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Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 15, 2015
Transcript:
Man: ...and the last item: our policy on cat in tree calls, as you all know, we get...well.... Man: Calls that make you go wha?!? Man: The stink bomb in the junior high restroom. Man: The naked roof sitter. Brad: what is the cat in tree policy, cap'n? Man: we don't respond to cat calls. Toni: Which is also my personal policy.
krys723 over 9 years ago
They donāt respond to those? Aww cartoons lied to me lol
ShagsCA over 9 years ago
Itās quite easy to get a cat out of a tree with a firehose!
Namrepus over 9 years ago
In Pleasantville, cat calls are all the fire department gets.
legaleagle48 over 9 years ago
I see what you did there, Toni. I wonder if anyone else will?
doverdan over 9 years ago
This does seem yet again a totally new arc.???I wish we could move ahead on some of the existing ones.
luann1212 over 9 years ago
Hmmm, double entrendre anyone?
Argythree over 9 years ago
Iām relieved, I guess, that they arenāt being sent off to fight wildfires (although a story line like that would have been really interesting). But itās disappointing to hear that they donāt rescue cats from trees. We have fire companies here in Florida that even rescue ducks that fall into manholesā¦
Angelalex242 over 9 years ago
Good thing Brad doesnāt meow.
doverdan over 9 years ago
A cat call is not a wolf call.
doverdan over 9 years ago
We had Frank up in a tree once, chasing a cat as I recall. BUT . . . Maybe thatās not exactly a ācat call.ā
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
But does the fire department come to the rescue when the catās owner falls down the ladder and injures himself? Fire fighters are also paramedics after all.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
āNot Cool For Catsā (ā«)ā10th Ave. Station Freeze Outā (ā«)āFelinesā¦No, No,No Felinesā (āŖ)āSelective HearingāāCat Calls Land You In The DoghouseāāA Finicky FinishāāNo Pause For The ClawsāāConstruc-shunnedāāLe Pew, Good MenāāNo Pepe In Her StepāāNot Purr SeāorāMeow, That Stingsā
Dreamdeer over 9 years ago
Aw geeāweāve got firefighters coming all the way from New Zealand and Australia to help us out, but Pittsville firefighters have nothing better to do than turn down cat calls?
nosirrom over 9 years ago
Whenever I call my cat she never responds either.
blunebottle over 9 years ago
ā¦..or, borrow a scene from āRoxanneā- open a can of tuna at the base of the tree.
Mordock999 Premium Member over 9 years ago
āOh, I ALMOST Forgot! One MORE New Policy That Goes Into Effect at Midnight: Firefighters Cannot be Married to each other. Any Firefighter found to married to another Firefighter, will be Terminated IMMEDIATELY! Okay, Thatās It for the Cheap Plot Twists. Now Get Out There and ANSWER Some False Alarms, People!!ā ā The Fire Chief
Cloudchaser over 9 years ago
Anyone know what Operation Snowball is and āGuys! Take the truck!ā
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Letās not get catty, guys!
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 9 years ago
My brother is a fire fighter and that is the response they give people.
Guilty Bystander over 9 years ago
A naked roof-sitter? Hope thatās a comp or metal roofā¦inadvertently sliding down shingles can cause the Mother of All Splinters.
Aficionado over 9 years ago
Stephan Pastis (Pearls before Swine) would be proud of that pun set up.
legaleagle48 over 9 years ago
And thatās three other people who got Toniās rather subtle play on words! :)
ACTIVIST1234 over 9 years ago
Quick thinking, Toni. Some men issue them just to harrass women and others do it for the same reason they play the lotteryā all they need is one success.*Men, if you want a girlfriend or wife itās better to be kind than to be rude. And yes, catcalls are rude.
lotsalaffs Premium Member over 9 years ago
Great play on words!
Willow Mt Lyon over 9 years ago
Oh, I know what cat calls are. For about a year two hookers lived across the street from me, and I would get the cat calls when I would be in our front yard from guys driving by. They would be especially gross when I would be out there talking to my husband. I never reacted to them because I didnāt want to give them the impression they were right. I lived in a nice neighborhood where one would never think there would be people like that. My husband would only say to me, āDonāt look at them.ā
loveslife over 9 years ago
Too bad some people think a comic strip is for real and no imagination.
Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member over 9 years ago
I would have liked a pet Ankylosaurus. A most underrated fellow.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
I think someone saw the same kind of cat over here, too! It was rather lazy, though. Wouldnāt move, for nothing! Reminded me of a sloth. Maybe itās mixed with one, or one of those kinds of numbers. You know, one of them āpetty greesā for like those cat shows, or somethingā¦
Airman over 9 years ago
Toni does not have a problem with her self image, she knowās that she is attractive. Why would she allow someone like Dirk to abuse her?
The Orange Mailman over 9 years ago
Ah, so that explains why Greg and Karen donāt respond to ācat callsā in the comments here.
Mayor Snorkum over 9 years ago
In what universe do firefighters wear dress uniforms to pull their shifts? Are we to believe these people combat raging infernos while wearing neckties? And about the captain: If heās a captain, why does he wear a lieutenantās bar on his collar?
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 9 years ago
The cat will come down, when was the last time you saw a cat skeleton in a tree?
Lamberger over 9 years ago
ā(ā¦) the Mountain Lion Foundation (ā¦.) [endangered] there are not many mountain lions left. Killing them because theyāre in a tree is at the least morally wrong. "I
I suspect that it is not a disinterested judgement for āThe Mountain Lion Foundationā to make that call. Predatory animals in urban areas indicate a lack of fear of people. Those capable of attacking people ā especially those species with a history of attacking small children, like the cougar, or mountain lion, are usually destroyed. Moving them typically results in their return to the same, or another, populated area.amaryllis2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
@Implausible: youāre decades behind on your updates. Mountain lions are plentiful in California. Remember when the potbellied pig pet fad was happening? (Youāre probably too young to.) Those pigs didnāt stay cute and little after all and too many people let theirs go in the mountains. They can produce more than a dozen young twice a year. Lots of prey, lots of lions, there you go.
martinman8 over 9 years ago
whatās wrong with getting a cat out off a tree? Pike Poles work wonders like a straight stream from a hose.
Michael Ritter over 9 years ago
And now we know why there are so many cat skeletons in trees.
locake over 9 years ago
If a cat can get up the tree, it can get back down by itself.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
(missing ācatā, not housebroken:) I donāt know. My house seemed pretty broken once that ākittyā finally leftā¦
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago
2This is unfortunately, not a very exciting arc for me, because I find it being a āwedding teaseā arcā¦ especially since the āsolo Sundayā arc seems to have been designed this time as a segue into the āBrad-Toniā arc. To me, I am very much āoverā Brad and Toni getting married, and again for my tastes, I will probably not find their arc interesting again until after all the nonsense about the wedding, where it is held, etcā¦.. is OVER with and we resume the two of them (and Shannon) developing into some sort of normal life sort of story arc. Now, all you folks who just love and adore weddings, love and adore chit-chat about weddings, and and love and adore other wedding related themes (like what specific buildings to host the wedding events in)ā¦. please do not get riled up. You can and should love and relish this arc. To me, a wedding is a dayā¦ hell, really a few hours. To me, day-to-day living, loving, and interpersonal interactions are a whole lot more interesting than all the hoopla a lot of folks devote to āthe weddingā.
notbornyesterday over 9 years ago
and hot women wonder why theyāre not taken seriously in the work place
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago
Implausibleā¦. I would also be ok with Brad and Toni staying engagedā¦. if the talk would stop being about the wedding, its venue, its whatever. I still think the wedding is meaningless. It is a symbol of love. Day-to-day living with your spouse IS the real love. Why devote so much time and energy to the symbol and then so many give no time or energy to the real love? With the extravagance of weddings (either in price/gaudinessā¦. or in terms of time/energy) compared to the minimalist (near starvation) approach to day-to-day living a lot of folks doā¦ā¦ it is not a surprise that 50+% of married couples end up divorcing.
housepianist over 9 years ago
Bada Boom! Thank you ladies and gentlemen. And now for my next comedy jokeā¦ :-)
JayBluE over 9 years ago
Wh-wowwww, all the way around!!!
JayBluE over 9 years ago
And I guess you said it, the way it had to be saidā¦
Argy.Bargy2 over 9 years ago
I guess Iām a hoarder (three family members died and Iāve got their stuff, plus mine, in boxes all over my small condo. Just no time to sort things; too busy running to doctors or going to work.) So I say, have a little pity on those of us who just canāt keep up with the litter of daily life. Half of the ājunkā thatās mine is a bunch of ādonāt throw this awayā material from the brokers who are supposed to be managing the IRAs I inheritedā¦)
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago
Daveā¦. you are of course correctā¦. I may very well be making some (potentially incorrect) assumptions about this arc. My assumptions stemmed from the Sunday comic featuring āwedding/marriageā talk by the parents concerning Brand and Toni and then was fueled further by this week featuring Brad and Toni in the main arc. I hope you are right and I am mistaken. I hope the arc does not become āwedding-yā.
cubswin2016 over 9 years ago
Itās just as well the fire department doesnāt respond to cat calls. Iād hate to think of a lunatic like Tackleberry getting a cat from a tree.
Airman over 9 years ago
Happy to see that Toni āchangedā, and maybe Brad was a factor in that. Actually, I guess Brad changed, too, from a goofy, sloppy guy to someone who began to recognize responsibilities. Iām relatively new to Luann (probably 3 or 4 years, now) so I not seen some of the earlier characters.
flowergirl19 over 9 years ago
Haha Bdshtt!!
āRe Cat Found!!!ā
That is hilarious! I had one of those creatures die in my kittyās bed that I keep in the courtyard in case she gets caught outdoors at night. I didnāt know about it for a couple of days until I was walking through and smelled something horrible. I live next to the countryside and I get so many critters in my courtyard to eat Lucyās food such as skunks, possums and baby possums, feral cats, raccoons, and wild birds. Thereās lots of coyotes and rabbits and road runners too, but they donāt come in my courtyard.
ellsmama over 9 years ago
Good one, Toni!
dvoyack over 9 years ago
Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree??
flowergirl19 over 9 years ago
Iām pretty sure that they donāt get into the courtyard because thereās only about a four inch gap at the bottom of the door. Also the big sliding glass door opens into the courtyard, so I can often see what is scurrying around out there.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
One morning, I walked out on my patio to ādrink in the morningā. When I did, I spotted an Orb Weaverās web, and was about to investigateā¦ that is, until I happened to notice the snake that my foot had just stepped within inches ofā¦ ātāwas momentary, as I quickly had to step back, and the snake had the same idea as me! So I gathered that I had startled it too, but more importantly , it wasnāt grumpy (we have different species in the area, but they are usually good at staying away from people, and āvice versaā)! ā Good thing I had went out there before my wife did. I waited a long while to tell her what she just missed out on, moments before I did.
flowergirl19 over 9 years ago
I lived in TJ for twenty years, 1987 to 2007. I married a Mexican orthopedic surgeon in 87 and for the first ten years hardly spoke any Spanish at all. Then we moved to a new home and I learned to speak Spanish from our housekeeper since I was forced to communicate with him everyday. Not that I speak Spanish that great, but I can get by. We moved to east Chula Vista in 2007 at the height of violence in the city from the drug cartels; basically when I realized that my 18 yo son was at a huge risk of getting kidnapped. It was like a slap in the face and I couldnāt get out of there fast enough. My husband was at risk too but not nearly as high a risk as sons are, they are the choice of the kidnappers. They also have a nasty way of cutting off fingers to encourage payment. I personally know several people from Mexico whoāve had loved ones kidnapped, some never to be returned and others where the ransom was paid on time and they were returned. One guy was a very sweet man whose family owned a pharmacy. It was him and his brother and the family had to sell the pharmacy to pay the ransom. They were thankfully returned, but the one brother had to have emergency surgery. It turns out the only thing they had to eat during their ordeal was some top ramen kind of thing, plus the stress, and he got all stopped up and couldnāt go to the bathroom. Anyways, that was a frightening time, but it seems to be better now. I may go back and live there someday; we still have our lovely home that we built there. I loved living in Tijuana, those were the good old days. And the help, donāt get me started on the help. I barely lifted a finger to do housework when I lived there, lol. That truly was the best thing about living there. Whenever anyone asked why I lived there though, I would always answer, the food! That was the next best thing, if not the best! I had the most wonderful cook, how I miss her. Her mom was a fabulous cook too, and one time she brought us homemade mole that her mom had made, and it was one of the most delicious things Iāve ever had. Our family and even my kids went nuts over it. And her rajas, omg, like heaven. If you donāt know what rajas are, they are strips of poblano chiles cooked with corn and cheese and cream, out of this world! And her chiles rellenos . . . such good memories!
flowergirl19 over 9 years ago
I know, right? I bet youāre gonna whip up a yummy lunch!
flowergirl19 over 9 years ago
Mmmmm :)
FireMedic over 9 years ago
I havenāt seen a dead cat in a tree yet.
boldyuma over 9 years ago
Meeting adjournmentā¦off to Dunkin Doghnuts..
doverdan over 9 years ago
JPuzzleWhiz said,@luannfan1212Catcall: generally speaking, a derogatory comment. . . . . -āāāāāāāāāYes, thatās why I said a ācat callā is not a āwolf call.ā They can be opposite..The latter is intended to compliment (though perhaps in an unwanted way).
Argythree over 9 years ago
-maybe cats donāt have skeletonsā¦ They might be held together by sheer orneriness!
LOL!!!
doverdan over 9 years ago
We had Frank up in a tree once, chasing a cat as I recall. Brad was called to rescue him.
Argythree over 9 years ago
SPOILER ALERT
Sheriff said earlier that this arc is a continuation of old business, but it looks like a week of cat jokesā¦
GOGOPOWERANGERS over 9 years ago
what happened to todays strip should have been released 1 hr ago
streeter87 over 9 years ago
so the guy on the end yesterday was African Americanā¦ today he is caucasianā¦ wonder how that happens :-)
Contessa Carrington over 9 years ago
Cats donāt get stuck in trees. They knew how to get up there, they can figure out how to get down againā¦especially when they get hungry.