YES! I knew there would be some snipping involved! On to the hair salon and get your new hair STYLE, Luann! Like you said, you are in limbo and need SOMETHING and dear little Shannon provided it.
I’m gonna call Brdshtt on this one. If it was serious or at least important to Luann, I don’t think they do it near the end of the week with only two more comics left in the arc. And I highly doubt they will actually spend another week on this.
And of course, now that I said that, watch them spend three more weeks trying to find a picking out a cute bob and another finding a barber to do it.
Well, that’s one solution to remove the tangles…the choice an impatient person (or a 6-year-old) would likely make! Shannon probably learned that technique from Dad!
The hair is not the real issue, even though the snip looks scary. The real story is Luann’s angst about her life now. She is stuck, with no relationship either. Actually pretty common for her age. Shannon is channeling a truth finder in her play-acting.
Who talks about their deep concerning life issues with a hyperactive 6 year old. Also where did Shannon get scissors? Didn’t Luann put them away in a drawer?
Nah, I think one of the most widespread majors you could choose is Mechanical engineering. Or Computer Science which has many job opportunities (including engineering).
I don’t really know much about undecided majors except the stereotype that they are only at college because their parents forced them to.
Poor confused Luann. Not being able to decide on a major is really painful. Then, there are all the other unsolved sentimental things in her private life, especially with her so-called BFF. I hope Shannon didn’t cut her beautiful hair, but Luann needs something to give her a boost to start a change in her life and I have to say, a new hairstyle would be a good start.
I’m betting the snip didn’t come from Shannon, as she doesn’t have any scissors in the first panel or, it seems, the second. Unless she’s like the Joker and has scissors in every hem and pocket, ahahahah!
Good thing no one bet with me. That would have been 5,000 quatloos, or 5,000 bars of latinum, or 5,000 LuLu’s, or a lunch at the best drive – up window in town. Shannon Scissorhands strikes!
Yeah! Mess up Luann’s hair, and don’t get in trouble for it! Then Tiffany can fix Luann’s hair into a cuter style, and everything will be like my earlier (not necessarily accurate) prediction! BTW those scissors must be magical, heaven knows where they came from.
Okay, one little snip by way of Shannon could lead to something better for Luann. A journey begins with a single step. Perhaps this single step is Luann being awoken from her doldrums by the actions of a bratty child which leads to other things beyond a new hair style (which she may have to get in next week’s arc). Changing this one thing could make Luann realize that other parts of her life can also change such as settling on a major, finding new friends (considering that Bernice is her best friend, this is a priority) and meeting new people, getting a job, trying new activities, perhaps even meeting a potential love interest, the options are many. She does not have to be stuck in neutral while the world zooms by her.
OK, Luann. Time to stand up, take off the towel, get those scissors out of Shannon’s hands, and tell her you’re going to wash her hair and then she’s going to bed. You told her she wasn’t allowed to use the scissors and she did. Fun’s over.
Ok, so what this is, the writers have decided to change Luann hair do and are using Shannon as an excuse to make Luan go to the hairdresser and get a new style.
After dealing with Bernice’s hyper-active tongue and the Gunther-Bets declaration of love, Greg has returned to his comfort zone: the world of childish minds and muddled teenagers.
Wonder if this is somewhat prophetic of what is going to happen in Luann’s life. Her life is a tangled mess and something needs to be “snipped” out of it for her life to proceed.
cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages with gritty distortion
Shannon seems to be a better guidance counselor for Luann than the ineffectual one at her high school.Agree with Boomer on t he “tangled mess” remark.Shannon’s just getting the imaginary chewing gum out of Luann’s hair.
for the first time in this arc there is actually a wee bit of depth; Luann opens up to Shannon who is 6 about her own personal tangles and snarls, i.e. indecision about the direction of her life. Shannon only sees the tangles in her hair and attempts to cut them out. Is it possible that all of this will lead to Luann getting a new hair cut which then leads to a new perspective on life? …..a tall order and I am not too hopeful.
Normally, I don’t mind Shannon. But in this instance, if she actually cut Luanns hair after being told no and had the scissors taken away, there needs to be some sort of punishment. You just don’t do that.
There is no actual snip. We do not see Shannon actually cutting. It is a metaphor representing Luann’s literal need to “cut” out the indecisiveness that has plagued her life…
What’s interesting to me about Shannon is how she’s grown up in the last week or two. She’s visually bigger and acts more like a grade schooler. Those who teach elementary ed (or mothers) may have noticed as well.
Love it! Now that’s worth waiting for! Not only is Shannon an expert hair stylist, she can also levitate off a chair and back onto a chair in a half second to get the scissors! Is it possible she developed teleporting skills? Maybe she will advise Luann to take a break from school and find a job.
We could get all Zen here and see that Shannon is Luann’s inner child cutting the ties to her bland, arrested development past and breaking out as a real full fledged adult. Ooooommmmm!
so Luann is aimless by her own admission. She wants a boyfriend but what guy (who wants a real relationship) would date someone who has no interests or goals, no dreams or aspirations to share.
This reminds me of the last time Shannon was messing with scissors without permission and accidentally cut herself (9/19/2020 for those interested). I mentioned that Brad needed to lay down the law right then and there instead of just babying her about her injury, but the commenters here insisted that Shannon had learned her lesson and no scolding was needed: she now knew never to touch scissors without prior adult permission.
Except that even if today’s comic is just a misdirection, Saturday/Monday already showed her messing with scissors yet again. Shannon clearly HADN’T learned her lesson. So are people here gonna man up and admit that they were wrong about discipline being unnecessary, or will I need to do some “I told you so’s” and call people out by name? Just let me know. ;-)
The Brat again has scissors, and Luann is losing her hair!
How long will this absurdist rôle-reversal farce continue, with the Brat pretending to a six-year-old’s version of adulthood and Luann with entirely too much ease playing the childish fool?
A miracle will happen: KarenEvans/JoeyAllisonSayers will allow L2 to discover a cure for cancer. And L2 will deny it to all her naysayers on this board…
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
That “snip” cannot be good.
ninjanick101 over 3 years ago
Uh-oh.
Prescott_Philosopher over 3 years ago
OK, I know we’re all shocked, just shocked!
AnyFace over 3 years ago
Z-bert over 3 years ago
Uh oh. Looks like Luann will be getting more of a new ‘do than she thought.
outonalimb over 3 years ago
Snippy comments coming in 3..2..
Vilyehm over 3 years ago
That snip wipes out a few predictions.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 3 years ago
How to undo The Gordian Knot…
capricorn9th over 3 years ago
YES! I knew there would be some snipping involved! On to the hair salon and get your new hair STYLE, Luann! Like you said, you are in limbo and need SOMETHING and dear little Shannon provided it.
Tyge over 3 years ago
OK! Now GNK are just teasing us!
montylc2001 over 3 years ago
I thought she took the scissors away from her…
Rhetorical_Question over 3 years ago
SNIP Snip snip snip snip snip oh my!
TheDOCTOR over 3 years ago
Luann’s hair does look a bit shorter in this strip, perhaps to prepare everyone? And when they get back, Toni to the rescue who knows a great Stylist.
Vivi <333 over 3 years ago
Uh oh! Snip, snip, and Luann snaps!
Scarlet Shimmer over 3 years ago
I’m gonna call Brdshtt on this one. If it was serious or at least important to Luann, I don’t think they do it near the end of the week with only two more comics left in the arc. And I highly doubt they will actually spend another week on this.
And of course, now that I said that, watch them spend three more weeks trying to find a picking out a cute bob and another finding a barber to do it.
Kymberleigh over 3 years ago
More “deer in the headlights” facial expressions.
kenhense over 3 years ago
Luann – Game Over!!!
SJhapamama over 3 years ago
Well, that’s one solution to remove the tangles…the choice an impatient person (or a 6-year-old) would likely make! Shannon probably learned that technique from Dad!
Rhetorical_Question over 3 years ago
Pick work and drop college as good choices?
luann1212 over 3 years ago
The hair is not the real issue, even though the snip looks scary. The real story is Luann’s angst about her life now. She is stuck, with no relationship either. Actually pretty common for her age. Shannon is channeling a truth finder in her play-acting.
Joe1962 over 3 years ago
weren’t the Scissors put away Sat.
momofalex7 over 3 years ago
Luann was about due for a new hair style.
Joe1962 over 3 years ago
Luann facial expressions is of shock and horror.
Mordock999 Premium Member over 3 years ago
“Oooooooooh, Snip, Snip Here,”
“Snip, Snip, there!”
“And a couple of LOUD Guffaws!”
“Don’t look yet, 1212’s LOST a BET in the Merry old land of Oz!” -Andrew Lloyd Weber
Vilyehm over 3 years ago
On Saturday, Shannon becomes a lumberjack.
beb01 over 3 years ago
Who talks about their deep concerning life issues with a hyperactive 6 year old. Also where did Shannon get scissors? Didn’t Luann put them away in a drawer?
PeterPirate over 3 years ago
Odd. Luann took the scissors away on Monday. And Shannon isn’t holding them in the first panel.
Joe1962 over 3 years ago
The scissors should show up in the first panel of Friday strip.
ImDaRealAni over 3 years ago
Easiest major is chemical engineering :) (/J)
Nah, I think one of the most widespread majors you could choose is Mechanical engineering. Or Computer Science which has many job opportunities (including engineering).
I don’t really know much about undecided majors except the stereotype that they are only at college because their parents forced them to.
Aladar30 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Poor confused Luann. Not being able to decide on a major is really painful. Then, there are all the other unsolved sentimental things in her private life, especially with her so-called BFF. I hope Shannon didn’t cut her beautiful hair, but Luann needs something to give her a boost to start a change in her life and I have to say, a new hairstyle would be a good start.
STEPUP over 3 years ago
You’ll suddenly join the workforce when your parents start charging you rent!!!
lvlax over 3 years ago
Here we go! Luann will now end up with a nice short pixie cut… or a Disturbing Britney Cueball look. lol
overtherainbow over 3 years ago
Well, if you show a pair of scissors in the first act, you have to use them in the third. Or something.
overtherainbow over 3 years ago
I’m betting the snip didn’t come from Shannon, as she doesn’t have any scissors in the first panel or, it seems, the second. Unless she’s like the Joker and has scissors in every hem and pocket, ahahahah!
Pointspread over 3 years ago
Is she seriously gonna let the brat cut her hair?
Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 3 years ago
Now Luann will know how Ozymandias Llewellyn feels…
Willow Mt Lyon over 3 years ago
I predict that Luann will be making an appointment at a salon.
Brdshtt Premium Member over 3 years ago
Good thing no one bet with me. That would have been 5,000 quatloos, or 5,000 bars of latinum, or 5,000 LuLu’s, or a lunch at the best drive – up window in town. Shannon Scissorhands strikes!
JonnyT over 3 years ago
“Snip?” Yep. The kid’s a brat.
Sanspareil over 3 years ago
The snip in the mirror is pins which along with the needles gets the observers antsy!
Caldonia over 3 years ago
Yeah! Mess up Luann’s hair, and don’t get in trouble for it! Then Tiffany can fix Luann’s hair into a cuter style, and everything will be like my earlier (not necessarily accurate) prediction! BTW those scissors must be magical, heaven knows where they came from.
TampaFanatic1 over 3 years ago
Okay, one little snip by way of Shannon could lead to something better for Luann. A journey begins with a single step. Perhaps this single step is Luann being awoken from her doldrums by the actions of a bratty child which leads to other things beyond a new hair style (which she may have to get in next week’s arc). Changing this one thing could make Luann realize that other parts of her life can also change such as settling on a major, finding new friends (considering that Bernice is her best friend, this is a priority) and meeting new people, getting a job, trying new activities, perhaps even meeting a potential love interest, the options are many. She does not have to be stuck in neutral while the world zooms by her.
drewpamon over 3 years ago
Here we see the purpose of this story arc. Greg wanted to give Luann a new haircut and wanted to justify it.
Troglodyte over 3 years ago
“Cut!”…and on to the next scene. :D
sueb1863 over 3 years ago
OK, Luann. Time to stand up, take off the towel, get those scissors out of Shannon’s hands, and tell her you’re going to wash her hair and then she’s going to bed. You told her she wasn’t allowed to use the scissors and she did. Fun’s over.
mjb515 over 3 years ago
Wow, Luann let Shannon have real scissors in that circumstance?
Is this an excuse to give Luann an ugly haircut?
imagenesis over 3 years ago
SNIP! ( ◉-◉)
poopick over 3 years ago
A new Luann hair do is coming on Monday! Shorter hair!
JoeSpencer over 3 years ago
please end this
Decepticomic over 3 years ago
New haircut confirmed. Also, it’s kind of sad that she’s spilling all this to a kid who probably can’t spell her own name.
Johnnyrico over 3 years ago
Let’s hear some “snippy” comments!
lunapeachie over 3 years ago
Well, it was probably time for Luann to update her look anyway. She’s had the same hairstyle for years.
Rufus The naked mole rat over 3 years ago
“Did you hear who Miss Piggy’s been dating lately?”
Liam Astle Premium Member over 3 years ago
Shannon, you monster! Cutting Luann’s hair robs her of her Inner Beauty.
rrsltx over 3 years ago
Career indecision solved thanks to Shannon. Now Luann can apply as a monk.
ILK over 3 years ago
Ok, so what this is, the writers have decided to change Luann hair do and are using Shannon as an excuse to make Luan go to the hairdresser and get a new style.
TORAD_07 over 3 years ago
And awaaaaaaaaaayyyy we go!
mrsdonaldson over 3 years ago
Luann is getting a new hairstyle!
Ruth Brown over 3 years ago
Luann is finally going to get a new hairstyle—out of necessity.
Ellis97 over 3 years ago
Boy, young adulthood can be such a burden, especially if your lifelong goals will never come true.
Call me Ishmael over 3 years ago
Perhaps Luann could become a hairdresser.
lotsalaffs Premium Member over 3 years ago
Hair today; gone tomorrow!
wongo over 3 years ago
Oh what a tangled mess we weave when first we bla, bla, bla………..
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 3 years ago
College has not helped her thinking process. Dumb!
Airman over 3 years ago
After dealing with Bernice’s hyper-active tongue and the Gunther-Bets declaration of love, Greg has returned to his comfort zone: the world of childish minds and muddled teenagers.
JeffGage over 3 years ago
Wonder if this is somewhat prophetic of what is going to happen in Luann’s life. Her life is a tangled mess and something needs to be “snipped” out of it for her life to proceed.
Will E. Makeit Premium Member over 3 years ago
get ready for the new do for Lu
submachine over 3 years ago
Was bound to happen
oakie817 over 3 years ago
cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages with gritty distortion
KEA over 3 years ago
I think we’re heading for a “new look” for Luann
eladee AKA Wally over 3 years ago
Well she picked those scissors back up. Looks like Luann is getting an unexpected makeover.
b95954297b48a54fcff8fddbcdef6b2f over 3 years ago
Well what did Luann think was was going to happen. Duh.
Boomer with a view over 3 years ago
Is the tangled mess comment about the hair or Luann’s life? Time to get rid of that tangled mess from both.
locake over 3 years ago
Shannon cut out one small tangle. No big deal, it will grow back and hardly show.
198.23.5.11 over 3 years ago
Shannon seems to be a better guidance counselor for Luann than the ineffectual one at her high school.Agree with Boomer on t he “tangled mess” remark.Shannon’s just getting the imaginary chewing gum out of Luann’s hair.
RSH over 3 years ago
for the first time in this arc there is actually a wee bit of depth; Luann opens up to Shannon who is 6 about her own personal tangles and snarls, i.e. indecision about the direction of her life. Shannon only sees the tangles in her hair and attempts to cut them out. Is it possible that all of this will lead to Luann getting a new hair cut which then leads to a new perspective on life? …..a tall order and I am not too hopeful.
DG over 3 years ago
Normally, I don’t mind Shannon. But in this instance, if she actually cut Luanns hair after being told no and had the scissors taken away, there needs to be some sort of punishment. You just don’t do that.
pagercat over 3 years ago
BOOOOORRRRRINNNNNG!
ACTIVIST1234 over 3 years ago
Luann achieves clarity.
txmystic over 3 years ago
There is no actual snip. We do not see Shannon actually cutting. It is a metaphor representing Luann’s literal need to “cut” out the indecisiveness that has plagued her life…
GKBOWOOD Premium Member over 3 years ago
Oh good, maybe we can see Luann in short hair for a change!
Kirk Sinclair over 3 years ago
What’s interesting to me about Shannon is how she’s grown up in the last week or two. She’s visually bigger and acts more like a grade schooler. Those who teach elementary ed (or mothers) may have noticed as well.
Cheapskate0 over 3 years ago
Another missed opportunity!
This would have been a great Saturday cliffhanger, cut away to another arc, then revisit the new Luann and her new „do“!
donwestonmysteries over 3 years ago
Uh Oh. Luann’s going to get a new hairdo.
comic reader 22 over 3 years ago
Love it! Now that’s worth waiting for! Not only is Shannon an expert hair stylist, she can also levitate off a chair and back onto a chair in a half second to get the scissors! Is it possible she developed teleporting skills? Maybe she will advise Luann to take a break from school and find a job.
BluNova over 3 years ago
I guess Luanne will be getting a new look. I believe Greg was considering that a few years back.
Scoutmaster77 over 3 years ago
Uh oh…
ron over 3 years ago
I thought scissors had already been ruled out days ago.
jfikse Premium Member over 3 years ago
I think Shannon’s “Hon” remarks are pretty funny.
gileshead over 3 years ago
this is getting good.
corpcasselbury over 3 years ago
Snip?! Uh-oh!
Chuck374 over 3 years ago
Luann forgot she was not at an actual hair dresser. Hopefully she is not overly damaged.
dknutson01 over 3 years ago
Knowing how that child is, Luann should have taken the scissors.
MermaidStitcher over 3 years ago
Who did not see this coming?
Ukko wilko over 3 years ago
Your bad, Luann, if you weren’t smart enough to take, and keep, the scissors.
percheronhitch6 over 3 years ago
We could get all Zen here and see that Shannon is Luann’s inner child cutting the ties to her bland, arrested development past and breaking out as a real full fledged adult. Ooooommmmm!
RSH over 3 years ago
so Luann is aimless by her own admission. She wants a boyfriend but what guy (who wants a real relationship) would date someone who has no interests or goals, no dreams or aspirations to share.
yoda1234 over 3 years ago
Called it (although I expected it sooner…)
198.23.5.11 over 3 years ago
I DON’T RECALL ANY MAJOR ARC THAT HAD TO DO WITH H IGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE SPORTS.The cast tries out for every other kind of activity,but nothing athletic.
Okay,with Knute that was no surprise……
BJShipley1 over 3 years ago
This reminds me of the last time Shannon was messing with scissors without permission and accidentally cut herself (9/19/2020 for those interested). I mentioned that Brad needed to lay down the law right then and there instead of just babying her about her injury, but the commenters here insisted that Shannon had learned her lesson and no scolding was needed: she now knew never to touch scissors without prior adult permission.
Except that even if today’s comic is just a misdirection, Saturday/Monday already showed her messing with scissors yet again. Shannon clearly HADN’T learned her lesson. So are people here gonna man up and admit that they were wrong about discipline being unnecessary, or will I need to do some “I told you so’s” and call people out by name? Just let me know. ;-)
phxhocking over 3 years ago
Well, it looks like I was wrong. Shannon still had the scissors. I wouldn’t leave my dog with Luann. Totally irresponsible.
Willow Mt Lyon over 3 years ago
Stay in school, get a worthless degree, and then get a state job.
bakana over 3 years ago
Luann knew Shannon was a foolishly Impulsive kid when she let Shannon get behind her with a pair of Scissors.
Willywise52 Premium Member over 3 years ago
New ’do for Lu.
Natarose over 3 years ago
SHANNON! She told you no scissors.
kittysquared Premium Member about 3 years ago
Luann Makeover coming. I hope this shakes her up and gets her motivated to change more things in her life.
Sisyphos about 3 years ago
Too late! Too late!
The Brat again has scissors, and Luann is losing her hair!
How long will this absurdist rôle-reversal farce continue, with the Brat pretending to a six-year-old’s version of adulthood and Luann with entirely too much ease playing the childish fool?
radar15627 about 3 years ago
hahaha
Argythree about 3 years ago
A miracle will happen: KarenEvans/JoeyAllisonSayers will allow L2 to discover a cure for cancer. And L2 will deny it to all her naysayers on this board…