So. She didn’t win the prize. Therefore, she has NO “bragging rights” flaunt.
Ain’t no way friggin’ way on Gaw’s Green Earth that she’s going to also lose her b/f to a gal she ridiculed as being out of shape, last year. Not without a MAJOR Savage Fight.
So gather around ladies and gentlemen! The Bloodletting is about to begin!
The really SAD part is, Goofy Dez just threw away 600 bucks.
Stef is so overconfident and egoistical that she failed to notice the flirty vibes between her BF and suite mate. She is so sure Kip wouldn’t be interested in any other girl but her, especially the plump Tiff. Oh, she’s in for a huge deflated ego – soon.
Well, THAT was a quick turn around from the cheery greeting when she first walked into the room in yesterday’s last frame. And I don’t think it had anything to do with the flirting that she walked in on (and was totally oblivious to).
Yep – but given the trajectory of the conversation went – going from brght and cheery to admitiing she stuffed up… she probably wasn’t paying much attention to how Kip and Tiff were behaving. As usual, focused on herself
Reminds me of first time I took Bar exam. I’d asked housemates not to ask if I’d passed, so of course they did. And I just couldn’t quit telling them I’d drunk too much coffee ahead of time and didn’t want to talk about it and couldn’t sit still and didn’t want to talk about it and couldnt concentrate and didn’t want…. (Passed the second time when I abstained from coffer that morning.)
And now T’s Teas are to be truly tested to see if the “love” that Dez infuses into her ingredients will actually work to relieve Stef of being so “test-tea”. On the other hand, if Stef drinks from the batch that Dez thought might be “so confused” (see “https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2023/04/14”), might Stef likewise become confused and upset about the flirting that she has seen but not previously noticed between Kip and Tiff?
So did her team tanked because she tripped or she tripped because her team tanked? Surely Stef is too focused on herself to really notice what others are doing and saying around her. Tiffany and Kip could continue to flirt without her noticing or stopping talking about her defeat, but they are too polite for doing that. I wonder if the tea will affect her. If it works Dez really is the best! By the way, where is Dez? is she waiting to hear the stories written by her friends Piro and Luann and dragged Bernice with her?
Everyone, myself included until now, seems to be ignoring the 800 lb gorilla in the room. This situation could turn very nasty. Tiffany and Kip have been very flirty during this sequence of Stefani Bird’s absence. The general consensus is that this will lead to a major flare up between these two. It has been a long time coming. This may be why GnK have separated Tiff and Stef in the quad dorm earlier in this long arc (see Feb. 17th strip).
One major question arises in my mind. Greg and perhaps Karen have history of keeping Tiffany miserable since high school graduation. Before that it was misery of her own making. Now it seems to be imposed by external agents; Ann Eiffel, Papa Farrell, broken windows, injured arm, being asked to leave the Gulag. I hate to jinx my favorite cutie, but this could turn out very bad for Tiffany in so many ways. 8^ (
For some people, “I don’t want to talk about it,” means they don’t want to talk about it. For others it means, “but I’m not going to talk about anything else.”
I have a sister in law like this. everyone can be talking about something completely unrelated and she will be mad about what happened to her 30 seconds ago.
Steff, despite what YOU think, nobody is interested on how your team did that the cheer and dance competition. Now, maybe if you had made the telecast made for ESPN…
Kip’s comment and expression in the last panel tells all. i think he has been very stressed out by Steffi. Her absence coupled with the tea and interactions with others (that are not Steffi) has relaxed and opened him up.
Steffie tripped?? Was it a stumble or a full blown crash and burn? I’m surprised Kip isn’t more sympathetic. I guess the next time he gets intercepted Stef won’t be providing a shoulder to cry on like she’s done for him in the past.
If the Tiff-Kip-Stef love triangle is what we’re getting for the week, I just really hope that Stef goes full Soraya Montenegro. (the telenovela villain from the infamous clip where she goes ballistic after seeing a guy kissing a girl in a wheelchair. She goes into wild demon-mode beating people up and stabbing with scissors. Look up the clip if you haven’t seen it, it’s worth it!) It’d be memorable, that’s for sure.
Stef’s “tripped” reminds me of that poor ski jumper that used to appear on the opening to ABC’s Wide World of Sports as Jim McKay intoned “the agony of defeat.”
She doesn’t want to talk about it, but won’t shut up! Let’s see if T’s Tea has any effect on her! Will she spit it out into someone’s face, like it and want to get involved or throw herself at Kip? Today she reminds me of a few girls in my hs class, self absorbed.
When someone says “I don’t want to talk about it”, there’s an 85% chance that they mean “I do want to talk about it but I need you to cajole me into it”.
Well.. if she were truly a narcissist Steph would be blaming her misstep on someone else so she really is clueless. Too focused on herself to see anything that may be brewing elsewhere.
There sure are a lot of people who think some big development is about to ensue. Were those people not here for when Toni finally tried to refuse Jonah, only for the entire thing to fizzle away and never get mentioned again? Sorry guys, but despite G&K making it look like something is about to happen, we’ll just see the can get kicked down the road some more. The status quo will continue as before, and another week will (and then a month, and then maybe a year) will pass with things essentially the same as they are now.
Of course if I’m proven wrong this week, feel free to gloat. You would have earned it, and I can admit when a prediction doesn’t pan out.
My head is still spinning from this latest character personality shift from G&K. Kip – the star college quarterback who was all about football (and probaby attending school on a scholarship), working out, winning games and banging his hot head cheerleader girlfriend has suddenly become…..a sensitive tea vendor??
She’s looking for a lot of TLC and them saying "you’re the best ‘, but it sure doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. How do you like being ignored, kiddo, just like you always do?
Tiffany has actually become my favorite character in the current “Luann” (after being a “love to hate”-type character in the past). My other favorites are Bets, Dez, Frank, and Nancy (these last two could be my age showing).
lvlax over 1 year ago
OOoohh!! Stef took a spill and her team tanked!! :-O
Looks like Karma doesn’t disappoint. lol I hope she’s thinking about how she’s going to pay back Dez.
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I’m shocked she couldn’t tell Tiff and Kip were flirting.
Tyge over 1 year ago
I think Stefi is about to go trippin’ all right. First, on the tea, then on the budding new Tiff and Kip relationship.
ronaldspence over 1 year ago
how was your trip Stef?
Mordock999 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Well, now.
Miz “Ace Cheerleader” is a Klutz.
So. She didn’t win the prize. Therefore, she has NO “bragging rights” flaunt.
Ain’t no way friggin’ way on Gaw’s Green Earth that she’s going to also lose her b/f to a gal she ridiculed as being out of shape, last year. Not without a MAJOR Savage Fight.
So gather around ladies and gentlemen! The Bloodletting is about to begin!
The really SAD part is, Goofy Dez just threw away 600 bucks.
For NOTHING.
jea9hrkr over 1 year ago
Karma may treat Dez well… Cannot wait.
overtherainbow over 1 year ago
Well, I did not expect this.
Z Blair Premium Member over 1 year ago
I bet Dez won’t care. She might say something about karma, but itwould be lost on Stef.
Joe1962 over 1 year ago
Kip you have a way for words. Stef having problems putting two feet in front of each other without tripping over your feet.
Sue Ellen over 1 year ago
Well, Steff, if you were paying attention you would have noticed they already DID change the conversation. Maybe you need to change your monologue!
kenhense over 1 year ago
OK – So where’s this going?
Binky over 1 year ago
Tell the truth Stef. YOU tanked and took the team down with you. ☜ (↼_↼)
nsr60 over 1 year ago
Way ahead of you, Stef.
Enter.Name.Here over 1 year ago
Singers warming up go “Mi – Mi – Mi.”. Stef in conversation goes “Me! Me! Me!”
Linnorm over 1 year ago
Looks like Stef wasn’t as good a cheerleader as she made out to be.
fretlessman71 over 1 year ago
Waiting for Steff to display one single redeeming quality. Tiff got there in the end, so did Brad…
jaydogg187 over 1 year ago
Still. what’s $600 between friends?
TheThingIs over 1 year ago
A fool and their money shall soon depart.
9thCapricorn over 1 year ago
Stef is so overconfident and egoistical that she failed to notice the flirty vibes between her BF and suite mate. She is so sure Kip wouldn’t be interested in any other girl but her, especially the plump Tiff. Oh, she’s in for a huge deflated ego – soon.
FreyjaRN Premium Member over 1 year ago
To Stef, every topic is about her.
kenhense over 1 year ago
Stef wants to change the subject. OK – Kip is dumping Stef and he’s now Tiffany’s boyfriend. Handle that new subject, Stef.
Wilkins068 over 1 year ago
Stef argues with herself an then loses those arguments.
limarick over 1 year ago
Well, THAT was a quick turn around from the cheery greeting when she first walked into the room in yesterday’s last frame. And I don’t think it had anything to do with the flirting that she walked in on (and was totally oblivious to).
Aussie65 over 1 year ago
Yep – but given the trajectory of the conversation went – going from brght and cheery to admitiing she stuffed up… she probably wasn’t paying much attention to how Kip and Tiff were behaving. As usual, focused on herself
ACTIVIST1234 over 1 year ago
Reminds me of first time I took Bar exam. I’d asked housemates not to ask if I’d passed, so of course they did. And I just couldn’t quit telling them I’d drunk too much coffee ahead of time and didn’t want to talk about it and couldn’t sit still and didn’t want to talk about it and couldnt concentrate and didn’t want…. (Passed the second time when I abstained from coffer that morning.)
crettawva over 1 year ago
The comments and jokes (specially the tea puns),were funny and a joy to read. Awesome job to all the commenters today. Thanks for the laughs.
ProclaimLiberty over 1 year ago
And now T’s Teas are to be truly tested to see if the “love” that Dez infuses into her ingredients will actually work to relieve Stef of being so “test-tea”. On the other hand, if Stef drinks from the batch that Dez thought might be “so confused” (see “https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2023/04/14”), might Stef likewise become confused and upset about the flirting that she has seen but not previously noticed between Kip and Tiff?
Rhetorical_Question over 1 year ago
Stefani Bird is the reason the team tanked! .. Stefani is a narcissistic individual??
Rhetorical_Question over 1 year ago
Dez is good. Everyone should drink the tea?
snsurone76 over 1 year ago
I just hope that Tiff and Kip don’t get all soft and talk that narcissistic b!tch into joining their business.
I can see it now: she’ll make all about her, starting with her picture on the package, and maybe altering Dez’ formula as well!!
Aladar30 Premium Member over 1 year ago
So did her team tanked because she tripped or she tripped because her team tanked? Surely Stef is too focused on herself to really notice what others are doing and saying around her. Tiffany and Kip could continue to flirt without her noticing or stopping talking about her defeat, but they are too polite for doing that. I wonder if the tea will affect her. If it works Dez really is the best! By the way, where is Dez? is she waiting to hear the stories written by her friends Piro and Luann and dragged Bernice with her?
leighabc123 over 1 year ago
What’s wrong with Stef? Does she want to talk or not?
OneTime59 over 1 year ago
Stef certainly told everybody all they (and we) needed to know.
Caldonia over 1 year ago
What! Don’t you mean “how was the tour-NEA”?
Tyge over 1 year ago
Everyone, myself included until now, seems to be ignoring the 800 lb gorilla in the room. This situation could turn very nasty. Tiffany and Kip have been very flirty during this sequence of Stefani Bird’s absence. The general consensus is that this will lead to a major flare up between these two. It has been a long time coming. This may be why GnK have separated Tiff and Stef in the quad dorm earlier in this long arc (see Feb. 17th strip).
One major question arises in my mind. Greg and perhaps Karen have history of keeping Tiffany miserable since high school graduation. Before that it was misery of her own making. Now it seems to be imposed by external agents; Ann Eiffel, Papa Farrell, broken windows, injured arm, being asked to leave the Gulag. I hate to jinx my favorite cutie, but this could turn out very bad for Tiffany in so many ways. 8^ (
LawrenceS over 1 year ago
For some people, “I don’t want to talk about it,” means they don’t want to talk about it. For others it means, “but I’m not going to talk about anything else.”
Ellis97 over 1 year ago
Is this the start of a love triangle? Cause that’s the last thing we need.
happyinvenice23 over 1 year ago
you need to trade that bit— in, NOW
Wizard of Ahz-no relation over 1 year ago
We don’t talk about bruno…BUT!
6foot6 over 1 year ago
I have a sister in law like this. everyone can be talking about something completely unrelated and she will be mad about what happened to her 30 seconds ago.
Kaycee Lane over 1 year ago
I love how, in Luannland, texting isn’t a thing.
Black76Manta over 1 year ago
Stef, nobody cares how you did!
DawnQuinn1 over 1 year ago
Stef thinks about Stef, nothing more. Pay back Dez? Never happen.
GirlGeek Premium Member over 1 year ago
They changed the subject in panel 2
wolfiiig over 1 year ago
A cheerleaders lot is not a happy one.
Chris over 1 year ago
lost interest when you said tanked…
WilliamVollmer over 1 year ago
Steff, despite what YOU think, nobody is interested on how your team did that the cheer and dance competition. Now, maybe if you had made the telecast made for ESPN…
luann1212 over 1 year ago
Steph needs to try the tea. I’d wait until and if she does before I predict the next step.
BuckarooDave over 1 year ago
Stuffy Stef Stumbles Seriously! film at 11 ….
BuckarooDave over 1 year ago
R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot
♫ If you could read my mind love ♫
great storyteller through song.
RSH over 1 year ago
Kip’s comment and expression in the last panel tells all. i think he has been very stressed out by Steffi. Her absence coupled with the tea and interactions with others (that are not Steffi) has relaxed and opened him up.
Just-me over 1 year ago
“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18
Rockabore over 1 year ago
“Knock it off with the infomercial, don’t you two know it’s all about me!”
Katecst over 1 year ago
I hope this will be a turning point for Stef. I hope she learns how to listen and find herself intrinsic self worth
comic reader 22 over 1 year ago
Steffie tripped?? Was it a stumble or a full blown crash and burn? I’m surprised Kip isn’t more sympathetic. I guess the next time he gets intercepted Stef won’t be providing a shoulder to cry on like she’s done for him in the past.
Rockabore over 1 year ago
If the Tiff-Kip-Stef love triangle is what we’re getting for the week, I just really hope that Stef goes full Soraya Montenegro. (the telenovela villain from the infamous clip where she goes ballistic after seeing a guy kissing a girl in a wheelchair. She goes into wild demon-mode beating people up and stabbing with scissors. Look up the clip if you haven’t seen it, it’s worth it!) It’d be memorable, that’s for sure.
Bookworm over 1 year ago
Stef’s “tripped” reminds me of that poor ski jumper that used to appear on the opening to ABC’s Wide World of Sports as Jim McKay intoned “the agony of defeat.”
YorkGirl Premium Member over 1 year ago
She doesn’t want to talk about it, but won’t shut up! Let’s see if T’s Tea has any effect on her! Will she spit it out into someone’s face, like it and want to get involved or throw herself at Kip? Today she reminds me of a few girls in my hs class, self absorbed.
rickmac1937 Premium Member over 1 year ago
You’re history Stef
rickmac1937 Premium Member over 1 year ago
You’re history Stef
tutibug5 over 1 year ago
Soooo …the NFL is not going to draft Stef?
The Wolf In Your Midst over 1 year ago
When someone says “I don’t want to talk about it”, there’s an 85% chance that they mean “I do want to talk about it but I need you to cajole me into it”.
lisfnord over 1 year ago
Ugh, Stef is a narcissistic brat, and I hope she gets written our really soon.
hoffquotes2 over 1 year ago
Wow a quick competition and it took $600. Took only the amount of time to package tea :)
preacherman Premium Member over 1 year ago
Stef probably tripped over her own ego.
reedkomicks Premium Member over 1 year ago
Hope Kip will man-up and officially break-up with Stef before continuing with Tiffany.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 1 year ago
Well.. if she were truly a narcissist Steph would be blaming her misstep on someone else so she really is clueless. Too focused on herself to see anything that may be brewing elsewhere.
mindjob over 1 year ago
“We can change the subject as long as its about me”
BJShipley1 over 1 year ago
$600.00 well spent, huh?
sheashea over 1 year ago
Stef – It’s all about me, it’s all about I.
KEA over 1 year ago
I learned early on that when a young lady says she doesn’t want to talk about it… she wants to talk about it
kenhense over 1 year ago
Stef – A career at Hooters is waiting for you. You can make money and be that big deal you want to be every day.
PDXCubbie over 1 year ago
This Stef character needs to go……just sayin……
Joe1962 over 1 year ago
Stef you are the reason the team tanked.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 1 year ago
“You don’t say.”
BJShipley1 over 1 year ago
There sure are a lot of people who think some big development is about to ensue. Were those people not here for when Toni finally tried to refuse Jonah, only for the entire thing to fizzle away and never get mentioned again? Sorry guys, but despite G&K making it look like something is about to happen, we’ll just see the can get kicked down the road some more. The status quo will continue as before, and another week will (and then a month, and then maybe a year) will pass with things essentially the same as they are now.
Of course if I’m proven wrong this week, feel free to gloat. You would have earned it, and I can admit when a prediction doesn’t pan out.
comic reader 22 over 1 year ago
My head is still spinning from this latest character personality shift from G&K. Kip – the star college quarterback who was all about football (and probaby attending school on a scholarship), working out, winning games and banging his hot head cheerleader girlfriend has suddenly become…..a sensitive tea vendor??
Stewbeef over 1 year ago
My daughter once lost an equestrian competition to a rider who fell off her horse. I doubt the trip was the only reason her team tanked.
Asharah over 1 year ago
Stef, nobody cares!
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 1 year ago
Keep talking Stef…nobody is listening!
The Quiet One over 1 year ago
You seem to be the only one wanting to talk about it. Tiff and Kip don’t seem to care.
wpilgrim307 over 1 year ago
Why is this incredibly vapid character back?
Ginny Premium Member over 1 year ago
She’s looking for a lot of TLC and them saying "you’re the best ‘, but it sure doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. How do you like being ignored, kiddo, just like you always do?
Chris Bucksath Premium Member over 1 year ago
“I don’t want to talk about it, but we’re going to talk about it.”
JPuzzleWhiz over 1 year ago
“(♪♫) Slay Bells Ring, Are You Listening?”
“Take A Trip From Me”
“Gee, Tanks A Lot!”
“That’s All I’ll Say — Until I Think of Something Else!”
“The Subject Was (Neu)roses”
“Tea-d Off”
“A Damsel In Dis-Stress”
“K.I.S.S. — Keep It Sample, Steffi!”
BluNova over 1 year ago
Next she’ll be wanting a share of the profits.
WF11 over 1 year ago
Tiffany has actually become my favorite character in the current “Luann” (after being a “love to hate”-type character in the past). My other favorites are Bets, Dez, Frank, and Nancy (these last two could be my age showing).
mjowens1985 over 1 year ago
So Kip not only didn’t go to watch Stef and support her, but they didn’t text or call each other up until now?
eced52 over 1 year ago
I doubt she is thinking about how to pay back Dez. She never pays anyone back. Hopefully she will mellow out after a cup of T’s teas.
AndrewSihler over 1 year ago
Hah. I have a tiresome friend or two (not close, as you will see in a second) for whom “I don’t want to talk about it” is a demand bid.
RSH over 1 year ago
steffi just drinks diet coke.
HodgeElmwood over 1 year ago
There is only one person in Stef’s world. It’s Stef.
ktrabbit over 1 year ago
PLEASE???
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 1 year ago
Karma is what you do. You trip that’s bad karma and the effect of a cause.
Kidon Ha-Shomer over 1 year ago
Well, Stef, I don’t think you tripped over the hem of that super long maxi skirt you are wearing! ;-)
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
Much as Stef hates to admit it, she cannot help but blurt out her implicit confession: it was her clumsiness that caused her team’s loss!
She needs a quick cup of T’s Teas….
GaryCooper over 1 year ago
Change the subject from you, Stef? You’re never going to let that happen.
The Pro from Dover over 1 year ago
You tripped? What were you on?