Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 08, 2014

Wrong, Quill… the inventor did it because they went on enough dates to know…and maybe had enough kids to also know….. – On another note, I wonder…..What time did the dance let out, anyway?…

“Hot Wheels Part II”“Speed Trap Part II”“Hot Razors In My Heart Car”or “Genius Of Love Gear Shift”

feels so gooood.

Theirs is the only car at Makeout Point, on New Years’ day just after the dance? At least Luann knows where it is. I doubt that Brad has ever seen the place, and of course Gunther is aware of its existence only as a topographic feature.

“Sponsored by”…the Hondo Chaperone…. “The jenius in engineering”…. -

and by…Uncle Karl Benz’ Rice… “Serves your daily nutrients of oil and gives you lots of power…Make the shift to good taste!”…..

It’s a hatchback if back seats fold down room can be made. Just saying.

Will Frank be too exhausted to wait up for her?….

If that were one of the old “Arista” logos, there would be some pink along with the dark blue to let you know……

Lu is ready. Qu is happy, but that may because we can’t see his right hand.

The Frank Busting Initiative never sleeps….

You’re just about to move and you’re thinking it’s a breezeThere’s a light in your eye and then a guy saysOutta the car, longhair!Lu-ee, you’re coming with me, the local police …

I guess that’s what reminds me of the song “Hot Razors In My Heart” by Crack The Sky that I posted in the link above……

Well, Quill, time to put your creativity to use. Just how will you get jiggy with your girl in a car that small? Guys are usually pretty inventive, I’m sure he’ll think of something.

And now LuAnn and Quill in a scene from The Rocky Horror Show, as Janet and Rocky: (cue music Touch-a Touch Me.)

Luann & Quill are having fun. I don’t think Gunther & Rosa would do this well in the car. Gunther needs to take Rosa on a hike – where they could help each other climb over this and that – like partners…

cue “Heaven By The Dashboard Light”…

Brings back some very good memories.

“…I doubt Brad has even seen the place.. "Cue Brad & Toni driving up themselves for a bit of snuggling……

Maybe … but it could be light polution.

Hurry up, Brad, Frank, Ben… anybody, show up and stop this!!!!

Actually, peeps, the gearshift is there, because it’s directly connected to the Transmission, on a “standard” car

Luann – Here is the motorhome for you. I just can’t put my finger on it, but something about it just seems right^^Phallus on wheels

A cop starts to knock on the window while those two have the seats reclined and…

It’s Dirk!!! LOL^^Dirk is a garbage man

& another teen pregnancy is about to happen. But let’s hope it is stopped.

maybe a new character in September will make an appearance?

………and cue the cops……

Ah, the teasing chitchat. I still doubt anything much will come of it.But Greg has been known to deal with serious issues before; yet, while an unwanted pregnancy could be instructive, it would so change how Luann is perceived by many readers that I think it will not happen.

Somebody’s going roadside.

@mikeyj and fathergod: I think Dirk was training to be a cop while he was working as a garbage man. I don’t know if he ever interacted with Luann or Quill, just Nancy, Brad and Toni. Did he meet Luann when they were helping Mrs. Horner move?

And I think it’s a long way to assume a pregnancy will occur even if these two do go All the Way in this arc. My take on Quill is that he’s plenty bright enough to either have brought some protection or not do anything too risky.

My take on Luann is that this is the first time she’s been with a real boyfriend, and as a senior in high school she feels “it’s about time!” She wants to prove she’s a grownup when she isn’t. Quill is a grownup, and will prove it.

How much does anybody want to bet that the first person Luann calls tomorrow morning will be Tiffany?

“…now we dot it back, now we fade to black…” (Steely Dan)

clever

Luann is in the driver’s seat tonight!

HEY!!!!

LUANN? When Your DAD Said, “Now You COME Straight Home after The Dance, You Hear?”

THIS, Is NOT What He MEANT, Young Lady!!!!

Geeeez….Luann is a little _____, don’t you think?

I hope Quill packed his rubbers.

Somehow, I doubt this will turn into a deflowering storyline. Then again, what do I know? I thought Quill should have dated Delta.

I wonder what Gunther will consider when he buys a car? Do you think “how easy it is to have sex in” will be a main criteria in his selection? lol

Some engineer like Gunther designed the car. That explains everything.

I predict a Cop with a flashlight.

Yes, yes, but what about Gunther and Rosa?!?!

So, if Luann gets knocked up in this thread, will that mean she has more experience than Brad?

Snore…….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Another double entendre for team Evans. A song for Lu; “Baby now that I’ve found you” by Alison Krauss. For Rosa “Desperado” by Linda Ronstadt.

Anyone else have an ominous feeling about this? Parked near a dropoff.. talk about gear shifts in the wrong place.. Hm.

Will Quill receive another just-in-time phone call from Australia?

“It was long ago, it was far away, it was so much better than it is today…”

…DIRK has a criminal record, he will NOT be a cop, so don’t even try to imply that…. ^As with other elements of “Luanniverse” (or fiction, for that matter), such can possibly be either “disregarded” (retconned) or “rewritten” (retooled)…. or possibly “the rules that apply in the 3D world may not apply in the 2D world”… – Not that what you’re saying isn’t true, and doesn’t make sense, because, of course, it does make sense…. but don’t count out fictional characters from total changes in their character or situation….

I mean, don’t count out characters from having total changes in their character or situation….

don’t know HOW many time I ended up with a bruised thigh from a gear shift!!! awwwww high school memories!

It can be done in a Toyota Corolla, front seat, passenger side, seat up or seat back, and end up with regret for the rest of your life. Save yourself teen girls — or there is a drug store on every third corner. Use it, BOTH of you, and I am serious.

Camera slowly zooms out, fade to black.Fade in next morning. Car still parked.Music up: “Wake up, Li’l Suzie, Wake up!”

I can see a cop tapping on the window next

Am I just a crotchety old man now?….I’ve always liked Luaan but she seems to come across like a needy sex crazed teenage girl!…Am I wrong???

Quill will get a phone call from Gunther, telling him that it’s time to come home for Mom’s plate of cookies and milk.

@seismic-2 Good one.

:-) I think Greg is trying for max comments for a story arc. :-)

Lesson from the 50s, never let your daughter date the kid driving a Nash.

I’m younger than that, and had the ultimate coitus interrupt-us mobile, a ‘76 Sunbird with non reclining bucket seats and a stick shift. I doubt even a pair of contortionists could have gotten busy in that car. Of course, I seldom dated, so it wasn’t ever really a problem…

wonder which “gearshift” he’s talking about?

Apart from a retcon/retooling bringing him in for the drama he said may unfold, I was also mainly thinking a “security” type gig as a secondary thing, as a fall-back, where he didn’t need a weapon (or possibly even a tazer)….though they are also subject to background checks, but I have known of agencies that still allowed certain things…even some run ins, depending on the company they use (you’d think that it wasn’t the case, but it does happen here and there)….That seems to be the path for some who fancy themselves as being one, kinda like how Uncle Rico was still dreaming of his past ambitions and his present…“ambitions”.. in Napoleon Dynamite…

But I wasn’t aware that Greg said anything recently… which would rule out any retcon/revision… If you could point me to where I can find it, so I can “school up”, it would be greatly appreciated!….. :-)– I came across something recently on a Google group that said that he considered Dirk and Tiffany to be the villains, and enjoyed writing about them, but didn’t see Dirk fitting in anymore…. but this was in ’07…

Maybe Tiffany will appear in another car with, mmm, a new guy?

Yeah, that’s what I was afraid of… that it was going to be there… that site has all the “juice”, and it does a world of good, but not when the “renovations” are still under way… seems longer than some real world, physical street repairs/construction projects…

If there’s no clutch, that’s not a gearshift.

when will the police come?

Y’all know you love milania(after all, toads ARE cute if you look at them just right)

Pretty spicy for a comic strip; I approve. But be safe, kids.

Sadly, what you’ve said here is true. :(

“Uh, err, uh that’s NOT a gearshift and please put it back where you found it.”

Honestly, part of the problem is generalization…. numbers and reasoning tend to be similar to how it goes on the talking heads shows… if a camp is for it, they’d agree with the numbers/reasoning… if against, they’d disagree… but as I’ve said, before, not everybody falls into the types of “camps” that you are setting out… – Speaking of the “Cartoonists’ Studio”, Greg has made it clear there, that he’s not going to push the subject, nor shy away … but as with everything, there should be balance… He seems to try to walk that “fine line”… he won’t alienate any segment of the readers over any other…

And the general metro area where I live, was known to have the highest birth rates among teens… some perceived it as seeming to come from not speaking of sex but was also blamed on media (prevalence of sexually provocative attitudes), and a lack of education (whether through parents or media or schools) about the realities and responsibilities of the consequences (having children with no means to take care of them, for both “inner city” and “suburban” situations; also the transmission of STDs)… – And don’t get me wrong, Sex is not a dirty word, nor a dirty act…. but the question is, how is it responsibly portrayed?…. That is the key… and not everyone would object to realizing that things can get “hot and heavy”… whatever all of our attitudes are, the spike in teen pregnancies aren’t always correlating to shunning, nor advocacy… whether either is real or perceived….

Instead of buying a motor home, shouldn’t she bring the Aussie home?

It’s time that the prospective sisters-in-law have a little chat.

Looking for some Wedding planning here for Brad and ToniCome on Greg.!!!!I am a wedding planner let me know if you want some real life drama :-) to work off of.

I remember an episode of “Facts Of Life” where Blair was to go on a date, and the guy had her in the van… she refused to do anything more than kissing and necking, and he wanted to go further, and kept trying to use the lines that everyone is doing it… others were portrayed there as having experience, but she admitted that she just talked a good game, and felt the pressure when it came to “reputation", whether the good or bad kind….. that she really wasn’t going to, but felt that “fine line” was lurking, sometimes… – “Cosby Show” had an episode or two like that…. the point seemed to be made that there’s a lot of pressure, and though it was acknowledged that things can get heated, that it isn’t wrong if someone refused… and to not be afraid because of the peer pressure…. that’s one of the messages that seem to be missing, these days….

I hope Rosa shows up in the next car, with the second guy she left the dance with (after dumping Gunther and going back to the dance to celebrate the break-up).

Uh .. you might want to check the braking on that vehicle, before um …

Well, hey, isn’t it about time for the Fire Department to show up …?

:-D

And Puddles could be out there earning money by offering to walk some people…

“Little Quilly” seems to be doing alright for himself, selling cans of paint…

Two words: “Buster….Brown…..”

Things change from day to day! In the middle of the night, when I read today’s installment, it occurred to me that the car is in what appears to be an obvious “parking” place. Therefore, I speculated that such a spot might be patrolled by the police. Yesterday, I was wondering if “let’s wait until we’re married” would come up; I now feel that the beam from a cop’s flashlight will keep that from happening! Will this be the old case of “coitus interruptus?” Anyway, it was worth wading through the stale Gunther & Rosa situation last week, in order to get something that makes one wonder, “what next?”

Again, most of my predictions never come about— by the time of tomorrow’s panels, I will probably have abandoned the theories of the “let’s wait ’til marriage” line and the shining of the police flashlight in favor of some other idea. Still, I can hardly wait…

Yep… the person who designed those cars had teenagers of their own. That’s why the shifter isn’t on the steering column… except in “ol’ fart” automatic transmission geezer-mobiles.

That’s how you know you got it bad… after they hand you a birth certificate, they start printing your blues albums in advance, with pictures that are digitally enhanced to show possible future aging…

In reading through the above comments, I see where other fans received the same impression I did concerning an unexpected police visit. However, I don’t give much credibility to the notion of it involving Dirk.

It may be difficult for the teenagers of today to realize that their great-grandparents were once young and obsessed with sex. The only difference would be the make & model of the automobile they were inside.

Luann wants to go far……

Has anyone seen the movie ‘Philomena’? I was going to avoid it, thinking it was just a soap opera, but it was good and thought provoking. Many lives were blighted due to lack of info given to young teen girls, and beliefs that once a teen made a decision that got her ‘into trouble’ that she was forever a fallen ‘magdalene’, unworthy of respect. And the blight extended to the young children born of out of wedlock , who were abruptly separated from the young mothers and the only lives they’d known. -I hope things are not that extreme now, but have to wonder…

5. In the heat of the moment, Luann cries out “Oh! Gunther!”6. In the heat of the moment, Quill cries out “Oh! Gunther!”

how far I could go… I don’t know if I should’ve gone this far… Well… maybe I’ll go just a little farther….AND that’s the way your thoughts (or lack thereof) can lead you astray.

Darn, I thought yesterday this was all happening in the school’s parking lot, wherein today Fogerty would be pounding on their window!

7: In the heat of the momment, they both cry out, “Oh! Gunther!” They speed to his house, pull him out of Rosa’s car where Rosa is doing all sorts of nasty things to Gunther that he does not understand, then Quill and Luann take Rosa’s place and do all sorts of nasty things to Gunther that he does not understand.

Now, see, you do have it in you!

Why can’t you be this “imaginative” with Brad & Toni? ;-PPP

Enter Police Office Dirk, stage right.

I used to have an old pickup with standard transmission. The floorshift was long and 3rd gear cuased the knob to come back over the seat beside me.I loved that 3rd gear on dates…

If we see a single hand slapped against the glass of a steamy car window (ala Titanic), then we know what happened.

♪ You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh. The fundamental things apply, as time goes…….♪

♪♪ and when two lovers woo, they still say I love you, on that you …..♪♪

And so ends another virgin of a famous story.

Sadly, this is true… – But, as a JW, I have a personal conviction that there will be a time that we don’t have to worry about dying, anymore… I don’t want to de-rail the discussion, but I just wanted to express what personally helps me cope with this tragedy….. especially as in recent years I have lost dear friends and loved ones, even in the past month, this is what personally helps me cope (Ps. 37:29, cited here for reference, only)…So, though right now it is our reality that we get sick and die, I hold my head up with hope in this….

It actually is the same song… Allison Kraus has been known to cover a standard or two…. beautifully, I might add!….

219, Huh?.. What a day!….

Luann is growing up appropriately for such a romantic young (horny) woman, which is perfectly normal actually. She is going to the next stage in life, as are all the characters. Is this the beginning of the end? Nooooo Greg, what will I read in the paper guaranteed to make me smile?

“Girl” falls in love with “Guy” who is out for fun with her and girl, girl, and girls. A girl snares him by secretely going off the pill, four years later leaves him for his best friend, pulls the same stunt with his best friend. “Guy” tries to go back to “Girl” three times over as many decades. “Girl” asks “Guy” how he remembers her after third try. “Guy” says, “Kind of slutty.” So Luann, listen up, but you probably won’t. And, guys, listen up. Never trust the girl to keep using birth control, so become a customer of the drugstore. There are things worse than buying contraceptives and the clerk asks, “How’s your mother?” Believe me, I know.

You know a cop’s going to show up.Cars are pretty uncomfortable to do a lot of things in, though.

Kissing, hugging, petting, wooing. Who knows what next they’ll soon be doing?

I recall a Mad Magazine parody on that poem. A Dr. Seuss spoof called “The Cats are all Bats…” about very bad adults doing very bad things… In this case, a “a cheating couple.” The end of the poem read:

Loving…Kissing…Billing…Cooing…

Who knows what they’ll soon be doing…

Husband…Wife…Father…Mother…

Both are married…but not to each other!"

:-)

Which is why there is a back seat………

Several decades ago, it would be termed, “canoodling!”

Skiddooing?Yep, you got it – 23 of ’em.Now THAT’S OLD!!

I remember that one. It was subtitled “My first book for adults”. I think it was Frank Jacobs who wrote the article, while it was drawn by the legendary Bob Clarke.

The other poem I recall the best is about a mugging and the unwillingness of people to offer support, etc..

Hark…Hark…Clark’s in the park…

Clark’s in the park and he’s being mugged (what an easy mark)…

As Clark gets jumped, 3 cops take flight…

And six other people run out of sight…

But along comes {insert name} who sees the fun…

And isn’t the type to turn and run…

He pitches right in… Kicks Clark in the {rhymes with "splotch"}…

And helps himself to Clark’s “Benrus Watch…”

Said Clark, before the scene dissolved…

“It wasn’t much, but I got involved.”

The only thing I can offer is the song “Yes Sir, We Have No Bananas” and my personally autographed copy of a Eubie Blake album….. and my copy of the first “Archie” from the 40s, in reprinted form….

Depends on your definition of ‘mid-size.’ What I see advertised as mid-sized used to qualify as a subcompact.Fortunately when I was dating, I had a full-sized car and I do mean full-sized.

just saw tomorrow’s (today’s), and… it’s almost none of the above… almost….

I stopped following for several years but now I’m binge- reading. The song that comes to mind is Paradise by the Dashboard Lights. Though Quill would not put that kind of pressure on Luann.