One way or another, leslie is on its way to prison, whether it passes a bad check, fake money, stolen money or simply steals the jewelry. What will leslie’s uncle do then? We shall see. I want leslie gone and never mentioned again.
True Love? Probably more like true lust. Or Pru lust. Leslie is not thinking of someone other than himself, just a way to get access to her nether regions. Apparently, he is unaware, or has such a high opinion of himself he thinks he can “turn” her.
Oh dear. I fear where this is going. Leslie’s the kind of guy who would throw money at an unwilling girl and then hate her for refusing it—didn’t he give Rosa a hard time even without spending money on her? This could get very dark.
OK – he’s going to spend a wad of dough trying to impress a gal who couldn’t care less. But it WILL make folks start asking “Where did all that money come from?”.
let me Guess…………………. he is interested in Bern……………… Gunther has to protect her OR he makes a move on Tiff and ox is one defending her when les tries to force himself on Tiff
Pru would be very uncomfortable getting expensive jewelry from any of the 3 guys. Very creepy gift to give someone you are not seriously involved with or married to.
Here is my take I love you , from Les but laughter from Pru what will be utter humiliation an laughter from everybody sooo . ok i’m still working it out here . BBL maybe
Expensive jewelry is not something you give a girl you haven’t ever gone out with.
Other than that, I’m willing to see where this Leslie thing goes. Maybe working at Kablooie with the others has turned him into a “not too horrible” person.
Speak for yourself. There’s nothing bisexual about me — I’m 100% GAY and am only sexually attracted to and aroused by other men. Always have been, always will be. To imply otherwise is a slap in the face to every purely gay man and lesbian out there like me.
I remember that insurance commercial jingle: “Get a piece of the rock!” (♪). In an expensive jewelry store, you might as well get a ‘piece of the rock’, because you aren’t going to be able to get the figurative one, that’s for sure!
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It also seems humorous that those jewelry store commercials tell you, in one shape or form or the other, that: “You don’t really love them…unless you get them an expensive shiny object to wear. And you don’t know quality, unless you buy it at our store!”… more or less, this is what they tell you, in essence…
Man, he has an evil smirk to him that I don’t like at all. He makes the Grinch look like a saint. I wonder if he was able to grab a few gift envelope$ from Brad & Toni’s wedding. Greg is very good at drawing. He makes Les so snaky.
“The incoming POTUS is good example of bad behavior being rewarded.”
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Yes, sadly, we seem to have become a country where many people are proud of behaving like schoolyard jerks. They call it being “not politically correct.” We used to just call it “bad manners.”
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And we will soon have a President who behaves like we tell our children NOT to. And it makes it very hard to tell them not to.
Maybe he will shoplift an expensive necklace, get arrested, get probation along with counseling and over time end up making some much needed changes in his life.
Hey Needle! Not that I care that you end up in the Hoosegow, but now would be a Good time to Remind You that those over-priced necklaces are in a LOCKED case. AND Unlike at the Fuse, there are cameras all around WATCHING Your EVERY move….,
2. Most women are creeped out by gifts that are too costly. They come w a price and with implications. The saving grace for Les on that score is the Pru might assume the piece is either artificial or a less expensive piece of “bridge jewelry” rather than fine jewelry, given the price limit.
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3. In that case Mr. Grey or someone else might not be so easily fooled, leading to that person or people asking the question, “Where the heck did Les get the money for that?”
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4. Alternatively, even if Pru assumes the piece is inexpensive, Les might not catch onto to that and try to extract his “price”.
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This is going to get very messy.
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The people here who love inserting conflict, griping, and whining are going to have to work harder to find their starting points. (Preferrably not. Maybe they will see it as a holiday gift for them.)
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Try, try again. Bad eye day combined w getting up early and GoComics horrid revisions is messing w spacing. When i get it right i will erase the earlier versions. This part was supposed to be on top, but people w bad eyes sometimes can not be picky about where pastes wind up…
$20 limit protects the givees as well as the givers. What a quandry this would produce for Pru— refuse it and lose an employee (& his sponsor) or accept it and…?
Uh-oh. Oh my, what will Pru say when he presents her with a piece of jewelry? “Ummm…thanks? I think jewelry is not the usual Christmas gift exchange item but my girlfriend will be delighted as she enjoys jewelry more than I do.” I predict Les will get angry and want to retaliate.
Of course, Les COULD be getting the piece for his mother, but that, too, could lead to his uncle wondering where the money came from if he spend a lot.
Surprisingly odd. I REALLY did not expect that Leslie was going to want to buy Pru an expensive gift. But what sorts of things could this lead to? Here are some hypotheses I have with my probabilities of how likely I think they are to happen:
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1. Leslie is sincerely attracted to Pru, does not realize her orientation is homosexual. Likelihood scale IMO 2/10.
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2. Leslie is really trying to do something nice for Pru for a reason not related to sexual attraction he may have. Likelihood scale IMO 1/10.
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3. Leslie is planning some sort of scheme to get Pru into “hot water” at The Fuse, and this “gift” somehow plays into that scheme. Likelihood scale IMO 6/10.
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4. Leslie is actually most angry at his Uncle for making him work at The Fuse, and whatever this gift exchange plan is all about is really designed to put his Uncle in a bad light. Likelihood scale IMO 4/10.
The investigation,where’d he get the $$?,leads to his downfall,but MrGray gets involved somehow..saves his azz again. This cud take a while,so let’s leave Toni/Brad alone,ok?But the brad/****(roommate,I’m having a senior moment can’t think of it)reunion will be epic…
And a word to all the men out there (Les included): Some of us women are more impressed by a well-chosen, novel, bit of inspired costume jewelry than by a jewel dripping money.
clearly Les is staging this whole thing so he can give Pru a present, which he would be too embarrassed to do on his own… finally we see some weakness and sensitivity in him. But Les’s face is still drawn in that resentful, sneering, dishonest way and I am afraid he may steal a necklace that he can’t afford or maybe he is using the $ from the kids fundraiser to by it.
I walked out on a snotty bi+@# salesperson that pulled that on me once. I’ll admit I did not look the part but I had been eyeing a painting for my wife and had in my pocket the several hundred needed to buy it. The salestramp would barely acknowledge me presence and when I told her I was interested in buying a painting she pointed to the prints bin and said I might find something I liked there.I informed her I had been planning on buying a particular painting, pointed it out to her, and then told her I’d be spending my money someplace that did not employee elitist .My wife ended up with a lovely silver and amber set that she still wears and cherishes 20+ years later.Oh, the owner was in the art gallery when this happened and I never saw Mrs Elite in there again.
A good jeweler would never assume someone could only afford the cheapest items. Even a child looking for something for mommy could have daddy paying for it and want something expensive.
Politics, religion, and now sexuality: who really cares? I just think that Les is a sleeze and Pru is about to be victimized. (Although, I have to admit that the lesbians I’ve met kind of scare me).
Ox and Les will have similar incomes IF Les stopped pocketing Ox’s tips. Ox suggested the $20 limit, so it might be that it would not make sense for Les to spend above that IF he did not have additional sources of income (donations, and possibly much of Ox’s fair share of the tips). How much more than $20 he spends will be interesting.
The cartoon stands on its own, but the comments remind me of two unrelated stories. 1. In the movie Goldfinger, James Bond throws Pussy Galore, the lesbian leader of a pack of lesbian fliers into the hay and (2) in the words of C. S. Forester, in The African Queen………“does his will, HER WILL, unto her.” Luckily, Mr. Bond didn’t meet my cousin because she would have kicked the crap out of him.
These arcs involving Les and his sly dishonest behavior are so unsatisfying. Nothing is ever resolved; he is never observed. There is no closure on any of his actions. I guess it took a year to get Toni and Brad married off. Will it take a year to solve Les’s problems or else put him back in some form of juvenile criminal rehab?
Flash Gordon about 8 years ago
One way or another, leslie is on its way to prison, whether it passes a bad check, fake money, stolen money or simply steals the jewelry. What will leslie’s uncle do then? We shall see. I want leslie gone and never mentioned again.
Templo S.U.D. about 8 years ago
yeah, as if Leslie would give a girl a $10 piece of jewelry, ma’am
luann1212 about 8 years ago
Hmmm wonder what the scam is here.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 8 years ago
Good that he wants to impress someone who could never be sexually attracted to him
(Others are unlikely but aren’t hard-wired to be disinterested.)
Argythree about 8 years ago
It just seems totally out of character for Les to be interested in anyone other than himself…
Sisterdame about 8 years ago
LahDeDah Jewelry. LOL!
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member about 8 years ago
apparently, he is not aware of Pru’s inclinations
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member about 8 years ago
Or he is planning to frame her and take over running things…That seems in character…
ai_vin about 8 years ago
I think/hope this means Greg is planning an epic fail for the un-lovable Les.
MrGoobinski about 8 years ago
Well he is paying with money he stole from the collection at the talent show. Pru won’t accept the gift anyway.
Partyalldatyme about 8 years ago
True Love? Probably more like true lust. Or Pru lust. Leslie is not thinking of someone other than himself, just a way to get access to her nether regions. Apparently, he is unaware, or has such a high opinion of himself he thinks he can “turn” her.
Brdshtt Premium Member about 8 years ago
I was expecting the saleslady from “Cathy” again.
Dreamdeer about 8 years ago
Oh dear. I fear where this is going. Leslie’s the kind of guy who would throw money at an unwilling girl and then hate her for refusing it—didn’t he give Rosa a hard time even without spending money on her? This could get very dark.
Mr. Peterson about 8 years ago
Maybe it is really for Ox.
katzpawz1a about 8 years ago
OK – he’s going to spend a wad of dough trying to impress a gal who couldn’t care less. But it WILL make folks start asking “Where did all that money come from?”.
Brdshtt Premium Member about 8 years ago
Take a look at the image on this site and see if it reminds you of Les.
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http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/richard-nixon-georgetown-set-118607
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That is, if you wish to look…
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I’d post the image, but the damned Pictifier still ain’t working.
AnyFace about 8 years ago
Leslie Knox and other’s of his ilk are not tolerated.
His scheme is bound to fail.
It happens to other’s. Why not him?
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I used to believe that, but of late we seem to live in a world where bad behavior is not merely tolerated, but in certain circles rewarded. :(
hawgowar about 8 years ago
Maybe the jewelry is for Ox? Hehe.
kenhense about 8 years ago
I predict that Pru won’t go for it – but will handle the situation extremely well. Maybe she can find a good quality to bring out.
Mikeyj about 8 years ago
“And how will we be paying for this?…..” Children’s fund money, perhaps?
Mikeyj about 8 years ago
Les, you are about as transparent as cling wrap!
Airman about 8 years ago
This might be the arc where we find out that Pru is trans-gender.
wiselad about 8 years ago
let me Guess…………………. he is interested in Bern……………… Gunther has to protect her OR he makes a move on Tiff and ox is one defending her when les tries to force himself on Tiff
wiselad about 8 years ago
just kidding……….saw yesterday’s strip just b4 this one ……………….. would he be surprised she is also interested in ladies
sheplives about 8 years ago
Uh-oh…
CaptainX_99 about 8 years ago
Why do I have this feeling that he is going to reveal the money he potentially took from the donation bin for the kids.
locake about 8 years ago
Pru would be very uncomfortable getting expensive jewelry from any of the 3 guys. Very creepy gift to give someone you are not seriously involved with or married to.
wreck it ralph about 8 years ago
Well if anyone can return Pru to the straight side it would be Les
mr , b about 8 years ago
Here is my take I love you , from Les but laughter from Pru what will be utter humiliation an laughter from everybody sooo . ok i’m still working it out here . BBL maybe
Queen of America about 8 years ago
Expensive jewelry is not something you give a girl you haven’t ever gone out with.
Other than that, I’m willing to see where this Leslie thing goes. Maybe working at Kablooie with the others has turned him into a “not too horrible” person.
legaleagle48 about 8 years ago
@luannfan1212 (from yesterday):
Speak for yourself. There’s nothing bisexual about me — I’m 100% GAY and am only sexually attracted to and aroused by other men. Always have been, always will be. To imply otherwise is a slap in the face to every purely gay man and lesbian out there like me.
JayBluE about 8 years ago
I remember that insurance commercial jingle: “Get a piece of the rock!” (♪). In an expensive jewelry store, you might as well get a ‘piece of the rock’, because you aren’t going to be able to get the figurative one, that’s for sure!
-It also seems humorous that those jewelry store commercials tell you, in one shape or form or the other, that: “You don’t really love them…unless you get them an expensive shiny object to wear. And you don’t know quality, unless you buy it at our store!”… more or less, this is what they tell you, in essence…
Wesley_B about 8 years ago
“OTHERS”No apostrophes are permitted in plurals, unless the plural is also a possessive.
This has been a public service announcement.
JayBluE about 8 years ago
“The Ice Age”
“Stone Cold Crazy” (♫)
“Rock And IRA Rollover”
“Expensive? Fur Sure!”
“Live And Let Diamond”
“A Penchant For Pendants”
“Sell Your Teeth For Some Floss”
“Blingin’ In The Rain” (♫)
“How Much Is That Dogstar, In The Window?” (♫)
“Love Means Never Having To Say ‘Sorry! We’re All Out!”
“Peppy, Le Jewelry”
“Boss Level Shopping”
“…And You Don’t Mess Around, With Gem!” (♪)
“Give ‘Em The Old ’Razzle!’ ‘Dazzle!’ "(♫)
“Put Your Brights On”
“25 Karats Are Bad For Your Eyes”
“The Snowblind Collection”
“Glitter Bug”
“Love, Don’t Take Your Rubies To Town!” (♫)
or
“Knit One, Pearl $2,000”
31768 about 8 years ago
Man, he has an evil smirk to him that I don’t like at all. He makes the Grinch look like a saint. I wonder if he was able to grab a few gift envelope$ from Brad & Toni’s wedding. Greg is very good at drawing. He makes Les so snaky.
31768 about 8 years ago
he may be trying to pass some “funny monny.”
Ignatz Premium Member about 8 years ago
“The incoming POTUS is good example of bad behavior being rewarded.”
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Yes, sadly, we seem to have become a country where many people are proud of behaving like schoolyard jerks. They call it being “not politically correct.” We used to just call it “bad manners.”
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And we will soon have a President who behaves like we tell our children NOT to. And it makes it very hard to tell them not to.
terrieann.schmearer about 8 years ago
Maybe he will shoplift an expensive necklace, get arrested, get probation along with counseling and over time end up making some much needed changes in his life.
GirlGeek Premium Member about 8 years ago
Don’t go down this road Evans, don’t make Pru go from gay to straight. She’s the only character I like.
Mordock999 Premium Member about 8 years ago
Hey Needle! Not that I care that you end up in the Hoosegow, but now would be a Good time to Remind You that those over-priced necklaces are in a LOCKED case. AND Unlike at the Fuse, there are cameras all around WATCHING Your EVERY move….,
Aibohphobia about 8 years ago
Love the name of the store and how the saleswoman is drawn.
Tyge about 8 years ago
Tell me when this arc is over.
Tue Elung-Jensen about 8 years ago
Poor Leslie will be ripped to pieces, in more ways than one – since he doesn´t take rejection well.
Tue Elung-Jensen about 8 years ago
Also I guess that is what the money for donations went to.
Frank Farkel about 8 years ago
Still waiting to see Pru’s significant other. She only told Luann she is gay; Quill never talked about it.
jrankin1959 about 8 years ago
Oh, this is gonna be a hard fall…
SukieCrandall Premium Member about 8 years ago
So wrong in so many ways.
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1. Pru is a lesbian
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2. Most women are creeped out by gifts that are too costly. They come w a price and with implications. The saving grace for Les on that score is the Pru might assume the piece is either artificial or a less expensive piece of “bridge jewelry” rather than fine jewelry, given the price limit.
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3. In that case Mr. Grey or someone else might not be so easily fooled, leading to that person or people asking the question, “Where the heck did Les get the money for that?”
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4. Alternatively, even if Pru assumes the piece is inexpensive, Les might not catch onto to that and try to extract his “price”.
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This is going to get very messy.
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The people here who love inserting conflict, griping, and whining are going to have to work harder to find their starting points. (Preferrably not. Maybe they will see it as a holiday gift for them.)
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Try, try again. Bad eye day combined w getting up early and GoComics horrid revisions is messing w spacing. When i get it right i will erase the earlier versions. This part was supposed to be on top, but people w bad eyes sometimes can not be picky about where pastes wind up…
JPuzzleWhiz about 8 years ago
@locake:
I left you one at the end of yesterday’s.
ACTIVIST1234 about 8 years ago
$20 limit protects the givees as well as the givers. What a quandry this would produce for Pru— refuse it and lose an employee (& his sponsor) or accept it and…?
reedkomicks Premium Member about 8 years ago
Lesley’s rage will be fearsome when he is rejected, no matter how gently. Ox may have to come to the rescue again.
capricorn9th about 8 years ago
Uh-oh. Oh my, what will Pru say when he presents her with a piece of jewelry? “Ummm…thanks? I think jewelry is not the usual Christmas gift exchange item but my girlfriend will be delighted as she enjoys jewelry more than I do.” I predict Les will get angry and want to retaliate.
tom_gilmartin35 about 8 years ago
Maybe this time he doesn’t have a scam, maybe he just really like Pru
SukieCrandall Premium Member about 8 years ago
Of course, Les COULD be getting the piece for his mother, but that, too, could lead to his uncle wondering where the money came from if he spend a lot.
Pipe Tobacco about 8 years ago
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Surprisingly odd. I REALLY did not expect that Leslie was going to want to buy Pru an expensive gift. But what sorts of things could this lead to? Here are some hypotheses I have with my probabilities of how likely I think they are to happen:
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1. Leslie is sincerely attracted to Pru, does not realize her orientation is homosexual. Likelihood scale IMO 2/10.
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2. Leslie is really trying to do something nice for Pru for a reason not related to sexual attraction he may have. Likelihood scale IMO 1/10.
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3. Leslie is planning some sort of scheme to get Pru into “hot water” at The Fuse, and this “gift” somehow plays into that scheme. Likelihood scale IMO 6/10.
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4. Leslie is actually most angry at his Uncle for making him work at The Fuse, and whatever this gift exchange plan is all about is really designed to put his Uncle in a bad light. Likelihood scale IMO 4/10.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 8 years ago
When Les finds out he will blow a gasket.
Hoodude about 8 years ago
The investigation,where’d he get the $$?,leads to his downfall,but MrGray gets involved somehow..saves his azz again. This cud take a while,so let’s leave Toni/Brad alone,ok?But the brad/****(roommate,I’m having a senior moment can’t think of it)reunion will be epic…
reedkomicks Premium Member about 8 years ago
When I first saw the sales clerk, I thought she had serious scoliosis.
ACTIVIST1234 about 8 years ago
And a word to all the men out there (Les included): Some of us women are more impressed by a well-chosen, novel, bit of inspired costume jewelry than by a jewel dripping money.
RSH about 8 years ago
clearly Les is staging this whole thing so he can give Pru a present, which he would be too embarrassed to do on his own… finally we see some weakness and sensitivity in him. But Les’s face is still drawn in that resentful, sneering, dishonest way and I am afraid he may steal a necklace that he can’t afford or maybe he is using the $ from the kids fundraiser to by it.
bryan42 about 8 years ago
I walked out on a snotty bi+@# salesperson that pulled that on me once. I’ll admit I did not look the part but I had been eyeing a painting for my wife and had in my pocket the several hundred needed to buy it. The salestramp would barely acknowledge me presence and when I told her I was interested in buying a painting she pointed to the prints bin and said I might find something I liked there.I informed her I had been planning on buying a particular painting, pointed it out to her, and then told her I’d be spending my money someplace that did not employee elitist .My wife ended up with a lovely silver and amber set that she still wears and cherishes 20+ years later.Oh, the owner was in the art gallery when this happened and I never saw Mrs Elite in there again.
locake about 8 years ago
A good jeweler would never assume someone could only afford the cheapest items. Even a child looking for something for mommy could have daddy paying for it and want something expensive.
RSH about 8 years ago
When the gifts are exchanged will people know who their ‘secret santa’ is?
ToetagProductions about 8 years ago
Listen he is gonna get caught trying to steal one and Uncle wont be able to get him off the hook this time. We wont see Lesli for a very long time.
Airman about 8 years ago
Politics, religion, and now sexuality: who really cares? I just think that Les is a sleeze and Pru is about to be victimized. (Although, I have to admit that the lesbians I’ve met kind of scare me).
JanLC about 8 years ago
Does Les know that Pru is gay?
Scoutmaster77 about 8 years ago
Les has been raising a lot of money for charity…
rimshot22 about 8 years ago
So is the outgoing one.
SukieCrandall Premium Member about 8 years ago
Ox and Les will have similar incomes IF Les stopped pocketing Ox’s tips. Ox suggested the $20 limit, so it might be that it would not make sense for Les to spend above that IF he did not have additional sources of income (donations, and possibly much of Ox’s fair share of the tips). How much more than $20 he spends will be interesting.
tcayer about 8 years ago
I don’t think this is a scam. I think he’s smitten, and in for a big surprise!
Luanaphile about 8 years ago
Now I am wondering if Les made his cash appropriations thinking all along that he would play Secret Santa to Pru.
Airman about 8 years ago
The cartoon stands on its own, but the comments remind me of two unrelated stories. 1. In the movie Goldfinger, James Bond throws Pussy Galore, the lesbian leader of a pack of lesbian fliers into the hay and (2) in the words of C. S. Forester, in The African Queen………“does his will, HER WILL, unto her.” Luckily, Mr. Bond didn’t meet my cousin because she would have kicked the crap out of him.
RSH about 8 years ago
These arcs involving Les and his sly dishonest behavior are so unsatisfying. Nothing is ever resolved; he is never observed. There is no closure on any of his actions. I guess it took a year to get Toni and Brad married off. Will it take a year to solve Les’s problems or else put him back in some form of juvenile criminal rehab?
Sisyphos about 8 years ago
Crooked Les Knox is about to spend his ill-gotten gains in the mistaken belief that he can impress Prudence!
The stage is set for massive doses of irony!
Bad Boy is going down!
ekke about 8 years ago
I do like the “Lah Di Dah Jewelry” name!
Argythree about 8 years ago
You are an optimist.
Argythree about 8 years ago
SPOILER
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Les seems to be invovled in a ‘step’ program. Too bad it’s the wrong one…
JayBluE about 8 years ago
JPW: Well done!