Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 25, 2018

Uh, the one in the truck, Jack…

Make a new plan, Stan.

Well, at least the bullying buffoon Brad was nice to his sister in ONE way.

Instead of Jack or Luann being injured, I’d rather see Luann squat down to start to remove the tire and….

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RRRIPPPPP….

Good for her!

So bets are on. Who will get hurt – Luann or Jack?

I can change a flat, but I still call AAA. That’s what I pay them for. You wait a half hour for them to get there and then it takes them 5 minutes. Without me having to crawl around on the pavement.

Do you know how to change a tire, Ladies? A lot of girls never learnt, because they were taught to expect that a man would come along and do it for them.My Dad showed me how to do it, and I was glad, when I went to pick a couple of teenage-girls up from a party, and THEN had a flat tire. 90 minutes away from home, in the middle of the night.Thanks Dad! Good for you, Luann. I like that she is girlish and foolish as most teeagegirls, but not stupid and helpless!

A subtle reference to the upcoming Incredibles II movie, coming soon to a theater near you.

The apparent running gag for Jack is, other than his body in the buff, Jack is useless.

G & K have become predictable….

Uh-oh, looks like Luann is ensnaring Jack using the D.E.N.N.I.S. System. She’s flawlessly executing Step One, though I doubt she’ll be able to bring herself to do Step Two.

Luann is turning into Toni Daytona. She is also a car-whiz.

It seems likely that some help will be needed – and there’s a long list of Luann characters that might drive by and stop to help. Toni would be at her best in this situation – and Luann has done Toni plenty of favors by taking care of Shannon. Not sure Gunther would be very helpful.

Well at least Luann bully for a brother Brad taught Luann how to fix a flat.

Looks like the jock is about to get schooled by the teacher.

Jack reminds me of the guy in the insurance commercial.

Geeze everyone giving Jack the third degree…except Luann who excepts Jack for who he is.

I hope he dose not drop the jack on Luanns foot like he did with the bowling ball…….

Yesterday, the truck had 5 spoke rims. Today, it has 4 spoke rims. Must be special rims wherein one spoke retracts when the tire goes flat. Once Luann gets the tire changed, we will have to see if it goes back to 5 spoke rims.

Could she be any more expressionless?

I read the first panel as “I’ll call aaaaah” and wondered why Jack was screaming.

This is why I dislike the Liberty Mutual insurance ad. A parent should make sure that a child can do a tire change before getting a driver’s license. If you want to call AAA then do it but you should know how to change the tire.

Good for you, Luann. You go, girl!

Love the last line!

lil ’ ditty, bout Jack and Luann… now with product placement…..

If she can change a tire she ought to have a clue where the jack & spare are. AAA is a good option since he already has it. When I was 25, and in my prime, I hurt my back big time changing a tire on my 55 Chevy Bel Air. Was plagued by it for years. Of course I couldn’t afford AAA at that time and would have been too macho to do it if I could.

Tiffany probably has drive-flats on her car.

We are out in Death Valley, friend is driving. He decided to go down a sharp gravel path. We come back on road and tire is flat, thankfully ONLY ONE TIRE FLAT! No way to get AAA, no signal, but people did stop, which was nice. He had no problem changing it. Luckily his wife had bought a bunch of bottles of water before we left.

A couple of comments:• Looks like the writers have teamed up Jack and Luann as college friends with humorous potential opportunities; often while dating. Jack is an inherently funny guy. I think it’s a good fit for now.

• Some commenters have suggested that Jack is well off financially. The fact that he can afford the cost of maintaining a truck and AAA as a college student alludes to that possibility. It may also be that, as a sports scholarship jock, he may have AAA thru the school. Wouldn’t want their stars being injured changing a tire. (See my comment above)

Tires are lots more reliable than they used to be. I can’t remember the last time I had to replace a flat.

Luann is about to get results she doesn’t want. I guess it takes one Jack to help another. I see the headline: “Luann helps out nude model.”

I’m liking this turn of events. Yesterday I predicted Luanne would help but who knew she was so car savvy? The sad thing is that Jack ISN’T!!! Maybe she can teach him a thing or too. I like this side of her. Who says Luanne is boring??!!

I really love that scenario.

Buzz kill

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Big Strong Muscle Guy doesn’t know how to change a tire but his very cute potential, future “Love Interest,” DOES. Wow. Just WOW.

And You what the Sad part is? If Luann had been with Nil, Knute, Ox or Gunther, they probably wouldn’t know change a tire, either. Well Gunther might know how to change a tire in theory, but not actual practice. On the other hand, Les would how to put a vehicle up on blocks in order to steal the rims, having done so many times. (Sorry TRILOGY. I couldn’t resist)

This whole incident might be a positive step for Jack, showing his vulnerable side to a caring, sympathetic Luann.

AND Jack will have fun thinking of ways Luann can “make it up to him” if she accidentally drops that truck on his foot…..,

Hmmm… the first thing she needs is the lug wrench, not the jack

If Jack is an AAA member, why not use the service? I assume Luann believes changing the tire would be faster than waiting for AAA?

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I find it a little sad that the reality of many folks not knowing how to change the tire on their vehicle is so very true. I am not saying everyone SHOULD change their own tire…. but I would think any legal driver should know how to do so.

With Jack not knowing “nothin’ about cars”, I am glad that Luann knows. But…. with Jack’s apparent lack of knowledge…. I would also anticipate that he would have spent little or no effort at assuring that the spare tire (if even present) was up to snuff (functional, with air, etc).

So… thoughts for the future of this arc:

1) Will Luann simply change the tire and it will be a big success?

2) Will Luann have some sort of comedic struggle where she eventually gets it changed, but ends up thoroughly “grungy-mechanic” dirty in the process… leading to a change in the pizza date destination?

3) Will the story turn more tragic in some fashion, where changing the spare goes awry… such as the truck falling off the jack, or Luann not being able to be successful at changing the tire (the spare is flat, cannot get the lugnuts off, etc)?

4) While it is likely that Jack will be more enamored with Luann than he already is…. because Luann has “mad tire changing skills”…. will Luann be more or less enamored with Jack through this turn of events?

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Finally… just a small aside…. I mentioned yesterday the noticeable proliferation in Jack’s use of contractions. It is also apparent that he is fond of dropping off consonants at the ends of words ("nothin’ "). If I had a wish that could be granted (I know I do not)…. it would be that this newer aspect of his character would diminish. Not really a huge deal…. but for me it is a distracting aspect of his character at the moment.

So…Jack drops the jack and breaks Luann’s other foot?

I see foreshadowing on Jack, here. He will not be Lu’s long-term guy, but I do see him following in Brad & Toni’s footsteps as a firefighter.

A nice division of labor if Jack lifts the car while Luann changes the tire.

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Lot’s of new car owners respond to this toon with “What’s a spare?”

The driver-less car: who changes the tire? The electric car: 5 hour pit stops for Indy cars and NASCAR? Maybe just change cars the way they currently change tires.

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“Jack not name, Jack job!” Who can guess the movie quote?

The implied sexism is this comic really grates. Luann knows how to change a tyre because a man taught her. Brad would never say say “I know how to change a tyre because my dad taught me”, he’d just say “I know how to change a tyre”.

When I was learning to drive, my grandfather’s rule was that before I could drive his car, I had to be able to change a tire and change the oil. I think that’s a good rule for any kid. You should know the basics before you reach adulthood.

IMO, You’re not a man if you don’t know the simple concept of changing a car tire. Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back!

Back in the days of bias-ply treads ( not radials) and even re-treads ( which were quite popular to save money), changing a tire was a much more common thing than today. In some ways I can’t blame the younger generation for not knowing how to do this, as it may come up so infrequently.

As always, Luann is a girl after my own heart. Don’t forget to teach while at it. Best way to learn is by doing.

A guy who plays football, and happily poses nude, but can’t change a bloody tire? Evidently Jack is a boy, not a man.

Unless she’s really strong (or has a long breaker bar available) Luann might have to borrow some of Jack’s muscles for the final process, and possibly the initial loosening process, as according to the Ford F150 forum, the lug nut torque specs for those alloy wheels is 150 foot pounds.

Let’s be fair here. It’s GOOD to know how to change a tire but not everybody SHOULD change a tire. There have been people hurt and worse doing so. Some “folks” are just plain technically and mechanically “challenged,” and should leave such things to people that know what they’re doing.

To tell you the truth, I don’t know what’s up with Luann’s lack of patience here in not waiting for AAA. Is she that hungry for pizza or does she just wants this "date’ over with quick?

And if its the latter, then WHY did she agree to go out with Jack in the first place?

Show him how it’s done, Luann.

Will any true fan be able to show a strip in which Luann ever expressed the slightest interest in what Brad was doing with his car, or in which Brad ever taught Luann any useful skill at all? I strongly suspect today’s strip is a complete retcon of Luann history.

Just a general comment, for those who wonder why Luann would not want to wait for AAA: I walk with a cane and have bad arthritis in my back and hands, so my tire changing days are long gone. Last year, I ran over a ladder that fell off a pickup truck before I could avoid it, and the tire was shredded. I managed to get my car into a parking lot and called AAA. It took 2 hours till help arrived; at that point, the guy said the wheel was too damaged to try to put the little tiny spare on it, and called for a tow truck. Another hour passed before it arrived….

Sympathizing with you on the pain you experience, and the long wait you had.

It’s not always like that; I’d guess they had more calls that day than drivers or trucks.

I believe that it was Toni who fixed Brad’s car for him a few years back, before they were married.

Male or Female, AAA or not, a good thing to keep with your spare tire (check the pressure from time to time!) and jack, etc., is at least one pair of “rubber” surgical gloves. You still get the feel for, and the grip on lugnuts, etc., but if your hands get greased up, just pull off the gloves, and… voilà! Clean hands.

This guy’s about useless. I have AAA AND know how to change a tire!

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Ah, the old Gal Trumps Guy trope! Well, I guess Jack has enough testosterone that he will not have his manhood diminished by Luann’s auto-superiority….

Busy traveling and forgot to fire up my little traveling tablet in the airport, but even though Jack probably does not know what a jack is, I have feeling that one of these days (months, years) there will be a wedding between Jack and Luann. I give it 50-50 odds.

Just because I know how to change a flat doesn’t mean I’m going to do it. That’s what AAA is for

Subtle as a battering ram, Evans.