Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 11, 2024

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    Tenax  about 2 months ago

    Les is content. That’s a good thing. We can’t all be electro-quantum astrophysical poo-pahs.

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    beb01  about 2 months ago

    So we’re spending a week on a man who has no ambitions, goals or desires. Maybe that works for The Buddha but it makes Les worthless.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member about 2 months ago

    So Les is Happy and he Knows it, Stomp your feet.

    Once upon a time, Knox had ambitions back in 2015-2016

    Here’s the problem: Les has been living off his Unca Al’s dime and kindness for too long.

    Al has provided free room and board. Les gets in trouble, Al bails him out.

    It hasn’t occurred to Mr. Knox yet that if Al is suddenly out of the picture, that it’s gonna be TOUGH to live solely off a dishwasher’s salary.

    You’re wasting your breath, Gunny.

    The only thing that’s gonna get Les back in school is some hot babe, he’s drooling over.

    That, and maybe Les getting laughed out of the dealership when he try’s to buy a brand new BMW M2 on a “dishwashers” salary. ;-)

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    kenhense  about 2 months ago

    Les is content now. But not later. At some point he is going to need more money – maybe when he takes on a girlfriend.

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    KhurramHashmi  about 2 months ago

    I like the direction of this chapter – more bonding between the two for better future for Les.

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    Sanspareil  about 2 months ago

    And with a moggy on his shoulder it doesn’t get any better!!!

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    Ruth Brown  about 2 months ago

    Trade school, Les. Get rich without debt.

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    Wilkins068  about 2 months ago

    Les might wanna re – evaluate his thinkin, especially if he ever has to pay rent on a place, pay utilities on said place, pay for food an cat food and hope he has a little left over if he wants to go out somewhere or mebbe on a date.

    But if he’s happy as a lark in his current station in life, no one’s gonna be able to tell him anything

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    SFGuy415  about 2 months ago

    Is it just me or does Les looks like Bob Hope?

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    TwilightFaze  about 2 months ago

    I can’t fault Les here. Some people wanna push to be bigger and better. Others are perfectly happy being a burger flipper at McDonalds. As long as it pays the bills and puts food in the fridge, that’s all they need. Not everyone’s goals are the same, so let’s not judge. Not like we know their story, anyway.

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    snsurone76  about 2 months ago

    I had a badly-paying job for 25 years, but found fulfillment elsewhere—being active in my synagogue, painting, volunteering, enjoying films from Hollywood’s Golden Age… Les makes a good point here—at least he’s not pimping or selling drugs.

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    French Persons Premium Member about 2 months ago

    I’m not sure that being a dishwasher at The Fuse is really a viable long-term plan..

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    Shirl Summ Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Hey, somebody’s got to do the dishes . ..

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    Kurtass Premium Member about 2 months ago

    I have a friend that has worked 12yrs at the same restaurant as a dishwasher.

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    sueb1863  about 2 months ago

    Les, you won’t be able to live in the guest house at Gunther’s mom’s forever. A dishwasher’s paycheck won’t get you much beyond a rented room in the bad part of town, if even that. You should also understand that the Fuse also won’t be around forever.

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    Pet  about 2 months ago

    Well, the world needs dishwashers too and if Les likes his job, all the better. It means he will do a good job.

    Many years ago, dining at a restaurant, we had the most incredible waiter. We engaged in conversation and we asked if this was putting him through school.

    I can’t actually remember the answer to that question but I do remember that he said he always tried to be the best, no matter what he did. He waited on tables, so he was going to be the BEST waiter. And he truly was!

    We loved his attitude and the pride he took in his job. It is too bad more people don’t have his ethics today.

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    cdward  about 2 months ago

    If that works for him, cool.

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    OneTime59  about 2 months ago

    I can relate to Les’ approach.

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    LawrenceS  about 2 months ago

    Mom could never understand a great-grandson who got a factory job out of high school. She thought he could go to college. The world needs people can do a lot of different jobs. They all don’t require degrees. And it’s wonderful if you can enjoy your work.

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    Bernedoodle  about 2 months ago

    If everyone was the same, it would be a boring comic strip. Can you imagine Peanuts with all characters like Charlie Brown? Yin and Yang.

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    tremaine53  about 2 months ago

    As long as Les isn’t complaining about his life, there’s no reason to suggest that he live it any differently. The world needs dishwashers, after all.

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    Ignatz Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Lacking ambition and being fine with dishwashing makes sense. But it also means you have no roof if it wasn’t for Irma and Al.

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    BJDucer  about 2 months ago

    Gunther and Les are polar opposites. It appears Les may have found his calling in life, despite Gunther’s admonishment. If Les is happy with what he’s doing and not harming anyone else, who is Gunther to decide or determine what Les “should” be doing with his life? Now that I think of it, it appears to me that of the two, Gunther has more angst currently in his life than Les does. Besides, is Gunther doing anything at all to earn a living? If not, he really doesn’t have a lot of wiggle room to critique Les’ manner of income.

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    MS72  about 2 months ago

    I washed dishes at a steakhouse my senior year H.S. Good experience, meeting adults working together as a team, most of the time. :)

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    Fontessa  about 2 months ago

    Les has reached his angle of repose.

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    melodymucisa  about 2 months ago

    I hope Knute and Delta come back, but I don’t think we’ll ever see them again.

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    RCKJD  about 2 months ago

    I am quite with Les there. While my job doesn’t pay that much, it’s low stress, I am left alone and I almost like it. At least I don’t actively hate it. My wife is fine with being the main income provider, and that’s the main thing.

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    ctolson  about 2 months ago

    Some people set the bar high. Others like to be able to just step over it and are content with that.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Maybe this arc will be about Les finding an ambition in life? I think he’s really happy and could easily stay a dishwasher his whole life. But who knows, maybe one day he could decide to open a cat café with Punk and all his future kittens. Uncle Al would definitely be able to help him with that.

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    Ellis97  about 2 months ago

    Les is a man of simple pleasures.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  about 2 months ago

    Living with success early in life. Now Leslie may need to dream up more goals.

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    mindjob  about 2 months ago

    But he has potential. Bus boy, then waiter are jobs in his future

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    baskate_2000  about 2 months ago

    His redeeming quality is that he likes cats

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    IlonaHerbert  about 2 months ago

    Where is it written that you HAVE to go to college? That you HAVE to have a degree? That you HAVE to have a career? College isn’t for everyone. Some people just want to have a low-stress life which could mean a low-stress job – come in, do your job and leave. Les is employed – he’s not leeching off of assistance and who’s to say they aren’t paying his uncle rent?

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    Lord King Wazmo Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Once again, the Evans Clan has its finger on the pulse of Young America. Millions of young kids today want to be dishwashers, because it’s EASY. Crazy kids.

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    AM730  about 2 months ago

    All I know is that when I was in college the university radio station was taken over by “professional students” – people who had graduated but thought it would be cooler to stay at the station and play “Breakfast with the Beatles” for the next 30 years. This was OK for the first ten years or so, but I used to go up to them and ask “Hey, isn’t this the year your little sister graduates from Law School?” It was like the Lost Boys only with worse music.

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    nightflight  about 2 months ago

    Les is preparing to hook up with a lonely cat lady who he will meet in the park. Gunther will move on with Bets, and Les will live happily ever after, with his cat lady.

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    Nick Wright  about 2 months ago

    I feel like nobody who has actually worked as a dishwasher would say it was “minimal effort”.

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    BJShipley1  about 2 months ago

    So Les enjoys living in a glorified toolshed (furnished solely with a couple beanbag chairs and an overpriced area rug) with a guy he can’t stand, lorded over by his mobster uncle who won’t even allow him to have a woman stay overnight? That’s his life’s goal achieved right there?

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    MontanaPhil50  about 2 months ago

    An education certificate says that you may have the tools and ability to start learning a job. One could become an electrician by following a master electrician around for some years but it would be difficult to impossible to become an electrical engineer without a significant understanding of math and physics

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    bilbrlsn  about 2 months ago

    Education provides nothing more than opportunity. “Love what you do” may benefit or not from the amount and specificity of the education you achieve.

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    locake  about 2 months ago

    This is the exact topic I mentioned yesterday. Nice that Gunther is asking him kind of neutral questions about his goals in life. It might make Les think about what more he could do with his life.

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  about 2 months ago

    That cat has more ambitions than its owner

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    illuminare  about 2 months ago

    yeah sure have your relatives paying for the roof over your head, in reality les would have a tent under the overpass .

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    The Quiet One  about 2 months ago

    To a degree I can relate with Les.

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    lnrokr55  about 2 months ago

    Educated and skilled are not the same thing in the modern world. Even if you’re smarter than someone, it doesn’t make you better than them. Just my 2 cents! ;-)

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    comic reader 22  about 2 months ago

    Things will change when love comes to town for Les (that would be an interesting story). For now, he seems to be totally content with his life. He has an awesome cat, a tv, a bed, a beanbag chair and enough money to get along on. Who can knock that?

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    Joe1962  about 2 months ago

    Gunther, Les is Happy.

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    erin.adamic Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Back off, Gunther! I used to like you, but you’re acting like an elitist prick! Whoever thought that Les would be the good guy in your house?

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    Susan123  about 2 months ago

    Les is immediately on the defense with a simple inquiry question. I am glad that Greg is addressing this. It really hits home for me.

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    JPuzzleWhiz  about 2 months ago

    Maybe Les wants to be a party poo-pah? d;o)

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    Curiosity Premium Member about 2 months ago

    If Les is content with his path, so be it. If Gunther is happy with his path, so be it. Both paths contribute to the overall good of society and so are worthwhile. Either one would be miserable if required to follow the other’s path.

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    olds_cool63  about 2 months ago

    The dishes aren’t gonna wash themselves!

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    Dragoncat  about 2 months ago

    Even in the highest-quality electro-quantum astrophysical laboratories…, someone has to wash the dishes.

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    Rhetorical_Question   about 2 months ago

    Leslie Knox is dependent on his Uncle Al’s magnanimous support. His mother abandoned him at a orphanage until Uncle Al rescue him.

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    Rhetorical_Question   about 2 months ago

    Leslie Knox is surviving instead of thriving. He was a former thief before.

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    Rhetorical_Question   about 2 months ago

    Mr Knox didn’t graduate from Pitts High School. He should go back and get his diploma?

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    KEA  about 2 months ago

    Believe it or not, I told my students this. Not everyone has to go to college to be both successful and happy. (social pressure said otherwise)

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    eddi-TBH  about 2 months ago

    I stumbled into a slightly more remunerative job and never left. Actually got a pension and other investments that allowed me to retire. I imagine The Fuse has some kind of perks for the employees. They are nice people. Les will probably do OK.

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    RogerWilco  about 2 months ago

    Everything impinges on our financial state. It’s called life. That is your juxtaposition.

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