Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 13, 2022

You gotta know when to hold ’em.

long time, no see, TJ

A useful skill, that

Next time she wants a bag of chips, we can only assume she doesn’t mean of the potato, corn, or tortilla variety.

We can assume that Shannon does not have a “poker face.”

Deal with it TJ!

Now THAT’s funny!

I’ve heard of stacking the deck, but TJ literally has the whole deck in his hands XP

“Flush” is funny to Shannon because of toilets, I assume.

Playing Casino Royale?

For some reason I remembered the 1968 movie.

Cute strip! Nice to see TJ.. And Shannon is behaving. =)

Since most kids learn how to read time on an analog clock by age 6… I wonder if Shannon can tell time, yet?

TJ has 12 pairs.

Now this is funny.

Just a short snippet to show us these characters still exist in GnK’s repertoire.

LOL! For some reason I just assumed Shannon already played poker!

Nice to see Tj today

TJ and Brad didn’t know, but that day the training of the future most skilled gambling expert of the century had begun! I can easily see adult Shannon being the terror of casinos.

Hey! She said “Brad” instead of “Bwad!”

Teach her well, or Annie (“Meaning of Lila”) will clean her clock in no time.

Skills for life.

So what’s the big surprise here??

On the “One Big Happy” strip, Ruthie plays poker with her grandfather all the time!!

I’m just happy to see Brad again. Hopefully, he won’t get ruined by bad writing

In fiction, people get Royal Flushes all the time.

TJ is a wonderful uncle.

No one teaches kids to tell analog time anymore, it’s all just a big mystery how grownups do it.

Learning poker from our favorite rascal, who is proving what a quality person he is. Wonder what our reforming younger, troubled rascal would teach her, pulling a con? Actually I I don’t think GnK would go there, Les would be reforming too; the benign experience of Luannverse, basically a good force, has on characters who stay who were dicey in some fashion. Bad ones get chased away only to return intermittently to roil things up, like Evil Ann, or Tara’s cousin.

“And coming up NEXT, Old Smiley teaches Shannon how to throw Dice and comes snake-eyes in an unforgettable holiday edition of Luann!”

Funny one! It is nice to see an adult who enjoys spending time with Shannon. That is good for her.

ten-two ? T-2 ? T2o !the Doyle Brunson hand!

Next lesson, card counting.

I taught my younger brother poker when he was 3. The kid was a natural. Luckily he’s not a gambler, doesn’t go to casinos and play.

Isn’t his name Bwad?

Nothing like an adult to corrupt a kid’s learning! TJ will be a great uncle someday!

“Hey, here are some letters that my parents wrote to each other! Too bad they’re in cursive so I can’t read them.”

When did Shannon start calling him Brad? Not Bwad?

Shannon learning at a early age to be a card shark.

I’ve never got a Royal Flush in an actual game. I did get them in video poker.

Casinos never have clocks, anyway.

You know, watching T.J. with Shannon, he’d make a great father. Wonder if Luann has ever noticed that?

Brad. TJ teaching Shannon how to tell time? Yeah, right. What you see is what you shold’ve expected. (Though I’d imagine TJ’s experience at cards is mainly losing at Strip Poker.)

Brad now instead of Bwad. Shannon must be growing up.

Sure, let’s go with that.

Where’s Toni? When Toni married Brad she expected a stud, instead she got a dud. So, she dumped Brad and her brother’s kid, and moved to Qatar.

“Important lessons first!!”

She’s finally saying “Brad” instead of “Bwad”. Thank Heavens.

A little speculation on what week 3 of this story could be

DAY 1Tiffany brings Luann a Pumpkin spice Latter with foam and caramel drizzle. Notices her writingT — School project?L — Nah. I’m trying to write the great American NovelT — ReallyL — I’m an award-winning writer, you knowT — Really?Luann pulls out a $10 bill. “Here’s my winnings. That should cover the coffee.”T — You still owe a dollar twenty eight.

DAY 2Luann notices Tiffany’s arm in a slingL — How did you injury your arm?T — I fell down some stair.L — At school are you going to sue?T — At homeL — Going to sue your Dad?T — It’s a long story (Luann looks excited)L — You narrate and I’ll type!

DAY 3T — “..and when I woke up Les and Ox were fighting over who would take me to the hospital. The doctor said I was OK except for this wrist and go home and rest. But I couldn’t face going home so I asked Les if I should stay at his place for a few daysLuann shouts “You’re stay with Les!”Les shows up: “Did I hear someone call my name??”

Sounded like Cribbage to me…which few know how to play anymore.

You gotta know when to fold ‘em………….

tomorrow: return to The Gulag or The Scene of the Crime?

♪♪♪ Time has come today

Young hearts can go their way

Can’t put it off another day

I don’t care what others say

They say we don’t listen anyway ♪♪♪

Brad!

Good ol’ TJ, corrupting the youth of America!

Actually, learning poker at age six is probably not all that bad a thing for Shannon, but I still don’t trust anything TJ does or even is involved in….

Tony is seriously going to hurt him when she gets home.

I still have a slide rule. I could teach my grandchildren that, too. I wonder if I can get my hands on an abacus?

Shannon’s wearing short sleeves,so TJ isn’t teaching her how to cheat at cards.Yet.

Aw,c’mon,Monahan,I’m just starting to do good!