Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 12, 2023

1. One of the belts is slipping.

2. Under the sink, in the bathroom.

3. Nope, walls are pretty boring.

4. It looks nice on her, but your long hair looks beautiful !

5. Too many!

6. I promise to tell you what I honestly think you want to hear. ;)

Do these jeans make me look fat? If I died before you, would you get married again? Do you prefer the red shoes, or the black ones? If you could change one thing about me, what would it be?

An Adm. Ackbar nightmare

I think that last one is really the only one that induces anxiety in men (unless you’re also a straight-laced, fuddy-duddy of a father, then the tattoo one might as well).

Isn’t Toni a gearhead like Brad? She would likely identify the source of “that noise” and fix it herself.

And, Frank, it isn’t Luann asking about tattoos you should be worried about it’s her piercings.

Can I say nipple ring here?

maybe don’t say anything…always safer!

Exactly what does Dad think Luann will be doing the toilet plunger that worries him so?

Why would Toni ask Brad about a weird noise the car is making? Previously, we saw that she was a far better car mechanic than he was.

The one question that gives men anxiety: “Are you listening to me?”

Because, invariably, the answer is no, and now it’s going to hit the fan.

Question: Does this dress make me look fat?

Right answer: No

Wrong answer: Not the dress …

Clever, fresh cartoon. I like it.

They are all pretty chilling.

Number 1 means “I have to either fix the car myself or get it fixed. Which means $$$$$$”.

But Number 3 means “Not only will I have to do whatever it is she is thinking of doing with that wall or get a tradie to do it for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, but (and this is much worse) I will have to have an opinion about it, even though said opinion will be ignored.”

Maybe the better question ought to be: Why is a male cartoonist making assumptions on what women would ask or say?

And the progenitor of them all: “Does this make me look fat?”

“Do you like that girl’s short hair?” The right answer is “what girl?”

Truth!

(1) Toni knows more than Brad about why a car makes a funny noise. (2) Luann looks like she’s in a panic. Don’t ask. (3) Nancy – If it was good enough for yesteday, it’s good enough for tomorrow. (4) Brad knows enough not to say, “WOW – She’s really hot!” (5) Lu is plenty old to get a tattoo if she wants one. Frank would be more disturbed if Lu asked, “Is it OK to get a tattoo somewhere that most people can’t see it?” (6) Nan is about to ask Frank if her * is too big.

Not really.Again I feel the writer is out of touch with how people legit think

OK, when a girl asks you how another girl looks, your best defense is to fake a heart attack or a stroke.

6 Frank has been a very good boy

I work at a supermarket and one time I heard one lady ask her husband “Do I still look beautiful?” (this after she mentioned she got some work done on her face). The husband started to open his mouth, then quickly closed it and shook his head nope, basically saying nothing he would say would be good. He would lose with whatever he said.

There are quite a number if not loads of ladies who are aware of all these “do these jeans make me look fat” questions and how ridiculous these questions are!

My salutations to them all!

Yikes! not hilarious?

…and don’t foget the classical, most terryfing one: “we need to talk…”

Really? I liked this strip for its concentration on the characters. Now we’re getting into stereotypes? I’m not sure this was written by the original author. Seems extremely gender biased to me and, as others have mentioned, not in line with the characters’ personalities.

This is why we never pay attention.

That wall has GOT to go, darling

I can think of some answers, but I’ll probably get silenced.

The answer to the first 3 panels is “you claim to be equal, you can do anything a man can do, so you take care of it”

To number 4: Yes, it matches her butt very nicely

Number 5: If you can afford a tattoo you can afford your own place

Number 6: Yes, if you don’t like the answer don’t ask the question.

If you want to know why far too many men lie, just read today’s Strip.

Panel two is about the absolute worst, especially if a young child is asking the question, as it required action way before it was asked. Panel four adn six are loaded questions that a man can not ever answer correctly.

If you ever remarried would you let your second wife wear my clothes?

The Count the third frame said “Have you ever thought abut a will?” probably stated after purchasing a new, mega life insurance policy.

Who is this Ann ❤️ Eiffel whose name appears so many times on your cell phone call history? And what’s up with the maxed out MasterCard and overdrawn checking account? And what happened to our life savings and 401K?

He should be able to hit that last one out of the ball park.

I’ve used a few.

Greg has serious memory loss! Toni is a mechanic and would never ask a question like that.

Mrs. DeGroot may have overdone it with the edibles

Statements men do NOT want to hear: “We’ve got to talk.”(Translation: “I talk; you listen.”

We call them the “Danger, Will Robinson” questions.

Toni, you are as much (more) of a mechanic as Brad. Why do YOU think your car is making that noise. And, Frank knows better than to give his actual “honest opinion,” unless he likes sleeping on the couch.

That depends, is that bra and panties set for you or him?

I misread. “Have you ever thought about that will?”

the one about the hair should be with LuAnn and Bernese. it is something teenage girls would say.

The worst is when she says “I wonder if that guy 2 doors down has a big one?”

There are NO good answers to ANY of the questions.

First question is lame. Toni would already have fixed it.

Are there only two men in this strip?

Does this make me look fat?

Oh goody, some stereotypical boomer humor. I’m surprised there wasn’t one with Nancy asking about the credit card limit, since “women be shopping” and all that.

Question 4 – - means the woman is thinking of cutting her hair short and most men don’t like that. So I’ve heard.

So what questions from her husband give Women anxiety? “Didn’t you pick up the kids?”

Hey, at least the infamous “Am I as fat as I was 4 years ago?” question was left out!

To quote Monty Python, “Run away, Run Away!!”

Questions……?

Don’t forget, “Does this make me look fat?”…..

Toni says the car needs fixing Luann needs the plunger after her dump.Nancy, Frank can’t think that high. Just say yes Brad Not many Luann.Frank honest I’m to sure about that.

Toni would never ask that question. She knows as much about cars as Brad does.

He’s right!

No. No the wall!!!

Where would a good place be to put a crib?

The last one sounds like Mr. Hugo Matuschek in ‘The Shop Around the Corner’ …right before Mr. Pirovitch would disappear.

Well done!

Holy crap. People here really cannot lighten up at all. So apparently this is a tired trope, a sexist rant, or a stereotypical flaw of some kind. You know something? WOMEN and men, do ask these kind of questions.

Often there is an unspoken reason. But never mind. You can’t have anything even lightly funny anymore without a million ANALytical exams. Maybe some people here need to see a proctologist to address the issue.

It was a SUNDAY gag. So sorry many of you were triggered.

“The bill for property taxes just came”

Question 1 is the worst. If Toni can’t figure it out it must be serious.

“When do you get paid next?”

That is for sure.

For question #5…Luann is at least 18 (or 19), she no longer needs her parents’ permission

In earlier strips Toni was as good a mechanic as Brad. What happened?

Wonderful strip. A few more. . . “Promise you won’t be mad?” . . .

GREAT Sunday strip. Loved every panel. How about adding “Honey, my mother is coming to visit for a month”?

Oh, I, man, can sure hardly wait for those lady questions.

I feel certain that Frank would approve of Nancy buying the bikini. I certainly would!

Verbal landmines and problem alerts.

If any of thoze questions other than panel two gave you anxiety, you should consider it a massive red flag for your relationship. Panel two, of course, is concerning becauze it implies that the toilet plunger is somehow not right next to the toilet, which is where it should always be.

It’s a darned if you do and darned if you don’t situation.

I am single. I have no clue what a woman thinks about or do I want to know.

I remember my Dad/Husband with that deer caught in headlights look whenever questions such as those came up. LOLOL

Anyone have an idea what’s supposed to be in the picture on the newspaper in panel 4? It seems random yet strangely specific…

Someone’s buried behind that wall.

Manhood doesn’t come easily these days….

#4, I didn’t notice her, dear.

Does this make me look fat?

Final panel: Nancy is demonstrating, with sign language, what effect her skimpy new outfit will have on Frank.

Why is Toni asking about the car? She was a much a gear-head as Brad when we first met her.

I can’t believe nobody mentioned, “We need to talk.”

That question is way out of established character for Toni.

Tony would never ask that question, she would have fixed it herself

No.2 makes EVERYBODY nervous

In three of the panels… all I can think is ’It’s a trap’.

I dont think the last one will be too difficult.

My wife learned early in our relationship that when she asks me “do I look fat?” My answer is an unhestiating assertive “NO”, and she knows I will not answer that question any other way.