Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 08, 2015

T.M.I.T.M.I. (Tiffany must insist too much information)

See? That trip to Peru ( and to the mountains) was indeed of benefit to Gunther…he learned something, in “taking a chance” and in that experience- and perahps some other neat little “life tips” that he may not have learned, had he stayed in his “safe and statistically calculated little cocoon”…. – And, as a bonus, he got to drive Tiffany’s " Red Dream" convertible!!! – And as soon as it all hardens, Tiff’s got a new pair of “mud boots”!

I feel sorry for the interior of her car. A necessary evil though I guess lol.

Did Gunther just get into the left side of the car? But he doesn’t even have a driver’s license, does he? And where are the salamanders they were suppose to collect? And is Tiffany really going to get mud all over that upholstery?

Fire ants actually sting, and not bite.

“Gross Encounters Of The Deferred Kind”“(Going Through) That Awkward Phase”“A Sore Subject”“She’s Got Legs, But She Can Hardly Use Them” (♫)“The Call Of The Mild”“Swamped Thing”“Pack Man”“Smear Tactics”“Etiqutte And Paste”“Mind Your Salamanders”“Urine For A Surprise”“That’s My Llama!!!”“Sieze The Day!…Then Drop It…”or“Escape From Animal Planet”

10. Rub it on, to cure baldness. On your face.

12. Use it as a cologne, to make yourself irresistible to a bus load of old ladies.

Butterface!

Really funny to read the reactions to laffs. Thanks…

Sorry, but I don’t see a steering wheel.

13. Prevent the common cold. Wash your clothes in it, and no one will come near you.

Au, contraire! Fire ants also bite, in addition to stinging…..

Forgot to add that it’s just that the sensation from their stinging is what you’d remember the most, of course….but they do bite…

14: Hope that the Llama Urine also holds the cure for (Gunther’s) accidental dose of Gamma Rays he was exposed to, at Rosa’s Uncle Leo’s “Plastic Factory” Clinic?

10. Madonna said that soaking your feet in urine cures athlete’s foot. Now, how would she know that?A common belief amongst prisoners.

I still see a budding romance beginning between these two.

Cue a crossword clue to an anagram for “alien mural”?

15. Stop a conversation with a pretty girl.

“10. Madonna said that soaking your feet in urine cures athlete’s foot. Now, how would she know that?”^“Truth Or Dare”?

And Gunther demonstrates, once again, that there is stuff that goes on in these characters’ lives that isn’t chronicled within the confines of 18 panels per week.

Um, isn’t this the second time Gunther has saved a damsel in distress? The first time was when our man Gunth carried Luann out of a steep ravine – after she tumbled down off her bike and crunched her ankle.

Way to go, Gunth.

No more weirdness? Then their relationship is over! And so are alllll the Gunther stories! Oops!

10. Because everyone has heard about this. Don’t blame Madonna.

“Hi, fellow classmates. How many dead salamanders do you have for Dr. Bebo? Tiffany and I caught a lot, but first I drove her to a clinic in no hurry at all even though fire ants had swarmed her legs.”-“That must have really hurt, Tiffany!”-“Nope, it didn’t hurt at all.”-“….?”

Stings, not bites.…You wrote that you didn’t care about realism. Yet you wrote this, too. Okay. . . Calm down, then.

Gunther.

Please TELL Us EXACTLY How You Ended Up with THIS “Person” as a..,What Did She Call It, “Study Buddy?”

Did You LOSE a BET or Something??

“more weirdness not needed” should portend that the good stuff is yet to come, but year after year, month after month, hot blooded kids are thrown together in situations that should lead to hot romance, and it never happens.

hey tiff where are the keys to the car? i gave them to you. no you didn’t! i did too. well we better find them cause the car isn’t going without them. oh dear we are stuck in the woods with darkness coming and our cell phones don’t have any reception. -after snuggling all night to keep warm the sun peeps over the treetops to show gunther waking to a loud snort from tiff whose mouth is wide open, head at an angle and drool running our of the corner of her mouth onto his shoulder. -play background music everly brothers “wake up little susie”

I’m less interested in how Gunther learned about uses of llama urine than I am interested in how (and where, and when) he learned how to drive. Have we ever seen him behind the wheel of a vehicle before?

It’s funny , when Gunther could said “Right, more weirdness not needed” he could have come off as: (A) a confident grown man enjoying the humor of the situation, or, (B) a chastised little boy feeling ashamed because his mommy, or any woman for that matter, caught him doing something wrong.

anyone care to guess, was it (A) or was it (B)? (hint: just look at the expression on that poor boy’s face)

Moral of the story, giving up plaid and growing a scruffy half ass excuse for a beard does not a man make.

But never mind, after the potentially erotic sensation of rubbing Tiffanies legs with mud, Gunther’s probably feeling a lot of confusing, and probably new, emotions right about now. Hope it doesn’t interfere with his driving.

Most people know about using mud to treat bee stings and contact with stinging nettles. I grew up using it when there was no baking soda and water around to make a paste to treat them.

wait doesn’t she know she’s going to get mud all over that car?

So after being an IT person in Peru suddenly he’s the nature expert?

Just like we’re supposed to believe he’s suddenly an expert with nature? Lama piss? Seriously? All we saw him do was IT and play baby to a bunch of grandmothers.

With so many benefits coming from llama urine, I’m sure glad I’ve got a bottle of Wild Llarry’s Miracle Llama Urine in my medicine cabinet! Now in a new Cherry Flavor!

Does Gunther know how to drive a stick? #NotAEuphemism

17. Teenage boys can smear it on their upper lip to promote moustache growth.

What abort the urine from a "one “L-ed” Lama?? Will it make you more Holy? Introspective? Horny of Chicks from Tibet???

My question…. will Gunther, now that he is driving the expensive Porsche, end up getting into some sort of fender-bender as he drives the two of them home?

Uric acid is one of the first chemicals our ancestors had. Many uses. Leather clothing probably the most important.Even the Neanderthals must have used it.

16. Put it in a jar with Mohammed’s picture in it.Oh, wait, that would be offensive . . . . -——————————-Mohammed’s picture has been widely used by Moslems, especially in art. In Iran/Persia a lot, in North Africa a good deal, etc. Just picturing him was not offensive to many groups in Islam. Of course ridicule is another matter. The Russians put out a lot of atheistic cartoon books in Central Asia during the Soviet era. Mohammed always had a very big nose, much as Jews were ridiculed by Russians during that era.

… and it was such a pleasure putting that mud on…

Where are Gunther’s rocks? (Sherif’s comment.) .On the road? But those wouldn’t be his.

“Madonna said that soaking your feet in urine cures athlete’s foot.”

Erm, that is true. An old American Indian remedy.

so when are they going to jump each others bones. i see it coming anger is passion

Wow, that mud is kind of high up her thighs. Way to go, Gunther ;)

“I’m a professional crossword constructor”*JPW – Incredible— you’re a cruciverbalist. Knew I liked you. DD’s anagram is a delight— he gets 2 extra credit points.

“It would make no sense for Gunther to offer to drive if he’s never driven a car before”*RB, BS, et al – oh, c’mon guys. G-man in the driver’s seat. No steering wheel. G-man a tekky. Of course it’s one of those new self-driving vehicles. (At least when Tiff doesn’t punch in her code.)

best search result: Is there llama urine in Mountain Dew?

hardly the appreciative ‘falling in love’ Tiff that I tentatively predicted… rather, the spoiled resentful Tiff annoyed that she had to be subjected to such experience. But for Gunther, it shows that he is continually taking away from his experiences in Peru. He seems comfortable in the ‘outdoors’ … no longer the anxious fearful geeky sort..

No more weirdness: neo-Gunther ascending! When they get back to Pitts, will Gunther stop in with Tiff to make sure her bites are properly tended?—And just what does that mean?

Heh, heh- No, I mean that was the name of one of Madonna’s “tours”- “Truth Or Dare”. She started getting wild around that time (I know, how could anyone tell the difference between all of her “wild phases”?) I wouldn’t put it past ‘89-’95 era Madonna to…. have one of her lackeys tour staff to do that sort of thing… (Lol!)

Ant Colonies:*Yes, LDover, usually a queen is needed. But in some species not. Here’s an interesting, brief, afticle. http://www.antweb.org/antblog/2010/12/can-ant-colonies-reproduce-and-sustain-with-no-queen-angela.html

Oh they bite, but it is their sting that burns.^I said that… when I replied to you…. – But you can’t say that a bite from a fire ant tickles , either(which is why I said the sting will be remembered a lot more than the bite)!

Cue ominous music after the last panel

This is why I was reasoning that he likely could have had his license in the interim, sometime during his HS years…at least between his Senior year and now (post HS, 19-20), but may not have had his own car, yet: – – – He mentions to Rosa that he “plans to get a car soon”… t’would do no good to plan on purchasing even a “hoopty” and not be able to use it yet (especially when you’re a “careful planner”, such as Gunther)… – He then mentions to Tiffany that his mom “doesn’t have deep pockets”, so it could be reasoned that his mom was as yet unable to afford it…he could have went to the DMV, practiced on someone’s car, and was able to pass the written and demonstration portions… – Now, it’s also possible as Brd and others mention, that he is in the learning phase, waiting to “graduate” to the official license. Which could mean that tomorrow, they get into a “Saved By The Bell” situation, and wreck something along the way. But I doubt that Gunther would be that confident enough to offer to get behind the wheel of Tiffany’s Porsche, especially if it’s an “unfamiliar” drive to him (handling, speed, etc), without being a tad bit “shaky” and “sweating” just a bit…(of course, this is only my particular take, but this is to “elaborate” upon something I had posted earlier..

Charley Sheen said this on the show 2 and a Half Men roughly 15 yrs ago as well.

In my generation most kids learned to drive in the family car, and when they needed to use a car for some reason, had to convince Mom or Dad to let them use a family car. It was perfectly normal for a kid to have a driver’s license but no car. I imagine that’s still the case for at least some families today – particularly single-parent families.

In high school, Gunther regularly used his bike, but there was a family car. .I think he is shown using it once.

T: “Wow, Gunther, you’re full of surprises! It’s amazing that you knew to use mud (which was the only available substance) as a salve to sooth ant bites. And I never even realized that you knew how to drive a car!”G: “I don’t, but how hard can it be?”

One thing is clear, there is going to be further weirdness ahead in this arc. .But Saturday may leave us forever hanging in the wind. .Sunday we will earn that Luann’s bedroom is a mess and she has forgotten Mother’s Day.

oops . . . learn not earn . . .

Also :What has happened to the tale of “Gunther’s rocks”?

It’s a given, Gunther can drive. The question is does he know how to “park” with a sexy girl.

We had driver’s ed in my high school too, with a car equipped with dual pedals. However, there was no possible way you could learn to drive just from the couple of hours a week devoted to that training (which you had to share with 3 other students, all taking turns at the wheel). You had to learn primarily in your family car, drivers’ ed or not. We have never seen Gunther driving Mrs. B.’s car, even in circumstances when you would expect it. It is thus rather a mystery how and when Gunther learned to drive, and just how much (if any!) he has ever driven since receiving his license.

He took Luann to the fair, the time he won the Panda for her.On weekends he would have had use of the family car.

16 make a wonderful wax for red cars

most of these kids have matured somewhat except for Tifffany

“Why is that so hard to accept?” ^I don’t think the issue here is “acceptance”. I am referring to the Fire Ant. Not the others. The mandible of a Fire Ant is slightly different from those others. I wasn’t speaking of those other bites. You are now bringing them up. You are using them for proving that there are bites that aren’t so impactful. The original issue wasn’t whether or not there are non-painful bites… the issue (and the only issue) was on fire ants ….there is/was no debate about any others….

Here. Take a look at this link. And here is a quote from that page:

“After about 10 seconds of climbing, they will bite your skin. Interestingly (now, point of emphasis:) , although everyone complains about fire ant bites, (and continuing:) they are actually among the least of your worries, because it is the sting that comes next that really hurts. They bite the skin in order to get a good grip so they can inject their stinger through the skin. If you are fast, you can dislodge or kill the fire ants before they have time to sting.

After the female fire ant has anchored herself by biting into the skin with her mandibles, she then tucks her abdomen, which includes the stinger, under herself and plunges it into the skin. The ant’s stinger then deposits a small amount of venom into the hapless victim."

– I was speaking of the bite. As I said, their sting is much worse. But even as this shows, it doesn’t mean that their bite is not of any substance. That’s what I was saying. That’s all I was saying. What I was saying wasn’t erroneous, just not expressed in the way that you may have understood (as far as what I was saying is concerned, that is)….

@T.T.G: You know the strip will soon be posted here in 15 minutes….