Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 20, 2023

Where did that sink come from? It wasn’t there yesterday… it was a fireplace.

Knowing there’s poop on the floor is a little disgusting, too.

Did Luann really think there was going to be wifi in that tiny cabin?

Don’t they have a data plan they can switch to?

Don’t forget the lions and tigers and bears OH MY!

Leave it to Luann to cry about no internet, id be more concerned with the poop , no beds and no cookware.Time to find a hotel before they discover that they have no heat or firewood for the fire.

Maybe if they drive back to that gas station/store to buy some things they now wish they’d packed, they’ll discover that they can get internet connectivity there. Then they could do a quick web search and find a cozy inn nearby with comfortable beds, a cleaning staff, wi-fi in every room, a restaurant, a gift shop, convenient access to various kinds of entertainment and recreational activities, … and no vacancies.

Okay no dishes is a real problem. Can’t believe this place wouldn’t have a basic set of kitchenware.

Go home while you still can

No internet is the dealbreaker. Trumps all other lacking amenities. I’d agree with Luann. No Dinnerware comes in a close second. We’ve seen how remote this cabin is. It’s not as if they could just order food deliveries or drive there. So let’s go back down the mountain unless you wanna hunt and cook your food over a fire and carve some wooden utensils to eat your catches.

Yesterday I said “No Wifi?”. Close enough!

The Christmas vacation from hell.

Wait’ll they find out that th cold water knob on the faucet is th only one that’s connected to any water

G. I. baths are relly great when th water’s got little bitty shards of ice in it

Well that’s it, just get in the car and leave. How would you survive? Yeesh….

Are we sure they drove far enough up the road? Maybe this was his original shack, and there is a nicer facility farther on? (We hope!)

Roughing it! Pack up and flee and hope Bernie lets you back in!

Is that ‘dueling banjos’ off in the distance?

What a dump, you better go back home!

There is a modern faucet on the sink, so this place was either built in this century or there has been upkeep. We used to have those little faucets that we would frequently and accidently chip our glassware on. However, I would expect some dishes in the cabinets and at least some cots to sleep on. The rats and mice are going to find their way in no matter what. I used to live in a forest, and finally I got rid of the mice by pouring a bottle of Aspirin down into the crawl space after I read "The Mouse and the Motorcycle to my boys.

True luann nightmare!

Maybe Luann is saying there is no WiFi. She used her cell phone GPS and maps to get directions to the cabin so there should be some Internet access

Oh no. The world has come to an end

This arc is less believable than most. Too many surprises to an obvious guest house that is loaned out to employees.

This bowl of porridge’s too hot. This bowl of porridge’s too cold. This bowl of porridge’s just right.

Enter 3 bears..

Big Fat Bummer! Time to pull up “Booking.com”… wait. you can’t, no Internet and probably no cell service. Could put up with everything else except poop on the floor. Deal breaker for me ᕙ⁠(⁠ ͡⁠◉⁠ ͜⁠ ⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠◉⁠)⁠ᕗ

This is getting more improbable by each frame. If they do find a shower, odds are Bobby Ewing will come out of it.

Well, since my baby left me/ And the icy snow heavily fell/ It’s somewhere in the trees with no 4G/ At the Hauntavirus Hotel…

The lack of dishes plus the fact that there are no beds and mice have free access makes the cute cabin less charming. It’s more normal that there is no internet. But if the snow becomes heavier, that will be a big problem. Now I really wonder if they will stay there or go away. Maybe they will have to stay because of the snow or tiredness. Or they will leave in search of a hotel. The only sure thing is that the relationship between Frank and that CFO will change forever.

‘Look everone! There’s some thing to eat! I found a box of 8 Hersheys chocolate bars in th back of a cabinet! Hey on the back it’s got a sweepstakes form we can fill out fr a chance for th whole family to go to th next World Series in October of…. um..’

‘Of…. um.., what Luann?’

’Um…. of 1953.. ’

The whinefest continues. Free use of something and they’re upset because there’s no butler nor maid or chef. No full stocked fridge or liquor cabinet

Such attitudes DIDN’T settle the west, or get us to the moon.

On the plus side, the DeGroot family is surrounded by thousands of other snowflakes, so they’re in good company

Back in the olden days, “folks” were taught how to live off the land and survive with whatever is at hand. And generations SURVIVED doing just that.

I think the military still teaches it or did. So did the Boy Scouts before they went under.

The DeGroots may learn a good lesson here. At least they’ll prepare for what may be coming one day.

So they’ll be fine and maybe a little wiser.

And thankful they didn’t roll up in an electric car. :-)

[DUCKS]

The poop on the floor would have me saying “OK, we’re getting back in the car and getting out of here.”

The GPS on Luann’s phone was still working when they “arrived at their destination”

Brad looks like the Incredible Hulk in Frame 2. His hands are huge and he looks like he has put on 40 lbs.

Annnnnnddddddd…….I knew I liked this place. You have a tiny cabin like that to get away from the d@$! phone.

The only question now is- will they pack up and leave without finding the real Zeus lodge.

Brad said no bedding, not no beds.

What a relief! I thought maybe Bernice had showed up.

I had a somewhat similar experience to this recently. Had booked a hotel at the Charles de Gaulle Airport and was shocked how spartan it was it was clean but it hardly had anything. I left my wife there, went across the street to the Hilton, and for 40 bucks more a night got a really nice room. I didn’t care if the first hotel still charged me. I was really angry at myself for having booked that hotel.

it’s a cartoon, people.

Ok, so supposedly “Zeus Lodge” is big enough to have a CFO, and this is his cabin.

If that’s actually the case, this makes no sense at all.

Worse, that’s a phone, so no cell service. How are they going to order pizza?

Think “The Hank Hill family in Tokyo.” Calling it.

Cue the eccentric neighbor in the hockey mask.

Yep, in the wild when the humans move out the pests move in. Better check the inside of those sleeping bags before sliding in.

Oh my, this has become a HORROR story.

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Sounds like it’s time to cut this vacation short and go home.

This is beginning to look like a plot to a Hallmark movie. What happens next?A knock on the door. A young guy is on the other side. He is someone that has gotten stuck in the snow or the nephew of the CFO that has the lodge or someone else.You got the idea.

Next up – Electricity goes out

Is this the old gag of suffer through the night, wake up and snow is over and you look and you are not in the real lodge? The glorious all comfort lodge was just beyond sight in the snow. You slept in the guard cabin or whatever.

LOL no Wi-Fi—disaster! Rough it for one night, it will make you appreciate all you have when you get back to civilization.

Panic! Panic NOW!

Granted it’s pretty primitive but they’ll have to make the best of it——at least for tonight.

Well that tares it!!!! No internet. Pack up, We’re going home!!!

Forget the internet, can you call anyone?

This whole storyline is stupid. In an age where you can look up any address and at the very least find out how big it is, it’s unrealistic to think that at the very least Luann wouldn’t have looked this place up on Zillow or something before they left.

Yah, okay, nearest hotel time.

Time to look for a hotel

Luann’s phone got them there so……….

LOL! The way Brad puffs himself up… the scene reminds me of Harpo Marx getting angry!

On the drive home – Frank’s phone rings. It’s Joe the CFO that owns Zeus Lodge.

Joe: “Frank I’m calling to see if everything is ok. The staff at Zeus Lodge called me and said the DeGroot family never arrived at the Lodge.”

Frank: “We were at the one room lodge.”

Joe: “That’s the cabin my great-grandfather built. We keep it in memory of PaPa”.

Frank: (deer in headlight stare)

The ultimate disaster for Lu.

Ha Ha brain dead for the weekend. Hey that CEO is doing a good deed for them or he might be getting ready to give the boot the nice way. Kept his mouth shut and say nothing about the cabin

Where’s Big Foot?

They got all that going on. You’d might as well be transported back to the “Gold Rush” days like in those old western pictures….Any running water? If you can trust it… They’d better leave now than risk being trapped there for days…

Well, the poop mentioned still,has mynfarvf

Well, the poop mentioned still has my far fetched guess that they are actually in the cabin the fami

Has for their dog.

They should just wait 15 minutes. It looks like the cabin is bigger over time.

I know the sign said Zeus Lodge but I still think they’ve somehow stumbled on the wrong place.

Not true. Drive through northwest New Mexico, North east Texas, Middle of Arizona. No wifi, just xm radio.

Yo and Ah Ho, Count ❤️ers, all… Let’s get real here for a moment, shall we? Secluded cabin in the woods… snow storm outside… big fireplace… Just Add Ann❤️Eiffel! The Count is sure there is Keto friendly food and Perrier Sparkling Water in the car… Bundling up in Sleeping Bags on the couch in front of the fire… So what’s all the kerfuffle? Maybe they could find a WiFi hot spot for the computer to log into the SiriusXM app and listen to the screaming hawt Radio Classics channel 148 and Ann❤️Eiffel? Does it get any better than this? Eat your ❤️s out, lowly unworthies. You ain’t even close to close, boy howdy. With that… outta here. The pre Christmas stress is getting more stressful by the minute. Hope all you lowly unworthies have an Ann❤️Eiffel Day! TTFN… Count…OUT! P.S. No wonder we all ❤️ Ann❤️Eiffel!

Evidently, Frank forgot the primary rule when accepting a freeby: always look a gift horse in the mouth.

They are camping with a roof over their heads—yet they find the experience in-tents.

THE HORRORS!!!!

That’s it!!! No Internet. Find a motel.

And this is how they will have some real family time (as Frank declared), without electronic devices, just shelter, warmth, food and each other……. is what I am thinking. Interesting how Brad swells up with fists and a growl on his face, strong man and protector in chief, in this “wilderness” environment, on hearing Luann shriek.

EMERGENCY EMERGENCY EMERGENCY

How does something that leaves poop get into the lodge? or is it from a prior “guest”?

so they thought they were going to some high end chalet in the mountains and they are unprepared. I hope they brought food. They will have to get creative. Maybe they will meet someone who lives in the area, e.g. someone from the area drives by, sees a car parked by the cabin, the lights on and stops to lend a hand.

It’s CHRISTMAS for cat’s sake. Can’t we just have a cosy, peaceful celebration of the season, a white Christmas in a comfy lodge in the woods? With Toni showing up on Christmas Eve.

Lots of people go camping in a tent outside and the accommodations are much worse than this cabin. Somehow they survive for several night and some even enjoy it, so I’ve heard.

They can melt snow for potable water, but heating food may be more difficult. They did bring canned food with them, right? If not and they’re snowed in, options are going hungry a few days, hunting/fishing, eating the bugs and rodents in lodge, or eating…. any volunteers?

The pest is right behind you, Brad!

Their bodies will be found….eventually.

Yep. I’m doubling down that this will be like that Absolutely Fabulous episode (s2 e1 “France”). They’re staying in a cottage and the lodge (chateau) is just down the road and the staff have been expecting them.

hmm … didn’t Frank say the CFO provided the lodge? Perhaps this is a subtle hint that times are about to get bleak for Frank and he will have to learn to do without. Just a thought

Won’t even get a one star rating it seems…..

No bedding? Gawd, Frank!

no internet, oh the horror.

How will they survive!?!!?

Lots of commenters here show that they have zero knowledge of these “mountain cabin” type of lodges. Lots of those owners are “connected” in their daily life or job, and thus they might prefer not to have the internet, or cell service, or electricity, or a ton of space, in their vacation getaway. My family has a small cabin on a lake. The only modern conveniences in it are a gas stove and fridge. It has no running water or electricity, and yup, no internet. (You can get a cell signal if you walk to the top of the hill.) The cabin is used mostly for sleeping, because the days are filled with boating, fishing, swimming, hiking, snowmobiling, skiing, or whatever else is available around the area. Eating is quite often done outside, as is a lot of the cooking. The cabin in the strip looks to be the lap of luxury compared to some accommodations you find in the mountains, considering it has running water and electricity. The only real surprise is “no bedding.” Most cabin owners leave the beds made when they depart, or at least have sheets and blankets stored in a dresser.

I’m far from teck savvy, but if Lu could find the list ation on her phone in the car, couldn’t she just go outside and get online? Is it a dead zone if a phone can get MapQuest?

Wait until the storm is over and leave. You’re not going to be arrested for ditching.

No dishes does create a dilemma. Sleeping bags – no problem. No internet – no problem.

What would be hilarious is Frank telling his CFO that he really needs to take of the pest problem at his “lodge”. Of course, there wouldn’t really be any reason to tell him about the pest poop (because the DeGroots are certainly never going there again), but Frank would tell him anyway.

Props to Brad for relying on his primal hard-wired reflexes taking on the role of Protecter. He will be a great Dad!

How will she know when Dick Tracy’s new storyline begins ?!!

The deal is off

Funny true story. My sweetheart husband and I went to the beach We had a key and were told we were in Section 4. We found Section 4. The crew was there cleaning and the door was open so we just came in and started unloading our stuff. After we had unloaded we discovered our key didn’t work. We were in the wrong Section 4!!!! So we had to load back up and find our actual house. We were young so we didn’t mind. We just laughed about it and made jokes about how we had pulled a “John Candy” in the movie “summer rental”. : /

So know they know what they’re going to be snowed in in.

My wife likes to watch Main Cabin Masters and a lot of cabins that haven’t been occupied for a while have a few “squatters”. ;-p

They need to get out of that place and either check into a nice hotel or go back home.

Fortunately, you remembered to download some e-books before getting out of cellphone coverage, right?

What’s in the green bag on the table? Did one of them carry it in from the car? Is it a clue for tomorrow?

Today’s generation would find no wifi or no phone signal the worse part of all that.

Up until now this looked like a misunderstanding, but what could be an interesting place. The latest developement doesn’t make any sense though. No matter how “primitive” it’s unlikey that a place like that wouldn’t have any bedding, but the lack of dishes is totallhy our of character. The very basic cabin on the Deer Lease I’ve been on in Texas for many years doesn’t have bedding, but there are dishes! And I Do mean ‘basic’. No electricity, no couch, no stuffed chair. Just bunk beds, a folding metal table and some folding chairs with a gas burner and a water tank out back. Oh, and an outhouse. But dishes!

Note: Today, Brad’s part is being played by Lou Ferrigno.

I went back to check and there was no mention of a key to the lodge. So I STILL think they may be at the wrong “Zeus Lodge” and this one is just a replica in homage to the old original one or something and not the one currently being used by the CFO.

Why would anyone want to do that? Homeless cosplay is ridiculous. The only valid reason to camp is to save money on an oou of town trip on a hotel or there isn’t a hotel.

We see that amidst all the real woes, Luann sadly is yet another young smartphone addict who needs a fix!

Yes Luann did.

The HORROR!

Luann, according to Calvin’s dad, it’s builds character.

I love Brad’s stance and expression. ♥

Well,they can always pass time naming “the Christmas Mouse”.

Brad—-spoiling f or a fight and no enemy for miles