Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 07, 2021

double entendre again?

OMG! They’re gonna do it!

”Miss Communication.” ✨

How does someone as delirious as Bernice going to change an aquarium’s water without making a fool of herself?

Well Bernice, see what happens when you don’t listen?And I was wrong two days ago. GnK were able to create a cliff-hanger out of a weak arc.

Anyone else notice the Aquarium turned from black to white in the last panel?

Someone call Doge and tell him to get his bat. Bernice needs a good bonk.

**For those wondering what I’m talking about:

https://tinyurl.com/mccsmubp

Should have stayed in your pajamas, Bernice!

I’m afraid their chemistry will always be off.

The three words that changed my life forever - I wasn’t referring to changing the fish tank water.

Monstro is still swimming at least, but Bernice is acting clueless and still uncaring about Monstro. Her eyes are only on Jack. Come to think of it, she is acting like Luann at 16 when she started her new job at the swimming pool. Didn’t Bernice think to change the water?

Oh, Bernice, WATER chemistry, not the one you’re feeling. I can’t speak for Jack. You will have to find out on your own, Bern, if he does. From the look of it, I think not.

Oh my!!!

I think right now, Bernice is “wetter” than monstro is. She has the hots for Jack but i suspect any quasi-seductive action will be met with confused looks from jack and/or an interruption from Luann or others. Thus leading to a great big nothing.

“Wanna do it now?”

“Um, sure. Let’s just duck over to 9 Chickweed Lane first.”

OMG! Is Tara still sleeping on the sofa?

Bernice, you are fogging up the glass on the tank. save Monstro first, then go after your guy!

Bernice the one thing you must do constantly is change the fish tank water.

I like to guess – but I don’t really know where this arc is going

Wanna do it now? Okay, but what will we do about Monstro afterward?

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The aquarium is blushing in the 3rd panel?

Jack is testing Bernie – that is really not a piece of litmus paper, it is one of his shoelaces.

Need to change 25% of the water every 3 weeks. Fish do poop and urinate in the tank.

And for tomorrow….

Jack: We have to be careful or you might get wet.

Bernice: Too late.

Undercover Dick Tracy to the rescue!

Monstro thought bubble: “The lengths I have to go to to get these two together!”

What a relief. The little goldfish will be ok♡. About Bernice…. It appears that she’s deliberately misunderstanding what Jack is saying. She really wants Jack with all her heart♡. I almost can’t believe it, but right now the very serious Bernice lives in a world of beautiful and passionate love fantasies ♡. FINALLY! Jack is probably unable to understanding what’s happening with her and he’s right. This requires Luann’s intermediation to get Bernice’s brain start. Or Jack asking seriously what’s wrong with her.

Hot, hot, hot and bothered at Bernice is; Jack is a sexy hunk but no clear indication he is perceiving the hormones that Bernice is sending out. She is aroused, cauldron like I have been saying. If he gives any hint it might be on. Great drawing here.

Well, the chemistry IS off…

a real fish story.

yep Berns pantys are soaked right now.

I noticed that it changed from a fish bowl to an aquarium.(Yesterday’s panel)

Jack is either completely clueless or he just isn’t interested in Bernice.

For all the past comments about Jack being a dumb jock, he’ll likely make a good vet.

As the Nike commercial would say, “JUST DO IT”. (Luann, please leave the room).

Mission control we have permission to launch. 3-2-1 Liftoff! Oh-no some critical systems failure. We’ll have to scrap this launch and try again another time. We theorize there was a communications failure of some sort. Fuel for Bernice’s dream the next bunch of nights.

“Okay, but let’s get the fish out of here first.”

“Hey! Will ya’ll knock off the fake flirtatious _Jabber-Jawing, and DO something? I’m DYIN’ down here!!!” – Monstro

How about you save the fish first, then do it?

When fish poop in the water, it breaks down into nitrates. If you don’t have a filter or change the water often, it means that the nitrate levels can get too high. This can be a problem for some fish. The good news is that goldfish are quite hearty and this condition doesn’t effect them too badly. Fish tanks do require regular cleaning/maintenance however… it seems like Batty Bernice has been neglecting that.

OKAY. But what about the water change?

Maybe you should stop trying to seduce Jack and focus on your fish.

“I’ll go get the cleaning supplies”“I’ll go get my lingerie "“Wait..what??”

Yes, I think that you should “do it”. Now.

Meanwhile out on the mean streets………..

Um-Exactly what are we doing now Jack, humm ?

Oh, the entendres are extra double strong in today’s strip.

My guess for Saturday. The changing of the water accomplished, Jack takes off. Luann closes things out with a witty remark. Another dream sequence may be in the offing next week.

That nice blouse and scarf are about to get splashed with aquarium water. But so what Bernice; You said you love Monstro, well then get to work. Get the cleaning supplies and a temporary bowl to put him in.

No. I did notice Bernice said “Okay” when she meant “You betcha!”

Is this a nod to No Pants Day?

I did. I also noticed that Bernice said ‘okay’ when she meant ‘you betcha!’.

they seem to be having two different conversations….

Bernice appears to taking her own advice.

https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2017/05/03?ct=v&cti=2146240

Looks like Bern is ready for Jack’s E=mc2

Bernice can be nice….who would have guessed? Maybe they can go to the pet store together to finally get that poor fish some toys for his tank.

Yes, she wants to “do it” now.

Interesting: opaque water

I liked these three characters (Jack, Luann & Bernice) when they were more alive and carefree. Like here

https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2017/05/13, and here

https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2018/04/24

Hilarity, as 1212 says, ensued and abounded. It appears that the characters now have become duller and stodgier. Although the “pandemic” doesn’t appear to exist in Pittsville, they react to everyday life as if it does.

Some folks keep asking for the characters to “mature.” Well if this is what we get, I’ll pass.

Yeesh. Bernice honey quit acting like Tiffany. She’s rather annoying these days im sorry to say

Are they even talking about the same thing?

She needs to calm down. He’s not interested in her, he’s worried about the fish.

“What we have here is a failure to communicate..”

They can change the water after they are done “doing” it.

Jack wants to change the water now………….her answer “Okay” refers to…….?

Please! Not in front of Luann. She might get ideas.

Berniece has got it bad for Jack.

When we are dancing and you’re dangerously near me I get ideas, I get ideas I want to hold you so much closer than I dare to I want to scold you ‘cause I care more than I care to And when you touch me and there’s fire in every finger I get ideas, yes, I get ideas

And after we have kissed goodnight and still you linger I kinda think you get ideas too

Your eyes are always saying the things you’re never saying I only hope they’re saying that you could love me too For that’s the whole idea; it’s true Lovely idea that I’m falling in love with you

And after we have kissed goodnight and still you linger Babe, I kinda think you get ideas too

Apologies to Louis Armstrong

Nice to see Bernice taking a break from the books, and she even knows how to be sexy. I imagine Jack is used to many girls throwing themselves at him all the time. Loving this arc, a great relief from self-centered Bets.

A few years ago the double entendre would have been greeted with giggles. This time Bernice’s investment is too big.

Only recently has Jack been portrayed as being this thick headed!

This is only suggesting that Bernice doesn’t care if the fish dies or not. Which makes me wonder if Evans wants us to care about Bernice, or not.

I think someone better hose down Bernice when they change the aquarium water.

“In front of all those readers??”

If anything is going to happen, Bern will have to start it. Maybe if Monstro recovers, Bern will plant a big wet one on Jack – which might trigger a response.

Jack is not portrayed as being romantically interested in Bernice or any other girl for that matter. Many girls have tried to catch his attention but he remains oblivious. For a man his age it’s kind of weird. It would be nice to see him show interest in Bernice. If he doesn’t I’m afraid we are in for a long running “Bernice chases Jack” gag, which is already boring.

I don’t recall ever seeing Bernice’s face in profile. It’s rather Peanuts-like, but nice. Anyway, this strip doesn’t make much sense. Does she have a crush on Jack or is she just very horny? I’m thinking it’s the latter.

Many in California don’t pronounce the “t”. Jack is one of them.

…And then Puddles ate Monstro.

Umm no innuendo there in the last box. LMAO

First, make sure your terms are defined: “It” means exactly what!

It feels like Bernice is talking about something different than Jack.

And then they had sex.

Panel 5: Bernice is pantless. “Uhhh . . . what’re you doing?” “OH!!! IT’S NATIONAL NO PANTS DAY! >awkward geffaw<”

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See… this is what I call the “problem with pronouns”. When I edit or critique my students’ written work, one of the biggest challenges my students have tend to result from the overuse of pronouns. Pronouns can and often are too vague in terms of meaning and impact. This ambiguity is especially highlighted in sentences that are more complex. Other significant challenges revolve around the use of too many contractions (specifically in scientific writing) and poor or inconsistent use of commas.

But, of course, today, the use of the pronoun “it” is essential for the comedic double entendre implied. The pronoun works perfectly here to give that vagueness, that ability to see multiple meanings:

1. Bernice, I think, surprised herself here today when she so quickly identified the “it” in Jack’s statement as referencing sexual interplay. I suspect she also was well aware of the reference of “it” in terms of the water change…. but that Bernice flashed on the potential “sexual” meaning of the “it” here….. surprised her and now she will likely become even more flummoxed and scattered as this continues. :)

2. Even though a water change is warranted now, perhaps Jack should suggest that alternative future solutions could be to have an under-gravel filter system to bacterially handle built-up wastes…. or at least to get a simple box & floss filter system for the tank.

3. If she had one of the above two types of filtration system…. her tank could easily handle a second fish….. and if Bernice would want to imagine so…. if Monstro is a “fish representative” of Jack, she could get Monstro a companion fish a bit more delicate, like herself. :)

I do Jack but shouldn’t Monstro be a priority?

Splish Splash …Will they take a bath…Hoping that no one is in sight…Lol ;^))

“There was an old man of Boulogne / Who sang a most topical song. / It wasn’t the words / That frightened the birds / But the horrible double-entendre.”

(In the proper dialect, those three lines all end in the sound “ong”, by the way.)

Lol! Bernice seems clueless about water changes. Wonder what she is thinking? The chemistry remark got to her! ;-)) Colorist is keeping us on our toes with the white fish tank. ;-D

Goldfish fish only appear to be blowing bubbles as it opens its mouth to draw in water for oxygen absorption. Sometimes as the fish opens its mouth, air escapes and creates a pocket, which forms into a bubble and makes it appear as if the fish is blowing bubbles.

I don’t like how Bernice is not concentrating on Monstro in his fishy hour of need, but I very much like that she’s actually agreeing to what she thinks is an offer of whoopie from Jack. To her I’d only whisper: “Birth control, Bern!”

Why I stopped having aquariums.

Luanne never gets enough credit. She set this up knowing Bern has a major crush on Jack, showing what a true and caring friend she really is. Too bad it will go unappreciated.

That was quick, Bernice……

Bernice is such a loser. I still think Jack is better off with Luann. Then Bernie will stop speaking to her for “stealing her man” and Luann will be rid of her false friend.

Gotta love that perplexed look in Bernice’s face in the last panel.

At least Bernice is no longer trying to win the Razzie Award for the Hammiest Portrayal of A Distraught Pet Owner. I’m not saying she isn’t concerned about Monstro, but really…..hanging on the edge of the tank, yelling “I LOVE YOU! DON’T LEAVE ME!” at a fish? That is some over the top melodrama. Unless she really thought that was going to help somehow. With Bernice, who knows, although she is supposed to be smarter than that?

And I said yesterday that I thought Bernice had looked up everything there was to know about caring for Monstro, especially since he was a gift from Jack. But if she didn’t know enough to check the ph balance and change the water, then apparently I was wrong about that.

No dear, he meant change the aquarium water.

What is Bern responding to with, “okay”? Changing the water? Is that a euphemism for something, Bern? Wow. So sad.

Bernice wants to do it! Alright Jack.

A wee double entendre for No Pants Day.

Monstro kinda gets forgotten by a certain crushing gal….

I think Greg was grinning too hard at that last panel! LOL

Oh, Bern…get your mind out of the gutter.

I’m going to call Jack “Col. Bruce” because he’s an Aquarium Rescue Unit.

Oh Myyyyy