Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 21, 2012
Transcript:
Ox: "This says I saw Shannon bite you. I don't even know who Shannon is. And I didn't see any biting. This is lying" Ann: "Not lying, Ox, HELPING. You'd like to help me, wouldn't you? Hm?" Ox: "I don't like bullies..." Ann: "Exactly! And Shannon's a bully! So sign!" Ox: "No, I think you're the bully" Ann: "ME?! No, no, Ox. You told me "You're nice," remember? AND "real pretty"
barbarasbrute over 12 years ago
Love it !!!!!!
bikenboatn over 12 years ago
Ox is no dummy. And AE may just get her comeuppance now.
mojitobaby over 12 years ago
Pity the pretty’s only skin deep.
Cofyjunky over 12 years ago
BOO-YAH!!
DaJellyBelly over 12 years ago
sniff, sniff – I think somebody just soiled their panties! LOL
Ron Dunn Premium Member over 12 years ago
yaaaaaa Ox get in her face and tell her like it is.
bikenboatn over 12 years ago
And AE’s blouse even changed color from green last week to blue this week.
rayannina over 12 years ago
Maybe it’s a mood blouse …
Airman over 12 years ago
I guess this means no dessert today.
wvhappypappy over 12 years ago
I think TJ will see that Ox is well fed…
legaleagle48 over 12 years ago
Guess what, Ann? Ox isn’t as dumb as he looks!
brewingbiker over 12 years ago
He may be a slow thinking, but he stands by his convictions!
rangerlord31 over 12 years ago
Two words: surveillance video
kher over 12 years ago
Poor Ox. He just wanted his usual lunch, instead he got this.
SideshowStarlet over 12 years ago
I think it’s safe to assume that, no matter what happens, TJ and Ox are actually fraternal twins separated at birth. The reason we all assume that TJ is older is because TJ inherited the “college brain” (but was never motivated to put it to use in an academic setting), while Ox got the brawn and was held back.
SideshowStarlet over 12 years ago
Yay, Ox! It wasn’t that he was too clever for Ann; it was just that he was too dumb to fool. I’m so glad he managed to see right through her!
SoItBegins~ over 12 years ago
Oooh boy. OX has the dual advantage of being hard to fool and a natural at intimidation. It’ll be interesting to see where this goes.
poochiewoochie over 12 years ago
I’d like to see TJ call Toni and have her bring in the big, bad bully Shannon while Ox is there.
Funny that AE thought she could get Ox to sign that paper; this woman is really low.
ZacBSM over 12 years ago
Go, Go, Go, Ox, Go! What he said in the first panel was pretty similar to what I said last week but in a different scene – mine was in a courtroom. Yes, you know it, Ox. Ann is the bully!
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
You go, Oxford! His heart is as big as his muscles, and he knows a bully when he sees one, even if she is real pretty! YAY, Ox!
auramac over 12 years ago
He now knows that not only is she a bully, she thinks he’s stupid!
Ottodesu over 12 years ago
Mongo mad!
flowerladytoo over 12 years ago
YES!!!!
Ottodesu over 12 years ago
OK, I’m just kidding when I suggest that he is mentally inept. I said last time that “smart” does not equal “intelligent”.Oxford is very smart. Love the way that Greg has portrayed different kinds of bullies. All abuse power, but not all are physical.
Hank1938 over 12 years ago
She MUST be related to Tiffany…
YankeeFan56 over 12 years ago
Unless I’m mistaken, Ox is the first character that AE has encountered that has a clear advantage over her. Bernice worked for her at the bookstore, so did Zane. She had influence over Toni to some degree because she employed Brad. There is an uneasy truce with TJ, but there is no clear victor there. Ox is simply her best customer. She has already mishandled him, only to be saved by TJ. But now Ox’ rose-colored glasses are gone. Obviously, now AE has lost over $150/day in food sales, and the ball is in Ox’ court. My only question is how far Greg will allow Ox to go with this. I keep reminding myself that AE is an adult (at least in terms of age) and Ox is a high-schooler.
Bender_Sastre over 12 years ago
Never seen her eyes that wide before.
Vilyehm over 12 years ago
Rose-colored glasses?.Them’s catsup stains.
Vilyehm over 12 years ago
Ox is restrained. He did not bite the pen in his face.
gibson22varcelone over 12 years ago
You probably should have stuck with your “up-selling” studies, Ann.
trspence over 12 years ago
Ya see Ann, this is what is technically known as the moment the brown organic matter hit the rotary air impeller.
Dabit over 12 years ago
Looks like Ann is now in position to bite Ox’s finger.
ILikeMeSomeComics over 12 years ago
Sh*t just got real!
Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member over 12 years ago
Sheriff Mordecai said, less than a minute ago
@BikeNBoatN
Re Ann’s blouse – deinitely a color shift in place – just checked the submitted files and the color is supposed to be the same from last week. WIll bring this up. Not just the blouse, either. Good eye. No way should her blouse and Ox’s jersey be that close in hue.
sarge112751 over 12 years ago
" ( oops! ) "
Rakkav over 12 years ago
Sometimes the expected outcome is the truly gratifying one. Sic ’er, Ox!
orc9461 over 12 years ago
Ox SMASH!
Snoopy_Fan over 12 years ago
Is she touching him in the first panel?
Islandmom over 12 years ago
early on, I remember Ox telling AE that his dad gave him a ‘platinum card’ for his lunch…so there’s some money there, and where there’s money, there’s pull…think Ox’s dad is the next to get in the picture?
Mordock999 over 12 years ago
Quick, Annie!
Give the O-man that bag of kiddie toys and then Yell “April Fool”!!!
….then RUN!!!!
wicky over 12 years ago
boomerang!
ekw555 over 12 years ago
bet she never considered that he could read.or think.
Chuck373 over 12 years ago
Sorry, Ann. The court system is already overloaded with baseless lawsuits filed by our similar overload of lawyers.
Tinyman over 12 years ago
Knock her block off
smiling4Him over 12 years ago
Go Ox!
LiviaBay over 12 years ago
Anne’s is such a fool, her biggest customer is going to fly the coop. Ox might be a bit dull… but he knows a lying bully, when he sees one.
Sportymonk over 12 years ago
I hope Ann does go to court because now Ox can show up and testify how Ann tried to get him to falsely sign and thus show the world what she really is.
djsabc over 12 years ago
I knew the kid would do the right thing. If his parents trust him that much he must have earned it.
reedkomicks Premium Member over 12 years ago
TJ’s grin should be returning presently..
serenasakitty over 12 years ago
She really does have a problem with someone who won’t give in to her, doesn’t she?
cubswin2016 over 12 years ago
I am starting to really like Ox.
imbaldeagle over 12 years ago
No seductive eyelashes in the last panel – and a grimace?
petersg_99 over 12 years ago
Ox seems to have come in handy a second time now. I wonder if he will be seeing him more often from now on…
poyer4230 over 12 years ago
Ouch!
imbaldeagle over 12 years ago
Hey, I wonder… Seems like Ann should know Tiffany. Maybe she’s got ONE MORE CHANCE. Ohhhh, what if that would be strike 3?
posterblue over 12 years ago
Looks like AE is going to be able to sue two people for assault.
DockoftheBay over 12 years ago
I hope that her finger gets gangrene and falls off.
darkman12 over 12 years ago
way to go Ox
38lowell over 12 years ago
He’ll probably take his business elsewhere & maybe she’ll lose her job.
Kydex29 over 12 years ago
Ann, I got a feeling your whole FAMILY’s going down!
cdward over 12 years ago
Ox does not like bullies.
chipperson over 12 years ago
AE is about to get a taste Ox the BULL
MeGoNow Premium Member over 12 years ago
Yes, Ox is dumb. But he doesn’t lie and therefore cannot be easily lied to.
Mighty_Mouse over 12 years ago
I think maybe Sheriff is mad!What with all the QA errors with “correcting” his colors. That would be a fun strip to watch.
Simon_Jester over 12 years ago
In the last panel, Anne looks like she’s trying to channel T.J.
This is SO gonna blow up in her face.
Doctor11 over 12 years ago
Get her, Ox! Get her! Good boy!
Nick37 over 12 years ago
Ann Eiffel reminds me of Mid-90s Linda Fiorentino. She has that evil seductress vibe.
Callie Ray over 12 years ago
YES!! Oxford’s telling Ann that SHE’S the bully!
violinrules over 12 years ago
Busted…
violinrules over 12 years ago
VEEERRRRY Busted….
photogirl800mm over 12 years ago
HELL YEAH!
Mike Blake over 12 years ago
Never seen Ann’s eyes open so wide as that last panel.
vldazzle over 12 years ago
Because this is the first time we’ve seen her really frightened.
swb338 over 12 years ago
Somebody called this one last week…LOL
Airman over 12 years ago
Ann’s top is still green in the newspaper today.
Dragoncat over 12 years ago
Methinks Ox IS the brains in his family, after all…And Burgerbox is about to get its best customer back.
JohhnyB over 12 years ago
Annie get your gun.
Fan o’ Lio. over 12 years ago
Gregg has had a lot of practice drawing that face in the last panel . It is just Tiffany in a big black wig after one of her schemes backfires.
Yuban333 over 12 years ago
Great, now AE is going to sue Ox for making that “real pretty” comment, claim that that comment was “sexual harassment”, all because he wouldn’t sign her “witness” testimony.
Yuban333 over 12 years ago
Oh, and that Ox “threatened & intimidated” her.
Nonny over 12 years ago
Get her, Ox!
The Old Wolf over 12 years ago
Go, Ox, Go! Make her sweat and then go in for the kill!
Kathe over 12 years ago
Ox has smarts that a lot of smart people lack.
corpcasselbury over 12 years ago
If I were Ann Eifel, I’d be doing some serious praying right about now.
blunebottle over 12 years ago
Hey, where IS TJ while this is transpiring?
JimT8 over 12 years ago
OK, and there is also the “dumb ox” expression.
kenhense over 12 years ago
After this – Ann can’t even sell food to OX !What should she do for a career? Policeman? (shudder).
Dragoncat over 12 years ago
Can’t you just hear the higher-ups now…?“Now, Ann. No one is blaming you for this incident. We just feel that this matter could have been prevented if you had just stayed in your office. The one back in Japan.”
Dragoncat over 12 years ago
Dear WeenieWorld,We just want to say THANK YOU for bringing back our best customer. We don’t know what you did, but we really appreciate it.Thanks, again!Burgerbox
Mitchtheone over 12 years ago
Ox may be a lot of things, but stupid is not one of them..
Fan o’ Lio. over 12 years ago
Tokyo Tengu said:Ya see Ann, this is what is technically known as the moment the brown organic matter hit the rotary air impeller.-——————————————————————————What you mean is:That’s when the defecation hits the ventilation.
tigre1 over 12 years ago
Break her in two, Ox. And let her know that your Dad’s a very great attorney…
tigre1 over 12 years ago
Ox is a very great addition to the strip. If Gunth is Robin Hood, Ox is Little John…or Friar Tuck.
JimT8 over 12 years ago
But Gunther was defending Rosa and Shannon was defending herself.
mojitobaby over 12 years ago
You must be a public school official; all you can see is the end result, not the force used by the instigating party. .If your adult, college-age son attempts to take something from a preschool kid that doesn’t belong to him, and that little kid bites your son, your attitude is that the little kid is somehow the “bully”? Damn these kids today, sheer size and an adult authority/social intimidation aspect just isn’t the fun feelgood factor it used to be. Maybe trying to snatch something from a person in a wheelchair is the way to go next time, amirite?.If someone larger than she backed your teenage daughter up against a locker and was about to put his hands on her and wouldn’t back off because he “knew she liked it”, and you swung a backpack at him because she was physically incapable of doing so or pushing him off, just who would the “bully” be in that scenario? I’m assuming your answer would be good news for potential rapists everywhere, amirite?
nj23nut over 12 years ago
I think someone is about to find out how many hot dogs can be shoved in her mouth at one time….
Dragoncat over 12 years ago
Really? Wow, thanks!
krelboyne over 12 years ago
It’s easy to win an arguement when you can pick the definitions.
kenhense over 12 years ago
@ Leviticus: Good Cop – Bad Cop. Dirk obviously playing the Good Cop and AE playing the Bad Cop (don’t trust the Good Cop).
alizarinegreen over 12 years ago
Now the Bully Lady becomes the victim to Ox the Bully Defender defending the little girl. As the Lady is afraid for her life, break out the 9mm.
Hunter7 over 12 years ago
Keep smiling Anne. And don’t worry. Ox won’t hit you. He’s a gentleman. (get you fired on the other hand………)
tinabee1967 over 12 years ago
I hope he walks out of WW and takes his $$ elsewhere. I keep hoping Elwood shows up to let AE know he owns the joint snd tosses her out on her rear, then promotes TJ to general manager.
Hunter7 over 12 years ago
Nowhere does Ox state or suggest that he is or will be defending Shannon. .He quite clearly stated “does not know a Shannon” and “has not seen any finger biting”.ie – he is refusing to sign anything about anything or anybody that he knows nothing about..Ox also understands verbal bullying.
And finally….. I still believe Ox is hearing impaired and because of his size has always been assumed to be slow. The problems he had in understanding Gunther relate more to someone with a hearing problem. Just ask your grandparents a question in a noisy room. See what words give them problems.
bash71 over 12 years ago
Hooray for Ox!
lilrabbit over 12 years ago
I don’t accept the stereotyping that has been done on this board. Ox has admitted to being less than skilled at Algebra, but in no way does that mean he is not sharp. Albert Einstien also admitted that he had poor skills in Algebra.
Fan o’ Lio. over 12 years ago
I find your post crude and offensive. You posted the same thing yesterday. I was hoping you had gotten it out of your system.
sfknight over 12 years ago
how pathetic it is to have a smoking body and a pretty face only to have it all negated by a personality that could curdle lava.
mojitobaby over 12 years ago
That “Einstein couldn’t do math” and the ever popular “Einstein didn’t speak until he was 4” crap was extrapolated from the fact that he was born with a rather large and misshapen head. Doctors were looking for mental impairment, and the fact that he spoke slowly until about age 9 was the source of both rumors. .People now want to claim he was autistic because of the not-speaking-until-he-was-4 thing – which is, again, totally undocumented.
mojitobaby over 12 years ago
Again, benefit of the doubt. Look at the poster’s comments on other boards – if he’s trolling, it’s on FBOFW.
Fan o’ Lio. over 12 years ago
I’ll bet I could have beaten Einstein ….. arm wrestling.
mojitobaby over 12 years ago
I always wondered if Einstein, with that large head, might’ve been a forceps delivery – which could have accounted for the misshapen aspect. Brad, on the other hand, is just a potato head. WIth weird hair – like, um…well, somebody here. .I’m laughing in sympathy because it seems you couldn’t catch a break with your teacher, but even though you didn’t get a better letter grade, you sure came away with some interesting knowledge you obviously never forgot.
dacien over 12 years ago
I bet AE gets fired and TJ gets the manager position because of his sales performance.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member over 12 years ago
Ann thought she got the horns with Shannon, but now she’s messing with Ox..Will she now, learn a valuable lesson?
falcon_370f over 12 years ago
Way to go, Ox!
JohhnyB over 12 years ago
You should look her up and sue her for your letter grade. I am sure someone here on this forum would represent you…
Thehag over 12 years ago
Ox never would have allowed her to bully/manipulate him. Ann is the one who is thick headed. Knew he was going to have to say something after she yelled at him.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 12 years ago
Can’t help but love Ann’s spin on what a “bully” is.
Angelalex242 over 12 years ago
OX SMASH PUNY MANAGER!
lilrabbit over 12 years ago
Little Rabbits prefer the statements of Einstein biographer Walter Isaacson to those of anonymous followers of comic stripts on the internet.
CrypticWizard over 12 years ago
Ann looks real nervous in that last panel. I think she figured out that Ox is smarter than she gave him credit for.
dohman Premium Member over 12 years ago
color shift should be addressed, you may need to refresh your browsers to see the corrected file
katybissell about 12 years ago
wow, Ox is a lot smarter than he seems at first!
Aladar30 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
GO OX!