Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for October 18, 2015

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    This memo was found across the desk in the recruiting section at the Phoenix Foundation:

    “You can cease all surveilance activities at the DeGroot House. Due to yesterday’s briefing about the incident with the hair dryer, we are deciding to go in a different direction.

    Perhaps try the Berger household, down the street.

    Or better yet, the white house with the grey awnings. Some kid named Knute. Seems like a promising lead…..”

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    doverdan  about 9 years ago

    Well it’s Sunday, we have to get through it!.I give only 1 in 4 odds that the Bernice thing will continue on Monday..That means I think it possible. .But don’t expect it.

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 9 years ago

    Well, I’ll give Luann an E for her effort.

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    doverdan  about 9 years ago

    Bernice has often noted the danger of her tendency to conformity.

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    “Avant Unguarded”“Neccessity’s Rebellious Daughter”“Tools Of The Traded”“MacWhy?ver”“Unfinished Novel Thinking”“Innova-Shun”“Hardly Yardwork”“Home Field Disadvantage”“Making A Mountain Out Of A Molehill..With A Toothbrush”“Defeats The Purpose…Then Wakes It Up And Defeats It, Again…”“Unorthodoxymoron”“Scotland Yardwork”“Detri-mental Exercise”“A ‘Honey, Don’t!’ List”or“Turning Over A New Leaf..And Another…And Another..”

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    doverdan  about 9 years ago

    Bernice has often noted the danger of her tendency to conformity.

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    doverdan  about 9 years ago

    So she may do something WILD yet.

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    Argythree  about 9 years ago

    If her hair dryer has enough energy to blow leaves, it would tear the hair right off her head…

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    Pointspread  about 9 years ago

    The rake would be better exercise.

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    Boy, is today’s strip timely! Over where I’m at, the leaves had started to turn color already, just a couple of weeks ago…

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    krys723  about 9 years ago

    One side of my tree has turned into fall colors…the other side hasn’t yet

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    eeguo2002  about 9 years ago

    Doesn’t Luann’s hair look a different color in the first panel than in the third?

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    Don’t forget the “salad fork” to rake them, once you’re done…

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    Argythree  about 9 years ago

    Personally, I think the guy who invented the leaf blower should be required to listen to one without ear plugs for the rest of his life. The workers who use them get to wear ear protection, but those of us who have to walk past them, or work in buildings where they are being used don’t have that luxury. It’s great trying to answer a customer’s phone question with a leaf blower operating nearby.

    And the odor of the fuel is really great, too.

    On top of all that, it doesn’t solve the problem of the leaves. It just moves them from the parking lot or walkway into a nearby storm sewer, meaning that inevitably they will be tracked right back where they came from. Or, if storm runoff carries them along, they will block up the storm drains and streets will flood. A real great way to solve a problem that could much more easily be handled with a rake and the sale of bagged leaves for use as mulch….

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    ShagsCA  about 9 years ago

    If it is set on cool, then all is cool. But if on a heat setting, then she’s wasting energy, as you don’t need warm leaves.

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    jeanie5448  about 9 years ago

    good idea Luann, but we just mulch our leaves, yard looks nice and the lawn gets protection from the cold plus turns into natural fertilizer.

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  about 9 years ago

    Mow, don’t blow. A mulching blade on the power mower will chop the leaves up and return them to the soil. Less work than raking, and beneficial for the yard. I started doing that back in the 80’s.

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    moosemin  about 9 years ago

    If you want to keep that figure, Luann, use the RAKE! You won’t be 17 forever!

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    vwdualnomand  about 9 years ago

    why does one need to clear the leaves from the sidewalk, or the backyard?

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    imbaldeagle  about 9 years ago

    Sheriff has said that Greg does the Sunday colors.

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    3pibgorn9  about 9 years ago

    That’s even more work.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member about 9 years ago

    WAIT a Sec. "WE Don’t NEED anymore Things? “WE have Enough Stuff?” REALLY, Frank???

    That’s RICH coming from YOU, the Guy that Just THREW Away the DeGroot family Life-Savings on some IDIOTIC Bristo/Art Gallery/Night Club located in a “War Zone”. And Who did so in partnership with a Known CON ARTIST!

    What’s Your NEXT “Resonable Request” Frank? Having Lu, Re Tar the Building’s Roof with a Toothbrush???

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    luann1212  about 9 years ago

    What about this obvious humorous reference to a young person’s attempt to avoid doing something boring and time-consuming is “stupid.” You must never have had teen-agers, or forgot what it was like being one yourself. Trust me, there are a lot more “stupid” things that teenagers do in the real world, than this innocent thing that Luann is doing in Luannverse.

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    RoseHawke  about 9 years ago

    Especially a tool that sits in the garage 11 months out of 12.

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    BobCu  about 9 years ago

    Leaf blowers are wrong. The neighbors don’t need the noise.

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    wreck it ralph  about 9 years ago

    Looks more like the front yard in the last panel

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    Banjo Gordy Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Years ago in our Overland Park, KS, community, we lived in a forest of oak trees. A next door neighbor used a leaf blower to give us all his leaves. Then wind quickly blew them back to his yard along with ours. This happenedso frequently, the neighbor thought I did it on purpose.

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    maverick1usa  about 9 years ago

    There is not enough leaves there to worry about! I don’t rake leaves any more as there is no way to get rid of them unless you pay extra to have them hauled away. I just mulch them with the riding mower!

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    locake  about 9 years ago

    “Deadly dull and it takes forever”. The same thing could be said about blow drying hair.

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    wlabinger  about 9 years ago

    On my side, it’s a million degrees!!!!

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    cactusjack99 Premium Member about 9 years ago

    And where are you blowing those leaves?? Street, neighbors yards? Why do we perpetuate this crap about blowing leaves? Leaf blowers should be banned! They add nothing useful to this planet. Geeze!!! MULCH people, mulch them up! You don’t need anything you don’t already have. Your mower needs the bag attachment removed, put the mulcher adapter in it’s place. Mulch everything! I’ve been doing it over 20 years now, same lawn, same yard. No $$ spent on fertilizer for over 20 years people!!! You are wasting time and money, just mulch them in, they disappear. They don’t annoy your neighbors, they don’t blow around in the street, they don’t have to be bagged, just mulch them up!

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    doverdan  about 9 years ago

    Why are we talking about a hairdryer?

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    ACTIVIST1234  about 9 years ago

    Bonus: Only one comment, for two days!*Yesterday— what’s with this awkwardness thing between hot-blooded young adults? First Tiff & G-man afraid to touch, now Bern & Piro. First time I’ve ever cheered on the hormones!*Today — it’s a bummer to be slow. Only after reading all the perceptive comments on the first page did I realize the dryer in Panel 1 was the leaf blower in Panel 2. Thank you, to all of you who are more observant & willing to educate!

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    gale5406  about 9 years ago

    That looks like the front yard to me. How many back yards have a sidewalk up the middle?

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    JanLC  about 9 years ago

    Leaf blowers are okay IF you pick up all the leaves that you blow into a pile. Blowing them into the neighbor’s yard or into the gutters is not nice.

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    bookworm0812  about 9 years ago

    Good way to kill the hair dryer, Luann. And then what will you use for THAT?

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    Caldonia  about 9 years ago

    The trials of becoming a young adult!

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  about 9 years ago

    Yo, ho, blow the leaves down to the neighbors.

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    amaryllis2 Premium Member about 9 years ago

    The backs of most hairdryers are hazards, they suck your hair in and tangle it around the machinery and the only way to get free is to cut the hair off. Me: long hair, not pulled back, defrosting a freezer. And then I had a chunk of hair near my face gone, almost to the scalp. It’s been two years and I’m still waiting for it to finish growing out. Don’t DO it!

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    Csummers  about 9 years ago

    Pretty sad effort there…..not even remotely funny

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    Sisyphos  about 9 years ago

    This does nothing to increase my confidence in Luann. It is not a prudent use of existing resources….

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    Ha ha, Dryer!

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    It was meant for "Sunday ‘Fishing’ ", hoping to “catch ’em early”…

    Please do not insult me, thank you.

    ^Umm… that was not an insult. Where is there any injury in talking about fishing? Or in “hoping to catch ’em early?”

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    yeah Jay, that’s Gary’s job!^Ha ha ha!!!!

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    david_reaves Premium Member about 9 years ago

    @PrincessWarrior, bright florescent lights in bathroom, evening/sunset light outside…

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    And while we’re on the subject, who is the one insinuating Luann is stupid? Hmmm?

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    Implausible said, about 2 hours ago:

    I don’t think it was supposed to be funny, just more character background. In today’s comic we learn just how stupid Luann is…^Please do not insult the main character. Thank you.

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    Yeah, ohhhhkay… it’s okay for you to use the word stupid for someone (real or fictional) and is licensed (by you) as “just an opinion”, but no one else can… “offer their opinion”… on what’s going on (in the strip or otherwise)…

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    Yeaaaahhh… after you just accused me of insulting you (which I didn’t )… I gave my “opinion” and, as you said, I too, won’t be.. “bullied” into not doing so…

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    Argythree  about 9 years ago

    The last thing I want to do is get in the middle of this, but I need to draw your attention to something you are doing. You have no way of knowing how many of us out here happen to have relatives who are developmentally disabled (are on the autism spectrum, or have other disabilities), or who might be dealing with serious mental illness. All too often, people with these serious issues are called ‘stupid’ by those who just don’t understand. This is extremely hurtful to anyone dealing with this problem.

    The phrase ‘get them the help they need’ is a phrase most often used to describe the training, counseling or other intervention needed (and often not affordable) to many families in this nation.

    Here in Florida, there are over 20,000 children on waiting lists to get help with developmental disabilities, because their parents earn just a little bit too much for them to be eligible for Medicaid.

    I have a cousin in another state who is in poor health himself, and now struggling with what to do about his younger brother who had been born with autism spectrum. When their mother was alive, the younger brother stayed with her. Now, the older brother (in poor health) is ‘looking for the help’.

    Please think carefully about what you’re saying. If you’re suggesting that Luann is ‘stupid’, as in ‘someone with a low Intelligent Quotient’, that’s one thing. But when you use the phrase ‘get her the help she needs’, you are using the phrase most often associated with those who have developmental disabilities or mental illnesses. Those conditions may be caused by many things (inherited characteristics, environmental pollutants, and some have even suggested that vaccinations contribute, although the doctor who said that was discredited long ago.)

    One thing that does not explain developmental disability or mental illness, though is this: stupidity.

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Kudos for original thinking, right?

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    Argythree  about 9 years ago

    SPOILER ALERT

    Yep, homeless guy. And clumsy talk from a supposedly smart girl…

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    awgiedawgie Premium Member about 9 years ago

    If I used a hair dryer to try to blow the leaves, it would take infinitely longer, and my back would hurt much worse, than if I just raked them.

    Fortunately, I actually DO own a leaf blower.

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    moosemin  about 9 years ago

    From most of the comments above, I can only say Geeeeesh!“Luann” is only a simple comic strip, meant for a chuckle or two, to lighten our day! Why does Luann’s typical “Luann” response bring out accusations, hurt feelings and debate? Why pick on the cartoonists for a different shade of color, or question his/her use of the hair dryer, or whether it’s in the front or back yard? Or how one can get sued for not raking the leaves?Have a nice day, all!!

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    JayBluE  about 9 years ago

    You’re right, thanks! The only reason I even bothered, was from trying to keep the other person from getting “wound up” in an argument, but I guess they’d learn, as we all do… I will just “live and let live”, next time…

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    DANorth Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Have to agree MangeyMoose, It’s a COMIC strip folks, have a laugh and get over yourselves. It’s intended to give a chuckle and it did. Lighten up for heaven’s sake. The amusing part about this strip is that I work with people that actually think this would work.

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    Call me Ishmael  about 9 years ago

    NOISE! Surely “they” can make a silent leaf-blower? I’ve written a quartet for flute, violin, and 2 leaf-blowers. It;s for deaf people.

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    slsharris  about 9 years ago

    Just tell her that raking builds amazing upper arms and pecs…

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