Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 12, 2015

So glad that it wasn’t!! – But I’d still check the recipe for trace amounts of Polysorbate 80, Monoglucosadextatrine Thiamate, Polysaccharide Compounds, FD&C Yellows Number 2, 2 1/2, 6 and 43, HGH, and maybe some salt…after all, too much salt’s not good for you…

Just difficult for me to, um, ‘swallow’ that story, Dez…

One reason Bern probably suspected something to have been in the brownies, could have been mostly since she’s seen Dez with imported (and expensive) Dung Tea, “weird mask collections”, etc…

The placebo effect!

Settled the great brownie issue, Dez is an earth mother who really opens things up in her unique way. No wonder she has all the friends she does, and the reputation, including not being a bad brownie pusher Bernice is kind of wrapped tight though, but Dez loosened her up, and there is the Tiffany and Gunther subtext. What a way to finish up all the questions.

“I’ve Got ’Plenty Of Nothin” (♫)“Your Placebo Or Mine?”“4 Out Of 5 Doctors Are Still Paying For Law School”“St. Whatelse?”“Trapper John Is Empty”“A Spoonful Of Sugar Makes The Medicine Go Down Turn Into Pancake Syrup”“Fool In The Rain” (♫)“Unlaced Buster Browns”“C’mon, Get Footloose” (♪)" Madge Bern, You’re Soaking In It! "" Extending The Palmolive Branch "“Rain Delay”“Swingtown West” (♫)“Brownie Points”“Reverse Reverse Reverse Psychology”or“ThankYouFalettinMeBeSomeoneElseAgain” (♫)

And the week ends on an O. Henry-like plot twist that assures the strip’s worried readers everywhere that Luann remains as squeaky-clean wholesome as ever, to the great amusement and delighted surprise of its fans, who are evidently the most gullible people anywhere in all of comics fandom. And in an equally unexpected twist tomorrow, Frank and Nancy turn out actually to be a middle-aged couple who do and say boring and predictable things!!! Who’d a’ thunk it???

“One reason Bern probably suspected something to have been in the brownies, could have been mostly since she’s seen Dez with imported (and expensive) Dung Tea, “weird mask collections”, etc…”

This kind of thinking has driven me crazy my whole life! People assume that you can’t be a creative, unconventional person without drugs. It wears a person down. Some of us have imaginations. Some of us have wide ranging tastes. Some of us don’t do things just because everybody else does them. It’s the easily led Bernices of the world who are more likely to do drugs (it didn’t take her long to cave at the first temptation!) than people like us. We. Don’t. Need. It.

Nothing in Dez’s brownie’s but Bernice’s overreacting.

I’m skeptical. Berneice doesn’t have that many chops (without help).

I like the Gunther/Tiffany thing, too. Notice the handsome guy offered her a scarf, but it was Gunther she turned to.

You are entering the Luannverse. Here are the laws you must obey:(1) College students do not use drugs.(2) College students do not drink.(3) College students do not smoke.(4) College students do not engage in sex.(5) Everyone in Pitt brushes their teeth after every meal and flosses daily.Enjoy your visit!

NICE Going, PUPPET.

Uh, I MEAN “Ber-nice.”

Plus, it’d be a good way to keep his sleeping bag dry… that guy is good at this!

You know… I’m tempted to find out if what you say is true…

Power of suggestion? I doubt it because Bernice showed no indication that she believed the brownies were “special”.

Sorry about the over-post, IamJayBluE!

Monday? Probably the mysterious Mr. Gray will reveal more about his past. I do not think that the Gunther/Tiffany cameo will be anything more than that, I’m sorry to say.

I think Dez is being completely truthful about the brownies. Gunther, however, is totally lying through his teeth about the “accidental half a beer”.

I was kind of hoping that Monday we might see Luann attending her second year of Pitt Community College. She is the eponymous character, after all…

“Kleftnobulism, however, is not.”^I’ll just “take your word for it”! Mostly because I don’t feel like trying to remember how to spell it, if I were to “look it up”…

Actually – Evans has made a disgusting retreat to a G Rated Family comic. Next we will find out that Gunther’s thing he can’t talk about was when he was at Tiffany’s – he forgot his Mom wanted him home by 10:00…

Dez is good at pulling her out of her shell.

“Absolutely nothing”..In Dez-speak, that translates to “gluten free”.

Bern makes her own buzz!

Well, as it turns out, what Bernice didn’t know, didn’t hurt her….

Thank you Brdshtt for that re-run of Frank & Nancy. It made my imagination feel better about Gunther & Tiff and their rain date.

The brownie placebo effect. Okey dokie.

When I was in college, there was one girl who always got stupid drunk. So at a party I was the one making drinks and not a drop of alcohol went into hers. Everyone except her knew what was going on. Sure enough as the night progressed, this one girl got more and more stupid drunk: stumbling, slurring and acting like a fool. When we finally revealed it to her she swore up and down that she had poured from her own bottle of booze into her drink because she knew there was none in hers. Funny how that bottle went missing when we asked where she kept it. Busted.

I hope there was at least some chocolate in those brownies.

Bern has a cute booty…

How much sugar was in the brownies?

“Kleftnobulism, however, is not.”

Nor is kleptnoctambulism, strangly enough, nor even kleptsomnabulism….

Are Tiff & Gunther still out there in the rain? Or did they slip off to Tiff’s dry, warm room? Enjoy the week end!

What was in the brownies? Peru.

A perfect ending!

Brownies what are they good for ….. Absolutely nothing! Say it again…

“Loose Yourself” (Spelling intentional!)"^Good one!! Just as long as it’s not from “8 Mile” though, Lol!

Innocence regained.

We didn’t see what happened when Luis drove Gunther back from the village. We saw what Gunther said happened when Luis drove him back from the village. I think the whole tale that Gunther told to his Mom and Quill is pretty much phony,

“hey, same here regarding chocolate and caffeine …”^Wow, did not know that!! – “Tell her it does get better with age ..the symptoms diminish … and try to head off problems by taking a tylenol before consuming anything that might pose a problem.”^I told her just that, that it does get better.. and she chuckled and said: “Does that mean I can have some starting tomorrow?” Lol!!! – And thank you for that! Very kind advice!!! I can say that she has followed this, though she has to use Motrin in place of Tylenol. Sometimes, she has to take Motrin, before drinking a Pepsi, as sometimes she needs the Pepsi to ward off the occasional Asthma attack here and there, as the caffeine (in this instance) does do her good, by “opening up” her breathing when it occurs….

“I gave in to temptation. It’s in there:”^For the record, I did know that it was, but it’s always humorous to me, as it reminds me of the “How do you keep somebody in suspense? I’ll tell you tomorrow!” sort of joke….

I actually saw someone share a “no bake” chocolate cake on FB, the other day, as well!!

Adorable!

Takes me back to Oberlin in 1978. Shades of Doonsbury. Characterizations are terrific! Keep up the great work.

Apparently not, based on some of the comments above.

If there was nothing in the brownies, Bernice’s behavior for 3 days was bizarre. She needs help.

In fact, they were store-bought.-Wasn’t that obvious to one and all?.Of course not.

I apologize, IamJayBluE. I was too touchy. I had just read an article about a sweet couple who liked to live the Victorian lifestyle—in their clothes, their home, their appliances, their old-fashioned bicycles, etc, and how much pleasure they felt in this innocent choice—then I read about the hate mail and death threats they received as a result. So that put me on edge. Why do people hate nonconformists so badly? I have never understood it.

NIght-Gaunt49—yes!

I’m glad Dez didn’t drug anyone. But why is Bernice thanking her? All she did was get people to sit in the rain and get wet. What is so great about that?

The correct answer to the question “What was in the brownies?” is: “The power of suggestion.” ;-)

I forgot to say, earlier: It may not necessarily be indicative of anything, that Dez had to change to hypoallergenic incense for Bern. It could be that Bern has zero tolerance for the chemical reactions in incense, but maybe would be okay with other things. Or it could be that her allergies are only for scented things, period, but could be more tolerant when it comes to clothing, etc. Probably Dez was trying to “cover all the bases”, in regards to the incense, just in case. – Same way some suffer from hay fever, some from ragweed, some from pollen, but some from all of those things. Or how some are allergic to all animals, and some only to certain ones.

Well, I was wrong about this being a dream sequence.-However, I’m not convinced that Greg Evans understands what being an R.A. is about at most colleges. Normally it’s about advising the first-year students. So far the only students that Bernice has been shown interacting with as an R.A. are people who were already at the university last year and whom she already knew.-If, instead, being an R.A. at Moony U. is about enforcing the dorm rules, then it still doesn’t look like Bernice is any good at that. Without Dez to steer everyone outside, the party would have wound up consisting of loud music in Bernice’s room with Bernice unable to close it down.

Nice twist

Wow, and here I thought she dosed the brownies. Cool beans!

Just a “sugar rush.”

I guess we now have our answer.

my brownies have butter, eggs, sugar, flour, baking soda, vanilla, salt, unsweetened chocolate and walnuts. She’s a witch!

You believe her? I don’t.

It still leaves that Bernice intentially ate brownies she thought were laced with something.

“It was nothing at all like I always thought it would be.”

I agree with seismic-2 about Gunther and the beers. I find it much more plausible that he had three or four Peruvian beers while pouring out his heart to Luis about his confusion and frustration with Rosa, before realizing that three or four Peruvian beers contain about as much alcohol as (I’m guessing?) five or six US beers.

This is a much more reasonable explanation for how hammered he was when he got on the tour bus. If I remember correctly, this was a story he told to Mrs. Burger, which would also give him a reason for choosing to “edit” the story just a little.

And I, too, feel vaguely insulted that Greg seems to be waving his hand over the fact that Bernice, as far as we can tell, thought she was ingesting “magic” brownies. Since they weren’t really dosed, I guess that’s OK and we’re not supposed to notice.

stoned

“…Drugs and sex are off the table…”.

I actually didn’t expect that there would be any dialogue about it (i.e. the brownies)at all , as was the case w/ Tiff and Gunther alone in a room together getting a little heated. Nothing was said there so we can imagine whatever we want (which I am sure fell short of actual sex). But here, the information was explicitly stated; so no more arguing or imagining what was or wasn’t (i.e. the brownies). Marijuana is illegal (still in most states) but sex is not. I can understand that Greg would not want anything illegal coming into the plot of a family oriented strip. Still, he created a situation that allowed for debate before drawing the line.

The heck with the brownies, I never noticed what long legs Bernice has! Hmmmm.

Just say yes….? Great message for the young folks (who don’t read this anyway). If Bernice, believing herself high, had put herself in danger—nah that would be too interesting for “Luann”.

Time to put Dez on “the watch list”. Check her place of origin, her real age, who’s paying for her college, her attendance record, and where she travels to. Could the Voodoo mama really be a drug lord getting a foothold in the college world?

I never thought there were drugs in the brownies. Bernice and Gunther are equally unlikeable. Both are spineless and let others push them around. They should date each other, or better yet, both leave this comic.

@Lonnie Cavenee said:What a cop out ending. Ah well we should all know what to expect from Greg after all these years. . . . —————————Let’s not be too negative. This arc was a bit more forward-moving than most recently. .We saw ‘The Director’ and the back of two heads, one of which could be Sun on her road back to rehabilitation. .Of course we may never see ‘The Director’ again, but we could. He or she is the first non-ugly character that has appeared here for a long time. .And don’t forget that Piro has his bed-roll stashed in Bernice’s room — planning to camp out again. .Is he in fact a student, or maybe a local tramp??.Perhaps we will get to Luann on her campus by Monday. .Let’s hope. .Or maybe we will learn something about the mysterious Prudence, or maybe see CEO Gray at the warehouse, or Tiff and Gunth in a class together, or the marriage plans finally becoming real, or … move ahead on any of a dozen of the other hanging arcs.….Nevertheless, if Sunday is nothing but old hat about messy rooms, cute dogs, or Nancy one-upping Frank, I may get a bit negative.

I’m with @argythree, I find this hard to swallow.

Bernice is striking a pose!!!!

Because Bernice wanted a laced brownie? (She ate them after telling us that they were against the rules.)

however a little known fact is – Kleftnobulism showed up in a comment made on a Luann strip in 1986http://www.gocomics.com/luann/1986/02/24

SPOILER ALERT

Seems the parents have hopes for activities other than rehabilitating a warehouse…

Our rooms were desks and beds with a chest of drawers, but there were no rules against having food in the rooms. Using hot plates was forbidden (but of course you can’t bake brownies that way anyway). That’s all a moot point, of course, because if food were against the rules at Moony, then the brownies would definitely be against the rules, not “likely” against them, so clearly that’s not what Bernice meant.

There’s no reason for Bernice to suspect that food is “likely” against the rules. After a year of living in the dorm, she would certainly know whether it is or isn’t. Bernice is referring to whether the brownies “likely” are laced, or aren’t. Period.

@Night-Gaunt 49 – Just saw your comment – now these comments are already ancient history. For the record – nobody expects x rated images. I’m just saying that since the Luann kids are growing up – I hate to see a total retreat from every social issue. Let some stuff happen…

Sounds good!!!

One way to frustrate a person is to put him in a round building and tell to go stand in the corner… ;o) – Or if it’s a round tower, and a workplace, tell the employee he can now have the corner office….

Bernie was on a Sugar High.That’s Dez’ Story and she’s going to Stick to it.Besides, all the Brownies have been Eaten, so the Evidence is Gone…

Glad to see Bernice relaxing a bit. She’s always been so serious.