Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 25, 2015

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    JayBluE  over 9 years ago

    It’s almost ironic that “Panda Tea” is so expensive, given it’s source. But they say it’s healthy- given the Bamboo diet and “relatively clean” living of Pandas… – Bill Gates was also reported to have invested in a system that is supposed to be able to extract water, the “Omniprocessor”, that is said to be able to extract water from poop better than current treatment systems can….(See here or go to: http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-jimmy-fallon-poop-water-2015-1)

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    Argythree  over 9 years ago

    Sounds like something I intend to avoid.

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    Argythree  over 9 years ago

    If Dez is a practitioner of voudoun, she is not following Greek gods…

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 9 years ago

    Dez must be the collegiate version of Bernice’s high school classmate Knute: an oddball.

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    kittikat2381  over 9 years ago

    Well we all know now the stuff in those packages was pot that she is selling, how else can a poor college student afford tea that is $200 a cup?

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    Angelalex242  over 9 years ago

    …that’s not tea I would drink.

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    Pointspread  over 9 years ago

    Might be a good time to ask Dez what was in those packages.

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    Argythree  over 9 years ago

    Hope you’re wrong. She just got here, and is highly entertaining (to me, anyway). She’s clearly living in a universe that differs from that of poor Bernice, who asks if Moira is Dez’ guidance counselor…

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    Belinda Banana Ana  over 9 years ago

    She looks like a fat Trelawney, and has just as phony of beliefs.

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    JayBluE  over 9 years ago

    Waste Of Time”“Dung Beetle Bailey”“It’s A Crap Shoot”“Service For A Small Feces”or “Elimination Round”

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    JayBluE  over 9 years ago

    ZZ Top, “Eliminator” “Go Where You Wanna Go”, Mamas And Papas

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    MaynardAz  over 9 years ago

    I would bet that Dez has more hair on her legs than I do.

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    Namrepus  over 9 years ago

    Is it just me or does Dez look like that infomercial tarot reader Miss Cleo?

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    JayBluE  over 9 years ago

    Heh, heh!!! -Perhaps I should have also went with “A Boiling Potty Of Tea”… or “Table, For Potty Of One”….

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    JayBluE  over 9 years ago

    LOL!

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    jnik23260  over 9 years ago

    Is panda dung tea more expensive than elephant dung coffee?

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    ai_vin  over 9 years ago

    Believe it or not it is a thing; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_tea

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    keema70  over 9 years ago

    The koala tea of Merci is not strained.

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    keema70  over 9 years ago

    Trelawney as in Harry Potter?

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    wiselad  over 9 years ago

    maybe Dez grows her own tea, and the 50 dollars package is Panda dung as Viper works in the Zoo? ;P

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    Pointspread  over 9 years ago

    I like my coffee from Brazil, not predigested by anything! Of course to me Moira is a town in County Down so what do I know…

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    JayBluE  over 9 years ago

    Sold on a street corner, by someone named “Winnie the Poo h ”…..

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    Editman  over 9 years ago

    Everybody missed the reference to Guidance Counselor. That’s Bernie’s job, y’know!

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    JayBluE  over 9 years ago

    Yeah, it’ll definitely take care of the odors! And any others, just to be thorough!

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    ShagsCA  over 9 years ago

    (Monte Python) What’s brown and sounds like a bell?.....Dung!

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    Lakegal  over 9 years ago

    Moira: the personification of Fate.

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    Skylark  over 9 years ago

    Just what we need here…another coo-coo!

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    Mordock999 Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Gee-Bus, She’s Following MOTHRA?!!?

    Bernice, I’d Get The FRACK Outta There, NOW!!

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    dadoctah  over 9 years ago

    No panda dung tea for me, but I’ll have a cup of civet cat coffee if it’s not too much trouble.

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    loveslife  over 9 years ago

    you must have a different strip.. Dez’s hair is the same colour Mon. as on Tue., and today, red

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    Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 9 years ago

    It seems, to my absolute horror, that panda dung tea is a real thing. Thanks, Google.

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    TORAD_07  over 9 years ago

    Anyone notice Dez looks kinda old? Not bashing old people (as I’m one) but I’m wondering if she’s kinda flighty. Like she goes from place to place without a worry.

    I’m thinking Dez will won’t be around much longer

    I’m afraid I have to agree. I think Dez is, simply, one ginormous “red flag” for Bern to “GET AWAY,” and room with Lu or Gunther (or both ;-PPP), when either (eventually) get “on campus.”

    Yeah…… I’ll take a nice “Earl Grey” any day…. but not….. well…. you know……

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    31768  over 9 years ago

    “panda dung tea?” that’s much too exotic!

    Thanx, Dez, you go ahead, I pass on that.

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    Jelfring Premium Member over 9 years ago

    I think Dez is an interesting character, not unlike some people I know. I hope she stays around for awhile.

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    aisforamy  over 9 years ago

    I’m guessing the Moira is Dez’s Spirit Guide or simiar.

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    TORAD_07  over 9 years ago

    Anyone notice Dez looks kinda old?

    Well, not that old, BTW. But, as stated earlier, she does remind me a little of a Ms. Berger with darker skin and dreds instead of curls.

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    Willywise52 Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Ooookay.

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    Chuck374  over 9 years ago

    Well, now we can guess what was in those bags that Piro delivered.

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    Mneedle  over 9 years ago

    It is hot water run through Panda Dung and dripped into a cup for your enjoyment.

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 9 years ago

    Hurrah! Dez is taking us on a “trip”— without the use of anything illegal!

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    2Goldfish  over 9 years ago

    Ok, this is just getting weird.

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 9 years ago

    “If so, I was thinking rainbow hair would be fun for tomorrow.”*RB2- What fun this is! I, too, would love rainbow hair. Her skin shading also is magically changing from day to day. *I don’t know how she passed the first semester if she was gone all the time— but I am impressed that her Moira is not neglecting her family responsibilities. *Thjis is going to be a real growth experience for Bern— hope she takes advantage of it. (I failed to do so with my promiscuous S African ballet dancer roommate.)

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    JimT8  over 9 years ago

    “What leads you to Greek Mythology in relation to Desdemona?

    Try googling Moira (fate) and Panda Dung Tea.-

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    Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Also, Sheriff, are you going to decide on a hair color for Dez?========If you did you back story homework, you’d know that last year’s occupant of this room was a theater major who experimented with set design, particularly lighting. Her name was Phlegminia. She installed several ceiling mounted dynamic hue LED strips with that use the random buzz-tron day loop feedback circuit to get the special effects you see here. It’s that simple.

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    JimT8  over 9 years ago

    “GREG PLEASE MAKE SOME GAY CHARACTERS!!”

    That’s the first polite request we’ve had along those lines. Much better than attempting to out someone who is straight.

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    Airman  over 9 years ago

    This “leap” from high school hasn’t really gotten off the ground yet. The very long Gunther and Rosa tale was a disappointment and missed numerous opportunities to zing, but never did. Now, we have Bernice in college with a bunch of weird characters. Not much to cheer about there, either. It’s like someone put speed limit signs at the Indianapolis 500 Race track. Take your foot off the brakes, Greg, cut loose.

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    locake  over 9 years ago

    Surely Bernice will stand up to Dez and refuse to drink the crappy tea.

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    YatInExile  over 9 years ago

    Run, Bernice. Run and don’t stop.

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    YatInExile  over 9 years ago

    Panda Dung Tea? What kind of $#!+ is that?!?

    It’s panda $#!+

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    Willow Mt Lyon  over 9 years ago

    Panda dung tea is tea that has been fertilized with panda poop. Who is Moira? How does that fake hair do tie in?

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    Argy.Bargy2  over 9 years ago

    What explanation?

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    Sisyphos  over 9 years ago

    Dez follows her Destiny/Moira (shouldn’t supposedly brainy Bernice know that?), to Moony Uni, then to the side of her dying grandfather until his death (quite proper pietas), and now to the dorm and her new roommate, to whom she offers her expensive if exotic tea. What’s not to like? So far, at least, Dez is a great addition to the roster of characters!

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    Seed_drill  over 9 years ago

    Pour some Head and Shoulders on her. It makes flakes go away.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 9 years ago

    From Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Anja I think it was looked at what Giles paid for something and said,“that’s too much, I could get it for half that, I know the demon who defecates it.”{She may not have said “defecates” but pretty close)

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    sffilk  over 9 years ago

    Dez is strange. Plain and simple.

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 9 years ago

    “Then why isn’t Bernice’s hair changing color? Or their clothes? Does this LED circuit target Dez’s hair only?”*Got to go with Sheriff on this one. I knew Phlegm, and she was experimenting on the physics of texture density on lighting. (cough, hack)

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    Kirk Sinclair  over 9 years ago

    I love it. New Age mama. Extremely intuitive and nuts, everything that Bernice is going to need to learn as a counsellor.

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    Airman  over 9 years ago

    Early results: Dez NOT worth the wait. Bernice embarks on The Ship of Fools. Gunther and Rosa should have had sex. Knute and Crystal should move in together. Tiffany needs a meaningful relationship.

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    3pibgorn9  over 9 years ago

    How do you know Gunth and Rosa didn’t make love at some point.

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    The Old Wolf  over 9 years ago

    I’d rather drink kopi luwak!

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    Doctor11  over 9 years ago

    I think Moira is her spirit guide.

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    Ukko wilko  over 9 years ago

    The kind you can sell to gullible people with too much money!

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    doverdan  over 9 years ago

    “Dez mentions being led to her ailing grandfather’s side, and that is the explanation provided for her absence, but it does not explain her comings-and-goings in the middle of the night.”.We don’t know that Dez came to the dorm in the middle of the night. .Someone else could have picked up the packages and forwarded them to her.

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 9 years ago

    Check Wikipedia for “moirai”. From Greek “moira”They controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from birth to death.

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    yangeldf  over 9 years ago

    ok, on the one hand, just because it’s from an endangered species doesn’t mean it’s not crap (literally.) On the other hand, if you’re going to use anything from an endangered species at least that won’t harm it.

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    wiselad  over 9 years ago

    about hair color, might be the filters ……………………………………

    is not as noticeable, but Bern’s hair has a slightly different tone

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 9 years ago

    Mordock – Oh my gosh, you are on a noble Lenten break from coffee. Please, please, please don’t do anything so desperate as to make a substitute from aniamal dung!

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Howy and RB2… I tend to view this as Dez was gone pretty much the whole semester because of her grandfather. She did drop in once or twice (apparently later in the day, or when Bernice happened to be out) probably to grab something of hers. While she was there, she may have ended up briefly talking with Piro, and/or her other friends…. Viper and Sun, but since she did not have a lot of time to wait around, she didn’t wait around to see or meet Bernice.

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 9 years ago

    Speaking of Wikipedia, who wants to add Des to the list of characters?

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   over 9 years ago

    This story line leads me to believe that Greg or Karen did a Google on a Ripley’s Believe It or Not factoid and ended up in an endless loop of obliquely related items the results of which became touchstones in Dez’ character, and that we are about to experience that result.

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago

    I think Dez came back once or twice during the time she was with her grandfather, to BRIEFLY stop and get something of hers that was important and necessary but she had left in her dorm. This suggests to me that she had to probably leave to be by her grandfather’s bedside rather quickly. To me, this makes logical sense to the story arc.

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    Squoop  over 9 years ago

    I agree with all who said Moira is Dez’s spirit guide.

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    notbornyesterday  over 9 years ago

    You go to a university for an education, but you don’t learn everything in class

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    maverick1usa  over 9 years ago

    I’ll join you, none of that tea for me!

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    RSH  over 9 years ago

    lots of folks think Dez is an older student but that’s not necessarily the case. Being dark complected, heavier and wearing a skirt doesn’t have to imply that. After all she has a living grandfather so she can’t be that old. Moony is a big public university and students come in all sizes, shapes and ethnic backgrounds. Older students generally don’t live in the dorms unless they are international students. She might be in her 20’s though or maybe a graduate student. I see that Bernice is still in her ‘guidance counselor’ frame of mind (such an old style term.. ) from working in Miss Phelps’ office at Pitts. .Maybe there will be some interesting learning opportunity here for Bernice as she wants to study psychology.

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    wiselad  over 9 years ago

    taking that Bern is 18, and looks like Sun and Viper are at least sophs, I would say they are 19 or 20 most probably, I think Dez is also soph at least(maybe Junior) and since Moira guided her to the university, maybe slightly older, so, Dez is anywhere between 19 and 25, but definitely not in her 30s or much less in her 40s

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    wiselad  over 9 years ago

    “Missing Follower uses Tea from Droppings”

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    wiselad  over 9 years ago

    many times we have seen a certain boy having awesome trips with a stuffed tiger, and one of the originals was a guy named Christopher

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    wiselad  over 9 years ago

    come on Airman, the three c’s???? Mexicans know how to count, unless you meant that they see Chave, Chower and Champoo as a single trinity

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    wiselad  over 9 years ago

    in the original story he had more than pooh, he had a pig, a Donkey, the kangarooos and a a tiger, with Rabbitt and owl inspired by A A Milne from live animals, 5 of the 6 stuffed toys can be seen in a library, but Roo was lost, most saying most probably in one of the branches of a tree

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    thefloyd  over 9 years ago

    Two strips is all I need. Love her!

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    TORAD_07  over 9 years ago

    Chinese word for constipation: Hung Chow.:P

    Arrggghhhh! ;-PPP

    ISTR a certain very nefarious novel regarding China and “overpopulation…”

    A Mr. “W. F. Young” was the author…. ;-PPPP

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    TIMH  over 9 years ago

    So, there is a kopi luwak of the tea world?

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    wiselad  over 9 years ago

    I said Tiger (not tigger) because from what i remembered some people mentioned that in the original story it was mentioned Chris had a tiger but was never “characterized”, interestingly the"word" Heffalump was introduced in the first 2 books and “imagined”(in the frame of the book itself) looking like an elephant, but was never put as an actual character of the woods until the TV series in late 80s and early 90s

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    wiselad  over 9 years ago

    meant the “stuffed tiger”, not as a character, just like Winnie in the 1st chapter(not the intro) was put as having the “real name” of Edward the bear but was called Winnie-ther-Pooh by Christopher ………. and in book 2 the character of tigger was introduced BASED on the tiger toy……… I have not found the whole PDF of the book yet to be able to see if what people posted years ago was true or not(that the tiger was mentioned just like “Edward the bear” was mentioned in the first book)

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    31768  over 9 years ago

    Can you picture Dez and Gunth?

    Gunthdez! he may like the poo-tee!

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    Argythree  over 9 years ago

    Well, yeah, that’s true, but I guess I never thought of either of those truths as ‘fun’ facts…

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    Argythree  over 9 years ago

    OMG SPOILER ALERT….-Geez, poor Bernice. Nothing seems to be as it should be, for her, at least. Dez is happy. Bernice feels, um, crappy…

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    wiselad  over 9 years ago

    ummmm, the tiger was not mentioned, so we have to take it that the tiger was gifted to Chris after book 1 was written

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    jimmeh  over 9 years ago

    Amazing how seriously people take a COMIC STRIP!

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