Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for October 05, 2015

If Frank had a buttery muffin, maybe he’d forget about all those other “nooks and crannies”….

New poll up: Bernice’s Grades

Which will be the winning poster?1) 19 votes – Luann Puddles.2) 14 votes – Goth LULZ Cats.4) 8 votes – Other.3) 7 votes – Random Kid’s Birdie Boo Boo.5) 5 votes – Jocks ‘r Dogs.6) 5 votes – Zebo’s Self Portrait.Other: Peacock; Bunnies!; Is anyone dumb enough to think it won’t be Little Miss Perfect?; george w bush self portrait in bathtub;

Luann’s Puddles now with REAL INNER BEAUTY!; Sun’s ferret’s nose print.; They are ALL winners!; The winner will be a poster with a variety of animals and a slogan: “Adopt me. I will warm your heart.”

“Def Concrete One”“Stucco In First Gear”“Smoothing Things Over”“Jacked-Up, Of All The Trades…”No, That’s Not What I Cement!"“Not Up To Pargeting”“…Plaster Of None”“Mad Cos It’s Still Cracked!”“You Put The Lime In The Cracks, You Nut!” (♪)“Late Expectations”“Last Impressions”“Other Fissures In The Sea”or“Please, Sir… Can I Have Some Mortar?”

And so it begins………get used to it, Frank- you haven’t even experienced the first building inspector, yet.

Don’t think I’ve ever seen Greg (Karen?) use grawlixes before!

And Luann makes the first contribution to the building’s new tributes to the Arts! Congratulations Luann, and may there be many more! The first play they do should be the Broadway adaptation of the film ‘Xanadu’, starring Luann as Kira, Quill as Sonny, and Frank as Danny McGuire:) There is room for a roller disco in there somewhere right? Still bummed ‘Fusion’ isn’t going be named ‘Luannadu’!

Sorry, Luann, but posters are not plaster!

Captain America: language!

I guess Luann just learn a new word from Frank today

WAIT. You Two are WORRIED that the Plaster Guy is “Late?”

Geez, YOU Should be Thankful that He even RETURNED Your Durn Phone Call!

And besides, what happened to all that “Do it Yourself” Hoo-Doo that You were Beating Your sunken chest over yesterday, Franklin???

Welcome to the world of contractors.

I called a plumber, he came when he said he would and did an excellent job and charged a reasonable fee! I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE!

Our temeratures, like Frank’s, are suppose to rise this week. Enjoy the week!

Obviously has no experience with contractors, now if he was 4 weeks late, then it might call for grawlixes.

After four hours neither has called the other?

Beneath the noble bird, between the proudest wordsBehind the beauty cracks appear

Oh good! Looks like a week without conflict again, no real stakes whatsoever.

Then here’s the perfect opportunity for you to predict the week’s non events. It’s wide open. shoot.

HI parents using expletive with a college-age daughter, oh the horror, oh the pathos!! I really think what is interesting is what this arc leads up too.

What could be worse?.Zebo and now the blessed warehouse!.Are they trying to chase readers away?

Looks like Frank and Nancy both quit their jobs. That was a bad idea.

If the plaster guy is not there yet, Frank can’t say how late he is. Frank can say he should have been there 4 hours ago.

2Frank is a grump the last few days! :) Seriously, though…yesterday’s anger seemed funny and appropriately placed. Today, while perhaps appropriately placed (it is annoying as hell to wait around for service providers), it seems somehow more of a “Frank-tantrum” to me. I guess I feel it is more of a “Frank-tantrum” because regardless of the age of my kid…. be they adult or little… if any of my kids came up to me with an award/winning poster/accomplishment of any sort… it would a) soften my mood enough so I could hold off on cussing for a few moments to at least LOOK at the accomplishment, and b) having my kids be enthused about showing me something…. would make me feel enthused as well (and dissipate a lot of the pent up frustration/anger). I DO feel sorry for Frank and Nancy, however, for I still feel buying the warehouse was an awful mistake.

Why is it a crime to expect people to show up on time and do their work quickly and professionally? You don’t see McDonalds opening their doors 4 hours late with no explanation. Basically a teenager flipping burgers for minimum wage is more professional than the average contractor.

Yeah that probably says “damn”.

Don’t worry Frank, it looks like she brought an armload of copies of her poster. I hope there are some to put up outside the renovating building where people who might want to adopt animals can see them:) Outrageous ‘never happen’ prediction of the day: Tiffany and Bernice will share their first kiss in 2016.

If he’s ever been into a hipster club, Frank should know you want the brick showing beneath the old plaster.

Really not much going on here to motivate comments. It’s like watching a sail boat race. Dull.

“Had to look that word up, but yeah, I think this is a first.”^Personally, I’m just glad I never had to run across that word in a test for school! Or in a dark alley….

Thank you!!!!!

I’m wondering if there will be some sort of start towards some “drama” with Luann feeling like she does over Quill’s busy life, with some “new” guy who happens to be the next in line to come in and do a job… – Unless this will just be a week of gags about the “miscues” in them finally getting down to the task….

Your issuance of reassurance to all the trades seems to be good “insurance”!!!

For us, anything electrical, HVAC or plumbing without a license is a definite “no no”, according to the laws on our books.

“that will offset the scheduling for work to be done after the plastering.”^I remember years back, this happened after a major flood, and all the carpet had to come up, and our floor was bare and “concrete” for a while (even the padding was “shot”). For a while, had to get used to a cold floor, in the morning. To further complicate things, our dwelling was pretty old, and in need of new plastering, since the outside walls had a “weak spot” where rain could seep through, and it weakened a couple of our walls. So for a long while, we had to wait for all the other work to be finished, and then plastering to be done, until finally the carpeting at last came in. That day, when I came home from work and saw that it was, I did not care how tired I was. I hastily went to moving all our furniture into their proper spots, and relished the warm carpet that would greet me and my feet on the then “soon to be coming” winter months….

You might be right!!!

Crazy thing is, I’m sure you’d have some state saying “you can’t even take leaves out of the gutter without a permit, but you’d better make sure it’s cleaned before we cite you with a ticket” or something similar. – And then another crazy thing, is that from place to place, there are different thresholds. One state or county lets you spend “X” amount of dollars before it can be considered a job that needs a licensed professional, another says up to ten thousand or more is okay, another place says any “general construction” is okay, another says everybody has to be licensed. – I wonder, too, with some of the “house flippers”, you know you have people “cutting corners” themselves somewhere (though I’m sure many of them “know a guy” who will do this job or that for them). – And then there’s “poor” Time Life, with all those books they used to “hawk”….

“but with a 6 pack on top,”^Heh, heh- yep, sounds about right for down there… – Though they have been making some changes in the past couple of years in the different departments…

SPOILERALERT

All you fixer-upper guys are needed at the warehouse, pronto! Frank’s about to have a stroke…

I’m hoping the volunteer is someone completely unexpected. Like Knute, maybe. Now THAT would be hilarious…

Actually, anything that could cause a change in date for the Brad and Toni wedding would be ok in my book…

It’s not a real college. If it was real, it would be called a University.

What does all those signals mean?