Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 20, 2015

Wonderful mother/son conversation. Now let’s just pray Gunther gets along with Mr. Grey who would happen to be at the door.

A raised eyebrow. A doorbell. Put them together, and what do you have? Don’t know, till you answer the door… – Could it be an "indicator of ‘one more change’ "? Could it be just “Oh, that’s right. We’re expecting company!”. Could Mrs. B have seen a platonic relationship where Mr. G sees something else? Will he at least save a slice of pie for someone else? Will these sweet moments become soured by the arrival of a semi-welcome, friendly stranger? – We’ve seen Gunther “going through changes”. Wonder if we’d get to see the strides that Mrs. B has made…

If that is Rosa I am going to plotz….

Oh here we go…

“The Berger Try Angle”“Friends And Strangers”“Building Bridges Before Dinner”“Eye 2 Aye, Aye, Aye!”“Balancing Act”“You And I And The New Guy”“1 To 1…. Plus One?”“I’m Learning To Fly, But I Ain’t Got Wings” (♫)or“What’s Black And White And Gray All Over?”

Mr. Gray’s Anatomy has arrived. Gunther doesn’t like it.

Would be pretty corny without the “Ding Dong”

“We’ll always have each other.” But will they always live with each other? That seems critical to Gunther’s “life plan”.

Echoes of Helen Reddy’s “You And Me Against The World” could probably swirl around in the background during that touching moment. – Hopefully that doorbell won’t turn into a “scratch of the needle”….

Good tension here today….who will it be?Hey! It’s Tiffany! Coming over to talk to Gunthy about homework help!

It’s Mr. Gray’s father, telling him that they have to go back to Australia this very instant. Mrs. Berger’s virtue is spared!

If it is somebody else at the door, wonder if Mr. Gray will be mad that someone took his plate of spaghetti?

Awwwwwwwww……

Maybe it’s Tiffany

Sofia’s at the door. The server has crashed, and Gunther didn’t tell them the super-user password to reboot it.or,Rosa’s at the door. “Gunther, I need you! Come back! Do you know how many sticks there are in Peru, and how much gravel?”

“Now before I answer the door, you should probably know that Mr. Gray asked me to move in with him. In Alaska. We’re leaving tomorrow. I’ll be back here every other month to visit. There are frozen meals I made for you in the freezer.”

by her eyes, if it is Mr Gray, he came sooner than expected, might be a big surprise as in Rosa or might be Q that forgot his keys, tune in for tomorrow’s episode of “for whom the ring bells”

“And now if you’ll excuse me, I have to deal with this ding-dong at the door.”

Just realized who Mr. Grey is, he’s Mr. Morton from school house rock.

Perhaps Mr Gray will turn out to be Tiffany’s father

It’s the Avon Lady.

ENOUGH with the Semi-Heartfelt “I’ll NEVER, Ever, Kinda, Sorta, CHANGE, How I FEEL About YOU” Routine, You Bergers. Dinner’s Getting COLD!

(Now Turn the Lights OUT and PRETEND You’re NOT Home)

And so ends that Kodak Moment.

Worst thing a parent can say to a child: “I’ll always be here for you.” one way or another, they won’t.

Would really amuse me if it is Rosa at the door.

Mr Grey will see you now

Spidey sense tingling!

Let’s play What If….:What if the person at the door is not Mr. Gray but rather a lawyer who announces that, due a technicality, the adoption of Gunther has been ruled invalid, meaning he is not Mrs. Berger’s son any longer?!Now, that’s irony!

Who is at the door? Mr. Grey, Rosa or even Tiff…The suspense is killing me.

“Never will I love you.”?*The sentiment is understood, but was this a Freudian slip?

In this case, “Nothing can ever change that” sorta sounds like “what could possibly go wrong?”

Guther’s father

Nothing can change that… EXCEPT… Mr. Ding-dong.

It’s Mr. Grey and Rosa – together!

Who ever it is, let’s hope this storyline is suspended for at least 6 months.

This is a really awkward time for Mr. Berger finally to show up and try to re-unite with Mrs. B.

It could be Rosa!

This is the only woman he is really comfortable touching, kind of sweet, but kind of sick that he will never love another woman like he loves his mommy.

I haven’t followed for awhile, what happened to Rosa?

They are expecting Mr. Gray, he is showing up because they invited him. Why would it be anyone else?

Opportunity doesn’t always knock. Sometimes it rings the door bell! lol

Nope, the whole point of the dinner was to introduce Mr. Grey and Gunther…

Wow, only one other person thinks it’s the return of Gunther’s father???

Or “Ding Dong, The Hitch Is Up Ahead” (♫)…

With all this wondering about “Mr. Berger’s return (or even new arrival)”, wouldn’t it be something, if Gunther’s middle name was… “Luke”?

“You’re dead to me!”:::::: Blam~ Blam! ::::::

Of course, Greg could have forgotten that Mr. Berger was just “trapped” in his “special drawing pen” in the bottom drawer when he “happened upon it” the other day…

Consoleus interruptus

is Rosa’s dad asking G to bring the daughter back to the USA

Table set for three, so its either Mr. Gray or Mr. Carson from Downton Abbey wanting his fine China dinner plates back.

My guess is that he’ll be “conveniently” not at home. Most likely at the DeGroots’ for dinner….

Maybe it’s Rosa……

I’ll be seeing Greg Evans in a few months – I wonder if it’s possible to compile a “best of” from the comments of the past calendar year. The “worst of” would be an unimaginably competitive array of submissions, ranging from mostest snarkiest to uber duperest. Where to begin?

I can’t figure out why we have no way to transport all the excess snow that Boston and points north have, to California. If we (unsafely) transport flammable oil in trains that derail in West Virginia and burn people out of their homes, there must be a way to transport excess snow in refrigerated rail cars (I think they do that with milk, after all…)

First saw Mr. Eclar on “Dark Shadows” then later others like “McGiver” and “The Invaders.”

I have seen him in a number of things, but his most memorable thing for me was the Russian space Administrator in “2010 – Oddesy II” that, at the beginning, approached Dr. Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider) about the mission.

“You are a smart man Dr. Floyd… You will know what to do…”

Haha! That is very true. Water is indeed wasted through shaving. Good point Brdshtt… and California!

The desalination plant is not operating?!?! What is the actual reason? Is it perceived as still being too costly? Too small? Not really functional? I remember all the big media play about it during construction…. I always presumed it was simply functioning.

Its eather Gunthers old dad, or mr gray is gonn proprose

could be mr. gray, tiffany, and even rosa!i will fall back if it is rosa.man, i can’t wait to find out.!

Seriously? They can’t run it?-Maybe they should talk to some Israeli engineers…

I could buy the hair. Just not the eye makeup…

There’s a desal plant operating here in Florida, serving the Tampa area. When EPA permitted it, environmental groups sued, because the waste from the plant (high concentrate saline, among other chemicals) was permitted to be discharged back to the Bay. But as far as I know, that plant did go live and is operating.-Florida is heavily dependent on groundwater, which contributes to sinkhole problems. Worse, growth has put strong demand on water. The state has mandated that the water management districts (regional agencies) plan for ‘alternative water sources’.-The County where I live got permission to treat water from the St. John’s River, and a bunch of environmentalists and the City of Jacksonville sued. They lost, because the amount allowed our county is very small. (And the hypocrisy of Jacksonville was amazing, consider how much pollution they dump into that river.)-I guess water ‘wars’ are alive and well all over the US…

OH, BEFORE I FORGET: SPOILER ALERT!!!!

Gunther’s pained expression makes my wince as much as the amazing words of his Mom in the last frame…

Were they objecting to the particular area chosen for the storage, or just to the concept of storage? Because you can create water storage in a number of ways (including elevated water towers.) It’s not always necessary to flood a natural area…

LOL!! Mother Nature’s revenge!

RB2, the poster calling himself Sheriff Mordecai is one of the colorists for Luann and already knows Mr. Evans. So I’m not sure that ‘Sheriff’ is interested in just collecting compliments that are posted here…