Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 03, 2014

How do you keep an idiot in suspense?…

No, really!…. I promised someone I’d find out for them!…

It’s called a Poker Face.

“♪ …One Less Dumbell To Answer….♪”“To Be Continued, Part Two”“In School ‘Suspension’ "“Waiting For Idi-ot”or…“You Can Fool Some Of The People Some Of The Time, But You Can Fool Knute All Of The Time”

Knute’s not too bad at lying, either…and Crystal, That’s It??? Being the best liar? I wonder where this is going to take us… ;)

GoodWe’re following this thread a bit longer, maybe into Vallentine’s Day when she breaks out her Tommy

George Spiggott: Everything I’ve ever told you has been a lie. Including that.Stanley Moon: Including what?George Spiggott: That everything I’ve ever told has been a lie. That’s not true.Stanley Moon: I don’t know WHAT to believe.George Spiggott: Not me, Stanley, believe me!- “Bedazzled” (1967)

You’re so gullible, Knute.

P.S. Lois Lane couldn’t keep a secret if she was frozen in graphite.

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Yer way outta yer league, Newt!

Ah.. Paradoxical

Is that the truth?

So, Crystal’s going to spread some un-truths?Knute better invest in some baseball catcher’s padding for the backlash.

You know, if this is supposed to be the last year our protagonists are in high school, why aren’t they doing more things like Seniors do? Class pictures, helping with the yearbook, worrying about SATs, college application letters, and even the Senior Prom! At the rate Greg is going, our friends will still be in high school for another 29 years… ;)

And with that brilliant observation, I am signing off for the night (and, my Irish Setter is already sleeping!). ;)

I always lie. I never tell the truth.

Too late!Someone already turned that guy into a Knute!

Possibly, the talent runs in her family— she may have had a great-grandfather who won a local “liars club” contest a few times…

She’ll probably just give Leslie the evil eye implying that something, something BIG is coming his way. And do nothing else but more of the EVIL EYE.

Even though I’d like to believe that Crystal is just pulling Knute’s leg, there are a couple of songs:: “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” by Crystal Gale and “Would I Like To You”, by the Eurythmics…. - There’s also “Foolin” by Def Leppard“Lies” by Linda Ronstadt/ the Knickerbockers“Easy For You To Say” Linda Ronstadt“The Grand Illusion” by Styx“Little Lies” by Fleetwood Mac“Policy Of Truth” Depeche Mode

Reheated leftovers: A good commercial that some may have missed:click here for the Pet Smart “Slow Bark” puppy commercial….

and here for the 2009 CareerBuilder commercial “Signs to know when it’s time to leave your job”, including the ‘feeling like you need to punch small animals’ (featuring a puppet koala)’…

Ah, the Cretan Paradox! Very clever, Crystal; distract the witless schlub from whatever your real plan may be! —And looking sharp, too….

I’m a little disappointed. Anyone can lie; with Crystal, I was hoping for something a bit more… interesting.

no….Obama is the best liar in the world.

I think it was Josh Billings who said, “A auctioneer tole me that, and I never knowed a auctioneer to lie, lessin it wasabsolutely convenient.” The same cannot be said of poli-ticians. Being a good liar is a basic job qualification. Someare better at it, or tell more and bigger whoppers than others.

“BEST Liar,” Eh?

Knute? Be SURE to Keep THAT In Mind The Day THIS Gal, Who’s Looking Particularly HOT Today, Tell You “She LOVES You.”

This should be good.

SO my question is how is she going to use her power on Leslie Knox, and maybe it explains, partially, why she is such close friends with Tiffany, a “twinkie” as so pithily described by Luann in Sunday’s strip.

Oooh! Is she going to convince Rosa that Gunther’s worth staying with? ‘Cuz…we’re not sitting here wondering WTH with Gunther & Rosa or anything…

Crystal’s outfit is really hot. Where does she get her $$$$?

Shootin’ a mouse with a elemphumph gun

Crystal should be campagining for more girls’ room facilities.

New Year’s was her most subdued look yet.(Compare & contrast with Knute.)<

-Crystal’s real power is to get away with wearing clothes so awful-looking they make Knute’s outfits look good.

-Crystal reminds me of two sisters who attended my high school. Both were artists, and both dressed in antique clothes they found at local consignment stores. They were way ahead of their time; back then, no one willingly shopped at consignment stores. -Other kids gave them a wide berth, and called them witches. There was never any proof that the young girls knew the first thing about Wicca, but they were really great at sketching and painting. Very creative types. Maybe that’s Crystal’s real power….

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Now Knute can never believe a word she says…what fanlit fodder this arc is!

Crystal always looks great, I love her creative outfits. No choker today.

I think Dr. Hofstadter would consider that a strange loop.

If a girl or woman that I were pursuing a relationship with told me that the pursuit would stop right there.

Heh heh. Good one, Crystal.

“…. all Superman had to do to fool her is to put on a pair of glasses.”^And glasses without glass at times, at that!!!….

It was “rumor and hoax”. TV Lied also believed that there would be a new Trek series on in September… so I guess rumors of this being a TV show on, as well as the Trek one was , technically, on in the “false season”….

If you can convince a gullible person that you possess supernatural powers (even if you don’t), that is a power in itself!

I think Crystal’s power is the same as any woman, the ability to purr a little, squeeze Les’ muscles , compliment him on how strong he is, taking Knute down with one punch, getting him to spend a small fortune on her, just to drop him like a hot potato, as soon as he’s hooked! (Then go back to Knute, of course)

We’re so much more tolerant of the “differently-dressed” nowadays…

Sorry. I can’t support you on this one, Crystal.

She claimed she’s the best liar on the planet, able to convince anyone of anything. So since Knute said he believed her, and she said she just showed him how she does it (that is, convinced him), does that mean she =isn’t= the best liar on the planet, able to convince anyone of anything?

“Down a false path?” That’s for sure! ;)

“I like the Avatar you choose.” Thanks! Took me a while, but I finally found the Right mouse! ;)

“It got harder to fool her (Lois Lane) when he got into the wheelchair.” When did that happen? I haven’t read Superman in a long while… ;)

“…so that their (Superman and Lois’ marriage NEVER HAPPENED” I have a Superman comic from the 1950s (which is about the only one I could find) where Lois and Clark Kent were going to be married…she even wore a wedding dress…I forgot why they Didn’t get married. Too much of a dead-end plot line, I guess… ;)

Re. the Lois Lane from after the early 1990s. I gave up on the “Superman” comic when they killed him off… I can’t remember if I read the one about their engagement or not…its been a long time… ;)

Crystal is finally going to let Knute know that she’s really a drag queen.

Cool “secret power”, Crystal— but it’s gonna bite you in the back. Lying has consequences— but what exactly will they be?

So Leslie goes to the principal and makes a fool out of himself as he explains what happened. The principal figures out what happened in the restroom and calls Crystal and Knute into his office. Crystal and Knute get suspended for three days. Leslie gets no punishment because he was defending himself.