Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 23, 2020

hush up, TJ, for it’s girl talk

what’s hoeing?

“Sub-Zero” is a legit brand, I think.

’Product Placement’ …? ✨

Resist, Tiffany! Resist!

Tiffany should leave the hoeing to someone more qualified. And yes, TJ is on the path to burning down the Terrell house, forcing Tiffany to move back into the dorm.

Get outdoors, garden, and meet with people. It’s a win situation, Tiff.

Yeah, Tiff. Ya know…the 90-degree bent metal square attached to a stick to disturb the dirt to prepare for gardening? A lot of soil involved and dust. You’ll get dirty and sneeze. Your hair will have a coat of soil dust. It’s hard labor. You might even get valley fever since the soil is in the southwest where the valley fever fungi are very common when soil is disturbed and released into the air, into your nostrils and lungs. Or do you want to show TJ the 5-star kitchen at your McMansion? No brainer.

I think Tiff may have watched the infamous Jeopardy! episode with Ken Jennings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJO7hcinS-U

No, Tiffany, not that kind. Clever, though, Evans.

As Rocky told Bullwinkle, “That trick never works.”, the old hoo—— oh you know the rest.

Tiff talking about weeding.

When I first heard Americans saying the word, I wondered why they were getting so worked up about garden tools.

Is it my imagination or does T.J. change skin color when Tiffany is looking at him?

A word association alarm just clicked deep in Tiffany’s brain, a special sense able to detect potential trouble for the uncommonly attractive and sexy females. The rest of us, men included, just carry a billy club.

Idaho, no you the ho, without the e. I think it’s Karen behind the double entendre. I think either Tiffany is thinking of the risque noun meaning, or has no idea about the verb form of the word as it relates to gardening. TJ is hoping he gets to cook in a real chef’s kitchen with those top drawer appliances, right now he is not thinking past that. Dez is being earth mother. Which way is this arc going? I do know it has flow, a set up and a punch line (sort of) so dare I say it? HILARITY ENSUED.

Heaven forbid Tiff break a nail.

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Just spray the whole thing with Round Up™. It will take care of all the non – native invasive species like zucchini.

I never figured tiff as the “gardening” type. Luann tried to get her to garden and this is how THAT turned out: https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2016/08/14

Dez, tiff will more likely negotiate with TJ to use the kitchen.

“Hoeing? ………. TEE-JAY! About that kitchen…”

She doesn’t know how many ovens there are because sometimes they reproduce, sometimes they disappear. And sometimes, in the middle of the night, she goes in for a glass of water and sees elves in there.

Final look on Tiff’s face. Priceless.

Is TJ race bending? He had brown skin yesterday.

Aga? Rayburn?

I’m liking this new pairing up. JD has money and he can cook. Tiff doesn’t have to use her womanly charms, just her oven.

Seems like Tiff’s dad is married to his career, with his daughter far behind and taken for granted. That’s probably how Anne Eiffel could sink her claws into him so easily.And now, with her gone, Phil again is taking Tiff for granted!Oh, well—At least Tiff will get great meal today, a banquet, maybe.

Doesn’t TJ currently work in a commercial kitchen? Why can’t he cook there?

Does Tiff a NY want to be a hoer?

City People do not understand “hoeing”? Figures. When I was a child my father sent us kids to remove weeds from a field of crops using a stick with a flat steel implement at the end, a hoe. It’s hard work. Millennials & GenZ would not have a clue.

Uh oh… Here come the ‘hoe’ jokes…

less than a minute ago

Well, now. I think We’ve FINALLY learned what Old Smiley’s REAL true love is. And it appears NOT to be fetching, vivacious young females, but commercial kitchen appliances. Very well then. I’m sufficiently weirded-out by that bit of information. Mission Accomplished, G&K.

Now, I truly hope that the rest of this arc doesn’t disintegrate into Old Smiley begging Tiffany to see the Farrell kitchen. But hopefully Dez talking Tiffany into accompanying her to do a bit of gardening. Sort of like that camping trip with Dez, Luann and Bernice awhile back. Just the two of them, Tiff and Dez, off to the garden. Well, maybe take gentle Ox along, as he DOES put out a Jolly Green Giant vibe, minus the “Ho, Ho, Ho’es.” Heck. Maybe We’ll even get to meet some of Dez’s neo-hippie clan. Some of them might even prove to be interesting. Nah. Old Smiley will manage to talk Tiff into doing something stupid at the McMansion. And that’s too bad.

Funny thing about gardening. Some “folks” find such activity “soothing.” And Tiffany should be used to hard work after working a grueling, low paying waitress job for the past year. The only thing Tiffany would have to worry about with gardening, is encountering the occasional poisonous snake, or creepy lizard while working the tomato patch.

Hmm. By the way. I wonder if the other two “male staffers” will also tag along IF the “garden trip” actually happens? ;)

Did..she just call me a hoe??

Uh Oh.

TJ, you’d better steer clear of that garden or suffer the wrath of my giant hoe!

time for TJ to burn down a mansion!

Talk about being the straight man…or woman…

That was a good one. This cartoon has not given me a chuckle forma while.

this whole thing would fit nicely in my “things that sound dirty but arn’t” book.

Decision, decision, decision … Tiffany is between two friends. She can go with Dez and discover the joy of gardening while letting TJ use her kitchen. Maybe he’ll have an exchange of opinions with the Farrells’ personal chef? Maybe it will be the beginning of a beautiful friendship!? And I really want to see Tiffany and Dez gardening together ♡. I still remember how awkwardly unprepared for nature she was by going on a field trip with Gunther.

I spend most of spring and summer hoeing…in my garden …with a long handled sharp edge implement meant for cultivating the earth.

Getting advertising kickback I see.

I know this is going to turn out ok. I know this is going to turn out ok. I kno …

Dez is getting creepy

Tiff is tuning out TJ to get with Des but Des has it in mind to put her to work in her garden. Meanwhile, TJ wants to come to Tiff’s kitchen and cook for her. I hope Tiff finally makes the right choice, this time.

Viking or Wolf??

Just don’t burn down the mansion, TJ

Tiff: “Um…so, how do you spell that, Dez?”

You really think Tiffany has been in her house’s kitchen, TJ?

TJ! Stop asking Tiffany all those HARD questions!!!

Hoeing?! … Kitchen?! …

Heyyyy!!! … What kinda ’Cooking’s’ gonna go on, here??!! ;)

can’t believe they got that past the censors

take home message (to me)…the new Tiff has friends (regardless of their intent) and doesn’t need to be alone. Her dad has his life and work; Tiff should focus on hers. It’s good that she still works at the Fuse and continues with her path at Mooney. Maybe Tom will come home from work some day to wonderful kitchen smells and TJ will become the hired chef (in place of the other lady or in addition) at the Farrell household.

Note to Sheriff Mordecai . Watch your skin tones.

This is great for a few laughs…hoe, hoe, hoe! Seriously, Tiff needs to develop a few more tracks in her mind (and not be like me). :D

Hmmm, I’m wondering if this might not be the start of a partnership between TJ/chef, Dez/food grower & Tiff/kitchen-biz?

This is just a little word play snippet to amuse and test the readers. I just hope that there good times ahead for Tiffany.

Hi Ho Hi Ho….it’s off to work we go….

She probably be good at it.

Of all the characters in Luanniverse, TJ seems to have generated the most number of controversies. First there was the controversy over his ethnicity; i.e., skin tone. There are still those that still hold to the premise that TJ is homosexual. Finally, there are also those that believe TJ to be criminally oriented due to his supposed Food Truck insurance scam, run in with the building permit lady and apparent lack of respect for the property of others; especially the DeGroot’s rental house.

Even now there are many that suspect that TJ will work some sort of scam on Tiffany. Do we see an illegal, that is, unlicensed and uninspected, restaurant in our future?

Wow! Not just a right turn, but a U-turn! Can’t see Tiff in jeans hoeing the garden, but…. then again, is letting TJ into her house better? Maybe TJ will take the garden harvest and create meals for the food bank from TIff’s kitchen. While GnK are paralleling the side effects of the virus, with no college, feeling isolated, they could address other social needs, that would be understood 20 years from now. Chef Justine hasn’t been mentioned. Maybe she quit! ;-)

Hey! I ain’t no Ho…

Tiffany is on sensory overload.

Hmm. I smell a business venture starting. TJ the cook, Dez the gardener, Tiff the marketing and selling.

Time to switch conversation to T.J.

Interesting. The plot line this week is for ancillary characters. Not a fan of TJ though. He once used Tiffany in a plot to set up Toni’s violent ex-boyfriend Dirk. This did not make the characters look good. Tiffany might be a self-absorbed jerk, but endangering a minor like that was not cool.

But then again, Dirk made everyone look bad, except Brad and especially Toni.

Tiffany probably doesn’t spend much time in her kitchen. She should let TJ use it to do all the cooking he wants. He can give Tiff a few gourmet meals for her freezer and take the rest home. Everyone will be happy.

TJ is asking these questions in a restaurant that he has a $60K investment in. Is he completely daft?

Doesn’t Tom have a cook? She might get a little cranky about someone else in the kitchen.

AB conversation there, TJ.

TJ, you are so rude! Don’t you see Tiffany talking to Dez?

Mmmm…this could lead to increased business for TJ?

Tiff knows all about “hoeing”.

Could TJ start a food catering business, using the mansion kitchen? Who would work with him? …Tif …Dez

Nothing worse than two people trying to talk to ya at once. One at a time, people. One at a time…

I bet Dez has some dirty hoes there.

Don’t lose focus, Tiff! Stick with Dez, who is good for you. Stay away from TJ, who is toxic, poisonous, trouble!

Hoeing is the act of using a hoe.

Well, if Tiffany can learn to like being a waitress, perhaps she can like gardening.

Imagine her father coming home one day to find his daughter has created a garden…

People who know too much about appliances are a class unto themselves.

I hate it when when 2 people attempt 2 separate conversations with me. I end up with scrambled brains!

It’s not as lucrative as it sounds. Medical bills eat you up.