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Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 24, 2014
Transcript:
Miss Phelps: "Mr. Fogarty and I will be chaperones at the prom. Are you attending. Miss Halper?" Bernice: "No. Delta and I are going to feed a needy family" Miss Phelps: "Well, good for you! Who remembers prom 40 years later anyway?" Bernice: "So you didn't go to yours?" Miss Phelps: "No, like you, I chose to be sensible and do something important!" Bernice: "What was that?" Miss Phelps: "I.... um... Let's see..."
DaJellyBelly about 11 years ago
She probably stayed home and knitted new doilies for the Morris chair. LOL
Angelalex242 about 11 years ago
I did something important! So important Iā¦errā¦forgot what it was.
Funny, what she remembered is not going, not what she did instead.
jemgirl81 about 11 years ago
Oh boy. I sure hope Bernice changes her mind and goes to prom.
JayBluE about 11 years ago
Beep!ā¦ Beep!ā¦ Beep!ā¦ (Itāll take a lot of manuvering to negotiate this bit oā space!ā¦)ā Ms. Phelps almost had a pointā¦ but she canāt seem to unlock her āfile cabinetāā¦ Her mind (like a golf course) is full of holes sometimes, thoughā¦ ā Will Ms. Phelps be able to get in and out of her āmemory vaultā in time?ā¦ ā Will she remember what she went in there to look for, in the first place?ā¦.
ai_vin about 11 years ago
Ms Phelps is a great example. . . of why Bernice SHOULD go to the Prom.
ILuvLu about 11 years ago
Fog IS going to this prom and suggesting that itās good that Bernie isnāt? Sounds like a conflict of perspective to me.
kenhense about 11 years ago
OMG ā Ms Phelps didnāt go to her Prom. Take that as a warning ā Berneice. Go back to the dress shop and buy that sucker!
JayBluE about 11 years ago
āFoot For ThoughtāāForget Me NotsāāEvergreen (Sometimes)āāSpeak Before You Thinkā
āCan You Tell Me How To Get To Memory Lane?āāWere Those The Days?āorāThe Way We Were (I Think)ā¦ā
Templo S.U.D. about 11 years ago
Iāve been out of high school 11 years and I still remember not going to prom. Reason: didnāt know with whom to go. I was the only Latter-day Saint (commonly known as Mormon) in my class. Sure there some fellow Mormons in the lower classes, but still didnāt know with whom to go.
JayBluE about 11 years ago
Actually, they used to show the gym teacher (a Mrs. Allison)ā¦she was the one present during the resolution of the ācell phone scandalāā¦but her teacher-ing services havenāt been required in a whileā¦
JayBluE about 11 years ago
And there was a Ms. Manezone who was the Art teacherā¦ ā Familiar last name, but an unfamiliar faceā¦ (probably developed the same way as the Shannon Daytona/Shannon Lewis āgoof/non-goofā)ā¦.
JayBluE about 11 years ago
Yeah, thatās how it usually happensā¦. ā Or they were too busy looking at each other and quickly turning away, while everyone else stepped back and said: āeww!āā¦
JayBluE about 11 years ago
Iād count Mr. Hightower, since he is the boss teacherā¦ ā But he is usually moonlighting as a puppet scientistā¦
JayBluE about 11 years ago
āBrought to youā byā¦ uhā¦ ā swiss cheeseā¦. ā golf courseā¦ ā a pot holeā¦ or somethingā¦.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr about 11 years ago
Phelps stayed home, got wasted, ate brownies and pizza, and listened to Pink Floyd with her friends who also didnāt go to prom.
38lowell about 11 years ago
I hope she goes. That dress is a killer! But, with little time to meet a guy, who would take her?Weād better hurry up!
melmarsh9v about 11 years ago
It would seem that Ms. Phelps will be written out of the strip when the seniors graduateā it would be too contrived to have her (or Fogarty) suddenly getting hired by a local college.
Mordock999 Premium Member about 11 years ago
Er, Miz Phelps?
Do You ACTUALLY Remember ANYTHING from 40 Years Ago?
raster44 about 11 years ago
Funny, I didnāt go to my own prom but went to two my junior year and three my senior and two as a college freshman.
melmarsh9v about 11 years ago
If I wrote this strip, Iād have Bernice attend college at Miskatonic University, in Arkham Massachusetts. She could get a student job at the campus library, where the Necronomicon is kept!
seyleigh about 11 years ago
Why are these characters afraid to say they just donāt like school dances? Does anyone actually believe their āIām a saint for not goingā speach? Delta and Ms. Phelps are not and were not saints, they just donāt/didnāt want to go. Bernice does, and now feels like she has to do something more meaningful than having fun and dressing up.
melmarsh9v about 11 years ago
Wellā this Prom situation is really getting involved! If this storyline is going to last until April, there should be plots involving all the major characters, with plenty of intrigue, drama and āthe unexpected.ā It will really be something to watch it all unfoldā¦
Liam Astle Premium Member about 11 years ago
This would have made for an exciting story of the first interracial lesbian couple going to their prom.
seismic-2 Premium Member about 11 years ago
Delta doesnāt want to go, so she shouldnāt. Bernice does want to go, so she should (if she can find a date). Thatās pretty much all there is to it, so will we have to stretch this out for 2 more months? It seems to have gone on way too long already.
Buckimion about 11 years ago
Iāve been out of high school 29 years (this June) and WISH Iād skipped mineā¦a last-minute decision prompted by a sudden fear of not going. My tux was formerly a white bargain-basement number dyed yellow to hide stains with black velvet trim. To top that off, I had won a number of medals that day for various competitions and teen sense had me pin them onā¦I looked like a banana republic dictator. My ādateā was a close friend that had just broke up with her boyfriend, but while at the prom he showed up and convinced her to come home with him where she got knocked up with baby #2. (I had been accused of being the father of #1 but thatās another long storyā¦)
TORAD_07 about 11 years ago
OMG! Delta actually got to Bernince! Ohhh The horror! :)
Letās just hope something happens to change Bernās mind, as I really wanted to see her in that dress! And having fun. Ms. Phelps is making a good point. Hope it gets across to Bern.
Editman about 11 years ago
Bernice what if the needy donāt want to be fed on your time table. āWe are going to force-feed the needyā
jeanie5448 about 11 years ago
go to the prom, it IS something you will remember all your life. I went to the prom 3 years in a row but mostly I only remember my Senior prom, had fun, last big party of the senior yearā¦ā¦..great memories. Also that was 47 years ago.
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen about 11 years ago
Abbot and Costello also had everybody else step back on step to make it look as if they had stepped forward.
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen about 11 years ago
I think itās sweet that you seem to be in love with Leslie Knox.
Skeptic23 about 11 years ago
I remember my prom 53 years ago! You can always do something āmeaningfulā and āimportantā anytime. Prom does not come that often!!!!
LouEthelip about 11 years ago
I still remember my prom night even close to 40 years later. I remember it because I couldnāt get a date (finishing my high school career dateless) and wound up working at a restraunt. Still remember how much it hurt to have my high school friends and their dates show up and knowing Iāll never get that experience back.
milania about 11 years ago
What a pair of losers. They could āfeed a needy familyā ANY night of the year
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen about 11 years ago
Most needy people are not bullies
Justifying the bulliesā actions by them being needy is a means of saying, āItās okay, he isnāt responsible.ā
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen about 11 years ago
Just so I get points for trying
ewalnut about 11 years ago
I doubt Miss Phelps helped a needy family instead of going to her school prom. But going to the prom is an expensive gamble for someone like Bernice. She may not have a good time there at all.
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen about 11 years ago
I am reminded, however, that Dr Sigmund Freud noted his nutty patients had poor parents and generations came to believe that was the cause.People finally realized they were only looking at a small segment of humanity to draw conclusions from, so they looked at the general populatiion including the many who were NOT nutjobs and discovered they also had poor parenting.
assemblor about 11 years ago
It has been 40 years ago; donāt we all forget things from time to time?
Willow Mt Lyon about 11 years ago
Bernice, listen. āI hope you dance.ā http://www.myxer.com/video/id/15011487/Lee-Ann-Womack/I-Hope-You-Dance/
rangerlg about 11 years ago
Rohypnol will do that to you. Or repressed memories.
genorino about 11 years ago
I want Greg to draw a large light bulb illuminating in a thought bubble over Berniceās head.
Guilty Bystander about 11 years ago
Bernice WILL go to the promā¦with Leslie Knox. You read it here first.
locake about 11 years ago
Delta only cares about what she wants. She will cook whatever she thinks is best for the needy family whether they like it or not. Probably kale and tofu. If Delta was really such a good person she would be a better listener and encourage her friend to go to the prom.
Argy.Bargy2 about 11 years ago
-. Delta will get asked and decide to go, leaving Bernice alone -Exactly what Iāve been suspecting
Argy.Bargy2 about 11 years ago
-no where my wife works. Strictly on a rotating basis. and they get PAID.-Your wife is fortunate. This was not the case for my aunts, and still isnāt for my cousins.
Sisyphos about 11 years ago
Altruism like Deltaās that occurs only in reaction to a certain circumstance (such as Senior Prom) is suspect. Bernice in the long run would probably be better off going to the prom.
ACTIVIST1234 about 11 years ago
Well, it was important at the time! By the time Bern & Delta get to be professionals, theyāll have forgotten these baby steps too. But taking the baby steps are necessary if theyāre going to finish the marathon in 20 years. (metaphor intended)
seismic-2 Premium Member about 11 years ago
Forty years from now, Delta wonāt have any trouble remembering what she did instead of going to the prom. Itās all recorded in the daily diary she keeps, titled āTodayās New Reasons To Feel Good About Myselfā.
Argy.Bargy2 about 11 years ago
- Delta will get asked -Hereās what Iāve been envisioning. Delta gives Bernice a list of things to buy for the family. She goes shopping to get the food and other things, and on the way, bumps into Luann and Rosa who are shopping for prom dresses.-They ask Bernice about the prom and she talks about doing more important things, suggesting that Luann and Rosa are being shallow. Luann and Rosa end up feeling guilty and sad, and talk about how maybe they are being shallow.-Meanwhile, Bernice keeps calling Delta for more info about what time the dinner will be, can she get a ride, etcetera, but gets no answer. She goes out to buy something else, and runs into Delta. Delta, accompanied by some really good looking guy, is shopping for a prom dressā¦.
ACTIVIST1234 about 11 years ago
CROSS-STRIP ALERT: Coincidentally, check out āCandorvilleā today about the importance of āfirstsāā such as āfirst promā. Some are best forgotten, if they canāt be avoided.
JayBluE about 11 years ago
I also was thinking about the signā¦.. just a normal day (for the sign)ā¦.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr about 11 years ago
Maybe Crystalās brother Josh will show up and pull a Zane on Bernice.
JayBluE about 11 years ago
āno where my wife works. Strictly on a rotating basis. and they get PAID.ā^My wife also has that situation, and is also paid for it, but it is only because the admin would have to pay themā¦ if the teachers had their choice, theyād just as soon opt out (those who can), and leave it to those whoād do it (since itās extra money being dangled out)ā¦ ā So the bottom line is, though itās paid, it doesnāt mean that everyone there is āknocking down doorsā to get the extra gigā¦.
Argy.Bargy2 about 11 years ago
@JayBlue:
- if this were a real life person, it would end up that bunches of people are telling someone what to do, instead of seeing what they want to doā¦ which is the thing that a lot of people agonize about, the fact that āsuch and suchā keeps trying to say that only āxā is the right choice, and not always seeing the whole picture get painted-Well, Iām not sure what the whole picture here is, so I wonāt even guess. But I try to be clear in what I say, and even so, people do end up interpreting what Iāve said as something other than what I meant.-When I asked why someone would think that āthe schoolā was pushing someone to attend a prom, I wasnāt thinking at all that they were referring to peer pressure. To me, if you use the words āthe schoolā along with words like āpressuringā someone to do something, I think about the situation we have in Florida, where kids are required to take certain written exams in order to advance to the next grade.- And this requirement has gone so far as to insist not only that developmentally disabled kids have had to take the exams, but also a child who is dying of cancer and is in hospice.-So, in other words, when someone writes that āthe schoolā is pressuring someone, I donāt automatically think of this as peer pressure from other students. I automatically think of it as official action by the institution called āthe schoolā.-What I said earlier is what I still believe. If someone doesnāt want to go to a social event like a prom, they shouldnāt have to. But if someone does want to go, they should not be made to feel guilty or selfish for wanting to have fun on one night, because they can do good works on many other nights.
benjisgrowl about 11 years ago
Hereās whats going to happen. Most of the main cast is going to get suckered in by Delta who will use some passive aggressive tactic to force them in feeding a needy family and through some contrived circumstance or other they will end up holding a āpromā or dance for the needy families who, according to Greg Evans, all dress as if they are all homeless or just came off the streets or loacl crackhouse
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr about 11 years ago
Foreshadowing from September 14, 2003
ORMouseworks about 11 years ago
Soā¦.Bernice is NOT going to her senior promā¦like some posters said the other day, thereās time enough for doing good for the needy. However, thereās only One time you get to go to your senior promā¦ Bernice, make your Own memories, let Delta do her thing, and you do Your thing and wear that fabulous dress and have a good time with your friends! ;)
JayBluE about 11 years ago
Speaking for myself, I had lots of memories with my friends, some in school, some outside of schoolā¦ The kind of parties I have been to, formal and non formal, had bunches of fun and memoriesā¦ but did those memories have to come on a certain day ?ā¦. ā What makes a prom?ā¦ that is the questionā¦ ā If you were a type of person who never got to go to many parties, then perhaps this is prom to youā¦ ā If you were a person who never got to wear āformal attireā, take pictures or ride in a limo, maybe this is prom to youā¦ ā Through my school years, I got to do those things in abundanceā¦. (some in school, some out of school)ā¦ the prom isnāt just because a school says you can dance in a venue they allow you to dance in, and all of the other things I mentioned.. a prom can be something you do, when you decideā¦ if it was held on some other day, would it be less enjoyable?ā¦ What was the last gathering/social event you chose to go to.. was it less enjoyable than any school dances?ā¦ What about, say, a festival on a cruise ship?ā¦ Or a concert?ā¦ Or some other function?ā¦.ā If someone goes to prom, they goā¦ if they donāt, they donātā¦ either is a choiceā¦ but a good time is not defined by title aloneā¦ if a school didnāt hold a prom, and a bunch of kids got together and held their own, would that be less of a prom, because of not being āofficially sanctionedā or because of some other thing?ā¦ Itās about what we make itā¦ if you are a person who enjoys what you do, you can make your own kind of fun ā¦ you can throw you own party, and it can be as āfancyā as you want, or as āsimpleā as you wantā¦ ā So the question is, what makes a prom?ā¦ more so, the question is, what is a prom?ā¦
JayBluE about 11 years ago
Thatās why I said:
-āFamiliar last name, but an unfamiliar faceā¦ (probably developed the same way as the Shannon Daytona/Shannon Lewis āgoof/non-goofā)ā¦.ā ā Itās just in name only,, but it could be like the Shannon Daytona/Shannon Lewis thingā¦.
JayBluE about 11 years ago
She isnāt āunequivocallyā one and the sameā¦.
JayBluE about 11 years ago
This is the strip from 7/25, of last year.Ā Ā Ms. Manezon is just introduced to the DeGroots.Ā Ā If she was the art teacher, it wouldĀ have been likelyĀ that through PTA conferences, that they had met.Ā Ā But There was no āYou look kinda familiarā¦ādialogue.Ā OrĀ gag.
JayBluE about 11 years ago
This is from 11/15/92.Ā Though inĀ a general way, she has similarities, it is different from the portrayed mannerisms of āDramaā Manezon.Ā Even with 20+ years.
karrenchri about 11 years ago
I am so glad that I went to my girl friends prom a year later or I would have no memories of 50 plus yrs ago. Go, my daughter went to 4 proms.
Guilty Bystander about 11 years ago
Itās possible Les could hurt her, but Iām thinking Bernice might somehow be able to reach out and touch whatever goodness the guy might have. She doesnāt strike me as someone whoād be intimidated by him. Well, weāll all find out soon enough, but I found it interesting that Les already asked Rosa to the prom, so heās obviously not against the concept.
JayBluE about 11 years ago
A buck and a quarter?ā¦ A ābuck and a quarterā ?ā¦ā¦
JayBluE about 11 years ago
And now with this comment, add āa penny moreāā¦
seismic-2 Premium Member about 11 years ago
> Yeah, Bernice could give Les the honor of taking her. However if that happens and he ends up hurting her,>Hurting her, how? She falls in love with him after that one date (Bernice is sort of prone to extremes), but he never asks her out again? Or he tries to coerce her into a more intimate relationship than she is willing to engage in? Or he plays a nasty trick on her at the Prom, causing her to go all āCarrieā on everyone there?
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr about 11 years ago
āYou mean heās gonna show up in a wheelchair?ā-āāāāāāāāāāāāāāUnless heās regained use of his legs, yes.
JayBluE about 11 years ago
Yeah, thatād be more like itā¦ ā Although if thereās a āMelodeeā, her sister could be āHarmoneeāā¦.
seismic-2 Premium Member about 11 years ago
So the two ladies were members of the Manezone family? Maybe they changed the spelling from the āManson familyā, for obvious reasons.
seismic-2 Premium Member about 11 years ago
You can feed the poor any day, and maybe Delta does that regularly. But Prom Night is Deltaās biggest opportunity to feed the poor, because she sees it as her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be nominated for Sainthood on account of it!