Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 28, 2017

oh, boy

Just like Gunther, I’m not sure of what he could possibly say that would make a difference. I still think he should recruit Mrs. Berger; she was very kind and motherly toward Tiffany when T came to dinner at her house. Comfort is what is called for right now, not some kind of psychological mumbo-jumbo from Bernice (who only knows enough to be dangerous), or an intellectual discussion from Gunther…

So Friday knock and Saturday inside?

Not that she needs saving but someone to listen would be nice

Yawnther was a smart cookie, until it came moment for him to face his biggest fear: GIRLS!

UNSAFE GIRLS, THAT IS. he wouldn’t run from his very safe sister Borenice, the boring “psycho major” but he is at a loss on how to deal with “fattie crazy for him” Paris. (Tiff) lol! hope Luann’s push gives us the next couple in this strip. after Toni and Brad, and Knute and Crystal.

off course, hes the frog, and Tiff is the bullfrog.

He should stop in to visit and just listen to her IF she wants to talk.

Bernice says, “As a psych major…” What will it take for Bern to find out how little she knows?

It is the second quote from Epictetus that is important here.

“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

Just stand there and if Tiffany opens the door, take whatever comes.

Note how much fun Luann is having pushing Gunther around!

Maybe Gunther’s best shot is to tell Tiff he has missed her and would like to see her if she’s not busy.

Epictetus quote “You were born with two ears and one mouth for a reason, so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” And here I thought it was for echolocation.

By the time Gunther gets back, his hair won’t be curly anymore.

As asked yesterday,

What kind of school is called Moony?

Hit it, Mystro..

We’re in the Moony, we’re in the Moony;

We’ve got a lot of what it takes to get it wrong!

We’re in the Moony, it’s Loony Toony,

Bernice the RA will not let us have a bong.

She’ll never see a teacher who can reach her—-no way.

And when we see no TV we can give Tara a quick good bye

We’re in the Moony, come on, get Goony,

Let’s lie to, sigh to, spy to, roaring a song!

Oh, yes we’re in the Moony, you bet we’re in the Moony,

We’ve got a lot of what it takes to get it wrong!

Clearly, Luann thinks all with the Tiffany situation is hilarious, especially sending Gunther in as evidenced in the last panel. She has low opinions of her friends except, apparently, Pru, who she seems to respect as well as her sister in law, Toni. I think Luann is the one who needs a big makeover rather than Tiffany- she is getting more and more unlikeable.

Okay, Gunth. Some Quick Tips:

1) When Tiff opens the door, QUICKLY Put Your Foot in the door sill so She can’t Close it. (An Old “Travelling Salesman” Trick.)

2) When She asks what You’re here Tell Her You there because its a New School Year and You Looking Forward to Being Her “Study Buddy” Again, and You Enjoy being around Her.

3) If She Let’s You In, DO NOT NOTICE SHE’S GAINED WEIGHT!

4) Apologize that You Hadn’t Contacted Her All Summer. Say You assumed She went Home for the Summer, and That’s Why You Didn’t Visit. Also You Lost Her Number and Didn’t Have Her e-mail address, and You have been Just Frantic the last three months because You have had NO Way to Contact Her, and You REALLY wanted to Catch Up with Her Because She Been on Your Mind since the last time You were together.

5) Ask Her How Her Summer went. If You’re Lucky, She’ll Start by Lying and saying it was “Great.” Then She tell the Truth and Say She was Miserable, “THANKS to YOU!” DON’T a Word, Let Her Vent. Be prepared to be Berated, Belittled, Insulted, and Humiliated. Just Stand There and Take it.

6) After about 30 minutes to an Hour of being Yelled at, She’ll probably show You the Door. Hang Your Head in Shame and head toward it. But before exiting, slowly turn and tell Her You’re Truly SORRY for What Happened and Wished You had NEVER taken Her to Your Mom’s Moronic Dinner. Tell Her She’s A Beautiful, Sensitive, Young Women, and You Wished You were Worthy of Her Love and Respect.

7) Close, By Cautiously giving Her Long, Firm Hug, and Maybe a Gentle Kiss on the Cheek. Don’t be Surprised if She SLAPS You. Just Tell Her You’ll ALWAYS be Available if She Wants to Talk, and that You’re Truly Sorry for what has happened.

8) And Whatever You do, DON’T go: “Um, Uh, Well, I, Er, Gee, I don’t Think,” While You’re Over There!!

Now You’ll have to Excuse Me. ARGY’S Coming over to GLOAT.

FUN FACT: In the “Golden Age” of comic books, there a feature titled “The Dodo And The Frog.” ;)

Nope. No opening smartness. No lies. All we get on Saturday is a single panel and Gunther says, “You first.”

“As a psych major”…. Good lord, Bernice is the absolute WORST. I wonder how much of her parents’ money she had to spend on tuition to come to the brilliant conclusion that Tiffany may need to talk to a actual friend? I especially love the fact that she’s spouting it like it’s some profound wisdom from an unimpeachable authority.Get your damn finger out of the air, Bernice. My dead dog is more of an expert on the subject of psychology than you.

Isn’t this the way wars begin?

With all that moral support, how can he fail?

Clumsy, but still trying to help Tiffany. Tiffany and Luane/Bernice might hiss and snarl at each other but when in need Luane and Bernice worry and try to help Tiffany each in her own way. You can call them all kind of names, but unkind is not one of them.

Ha ha ha! They’re so busy advising Gunther on anatomy (“You’ve got two ears and one mouth, don’tcha know?!”), and they’re not even listening to their own advice (pushing him out the door, and choosing to close their ears to the objections springing forth from his mouth)!

“Listen Like Sieves”

“Do As I say, Not As I Shoo”

“Sound Judgement”

“A Lot Of Silk Per-suede”

“Is There A Draft, In Here?”

“Lock, Stock And Barely”

“That Old ’Don’t-Know-How’!”

“The Incredible Sulk: Superhero In Training”

“Leave It To Seether”

“Mr. Nearly-Good-Wrench”

“MikeyTakes A Bite Out Of Life”

“The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game, The Engineer Gets Drafted By The Plans”

or

“Can You Feel The Shove, Tonight?” (♬)

They need to work off the weight between the sheets, like actual college kids do. Not exactly comic strip material, but it needs to happen.

Is Gunther going to notice that Luann called him a frog?

Poor Gunther. He is now a frog.

The frog thing is not meant as an insult, it’s merely a metaphor, and actually if anyone remembers the fantasy story it is based on, the Princess and the Frog, the Frog was actually a Prince whose ability to get the Princess to kiss him converted him to a handsome Prince, whom she lived happily with forever after, or some such. So for those who have wanted this frog to be romantically connected to this princess, perhaps not only is Luann spot on in using that story, but this is exactly where the arc is heading. I think too many people want to demonize Luann, for whatever reason, being the face she can’t win with many posters, and neither can her friend. I think assuming that calling Gunther a frog was not meant as an insult at all. Now whether this whole deal is going to work, well that remains to be seen. It’s Thursday so we have two more days until Foible Sunday.

Just remember,Gunth,the ears can be to hold on to,too.

I want to know what happened to Ann and her little event that she was putting on

What is Gunther going to do?

I thought we had two ears for balance so our head doesn’t flop to one side.

Gunther can just pop in and ask her what’s new, or ask her for some help with a fashion question. Keep it simple.

Still think this is all a big ado about nothing. Money is still on a acting role for Tiffany.

In panel three Luann reverts to old form in using disparaging language to refer to people.

Hmmmm … don’t know if this becomes a Froggy Went a Courtin’ moment, but looks like we’ll find out ! :)

“As a psych major” … ohhhh … Why don’t you just shout “SCIENCE!!!”

- BUT -

♪♪ “(Gunth) needs Hands,” ♪♪

♪♪ “To Hold Someone He Cares for!” ♪♪

♪♪ “Gunth Needs Hands,” ♪♪

♪♪ “To Show that He’s Sincere!” ♪♪

♪♪ “When Tiff Feels,” ♪♪

♪♪ " Nobody wants to Know Her!" ♪♪

♪♪ “Tiff Needs (Gunth’s) Hands,” ♪♪

♪♪ “To Brush Away Her Tears!” ♪♪ – Max ByGraves

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Sadly, no matter how much I try to muster up enthusiasm for having Gunther in this arc…. the moment he arrived (no, the moment he was mentioned), my interest waned.

I will just sit back patiently while we see how Greg has this unfold. Perhaps he has some ideas in mind that will make me appreciate the character of Gunther again.

As it stands now, however, this very interesting arc with Tiffany is no longer nearly as interesting to me now that Gunther is “back in town”. I wish it were not so, but the last few arcs with him featured have REALLY soured me on him as a character in this comic.

Wow. Deep.

Bravo, Dez, for bringing some ancient wisdom (or at least a wider perspective) into the situation.

With her constant reminding everyone that she’s a psych major, Bernice is rapidly becoming the most annoying character in this strip (a title that used to belong to Tiffany). But this syndrome is often reflected in real life — someone who is just beginning study in a complex field and believing that they know everything.

This storyline will succeed in making Tiffany a more sympathetic character, but once that’s done, perhaps work can be done to redeem Bernice.

What’s with this frog nonsense? You’re not exactly Kate Upton Luann.

Was it yesterday that somebody said they wanted the like option for comments?

Tiffany’s not the brightest bulb, but even she’s gonna smell a rat when a guy she hasn’t spoken to in months just happens to come by less than an hour after she shut the door in those three’s faces, after they just happened to drop by a little while after Bernice first visited. In any rational world, this might lead to a complaint made to the faculty against Bernice. Tiffany should’ve kept one of those pamphlets to give them as evidence. I’m pretty sure unsolicited weight loss advice is outside the scope of RA duties; not to mention “…and then she brought all her friends over to stage some kind of fatty intervention!” isn’t gonna go over too well with the university admins.

At very least, it’s a safe bet that Tiffany won’t ever be confiding in Bernice anytime soon. And being considered untrustworthy isn’t exactly a good sign for a psych major.

WE FINALLY HAVE “LIKE” BUTTONS!!!!!!! ;oD

Gunther might ask his mom for advice before going ahead and that could cause her to be involved. OR.. if Gunther knocks and Tiffany doesn’t want him to see her (which is likely), he might go home and ask his mom how to approach it. I think the best 1st course of action would be to call Tiffany on her cell.

Luann is enjoying herself way too much as she pushes Gunny-Frog to deal with Fat Princess Tiff.

I foresee two days of hemming and hawing before Tiffany breaks down and unloads all her woes on the broad shoulders of Gunny Berger….

too bad the “widgets” no longer work properly with the changes in the site. Makes it harder to get back to where one left off.

I find Luann really annoying these past two weeks. Initially she was sarcastic and insensitive toward Tiffany’s condition. Then she calls Gunther a frog. Now it seems she’s laughing.

He’s the one person she’d probably really open up to based on prior conversations with her.