Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 28, 2016

Luann, I think you’re underage for a drink at the moment. Have a Shirley Temple instead.

Gotta make sure it works…

She could have a virgin bloody mary, too.

I like how Pru balances being encouraging with protective guidance.

Oooops- Lu just got carded by Pru! Being kicked out of the Fuse after only six minutes … who didn’t see that one coming ….

From YesterdayThe K2 on Pru vest stands for Kafe Kablooie.

I miss Will. I hope he phones her to renew their relationship

Take it from experience, crazy and alcohol do not mix.

Nor do social media and alcohol and cel phones and alcohol, now that I think about it there isn’t much that goes well with alcohol. Just stay away.

Coyote ugly time!!!

Pru sure seems to have desires to manuver Luann into a relationship in her world. Something beyond just friends.

Hurrah for Pru’s balance!!

Maybe, just maybe, Luanne is realizing she doesn’t need a boyfriend to have an fun life.

Stay tuned for our next exciting episode , " Pru knew " or " Bar the Bar "

Did anyone else see a veiled (or not-so-veiled) criticism of Luann in Pru’s panel 2 comment? —Which Lulu promptly set out to validate but for Pru’s restraining gesture….

just thinking that!

“She NEEDED That Trip,” huh Pru? Well, I DON’T See any ‘Strings.’ WHERE are Her STRINGS, Pru?You Know, the ones You’ve Attached to Luann, ‘Ms. Puppeteer?’

Am I the only one who thinks Pru is lying thru her teeth? She has SO heard from Quill.

But weren’t they working on getting a liquor license for the Fuse? So the taps make sense. Good for Pru for reigning in Lu in her ‘crazy’ moment in case she had any ideas of sampling. Don’t think she would though. I’m liking Pru more and more.

K2 is also known as a drug called “spice” or synthetic marijuana

The next relationship will be Luann and …. Pru???

USA laws on alcohol are so absurd…

6It is nice that Pru is being supportive of Luann and her adventure and also of her “letting loose” once in a while. I had been thinking that “The Fuse” was going to be alcohol free… with a COFFEE bar or some such thing. But, with Pru’s reaction and the look of the bar featuring what sure look like beer taps… I must have been mistaken. So, with “The Fuse” apparently having beer, now the question will be… what is the adult market they are going to aim for? More “high-brow” microbrews, wine/cheese sorts of things to go with the more dramatic art scene? Or, will they go more “regular-folk” with domestic beers, hot dogs, fried foods…. with the “art” scene being more frequently things like open-mike nights, karaoke, harder music, etc?

“Crazy Train Of Thought” (♫)“Her Bud Is Wiser”“No Suds For You!”“3 Long Years”“Over Quill, Under 21”“Never Been To Margaritaville” (♫)“Nip The Nip”“A Matter Of Prudence "“The Hours Slowly Pass, Till Miller Time”or“Too Close For Southern Comfort”

Perhaps Pru doesn’t like her sexual conquests drunk….She is a gay character, not a gay predator. Sheesh, get over your lesbian fetish! Sorry,but I just find these kind of posts tedious.

(A) Pru gets Luann and Bernice added to “the list” for the NYC hot night spot Club Foote, even though they’re underage (and they therefore get thrown out in 6 minutes).

(B) Pru physically restrains Luann from sampling the beers at Kafe Kablooie (which her parents own), because she’s underage.

Yep, totally consistent!

-Mr. Gray told the DeGroots he had applied for a liquor license, and suggested that Prudence would be a great barkeep because she had experience doing that before.

Puzz, Mr. Grey applied for a liquor licence for the Fuse.

I think that people see some things differently and part of it is their own experiences and personalities that contribute. I also think that there are some people here who mostly see the negative all the time. I confess that I have a hard time with them in my own head, at least. I find it annoying when EVERY post ( almost) is snarking at the writing, or the authors, etc. I mean are you paying an admission ticket to get here? IF not then relax.

ALSO, why do so many people keep seeing QUILL as ‘cardboard’ cut-out? I think personally that he had ore character development than most. Although his parting shot to LUANN at the breakup was plenty mean, I see him as a young man capable of affection, and love, but focused on his goals. Sometimes the person who is on the bus with you at the beginning of the ride needs to get off. Their shared trip with you is over.

Back when I was a kid, I was allowed to have a sip of my Dad’s beer if he was having one or a sip of wine if that were being served even as young as 4 years old. However, my parents very rarely drank, so it was never a frequent occurrence…. perhaps I’d have a sip… two or three times a year. While I enjoyed getting those rare “sips” I actually thought the beer and wine were horrible. :)Alcohol was never a huge draw for me. I never drank (other than those sips) prior to reaching the legal age to drink. And, on the day I became of age, I had a couple of buddies drive me to three different bars that evening to get a free drink at each. Then we went back to my house and just talked and did our normal “hanging out”. The three drinks seemed anti-climatic…. but the birthday was fun before and after the miniature bar crawl. :)

Of course, Pru deliberately sent Luann and Bernice to a place with a bar a few days ago. But let’s just ignore that.

No, Luann. Don’t you know that to drink beer, you have to bite into a hot pepper and then gulp one down by accident! That’s the rule!!!

Since Pru said that only that night would work for the club i think perhaps she made arrangements for them to get in just long enough to have a look and take a selfie, i.e. that she also arranged for Luann and Bernice to get carded, with the entire purpose being for them to have an extremely unusual thrill. It is consistent w the “safely opening their worlds a bit” theme.

Of course, NONE of us know, so commentors’ individual takes on that explore the possibilities, given the Evanes left it flexible. So we need to be somewhat flexible, too. If we are not flexible, then that and the preferred direction of inflexibility wind up saying far more about the interpretors than about the limited information being interpreted.

[big grin]Actually, I think both your rule (Brdshtt) and Seismic-2’s rule are both fun. Hot peppers and beer do go well together. :)

Ah, something else we have in common. Our larder includes two hot sauces just for me, a scorpion pepper one and a ghost pepper one. I find the various peppers to have very different tastes on my palate and the heat hits differently, not just in timing but where and how. Some i can even feel in my lungs and for me they reduce my asthma but people vary a LOT on that score. I love the flavor of beer, but am what used to be called “a cheap drunk”, i.e. I get tipsy easily, so i prefer beers with either low alcohol contents or no alcohol for the flavor because i find that beer is best in swigs rather than sips.

It’s rather sad that Americans are too immature to handle drinking until they’re 21.

If Peru doesn’t believe Luann should party, whatever did she mean by “party panties” that time?

Per Waylon Jennings:

.“I’ve always been crazy but it’s kept me from going insaneNobody knows if it’s something to bless or to blameSo far I ain’t found a rhyme or a reason to changeI’ve always been crazy but it’s kept me from going insane”

Considering what we’ve seen of the Pitts art scene in Zebu’s class, and considering the likely dramatic quality of productions such as “Yule Daze”, Mr. Gray had a good idea in deciding that patrons of the Fuse would likely welcome its having a liquor license.

You just wonder how much further this chili hybridization stuff can go. Carolina Reapers are hotter than Scorpions; pretty much like eating pepper spray, lol. At that point it’s just, Why?!

Just saying here, seems sort of inconsistent that Pru gets Luann and Bern into a booze-filled club in NYC (without getting carded) and then puts her foot down with the Fuze’s bar.

I think you guys are missing the point. The whole point of Club Foote was to give them something exciting to take home with them. Didn’t matter at all that it was short-lived, nor did it matter that the place serves alcohol and they couldn’t partake. It was just the idea of giving them the thrill of getting to see the inside of an exclusive place that few get a chance to see, where celebs hang out. That was the thrill that Pru was going for, and it paid off in spades. They had a blast. There’s no incongruity or inconsistency here. Two separate subjects altogether.

Oh, my gosh! That is either the current hottest or next to hottest hot culinary pepper. WAY out of my range! I add my ghost pepper and my scorpian pepper sauces to foods, and the hottest here is 750,000 scovilles. Even the bird chilis i grow i use in foods. Well, i guess that is true for habaneros, too. Give me a peanut butter and habanero sandwich when i need comfort food! Well, or lo mein…

Pardon my Orphen Black Helenaish suster typo! I am, after all, the queen of typos. Other people can line then up as the rock stars of typos, but i remain the queen…

So did Pru also set it up that Bern and Lu would be tossed out of the Museum of Sex after 6 minutes, or did she plan for them to spend a whole day there (with Killer, Muncher, and Romeo)?

Pru seems more like a mother hen than a predatory lesbian. Almost all of the lesbians I have come in contact with over my many years have had a chip on their shoulder and a defiant attitude. Gay guys, on the other hand, are usually funny and make interesting company. Call me a narrow minded bigot if you want, but that has been my experience.

Time for Mr. Gray to introduce Dirk the Jerk as the new bouncer for the new bar.

Should fit right in with Les don’t call me ‘Leslie’.

Maybe Pru can next help Luann take a bolder attitude toward her artwork, school and career options. If NYC was supposed to give her confidence and independence, now she needs to turn that into something tangible.

Here’s where we learned of the plans for the DeGroots to start selling booze:-

There’s beer, and there’s beer. Most mass-produced pilsners that fill the supermarket shelves are swill. Fortunately, the craft beer industry is now booming, with new small breweries springing up all over the country. A lot of them produce fine ales (and a few decent lagers, too).

Also, people’s sense of taste changes a lot as they age. Most kids hate vegetables like broccoli, spinach, and Brussels sprouts, but most adults aren’t bothered by them.

Hops is what gives beer its bitter taste, and most American beers have more hops than European beers. I especially like Scottish ales, since they are only lightly hopped. (Hops doesn’t grow well that far north, so the Scots don’t use much of it in their brewing.) Heavily malty beers don’t have at all the same flavor as hoppy beers. In particular, many stouts (which often use roasted barley) taste like coffee, and oatmeal or dairy stouts have a definite chocolate flavor.

Maybe you just tried the wrong beer!

Spoiler: ah, so you returned to the Korean restaurant at least once, Shirley Temple! Opps, i mean Luann.