A nursing home receptionist would never say that. Never! just because the misunderstanding and consternation it would cause. They would either say she was discharged or stall while they summon a grief counselor.
Luann is a genuinely kind person to be checking in on Mrs. Horner. The fear of losing someone dear is always present when the person is advanced in age.
When I was a teen, I went to visit my dad in the hospital after school. I got to his room and the bed was stripped. I found someone at the nurse’s station and she said ’he’s gone’. I panicked. She should have said he checked out and went home, not ’he’s gone.’
You’re in a facility that probably provides some medical assistance, so the desk clerk should be quick and professional, like a shot in the arm, “Mrs. Horner croaked. Have a nice day. Next”.
Alright this could be it now! The ultimate retirement for a character. Mrs Horner is an elder character. I know no one likes death, but that’s reality of life unfortunately. Nothing last forever. T^T
They’re going to kill off the character. It’s only a matter of time now as they’re teasing it big-time. And I’m going to assume this will be the watershed moment for Luann and her further development.
Hooray! Luann is going to visit her mentor! How nice, I was hoping for that. Dear Mrs. Horner probably left the retirement home to go somewhere, since I don’t think the woman at the information desk completely lack of tact. Maybe a walk, maybe a trip. Probably faint during her lesson may have made her want to do something special. I hope Luann meets her because I love seeing them chat. Maybe they can bring up again the topic of Luann studying medicine.
I work for the county Senior Nutrition program, delivering meals to seniors and shut-ins, and it’s hard when my route sheet simply lists one as UFN (Until Further Notice) or worse, Term (terminated). It’s much better when one of them has told me in advance they were going to be on vacation or better yet, felt they didn’t need the service anymore.
Okay, Luann, if she died, they’re “officially” not allowed to tell you. However, places like this almost invariably put up “In Memoriam” photos with obituaries in common areas of the building. So stroll around through those common areas. If she died within the last couple of weeks you’ll probably see her picture out somewhere. (Just don’t tell the HIPAA Enforcers you heard it from me).
Sleepy Creek is a Residence, not a hospital. This is where Mrs. Horner lives , or lived. She may have moved to a rehab facility for a month or two and checked out of SC so she doesn’t have to pay $7000 a month.
cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style without being interpreted as an overly heavy-handed metaphor within the context of the thematic material a bit on the frenetic and frantic side with interesting rhythmic devices which seem to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor utilizing a novel imaging technique known as positron emission tomography and the spontaneous nondenominational conceptions by expansively recontextualizing liminal narratives of colonic hydrotherapy with a twinge of giddiness
Medical professionals and receptionists in places like this are (USUALLY) strongly rehearsed and coached on EXACTLY how to phrase whatever the circumstances may be in the least shocking terms (“she did not survive, I’m sorry…..” or “she has departed for another facility/her home” or whatever). One clever dodge is “you need to talk to the family….” I had the latter happen when I went to the hospital to visit a sick friend, and cut to the chase: “Okay, if he’s still alive, you can confirm that for me, right?………… [sickly silent smile from the receptionist]…………. [sigh]….thank you ……”
Of course, the other crazy set-up:
“She left us….”“WHAT?!? She’s DEAD?!?!?”“She went home………….”“Oh, good!”“……………………. to Our Lord….”“NOOOOO!”
Transitional care after hospitalization is a thing. Luann looks like she checked her retirement residence. May or may not indicate she’s at permanent status (assisted living, skilled nursing, ect…). Hopefully she’ll be back to independent living. Btw, did I miss what the reason was for Mrs Horner collapse? She didn’t need CPR, was it stroke? TIA? That might give us a hint.
Yeah “mrs. horner left us” doesn’t necessarily mean she died. it can just mean she went to another home or she went to live with a friend. Take it easy luann, we’re sure horner is fine.
lvlax 19 days ago
Mrs. Horner died??? Awww.. That’s sad. :(
Is there a chance she moved somewhere else?
J. Scarbrough 19 days ago
Yeah, this is a bait and switch isn’t it? I used this exact same gag in a comic of mine once before too.
Rhetorical_Question 19 days ago
Mrs. Horner left the retirement facility? And now looking for more adventures?
BJShipley1 19 days ago
Looks like G&K are now stealing jokes from Arrested Development.
Jacob Mattingly 19 days ago
Phrasing.
beb01 19 days ago
A nursing home receptionist would never say that. Never! just because the misunderstanding and consternation it would cause. They would either say she was discharged or stall while they summon a grief counselor.
Joe1962 Premium Member 19 days ago
That doesn’t actually mean, what you think it means.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 19 days ago
She went back home, and to teaching. She got bored. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Anything else…I dont want to hear it.
reedkomicks Premium Member 19 days ago
Luann is a genuinely kind person to be checking in on Mrs. Horner. The fear of losing someone dear is always present when the person is advanced in age.
Mordock999 Premium Member 19 days ago
Enter a “conclusion” is about to be “jumped,” or Mrs. Horner has actually “Transitioned.”
If it’s the latter, it’ll be a Strip first.
Kinda sad too.
Because like long lost Pru, Mrs. Horner was a foundation of good advice.Hopefully Mrs. H is alive and well and went straight back to work.
Lucy Rudy 19 days ago
When I was a teen, I went to visit my dad in the hospital after school. I got to his room and the bed was stripped. I found someone at the nurse’s station and she said ’he’s gone’. I panicked. She should have said he checked out and went home, not ’he’s gone.’
snsurone76 19 days ago
Is Luann planning to show Mrs. Horner Shannon’s story?
nightflight 19 days ago
You’re in a facility that probably provides some medical assistance, so the desk clerk should be quick and professional, like a shot in the arm, “Mrs. Horner croaked. Have a nice day. Next”.
Enter.Name.Here 19 days ago
She didn’t pass. The usual play on words.
Mooshki Premium Member 19 days ago
Beavis dyed his hair black.
mnexplorer+ 19 days ago
That could be good, bad, or really bad!
SakiKuro 19 days ago
Alright this could be it now! The ultimate retirement for a character. Mrs Horner is an elder character. I know no one likes death, but that’s reality of life unfortunately. Nothing last forever. T^T
French Persons Premium Member 19 days ago
Ahhh…. That could mean anything, really.
GirlGeek Premium Member 19 days ago
Please let her move away, I already mourned for family this past week. I don’t want any coincidences
Wilkins068 19 days ago
I’m hopin she hasn’t assumed room temperature.
Thinking she prolly went home and she’ll be back at school. She’s a tough old bird
Robert Nowall Premium Member 19 days ago
That better be a poor choice of words.
nickdnd 19 days ago
Lady! Phrasing!!
OneTime59 19 days ago
Luann is thinking hospice.
GerryRoss 19 days ago
Uh oh…
bh05150 19 days ago
They’re going to kill off the character. It’s only a matter of time now as they’re teasing it big-time. And I’m going to assume this will be the watershed moment for Luann and her further development.
tremaine53 19 days ago
The Evanses used amorphous language there for a reason.
Stephanie Have one 19 days ago
She is likely on a sabbatical somewhere. Like Caracas…..knowing Ms. Horner LoL J/k I don’t think she died though. We’ll soon see!
Purple People Eater 19 days ago
I’m pretty sure that doesn’t mean what Luann’s thinking.
Ellis97 19 days ago
Either Mrs. Horner moved out, or something more tragic is going on.
drewpamon 19 days ago
She went home?
Ignatz Premium Member 19 days ago
That’s obviously not the way they would tell you that, so she just moved out.
DawnQuinn1 19 days ago
Poor choice of words. She probably just left the hospital.
tkspring 19 days ago
Nah, nothing dramatic like that. She’s off on another exciting adventure somewhere.
Aladar30 Premium Member 19 days ago
Hooray! Luann is going to visit her mentor! How nice, I was hoping for that. Dear Mrs. Horner probably left the retirement home to go somewhere, since I don’t think the woman at the information desk completely lack of tact. Maybe a walk, maybe a trip. Probably faint during her lesson may have made her want to do something special. I hope Luann meets her because I love seeing them chat. Maybe they can bring up again the topic of Luann studying medicine.
wongo 19 days ago
Naa, she just went out for a pizza.
RabbitLi 19 days ago
Sleepy Creek. Really Greg?
wotclaw 19 days ago
PHRASING!!
preacherman Premium Member 19 days ago
Poor choice of words for a hospital receptionist. I rather think she meant Ms.Horner was released or transferred.
baskate_2000 19 days ago
Sure hope that just means she went home.
ctolson 19 days ago
Stale old line that freaks people out thinking the person died and generates more drama than saying “She’s been discharged from the hospital.”
Just-me 19 days ago
I’m really hoping Mrs. Horner didn’t die, but rather moved someplace else.
Chris 19 days ago
I sure hope she meant something along the lines of back to her house.
RSH 19 days ago
left “us”, not the world
mindjob 19 days ago
I hope she’s not taking a dirt nap
tutibug5 19 days ago
Mrs. Horner borrowed Bet’s van and is out on a road trip … book of her adventure will be available later.
DaBump Premium Member 19 days ago
I work for the county Senior Nutrition program, delivering meals to seniors and shut-ins, and it’s hard when my route sheet simply lists one as UFN (Until Further Notice) or worse, Term (terminated). It’s much better when one of them has told me in advance they were going to be on vacation or better yet, felt they didn’t need the service anymore.
jrankin1959 19 days ago
Relax, Lu – and everybody else; she probably signed herself out and went home.
comic reader 22 19 days ago
Naw, they have to let Mrs. Horner get to 100, so she should be coming and going for at least another 15 years.
wolfgang73 19 days ago
Well it’s been a couple weeks….
Stregone39 19 days ago
Left to go Home!
KEA 19 days ago
the problem with euphemisms
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction 19 days ago
Probably scaling the Matterhorn again.
EMGULS79 19 days ago
Okay, Luann, if she died, they’re “officially” not allowed to tell you. However, places like this almost invariably put up “In Memoriam” photos with obituaries in common areas of the building. So stroll around through those common areas. If she died within the last couple of weeks you’ll probably see her picture out somewhere. (Just don’t tell the HIPAA Enforcers you heard it from me).
locake 19 days ago
Sleepy Creek is a Residence, not a hospital. This is where Mrs. Horner lives , or lived. She may have moved to a rehab facility for a month or two and checked out of SC so she doesn’t have to pay $7000 a month.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 19 days ago
So much about Mrs.Horner……..
patrickab7 19 days ago
Probably just went home because she’s feeling better………?
Elaine1975 19 days ago
Hopefully she moved back home!
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 19 days ago
The receptionist looks like the woman who plays the doctors receptionist in Call the Midwife
Joe1962 Premium Member 19 days ago
I think she went home, most of these places you can sign yourself out.
eced52 19 days ago
I think she means she was discharged.
leighabc123 19 days ago
Mrs. Horner is not dead! She transferred to another retirement home!
SiteeSatee Premium Member 19 days ago
She left us… in stitches.
lnrokr55 19 days ago
And so it continues…
oakie817 19 days ago
cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style without being interpreted as an overly heavy-handed metaphor within the context of the thematic material a bit on the frenetic and frantic side with interesting rhythmic devices which seem to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor utilizing a novel imaging technique known as positron emission tomography and the spontaneous nondenominational conceptions by expansively recontextualizing liminal narratives of colonic hydrotherapy with a twinge of giddiness
liberalnlovinit 19 days ago
Bad way of putting that…
Need coffee 19 days ago
Probably to go skydiving. YOLO
Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member 19 days ago
Colonel Mustard … in the Sun Room … with the Ocarina.
htieiri 19 days ago
Whoa, whoa!! Aren’t you jumping to false conclusions? She probably just checked out of the place and went home.
LNER4472 Premium Member 19 days ago
Medical professionals and receptionists in places like this are (USUALLY) strongly rehearsed and coached on EXACTLY how to phrase whatever the circumstances may be in the least shocking terms (“she did not survive, I’m sorry…..” or “she has departed for another facility/her home” or whatever). One clever dodge is “you need to talk to the family….” I had the latter happen when I went to the hospital to visit a sick friend, and cut to the chase: “Okay, if he’s still alive, you can confirm that for me, right?………… [sickly silent smile from the receptionist]…………. [sigh]….thank you ……”
Of course, the other crazy set-up:
“She left us….”“WHAT?!? She’s DEAD?!?!?”“She went home………….”“Oh, good!”“……………………. to Our Lord….”“NOOOOO!”
Chris Colvard 19 days ago
Did she leave, or did she… leave? Great googaly moogaly, PHRASING!
nightflight 19 days ago
Another day of treading water, while everyone waits for Shannon to write another chapter of her book.
The Quiet One 19 days ago
Relax, she was discharged is all.
kstewskis 19 days ago
Transitional care after hospitalization is a thing. Luann looks like she checked her retirement residence. May or may not indicate she’s at permanent status (assisted living, skilled nursing, ect…). Hopefully she’ll be back to independent living. Btw, did I miss what the reason was for Mrs Horner collapse? She didn’t need CPR, was it stroke? TIA? That might give us a hint.
BuckarooDave 19 days ago
I think she’s shacking up; moved in with a gentleman. =:-O
gnmnrbl 19 days ago
Yeah “mrs. horner left us” doesn’t necessarily mean she died. it can just mean she went to another home or she went to live with a friend. Take it easy luann, we’re sure horner is fine.
rbrt6956 19 days ago
An unfortunate choice of words maybe?
donwestonmysteries 19 days ago
Might be a better way of putting that.
eddi-TBH 18 days ago
Phrasing, people. Sheesh!
elliel203 18 days ago
I’m thinking she just went home. As in house..
nightflight 18 days ago
Getting late. Shower time. Get your soap-on-a-rope, Tiffany.