Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 28, 2018

oh, that’s pretty festive, Leslie

Character development? The Ann clan!

Les in the holiday spirit!!!!

Les didn’t snap at Irma when she called him “Leslie!” There is progress being made here!

Thumb tacks are used in real homemade bombs. I am little surprised Evans went there for a joke.

Actor Russell Crowe knits, Randy Grossman tight end for Pittsburgh Steelers and Rosey Grier, minister and former professional football player, musician Ringo Star, actors David Arquette, Ryan Reynolds and Scott Baio all knit, crochet and do needlepoint. Rosey Grier wrote a book on needlepoint for men.

Geez – Lookit Gunther’s delight over each and every object from his childhood! What will it take to yank Gunther out of the womb?

Wonder how Les is feeling watching mother and son reminisce and bond? Jealousy? Jaded? Sad? Nothing?

“Can I offer you a Molotov Cocktail?”

Even more fun – when we were about 12, we used to take the 16 oz. glass Pepsi bottles and put sulfuric acid out of batteries in them, then dump in some aluminum foil. We would put a balloon over the top of the bottle and the balloon would fill with hydrogen gas. We made our own fuses with potassium nitrate and string, and once the balloon was full, we would tie it off and tie the fuse just above the knot, in close contact with the skin of the inflated balloon. The fuse was usually about 10 inches long. We would light the fuse and let the balloon go. Somewhere around 100 feet up, the fuse would contact the balloon and it would ignite the hydrogen. Since hydrogen burns a pale, light blue, it was not really visible during the day, but was pretty cool at night.

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Looking back, that was probably not one of the smartest things we did. Almost as smart as us drilling a small hole in a ping pong ball and filling the ping pong ball with black powder, pushing one our homemade fuses into it, burying it in the dirt, then lighting it. That one was better in the daytime, but looking back, again, not smart.

Gunther looks too much like his mother. He needs that facial hair to look a little more masculine.

Whenever we see Gunther. His teeth are usually very prominent and shiny white. Possibly he has buck teeth from constantly sucking his thumb as a youngster! Maybe he still does it? LOL

I enjoy pulling out the ornaments and remembering Christmases past, but I don’t even have K-6.

*HEEEEEEEE-HEE, HEE, HEE!

Sorry, people. But I just had this image of the Farrel, Gray, Berger, Knox clan all sitting around the Christmas dinner table, so thoughtfully prepared by Ma Gray. And while Les is INHALING His food and making loud lip smacking noises, his Mom Ann Leans over and says:

“Les! STOP that! WHY can You be more like Your Step Cousin, Gunther??” And Watch Les turn Purple!

And for record, Les, with his IED, would have been right at home with the Viet Cong, 50 Years Ago……,

Leslie needs to open a Vape Shop!

I tied my amateur explosives to the cat’s tail. The last time, the cat ran back inside through the screen door, into the bathroom, where my mother was ‘relaxing’. The end of my Explosive Career.

Most everyone has done things that, looking back, aren’t too smart. For some reason, Gunther is taking pride in his homemade ornaments, when most everyone else his age would rather forget them.

Kinda sweet, but Gunthy is stuck in dork mode. And Irma is not helping. He’s on his way to be a 40 year old virgin. I kinda feel for Less. I loved his grenade answer but we know his real story. Anne Awful is his mom. Enough said.

what a bunch.

I’m glad Gunther’s mom never bought a hotel out on a highway.

usually when I label boxes for storage, I do so in large block letters. Seems odd to have them labelled in script, even with Irma’s fine handwriting.

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While I am not overly excited to see the “Odd Couple” duo return, I do think Gunther looking back on his childhood art projects is nice and kind.

What I would like (which is at this point only a pipe dream) is to have Gunther and Les vamoose for a while and have the story of the decorating revolve around Irma and Al so we get more details about them for a bit.

How old are those jelly beans!

We are all creative in our own way!

Yeah, I refuse to tell my kids of the stupid things my brothers and I did. No need to give them more ideas.

I think that Les is lucky; he is around good people, and it should rub off. He had the manipulative mom from hell, and she is lurking right now with the Tiffany arc, and I think there will be some kind of relationship, confrontation, resolution, and I hope hilarity will ensue, but we will see in the long run.

Or a tennis ball and strike-anywhere matchheads

looks like Les has a whole childhood that needs to be re-lived.

I lost my mom almost three years ago. The thing I miss the most about her is how her face would light up when I walked into her house. She called me her “treasure”. Around her house, amongst the fine art and travel mementos were things she, I, and my (now adult) sons had created over the years. We cherished each other, and by extension, cherished items that had been lovingly made.

My home and my sons’ homes reflect the generations of love and fond memories. We live in the present, but respect and honor the past, as it has made us who we are.

the pattern size in Irma’s dress seems to change oddly.

I see dust or sparkles falling off of the old ornaments, as they tend to do…

Poor Les, what a terrible, sad childhood.

Imagine the horror of growing up with Ann Eiffel.

“Know What I Mean, Jelly Beans?”

“As I Live And Wreathe”

“Hey-y-y-y-y, Macaroni!” (♪)

“Not Rotten To Decor”

“The Real Knitty-Gritty”

These two are at completely different ends of the holiday spectrum!

So, as another year slips below the horizon. We’ve seen Tiffany get chubby, Ann pull her lingerie scam, Al and Irma get married, Gunther and Les move out, Shannon drive Toni and Brad to start a home expansion project, Fay begin to discover her hormones, and, most important, Luann finds a new playmate, Jack, big, nude posing Jack. There is a glimmer of hope. Looking back, Gunther, Les, Al, and Irma have all been a murky disappointment.

Ah, he’s really his Mother’s Son.

That’s the spirit, Leslie! —Always a positive force in the strip….

Spoiler Alert: Tomorrow, Les brings his collection of homemade bombs and IED’s and sets out to attack Gunther’s Nativity scene.