Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 19, 2014

Well, we know Shannon wants a pony!!! ;)

Like the visuals… ;)

It could be helpful to Brad to know what Shannon’s brother gave her for her own 18th birthday.

Mall (Noun) : (1) A large, swirling expanse where stars are sometimes found, and where every color can escape it’s vortex, with the exception of the color green…

Gotta like whre Greg put his “imprimatur”! And also the name of the mall! ;)

“I Dig A Pony” (♫)“Mall’s Fair In Love And Stores” “Annie Get Your Scanning Gun”“The Art Of Gallerias”“They Won’t Say No To Dough”“Credit Card Sharks”“Squander Quandary”

or “Packages? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Packages!”

A lot of shops there seem to have a bunch of scales: “Dough? Pay Me! So Far, Not A Lot Of The Dough!” (♫)

It’s nice to see Shannon smiling more.

“Lost In The Supermarket”, the Clash“Shop Around”, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles"“How Much Is That Doggie In The Window”, Patti Page – “Just Take My Money” By Farmer Doe Cash And The Moo-lah….

It’d be hllarious if Brad did get Luann a pony. Presumably, TJ can easily fund it.

For anyone who is interested, Scottish Independence failed to pass… I have a lot of Scots in my background, and I so wanted them to have their country back. Oh well, I’m not the one who has to live there… And, on that note, I’m going to gather IS Katie up and schlep upstairs… ‘Nite all! ;)-—————————————————————————-“All nature is but art unknown to thee; All chance, direction which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good; And, spite of pride, in erring reason’s spite, One Truth is clear, ‘Whatever IS, is RIGHT.’(Alexander Pope, 1688-1744)

Maybe she can call him “Dad 2.0”….

OK Brad, pony up !!

pony no, but maybe a Mustang?

$150 Gift Cert for shoes (can’t go wrong).

Bye-bye money, bye!

I do not celebrate birthdays.

I’ve enjoy Luann comics for many years.

I’ve never seen Shannon smile so wide, before, she really IS happier with B&T than with her worthless Daddy.ps, that mall has been called Squander Mall, pretty much since the beginning of the strip.

Little kids aren’t obsessed with ponies, this author is so lame when it comes to little kids.^^As lame as your comments?

Heh.

Get Lu a Birthday Card LOADED with Sentimental SLUSH, Stick a $50 Gift Card in it and Call it a Day.

Or Better Yet, GET Her a Crappy Tie or some other Loathsome Gift, Like She’s Always Buying Her Broken, Hard-Working, Unappreciated Father and SEND Her a LOUD And CLEAR “Message”…..,

Guy I used to work with got each of his three daughters a pony when they turned eighteen..That’s pony as in Ford Mustang.

activist1234 said, about 12 hours ago

@Mikeyj

“Fortunately, most of the members of my forum are in my own age group, haha”*Mikey J – ok, then here’s another classic of gym class and sleepovers:.

Elbows out at shoulder height.Pull elbows back and forward while saying“I must, I must,I must improve my bust!”^^Actually, most of us guys rarely cared about increasing our chests back then.

A Unicorn!

Well, at least we’re getting some insight into Shannon’s mind. They can build on that. Maybe she’ll take up Equestrian sports or something. It could also teach her some responsibility (i.e. how to take care of a pony).

Shannon is, of course, expressing what she would like to get for Luann’s birthday. Toni can offer more practical advice, but in general Brad should keep it simple and elegant….

This would be a great time for Dirk to show up.

Ok, what Souander here is geting a shout out?

I have never met a little California girl who didn’t want her own pony. It is cheaper to rent the pony though. One year a pony was rented for my granddaughter’s birthday party. It was brought into the subdivision where the Fair Oaks airport used to be, and all the party goers got to ride it. I just bought her some riding clothes that was on her Amazon wish list. She is getting interested in the sport of riding rather than being a cowgirl, I guess, but cowgirl boots are on her wish list, too. ~I don’t think anyone reported a pony being in the subdivision to the homeowners association. If they did they would probably have been laughed at. ~Luann would probably love a brand new Mustang, or better still, a 1965 Corvette Stingray all restored.

Wow you remember all of that…LOL…

“that’s a “Q” not an “O””*Dave – Ok, ok, “What Squander here is getting a shout out?” :-O

“It’s getting so I simply don’t know what to buy ANYONE at any age any more. "*Lassie – I totally agree. There’s the classic out— the most desired present for teens to receive is a gift card.*Then there’s my way— buy them something I liked at their age at a store in their area, so they get a story along with an item to be exchanged.

Happy Birthday, Bernice!Happy Birthday to you.Wishing you joy, love, and peaceAnd good grades at Moony U!

Maybe Bernice will finally get to meet her roommate Dez as a birthday gift, and get rid of all the stuff she’s minding for Dez’s friends…

Yeah, kids these days would be “stereotyped” to the point that the only pony they would be depicted as wanting, is if it’s a Pony model cell phone…

Never ask a child what to buy for someone else, you’ll get THEIR wish list.

Brad and Toni have done wonders with this child.

Dave – need to talk on the side – pls email me:Luannatics@yahoogroups.com. Will ask you to confirm it is you (Dave53) with a one word validation in this forum. Later!

She’ll be 18. There’s a Victoria’s Secret in that mall. Let your girlfriend pick. (And note carefully what she picks, for your own future reference.) If Quill’s head explodes, you know you chose well.

My only problem with “gift cards” is that, yes, you get what you want; but there’s no surprise involved, no “my ____ got this for me”, no cherished memory attached.Having said that; one of the last gifts my Mother got me for Christmas 2000 (the day she died) was a JC Penny’s card (she was a long-time loyal customer). By the time I felt like redeeming it, fees had eaten up it’s entire “value”, in addition to any good feeling that might have attached itself to this last gift.I haven’t stepped inside a Pennys since.

Wonder why no one has actually asked Luann what she might want for her birthday?

“ok, signed up, but am awaiting confirmation /approval from the group owner”*Dave – all this to be taken to the woodshed? Hope Sheriff is easy witht he paddle.

Got it! Last time for Valentine’s Day, Brad & Toni & TJ set up that long-distance romantic dinner with Quill on Skype.*This time, they can give Lu & Qu a gift certificate to that romantic restaurant where Brad, then Toni, proposed.*Give an experience rather than a disposable thing.

People … please.

That would be a unicorn.

Better days:

http://www.thecomicstrips.com/properties/luann/art_images/cg49afffcf308660.jpg

I think that’s what Shannon wants..;)

TJ has a need to belong.For all his bad traits, he is a sympathetic character at times.

.For all her bad traits, she can be understood and be a sympathetic character at times.

And TJ and Shannon even form a bond within the DeGroot context. .Surprises everyone but them. They share a commonality..http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add.php?iid=48040

A long time ago, on the streets of Baltimore, produce vendors (called “Arab-ers”) would sell their goods up and down the streets. When I was a kid there, one was kind enough to let me ride on his pony for a few blocks (ah, good times, good times!). And, of course, the pony was kind enough to let me – I guess that’s why I didn’t bother too much asking for one growing up. After that dream was fulfilled, well, that dream to hit one off of Jim “Catfish” Hunter into the upper decks and/or also that dream to have “the Cars/Poco/Firefall/Genesis” open up for me (sigh)…. could just never measure up….

my niece was … grew up to do dressage.

My 1st cousin’s two daughters were both competitive youth Equestrians…. mostly show jumping… Dressage was a totally different beast…. literally… ;-)

“Or, at least that is what was said in the strip I read…”^I got the “same version of that strip”, too… and that’s the same thing that I read…

Aaah! I remember all our forum’s “hardware and locksmith” discussions about it, as though it were only a few months ago….

Uh, they did play. They did their part. They hid . The object for them was to “hide”. Shannon was designated as the “seek”. They hid. They were so great at it, it bought them some QT, since Shannon wasn’t able to find them. They “killed two birds with one stone”…..

And this, too, as we all discussed then…

“. Here they do the opposite, but neither is technically playing, "^Again, they hid . As I previously stated, they didn’t leave the house, they didn’t have her hide and “lock herself” somewhere. They played . They made sure it was them to be the “hider/s”. – Usually, in “hide and seek”, the seeker has to find you. You don’t call out: “Are you in here?” (Or at least you know you won’t get an answer). The “hider/s” would be “defeating the purpose” to “give away their location” on purpose. The seeker tries to get them to reveal themselves. They considered themselves as “outsmarting her” in finding a place to hide as good as they thought it was (which wasn’t as good for them on their end, as was shown in the subsequent strips). But again, they were playing. Either way (technical or non-technical)….

The kid’s adorable…most of the time.

“When you hide, you have to hide in a place where someone can actually find you…”^I… don’t remember the rule that says that . Except if it was a “Seeker” who made that rule. I’ll have to check the “Official Manual” made by Parkour Brothers (twins whose last name is the same as that "roof-jumping craze)…

“Is that how you would play hide and seek with small children? Go to your room and lock the door? Honestly?”^Honestly,that all gets sorted out when you play. For instance, “such and such is the base” for “it’s” (what we called tag). "We’d also say what could and couldn’t be the base, and whatever else. We did the same for “Hide and Seek”. – I came from a time when people could go about the neighborhood, but the rule was “make sure you’re home by dark” . For some, the rule was that, plus the periodic “check in” and “When I call, you better come!”. These days, it’s not so “kosher” in some places to do that, but for some, it is still possible. – So hiding in a house would seem like a “walk in the park”. The only rules would be don’t go “Punky Brewster” and hide in an abandoned refrigerator, don’t go out of the house, and anything “common sense”. And that’s what Greg was basing it on. – As far as not being able to find them, that’s the game . Somebody has to win, and somebody has to lose. Shannon wasn’t “upset”. After all, she did go to rescue B&T. She could’ve “got them back”…..

Shannon is six. She is not a “four year old”. Six year olds are pretty ‘wily and wary". They played the game with a precocious, smart, inventive, creative child of six. I don’t think that Mr. Evans would have depicted this if it were a four year old, that hadn’t even been to pre school . It seemed appropriate (comic strip wise), given her age. However, I cannot dictate how others in real life would do it. Some would, some wouldn’t. But the whole point from all this is what B&T were doing. That was the core of this discussion. They were playing along, and playing another “game” at the same time…..

“They realized they were emotionally abusing a small child by hiding behind a locked door and not responding to her asking if they were in there.”^Hoh, boy…..

LOL!

This example shows why Luann got mad at Shannon… -

"dodge ball? " ^Dunh, diuhn, duhhhhhhhhhhhhnh!!!!

LOL, You can’t escape Charlie!

“That wasn’t even the same day.”^Well, that wasn’t what I was saying. The point I posted it is to show that it’s Shannon’s old MO . It’s an example of her formerly demanding nature, and ability to “manipulate and control”, which is why Toni called her a “mini Eiffel”… – The example showed that Luann got bothered, because Shannon didn’t respect the boundaries (nor desires) of others….

“I’m pretty sure the idea was that Luann is also a selfish little snit, and that’s the joke, Luann doesn’t realize it.”^Look again. Shannon took the bowl, switching it for the black bowl that she had while Luann was talking. That was the “gag” in that strip…Luann not noticing as she did it, and was “casual” about the whole thing when Luann lectured her…

Hmm…a pony…