Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 16, 2019

I think the missing cat is Moe.

Who knew this ‘Cat Tale’ would be ongoing? ✨

Were is Moe!!

The cat tales continue. See you next week.

You know? NOW would be the purrrrrfect time for Gunther’s phone to ring. And he shoves his kittens in Les’ arms with a hearty: “Excuse Les. Watch my kittens for me, will ya? I gotta step outside and take this call!”

Then get in his car and drive STRAIGHT to Bets! ;)

He finally noticed!! No orange cat! ;o)

Our family mostly had dogs (and some turtles), so I’m not well versed on taking care of kittens. Is it necessary for a person to be with them all the time? Even puppies can be allowed to spend some time without a person supervising them, if they’re in a safe place…

I think she means .gif, not jiff.

Wait a minute. First there were five, then there were four, and now there’s three? Is there someone running around with a hockey mask and a chain saw?

What are they complaining about, they have lovely kitties on their laps! I’d be in 7th heaven with all those kitties!

Well irma loves being the motherly type and she has a soft heart for animals. But it looks like she’s turning her home into a cathouse…and not the type Les wants. haha

There were FIVE kitties to begin with. The orange one disappeared. Now the tan one is gone. Al probably took Moe with him. They seem to be kindred spirits.

FOUR. Gunther, FOUR kitties and a geriatric cat! The striped gray one is missing! Moe is probably hiding to get away from kitties. Ya know, he is OLD and wouldn’t want to be bothered with high-energy babies.

Irma, you wanted all these fweakin’ cats, you watch them and lets the boys run to the store.

Let’s name the kitties. Ghost, Ebony, Tiger and Ash.

Awwwww, Les is getting kneeded.

Pushy, demanding Al is really starting to get on my nerves. Throw in Les and Ann Eiffel and you’ve got yourself one nasty toxic waste dump. Now would be the time for Gunther and Bets to start spending a lot more time together. Still a university and job openings in Peru.

Oh, Gawd – they’re continuing this dumb story line into a second week?

“Do I amuse you? Do you think I’m funny?”Ahh…Actually, no. It really wasn’t funny the first week, and most likely will not be for the second one.

“10 minutes later”.

C’mon. It will take them 10 minutes just get to the store, find a place to park and stroll in.

Does Irma have a job? What’s going to happen when all four of them have to be gone for a while? And they’d better make arrangements to seperate Moe from the kittens because it could get messy otherwise.

And Al, better get at least three litter boxes and several bags of litter. You’ll be buying lots and lots of litter.

This would be a good time for Tiffany and Bets to drop in for a visit. Once they fall in love with the kitties and see the nurturing sides of Les and Gunther, Les will see that the felines are chick magnets. Time to start playing the role, Les, and hit on Tiffany.

That ain’t right.

Aren’t they cute?

I think these kittens will be very effective in opening up some new sensitivities in Les, and I can’t wait to see how Bets reacts.

Kitty number four is busy yacking up a little surprise on the carpet.

Adventures in Kitty sitting

Awwwww… See how much the grey kitty loves Les is so sweet. Meanwhile Moe will have taken possession of his new home, perhaps leaving his own “mark”.

Something tells me these kitties are going to teach these guys some lessons they need to learn.

There were 5 kitties! Moe and the little orange tabby appear to be AWOL.

This annoys me. I hate irresponsible pet owners, and that’s exactly what they’re being.

They are DROPPING LIKE KITTENS….first orange left behind, now white kitten number two. (and Moe?)

They can name it the three kittens Eenie, Meenie, and Minie.

Well we’re down to the basics in cats. Black, white and grey.

Grey cat seems to exhibit a need to knead Les’ knees. They appear to be a good match.

I suppose the set up is for a frantic search for striped cat, followed by finding it in a humorous situation.

This is ALL wrong. You don’t buy cats and then expect others to take care of them. Les and Gunther should have put their feet down on this one.

the flesh-tones are back to normal … welcome back Sheriff!

For hundreds of years, the word “adopt” meant legally taking another’s human child and bringing it up as one’s own. Now the word is used for obtaining pets outside our own species.

“We’ll be back in a JIFF !”

Whaaaa? … They’ll be back in a jar of peanut butter??!!

Just a thought, but why do both have to go purchase pet supplies and foist their impulse acquisition on the boys? Cats acquired, responsibility abdicated?

Heh, Heh. The Lads are so wrapped up in looking after felines, that they don’t appreciate the fact that they sitting in actual FURNITURE for a change, and not in “Les Inspired” beanbag chairs.

A little suffering is good for you.

Lucky Leslie!!

Mama’s plan to help the boys “bond”. Shared responsibility.

I swear this cartoon is drawn by a panel of 80 something widows in a Florida retirement home.

Ummmm…five. If you count the surly one.

Awful lot of kitty running around the house. One would think Les would be happy.

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The kitten/cat arc is generally very cute and when it is featuring Al and Irma…. I am enjoying it.

But, I fear now it will be a return to Unger/Madison bickering and squabbling. I really am not liking Les and Gunther TOGETHER. Each is far more entertaining in their own independent arcs.

Uh oh. They’ve already lost one – the little blond one.

Wow, Irma dumped her responsibilities on someone else and ran out the door so fast, I wonder if she got lessons from Jonah Daytona. Though it’ll be tough to top his dumping of Shannon onto Nancy just seconds after first meeting her.

What do you know. No Moe.

I am over analyzing a comic strip, but how old are these kittens supposed to be depicted? Unless the kittens have medical conditions, 24-hour care is usually limited to the first two weeks of life. It is at that young age, kittens are blind, unable to self-groom, on a liquid (milk) diet, and still crawling. Their behavior drawn here suggests much older kittens which I am having trouble reconciling with their care needs Erma described on Saturday’s strip. Mind you, I am basing my comment on my own limited experience raising my own cats from kittens. Luckily, I had their momma cat to help me.

Kittens have no common sense. If they can climb or get into something they will. Then cry because they can’t get themselves out of WHATEVER situation they got themselves into. (stuck on top of the curtains or their head stuck in a tissue box.)

A “Jiff” is about 4 hours except during Daylight Savings time.

Then it can vary from 3 to 5 hours.

Big-Moe-Go-Slow ate the fourth one, and will eat the rest if you don’t stop him!

It seems weird that the minute they get the cats they bale. It doesn’t take two people to get cat stuff.

Kittens do not stay quiet for long.

Okay, at the shelter there were FIVE kittens: a white, a black, a gray, a striped, and an orange. Plus Moe, of course. They seem to have only brought home four of the kittens. They seem to be minus the orange kitten. Here, three of the kittens are accounted for, but the striped kitten and Moe don’t seem to be around. I suspect that Moe has found a safe place under the couch or the bed, away from all the hoopla, and the kitten has found a similar safe place to … ahem … do some business. Or s/he has found a nice couch or curtain to claw. Maybe some folks aren’t liking this arc very much, but I kinda do.

The Good Ole Dump-n-Run works all the time.

I wonder where Moe is. Maybe he’ll come wandering into the room tomorrow.

Three days, three departures…

Phyllis Newman, the first female to guest-host The Tonight Show, and was a major Broadway star, has passed away at the age of 86.

R.I.P.

Wow! The sheer audacity of Irma and Al in sticking Gunny and Leslie with the newly-purchased felines is breath-taking. As is the kitty-stench of incontinence….