelps you love her.”*Thankfully, adults would NEVER do such mean things, calling them a joke!

Gunther, you make absolutely no sense. I think Quill needs to knock a little sense into you. What a doofus!

*Are hills in Australia covered by soft stuff or were Quill and Gunther temporary idiots?______________________________they aren’t IN AUSTRALIA

Who said they were?*--I think the idea was that anyone familiar with normal plant life would have realized harm was possible. If Quill had analyzed the situation, he would not have suggested such a potentially dangerous stunt..By the way, even soft grass is little help when rocks protrude from it. I did hear of a case, though in which a parachutest whose chute failed landed in a newly plowed field and the aerated soil cushioned the blow enough to not kill him. I don’t really believe it, just repeat it.

Gunther. New pair of cahones. Whoda thunk it? LOL

“Every “Cool” Kid in My Town wore white socks. What is WRONG with White Sock???"

What’s WRONG??

Well Joel if All the “Cool” Kids in Your Town were Jocks or Diabetics, Nothing,

Did They all Wear Their Pajamas, too???

(I’m Sorry, Joel. I Couldn’t RESIST. BAD Mordock, BAD Mordock!)

Its a good start…

The G-man could learn the art of glasading to safely get down those grassy knolls, then, he could teach Rosa.

Are hills in Australia covered by soft stuff or were Quill and Gunther temporary idiots? ______________________________ they aren’t IN AUSTRALIA^I think her point was that Quill was talking a big game… she was just making reference to him alone in the first part, then, after the or, them together for the second part…

Look…., at 1 A.M., it was P.U.H.S. …Lol!!!!!! – I did catch that… but there are some companies who do have their letters rearranged, sometimes….

not end over end like a caber at the Highland games.^You’re right about that, but who’s to say that Gunter didn’t?… it could just be left to perception/perspective/point of view… maybe it was a bit more dangerous (maybe for Gunter, as opposed to another) than first thought… Greg put this up on his Facebook page, and it seems that it could have been a bit rough… just to get all of our reactions, it seems….

Next week; Gunther turns into Buddy Love!

Grass may be soft, but some ground underneath can be pretty hard landing, depending on the location… In addition to football, etc. we also used to wrestle ( both tv style [old school, not the new junk] and collegiate) on a grassy field, and powerslams and belly-to-bellies feel kinda hard, if one doesn’t take the right steps to protect someone in doing different maneuvers…. – Freeze football is also pretty rough on grass in winter…

Perhaps if a person perceives something to be more dangerous, then for that person, it truly becomes more dangerous.^Right about that!…. Which goes back to the point I was making earlier in my first comment…

“only about 60 left to prune…”^O.U.C.H.!…

I’m finding Gunther tedious and one dimensional. No guy is so introverted that a hottie would like him and he’d be this unresponsive. Get a pulse, Gunth.

I don’t disagree…

Could be that “back and forth” between “gag” and “arc” that Greg refers to… he sometimes goes between them so much, that one is really the other with some story to prop it up… – But, like you’ve said, long way to go for a gag…

methinks the question about Australia was related to Quill’s previous experiences with grass that he might not know how it would be here in the USA.

“What is freeze football”, you ask? (which you did)… – Well, it’s simple! .Here in the “upper Chesapeake”, it’s the name of the game as played in cold environment, similar to Ice Bowl (‘62, was it?) with Pack vs. Cowboys… – Our variation means that you play on literal snow (whether fresh or “slightly hardened” by a few days) when we get the chance….. – Elsewhere, it may just mean “to play without gloves, hats, etc.” (similar to fame played on “episode 17” of first season of “the Cosby Show”), especially if one has no field, but only a residential street to play it on… – Any further variations (rules,etc.) may vary by region…I feel positive that there’s another version floating out there, somewhere….

^LOL!!!!– Yeah, yeah, yeah…. you didn’t say anything at first, so I’m calling you out (hopefully to take the heat off of me), ha ha ha!!!

Well, Greg always has said that the characters are really “reflections of his own personality”, as he mentioned in “the construction blogs” (my name for them until they’re back up, ha ha!)… – He has also stated that he “observes the nuances and general conversations of others in places like the mall”, to get a feel for things ‘relevant’ to today’s younger set (situations, attitudes, viewpoints, etc.), while also keeping to what the previous readers know….– So, again seems to be a good question, which can also be asked in the light of this, as well….

And further, since he has said characters like Tiffany are supposed to be the “villains” in the strip, maybe Gunther is just being played as the "eternal ‘square peg’ " type…

. – I’ve also seen TV shows do the same thing for a character, where it seems that their characters do/say things that are cringeworthy (sometimes needlessly dumb on top of dumb) a la “Screech” of “Saved By The Bell”…he was one character where it seemed “charming” at first, then they kept milking it, and then the level of “upside your head, dufus!” was taken to the extreme… but that character got tweaked a bit to give him a bit more dignity later on…

Obviously, but Quill is FROM Australia and was the one encouraging Gunther to roll down the hill. I don’t know about Australia or other parts of the US, but where I live rolling down a hill is stupid because of:

A) Plants that poke and scratch, like goat heads and the occasional cactus. B) Rocks and hard groundC) SnakesD) FecesE) The other stuff you ram into when you hit bottom.

80 rosebushes? I am very impressed…I have about 15 and can’t keep up with them! What kind do you have? I have floribundas and tea roses and 2 climbers… ;)

Oh, come on, Greg. That doesn’t happen when a kid rolls down a hill like that.