Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 24, 2015

New poll up: New circus act?

What will the Degroots find in the warehouse? Treasure?1) 7 votes – A pit they throw money into2) 5 votes – Other3) 3 votes – A suitcase of money4) 2 votes – Just trash5) 1 vote – Old machinesOther: a lethal dose of asbestos; Valuable! old machines (and maybe a dead body); The rest of your survey title; Weak arcs from Karen. that the posters all hate…; Cockroaches

Maybe he’ll serve charbroiled food.

Kafe Kablooie. Like that’ll catch on.

Hopefully, he didn’t use “Gorilla Glue” to attach that teardrop. Otherwise, it’ll stick with him for a long time and he’ll have a hard time getting rid of it …. – Or maybe he produced it, when he recalled all the bordedom he kept saying he felt, when he was running the truck….. Out of Toni’s words: “TJ makes up stories, sometimes”. And in his own words to Ann Eiffel…. "You can’t con a con …..

“Business Is Booming”“With 60K, You Get A Lot Of Eggroll”“Yours, Mine…And More Mine”“Pre And Post Demolition”“As Easy As Pyro”“Blueprint For A Tear Jerker”“Tater Tots And Tall Tales”“…And I’m Sticking To It”“Gas-trointestinal Fortitude”“Is It Love…. Or Just A Bad Chicken Salad?” (♪)or“The Nature Of The Bistro”

I still want to know if there’s more to that whole “truck spontaneously blows up after TJ says he hates it” story.

I think Frank is asking a really good question…

The “Boom Boom Room”?

Wouldn’t that be more an idea for Knute?

Yup!!!!! – And don’t forget “Smoke On The Water, Part IV: Taking The Rest Out Of The Restroom”

The blast from the past might need a suture in the future.

Welcome To Club Titanic”.“It’s A Real Gas” in the “Hindenburg Ballroom" when the band plays “Burning Down The House”!

TJ sheds a tear? That’s a first.

TJ has a better friend in Brad than he knows, in that Brad did not (so far) report his suspicions.

Ah, SPEAK Of The Devil. Here’s “America’s Con-Artist” Now.

Showed Up Just In Time, AFTER Most of The HARD Work’s Been Done, Eh Smiley?

And Nancy, I WOULDN’T Get Too “Attached” to That “60K Investment” If I were You.Knowing Old “Slick-50” Here, He’ll Probably Make 4 Times That Much, Selling Newly Purchased Bistro Equipment On the Black Market, Right OUT From Under YOUR Noses……,

Spotlight menu item will be ‘Bourbon n Beans’

With TJ business will be booming again soon!

Rehabilitation! *Oh boy! Tiff’s character is in the process of growing into a deeper, more complex person. And now we see TJ too has innter beauty— note the sincerity of his grief from his beloved first business. ;/

Frank and Nancy are increasing the value of the warehouse dramatically, and they wisely will insure it to the max. After the next kablooie, they’ll make a profit.

Isn’t the warehouse already clean enough without continuing to work at it? After all, they are just going to tear up the building’s interior again right away, doing all the repairs and remodeling. Once you’ve hauled out all the trash, that’s clean enough for now. Save the detailed cleaning for after the carpentry, plumbing, wiring, drywall, painting, paneling, etc. I hope we won’t have another week of this story arc. Even Luann bailed on it.

Cafe Kablooie is a good idea I think. This should be a nice combination of all the talents and attributes of the characters in the strip. I just wonder if Quill can be persuaded to stay at the theater that is planned, or will he go back to New York, and perhaps with Prudence?

I’m astounded that Brad either 1) didn’t tell his parents about his suspicions concerning the food truck, or 2) his parents did hear Brad’s story but went ahead and put their own time and money into this project anyway.

When TJ gets bored with the theatre and torches it, he’s going to be submitting his second insurance claim, this one for a business called “Kafe Kablooie”. Really?

Only in the Luanniverse could people be so blissfully unaware of the likely consequences of horrible judgement, and only in the Luanniverse would insurance companies, the police, etc., exist only to do what the story requires.

I hope Kafe Kablooie is just a tentative working title for the business!

Frank, make sure you’re insurance premiums are paid

You’re right, he only hurts other people. I mean, look what he did after Brad got fired from Weenie World, went and got a minimum wage job just to get “revenge” on Ann Eiffel.

When you’re done there T.J., the crocodile wants his tears back

When did T.J. “all but admit he committed insurance fraud?” I missed that strip.

Since most customers are not likely to have any idea what the name references, Frank’s objection to “Kafe Kablooie” is not valid—unless, of course, the overwhelming majority of customers come from the same tight-knit circle of Luann characters. In that case, the cafe will probably be a business failure. So the issue is moot.

8With TJ here this week…. the warehouse arc is definitely looking up! It should be an entertaining time!!!!

Except you do need to remember that when TJ was running his scam about the charity feeding of firefighters, it was the DeGroots who were paying for the food…

Now hold on thar Buckaroo – it has been suggested in these parts that Frank and Nancy are headed for splitsville. So maybe the big plan is for this joint to symbolize their blown up marriage. “From matrimony to acrimony, it’s Kafe Kablooie!”Then Frank goes for Tiff and Ox goes for Nancy. Now THAT’s plausibility. I’ll run it by team Evans.

Is T owing gray?

At least we have TJ back, but he does not see “old flame Tiffany.”

Going,but owning works too

It’s crocodile tears. And I would be most obliged to anyone who can tell me the origin of that phrase.

T.J., you idiot.

“And in your opinion, did the defendant show any regrets?”—“No, sir. In fact he gloated about it.”

Maybe also a homage to one of Calvin’s favorite books, Hamster Hooey and the Gooey Kablooie?

Yeah, right. How do we know someone was NOT right there watching him? Because we can’t see 360 degrees around in the third panel. TJ is a fool; even if he IS innocent he’s a FOOL to be talking about it like this in front of his investors.

Don’t forget, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” And for you real Pluggers, “They’ll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight!”

Like me.

> TJ was nonchalantly taking out the garbage>[church lady] How conveeenient. [/chuch lady]

TJ was startled by the blast. That doesn’t mean he didn’t arrange for it to happen.

This bistro is Da Bomb!

> he did NOT tamper with the gas. If he did, why would Greg not show that?>To keep people wondering. Apparently, it worked.

Let’s all take a trip on the new Titanic,eat at Ptomaine Poisoning Pizza Parlor,sup at Sewer Soup Sal’s.enjoy a repast at Rest in Peace Pita Pit

Just noticed that Indy car driver, Justin Wilson died a few minutes ago from a head injury sustained in yesterday’s race at Pokono. At 200 miles per hour, an open cockpit is not the place to be when things start flying.

SPOILERS ALERT

TJ continues to surprise, or maybe to nauseate…

Everything’s coming up explosions! I love it!