Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 26, 2020

Flaky like the cereal!! Where is Puddles?

Definitely don’t sass the guy who also pays for her Internet and other accommodations.

Sure, she can be in and out in four minutes, if you want to see her looking like…you.

Snap, Dad!

Shouldn’t Luann be paying for her own cereal? At least say something like, “Don’t sass the person who still lets you live here.”

Look at the last panel. Frank’s coffee mug has changed. It changed from dad to MAD!! :-D

The coffee mug changed from dad to mad ask Luann to pay rent.

Wow. Frank pays for groceries so his kid can eat. That’s father of the year material, man.

Which is to say, he’s already so close to perfection that it doesn’t take him long.

(I am the same way with similar results.)

Well this is a welcome change from the usual Sunday gag. She’s got a point after all. It takes less time to get ready the older u get and especially if ur a man because society has programmed us to care more. I’m guessing we’re not in Lu’s room because we’ll see more of Luann and Bern this week.

Grade: B

I would say to Evans, “Doesn’t this seem like a comic strip you would have done 20 years ago?”

Touché, Frank!

When Bernice moves in with the Degroots every day will be like this.

Least it’s not Splatz Cereal !

I gotta say, they both have a point here.

Frank drops the mic and walks away.

So why do all of those things have to be done in the bathroom? My wife dries her hair and does her makeup sitting at a vanity in the bedroom. Granted, most of the rest of that stuff gets done in the shower.

It sounds like the DeGroots only have one bathroom in their house (?) So, moving Bernice in means double the amount of time taken each morning…

“Got any tips for me”?"

Yeah. Do your nails maintenance and hair drying’/brushing in your bedroom, like your mom does. You have a mirror in there. Use it.

Come on, Lu. Spend all that time preparing and come out looking like a scrubbed face 16 year old with a bulky, out of date hairstyle.

If Frank had an answer to any of that snark, we’d be renaming him Francine.

Touche Dad!!!

Airport men bathrooms finally had lines after COVID came to be. They finally started to wash their hands.

Hmmm. At times, we have seen Luann using a bathroom somewhere off the living room hallway. Other times, we have seen Frank and Nancy in a bathroom that is part of the master bedroom. Their house has been shown with two different bathrooms, so Frank should not have to worry about a bathroom scheduling problem. Now, the house where Brad and Toni are at only has one bathroom that they share with Toad Juice (TJ).

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Now, when it comes to the bathrooms on the Starship Enterprise NCC1701, I cannot tell you where the bathrooms are.

Dad looks serious. Can’t a girl have any fun?

Dad is being unduly harsh, and I don’t think Luann was being particularly sassy here. It take a female longer to be presentable although a better alternative would be to try to be more accommodating. Besides they only have 1 bathroom? This is not like Frank, so I wonder if a subtle change in tone is being introduced. Jeez guy she is going to community college, and even in Luannverse time she would be transferring to a four year next year.

A revamp of “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”

GO LUANN! This is the best answer ever! And I love the Dad/Mad joke on Frank’s cup

At least Dad’s not paying for any milk to pour on the cereal. Looks like just dry Flakeys.

In the final panel his coffee cup says MAD !!! It’s DAD in the first two

Is there only ONE bathroom in that house? I’m assuming the parents have their OWN. Why does Frank care? And Brad has moved on, so from where I sit, Luann has her own private bathroom.

If she uses an electric razor to shave her legs, everything she describes except washing and conditioning her hair could be done in her own room instead of hogging the bathroom to do it.

And THAT is why most houses have more than one bathroom. I’m not even going to get into why Frank is even giving a hoot about how long Luann is taking in the bathroom. I’m pretty sure that others here will chime in on that.

But very soon it will slowly dawn on Lu that she’ll be sharing Her bathroom again. This time with a long time, often Judgemental best “friend.” With the upcoming Luann/Bernice living arrangement, Fans are already making comparisons to the Gunther/Les cohabitation. Some argue that the arrangement has help make Les a “better person.” Debatable, but I’m not going to argue that point. Will living with Luann make Bernice a better person? Again, debatable.

But unlike My favorite Nerd, at least Luann isn’t being forced to live with someone who once tormented her, aka Tiffany. But like My favorite Nerd, Luann seems to have little or no say so in the new living arrangement. And so far, neither does Frank, the “guy that pays for the cereal.” ;)

It was dumb thing to say, Frank. You’re a married man in your forties. You haven’t figured out why women take longer in the bathroom?

Come on, what’s your secret?

How about this tip: don’t do all that in the bathroom.

In and out of the bathroom in four minutes? I thought the cereal would be Raisin Bran.

Yikes…It’s a Sunday comic. Some of you are taking this was too serious. It is just a play on the old “why do women take so long in the shower?” From before I was even alive. For a three panel Sunday comic you act as though this hasn’t bee the typical formula for a Luann comic on Sunday. What your parent, grandparent, over even yourself would have done is just not relevant. Comics are meant to release the tension not give you more. Men will always wonder why a woman takes so long. You could have 50 bathrooms. We just take longer and as such, jokes will be made

Dad did not allow makeup, etc in the main bathroom, so my four sisters had to fight it out in the half bath.

ka-frosty

Their house must be really small. Even most moderate sized homes usually have a additional half bath or the master bedroom has a bathroom. Weird.

Respect for your parents seems like it no longer exists.

Except for washing and conditioning your hair, all the rest can be done in your bedroom, Luann.

“Sass”… now there’s a word I haven’t heard used in over 50 years!

Yes sir Captain Flaky… Daddy.

And a movable handle, too :)

10 – 12 minutes to shower. 15 to shave with brush, shaving soap (favorite is PAA Cavendish or Tombstone) and a double edge razor. (Still narrowing down which blade.)

Lather, rinse, repeat. Sometimes not even…

Four minutes? Does he not shave?

“Yes, Luann, I DO have a tip for you— don’t save all that stuff up to do at once. You can also brush your hair and do your nail care somewhere OTHER than the bathroom, so you don’t end up hogging it when another family member has a more— shall we say— URGENT need to be using it.”

I was going to say something clinched that could come off sexist, and I know I’m better than that. Don’t want to ruin Sunday for you all.

Makeup and nails don’t need to be done in the bathroom.

Why does she have to brush and style her hair, put on makeup and do her nails in the bathroom? Why not do all that in her room?

Wait until Bernice moves in and he’s has to deal with two young women in the house!

Flakey cereal?? Maybe they just need to buy a different dry cereal.

A young, single woman is looking for a romantic partner and cares about how she looks. An old, married man is not looking for a romantic partner and no even looks at him.

I like how his coffee cup changed

This comic isn’t realistic. Nobody reads printed newspapers in 2020.

they only have one bathroom ??

I’d like to know how he does it. There is no way I will wash my hair everyday with as long as it is. I usually have it up while I am at work anyway. The closest thing I own to make-up is Chapstick. No way would I shave my legs everyday and the best “care” my nails get is filing the rough spots when they break. Maybe I just enjoy the cool water of the shower in the mornings considering how hot it gets here. (104 forecast for the next three days)

Frank has no beard so he’d have to take the time to shave, which takes at least as long for a face as it does for legs. For the rest? My wife has never worn makeup, she doesn’t put polish on her nails, she washes and conditions her hair in the shower but doesn’t do any styling time, and she still looks great.

At his age? Wow.

Yeah! good comeback dad

Time for a remodel. Second bathroom STAT!!

Tips? Sure-Skip the nail care. Fancy nails is a signal to guys that you won’t be able to do anything with them that they enjoy, like hiking, biking, frisbee, or skateboarding. Skip the makeup unless it’s some sort of special event. It’s just plain lying about who you are and what you look like. And for the same reasons with the nails above.Skip the shaving legs. You are wearing long pants anyway. It might be different if you were wearing shorts.And get an easier hair style. Do you really need to do all that (wash, condition, dry, brush and style) every day? Maybe you’re reading too many style magazines. At your age, guys don’t look at you above the neck anyway.

My Dad used to say stuff like that to me when I was a teenager about getting ready to go to school in the morning. I had to wash my face with prescription wash to reduce acne, then apply prescribed anti-acne creme, put a little gel in my hair, brush my teeth, floss (and with braces that took a long time to do with a special implement to get between teeth), swish around mouthwash…and use the toilet. When I got to later teens I didn’t have braces, but that got replaced time-wise with shaving. I had no idea how I could get all that down to under 5 minutes like he wanted me too. I thought I was doing ok keeping it under 10.

wording on Dad’s coffee cup goes from Dad to Mad.

Well, for one thing, you can forgo the face paint.

Time for that girl to leave home and try the real world.

Luann should ask, “notice how long mom takes getting ready to go out?”

Now I know why we see so little of Luann. She’s Kind of a ditz and a flake.

Let’s see whether Luann and Bernice can get into anything interesting in the coming weeks. One thing I never understood about Bernice’s being the RA other than that she was a freshman was why she had a roommate. Most RAs have a private room. They still have to pay for them but they are only charged at a regular rate. I guess this means the end of Dez since Bernice will no longer be rooming with her. I hope she doesn’t just fade away. I like her character a lot.

Wasn’t Frank building a room about a year ago.

We have lost another legend.

Olivia De Havilland, last surviving star of Gone With the Wind, and sister of Joan Fontaine, has passed away in her sleep last night at 104.

R. I. P.

Mad dad…..see it?

Frank is wearing a polo shirt , drinking a hot beverage and has a printed document on the table. Is it a newspaper? A work proposal? A magazine?

Or Frank is really pondering over the choice that he made to abandon his music career as a guitarist and his athletic endeavors so that he can be sass by an underachiever (Luann).

tomorrow : Dangerous Liaisons ?

That’s not sass, it’s snark.

Flakey cereal, flakey, cheeky girl. Dad is right.

Go, Frank!

Do most of that stuff in your room after you are dried off from the shower. Duh!

At least a few of those things do not need to be done in the Bathroom.

I’m Luann. I see no need to consider anyone else.

she’s got a point, i don’t have to worry about that kind of stuff

Enjoy that last box of cereal. The cheaper store brand from now on.

Panel 1 and 2: Mug says “DAD”. Panel 3: Mug says “MAD”.

Some of those things don’t have to be done in the bathroom.