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Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 10, 2015
Transcript:
Mom: It's wrong to take Pru's talent then charge her rent. I'm sure Luann will understand that. Mom: We don't even know how long Pru will be here. She'll probably leave once the show opens. Mom: So let's give her Brad's room for free then find a real renter after the holidays, how's that sound? Mom: am I making decisions all be myself here? Dad: Yes. And doing a fine job.
Meowmocha over 9 years ago
He just wants to go to sleep. It might help if you discuss your plans to the tune of âBrahmsâ Lullabyâ.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
What Nancy doesnât realize is that this is Frankâs âsecret strategyâ for a successful nightâs sleep⊠â Step 1, "delegate"âŠFrank turns over and lets Nancyâs âpot oâ thoughtsâ brew for a minute or twoâŠStep 2, âresults orientationâ. Nancy reasons it out, thereby Frank avoids being âyelled atâ, in case his idea was stupid.Step 3, âthe confirmationâ. Frank was almost at the last step, before Nancy discovers sheâs the âsecretâ behind Frankâs âsecret strategyâ. Normally , this last step is Frankâs âsigning offâ on the whole thing, producing whatâs known as a âwin winâ. Nancy has the bright ideas, she formulates the reasoning and comes up with an effective âplan of actionâ. Frank agrees, âlooks smartâ for doing it, and everyone comes off smelling like roses. â Oh, so close, Frank- so close !!!!
JayBluE over 9 years ago
âAll of my thoughts are brightâŠlong as he thinks theyâre his!âŠSo take that , Debbie Harry!â
- âThe Real Blondieâ
JayBluE over 9 years ago
âMy Better HalfââSee Ya Later, Delegator!ââDonât Bother The AutopilotââThink Smart, Not HardââThe Path Of Least ResistanceââYou Got Another Think Coming- But Itâs In A Traffic Jamââ99% Inspriation, 1% You Do ItââI Do My Best Thinking When Iâm DreamingââWho Wears The Smartypants?ââOn Snooze Controlâ
âIf It Ainât BrokeâŠââThink Tankedâorâ33 1/3 Resolutions Per Minuteâ
ShagsCA over 9 years ago
Iâve learned that no matter what the male opinion or preference may be, what the female wants is whatâs going to be.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
Heh, heh, and there may be some residual static in the morningâŠ
RolloTheGrouch over 9 years ago
So how are they going to stretch this out for a whole week? Four days of explaining this to Luann?
Caldonia over 9 years ago
About time, geez.
Airman over 9 years ago
Yep, got to pick up the pace of this warehouse/Prudence story lineâŠâŠâŠâŠtoo much talk and no action.
blunebottle over 9 years ago
âŠ.anybody else hear a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep tone in their heads?
Caldonia over 9 years ago
Sheâll probably leave once the first showing of ???? is overâŠ. Yeah, these two know theatre all right.
The Nameless Wonder over 9 years ago
All this hype over âPruâ, watch her not be any where what sheâs being built up tot be ..
oldcomicsfan over 9 years ago
Itâs off topic, but Iâve always wondered about LuannâŠboth her parents are black haired, her brother is black haired, and she is strawberry blond. Those of you who know genetics, will know this is very very interesting.
Ottodesu over 9 years ago
Good call, Frank.
Mordock999 Premium Member over 9 years ago
OH fear the LOVE of GAW! Will You Two âToolsâ SHUT UP And GO to SLEEP???
Mordock999 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Hey, Birdy!!!
Are You Eagerly Awaiting the release of Fallout 4, Too?
Mimi the metalworker over 9 years ago
I am afraid Prudence will present them quite a painful invoice. Because she is from NY and she is good and worth that money. But thatâs with a discount for friends of a friend. Otherwise she charges moreâŠ
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Again, Iâm with Frank. Whatever Nancy concludes is of course right (at least for now). Nighty-nightâŠ.
richard over 9 years ago
When you offer a room to someone, knowing how long theyâre going to stay might be a useful. I mean, in normal-people land it would be.
dre7861 over 9 years ago
I have five Pru theories going:
1) Pru will be Col Zeboâs long lost sister only weirder but twice as annoying2) Pru will be Dezâ long lost mother only kookier but not as sweet3) Pru will be Piroâs long lost transgender twin but only more mysterious and not as sulky/pouty4) Pru will be Mr Greyâs long lost estranged wife without the deep mobster ties but with better fashion sense5) All of the above
Willywise52 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Youâre on to something Dave.
Uncle Bob over 9 years ago
Brdshtt, I think the National Anthemâs going to come on, followed by the Farm Report!
AmissaSada over 9 years ago
Havenât even met and already on a nickname basis?!
gromit82 over 9 years ago
Nancy: We donât even know how long Pru will be here. Sheâll probably leave once the show opens.
I wonder if this is a setup for Pru to stay longer than expected? Or maybe Frank and Nancy will actually ask Prudence how long she will need or want to stay.
Make Mine Marvel over 9 years ago
I wonder if Pru is running a version of the scam outlined by Leo Bloom in âThe Producersâ, where she arranges backing for several thousands more than sheâll need to produce the show, then writes and produces a play so awful that only a handful of local kids goes to see it, it closes on Page 2 of the script, and the backers never find out how much the play actually cost to put on.
This would explain why sheâs willing to do all this for free from the De Grootsâ point of view, and the generally slipshod nature of the communications so far. Pru expects the show to fail, thatâs the whole plan!
The whole romantic triangle was never anything more serious than Luannâs overactive imagination, linked to her insecurities about her future. Delta is off growing up, and Bernice is at least taking on more adult responsibilities at a proper university.
Meanwhile Luann is doing nothing any more academically challenging than feeding the ego of an avant-garde ninny whose artistic talent and brilliant, ground-breaking vision has left him teaching first-year art in a local community college.
Sheâs not maturing as quickly as her best friends, and is inventing a romantic crisis (quite possibly driving Quill away), as a means of distracting herself from her real-life situation.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago
From yesterday, I was given the âmonikerâ of being âNeville Chamberlinâ who was of course the U.K Prime Minister through part of 1940. His primary claim to âfameâ is his willingness to âlay-downâ to the wishes of the Nazi Regime. Well, as I can easily ascertain that being given this moniker was meant as a âslamâ of sorts because I happen to be able to see both perspectives in regard to the two âwarringâ factions here in Luannâs comment sectionâŠ. I will willingly accept this slam, with the following caveats:1. I get the idea that the two warring groups seemingly relish sniping and snapping at each other all the day long in these comments. 2. I get also that these two warring groups consist of about 3-4 âDefenders of Luann Libertyâ and perhaps 3-4 âForeign Invaders of the Luann Commentaryâ. I will let each member of the warring factions decide which moniker they fit into best, for to me there is overlap on both sides. 3. In my Neville-ish sort of way (Did Neville smoke a pipe? Yes, I believe he did, perhaps that is my âproblemâ eh?) all I have been suggesting to the warring factions⊠and to the generally much larger number of âSwitzerland-likeâ commenters on this site⊠live and let live. Harping back and forth between the two factions is getting to the point where it occupies on some days up to 1/2 of the comments on the site. The sniping at each other is to me not particularly enjoyable to read or have to skim through to get to actual comments on the comic, Luann. This is NOT Nazi-era Europe. The stakes here are not life-orâdeath. Therefore, being coined âNevilleâ is not (to me) a bad thing. I think a Neville Chamberlin approach of letting all folks be able to voice their opinions here without filling the board with crabbing and sniping at each other IS an appropriate and aspirational goal TO have here. I wish we could do that. My hope and wishes will likely go unfulfilled, but it is still what would be (for me and I presume many others here) more enjoyable and interesting for the majority of us to be able to have here. This is âNevilleâ, signing off.
rikkiTikki Premium Member over 9 years ago
Through all this hubbub I donât recall anyone talking to this Pru and asking her if she would like to stay with them or if she has other plans?
Luanaphile over 9 years ago
I am sure the Evans could go another week with the unilateral bedtime rumination, but Iâve got some drying paint to watch.
3pibgorn9 over 9 years ago
Donât like it, donât read it.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago
4For me today, I still find the hemming and hawing about rent or no rent to be strange. Luannâs feelings about having Pru be in her homeâŠ. that is a valid concern, of course, but that is currently only a rather ancillary aspect of Nancy and Frankâs discussion. The rent issue is further âmade strangeâ to me with the idea thatâŠ. how long would Pru likely be here? Logically, she may arrive just before Thanksgiving, and a âHolidayâ show would likely run AT MOST until mid-January. So, the whole rent discussion is really about two months of rent at most. This seems so strange to me as a focal point of the comic. I will wait to see what happens, but it seems too strange.
maverick1usa over 9 years ago
So much for Tuesday so now lets move on to Wednesday! Enjoy the day.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago
Thank you for posting the test pattern! I remember them so well. For some reason, I always found them interesting to look at.
locake over 9 years ago
I donât see how charging Pru rent would make Luann feel better about having her stay there.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
âYes, letâs keep pretending Iâm not insulted, ever. I donât even have to make an initial post and I get insulted. So I really have no idea what youâre talking about, here.â^You might as well show the parts where you dragged me into something I wasnât even commenting on, just to use my (and another personâs) comment to âdisguiseâ your attacks at the other two posters in a sort of âmommie dearest (passive aggressive)â sort of way, as followsâŠ
Implausible said, about 12 hours ago@IamJayBluE@BrdshttLOL!
Please donât encourage personal insults. While I donât always see eye to eye with BuckarooDave, I would never liken him to a baby bird as Brdshtt as done. â (me, in response to the comment @Implausible:)âPlease donât encourage personal insultsâŠ.â^You donât even know what I was "LOL"ing about!!! And it wasnât that, even!!!â Furthermore, the last part of your sentence is one of a âpassive aggressiveâ nature. This is the thing that Prof fails to see, about why people respond as they do to youâŠ
JayBluE over 9 years ago
âWhat were you commenting on then? If you donât quote the poster, then everyone will perceive your comment as responding to their last comment. Itâs why I make a point to quote. Should you continue to post without quotes, I will continue to perceive it this way, and comment as such.â^You know very well that I wasnât a part of the conversation that you used my comment for. At the time I responded, the picture you referred to wasnât even visible on my screen, at the time. â But that still doesnât take away from the fact that you couldâve asked me at that point what my âLOLâ was for, and not just assume . Moreover, it also doesnât take away from the fact that you used my comment (as clearly reposted above) to drag me into something that I wasnât even having a share inâŠ
whiteaj over 9 years ago
Only her hairdresser knows for sure.
JCarrK over 9 years ago
Always make a lease. Charge her for the room, and pay her for her work.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago
Hahah! Brdshtt!!!! Thank you, sir! Your âthinking it was a dull Indian movieâ comment gave me a really big smile!
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago
âŠwritten âofâ⊠should have read as âŠ.written âonâ the school busesâŠ.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
âYou donât get to toss out an insult towards me and have that be the end of it, sorry, I get to defend myself. Now we can be done if youâd like.â^And you donât get to falsely accuse people of insults towards you. Nowhere did I even use an insulting word towards you. Nowhere did I even comment towards you yesterday. And today I didnât respond to you, but you decided to bring up something that again should have been over with yesterday. I commented to another poster, then you come in and (again assume who I was talking to, instead of asking for clarity right then and there, like a mature person. You implicated something about me, and you went and insulted someone, using a comment of mine that wasnât even part of whatever discussion you were referencing. That was when it was over and done. And now youâre trying to âget the last wordâ, and doing so with erroneous information, as again, you took the time out to drag me into something from yesterday , that I had no part of in the first place.
krys723 over 9 years ago
I donât agree with thatâŠyou need to find a renter. I even doubt that Luannâs not renting out her room. Its not fair to charge somebody for rent just because of their talent. If you were going to do that, then why let her stay with you at all? Your daughter doesnât feel comfortable around her. Your being really unfair here Nancy.
Sheila Hardie over 9 years ago
And this way when it all ends badly, he gets to say, âIt wasnât my idea in the first place!â Nice, Dad.
Airman over 9 years ago
Of the parade of new characters, I give Dez a B, Viper a C+, Piro a D, Sun a B+ because sheâs cute & would be a good friend, Hair gets a D, Prudence an incomplete, Mr. Gray an A- because he has potential, and the art professor a B. But, over all, the strip has been cumbersome and confusing. Only the sexual tension between Gunther and Tiffany holds my interest. Quill and Luann flatlined a long time ago, but there could be something interesting between Bernice and the strange Piro.
Endunamoo over 9 years ago
Gânite Frank.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
Yes, youâre right! Much appreciated!!! 8^)
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago
Neville Chamberlin back for a brief moment, casually lighting his pipe as he offers a suggestion to the warring factions:1. You may find todayâs âDinosaur Comicsâ effort of interest to you. It has a glimmer of my âChamberlin-esqueâ quality about it.2. You may also find âCalvin & Hobbesâ interesting today, because it may speak to each warring factions own demeanor and ultimate goal.
Argy.Bargy2 over 9 years ago
-Frank, who is a CIA agent
Since Iâm not a long-time reader of this âtoon, I was always curious about Frankâs job. Thanks for letting me knowâŠ
ShadowBeast Premium Member over 9 years ago
Frank is right, she is doing a fine job on the decisions here.
RSH over 9 years ago
a possible scenario might be that Luann and Pru become friends and accomplices, recognizing that Quill is stringing two women along.. trying to have it both ways. They band together and Quill is left with neither. I donât think it will happen but if Quill is trying to have two girlfriends then it could.
Homeboy1865 over 9 years ago
There were a series of strips a few years ago where Nancy explained to Luann that Lu got her hair color from her great grandfather. At least that was Nancyâs explanation.
notbornyesterday over 9 years ago
sometimes, Frank surprises me; but I guess thatâs how you stay married
Kymberleigh over 9 years ago
I just had an interesting thought ⊠could we bring back Aaron Hillâs deaf girlfriend from Texas? We havenât seen her in over a decade.
Argythree over 9 years ago
SPOILER ALERT
Honestly, even the biggest Luannhaters on ArcMax couldnât have dreamt up this sad exerciseâŠ
Luann! Find a job in another country and get outta Dodge quick!
ironman01 over 9 years ago
Is it just me or is this a dumb arc?
Argythree over 9 years ago
SPOILER 2.1
A lot of shark jumpinâ goinâ onâŠ
rklynch over 4 years ago
In the first panel, it almost look like sheâs looking and talking directly at us. Anybody else notice that?