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Youâre letting another golden opportunity slip thru your fingers!
Grab your phone, set it to ârecord,â press it against wall and record the HECK outta this! Record every single âdreamâ Bernice has.
So when the next time YOU are hurting, and Bernice responds with a Snarky Remark?PLAYBACK TIME! And if youâre very lucky, Bernice will scream out Jackâs name before she wakes up.
This is quite the cerebral dream sequence! Recruiting Monstro as an advocate is clever ploy. After all Jacques(Jack) selected him from all the other fishies at the store. Bernice is not about to surrender the field to this usurper. You GO, Girlfish!
I agree with the idea that what is being drawn is a lucid dream scenario, Bernice is aware, on some level she is in a dream, one in which she can manipulate characters or events in the dream to do what the dreamer wants. Itâs literal in her head hence the bloop blop sounds, and she hears the actual voice in her head of Luann, causing her to ask Monstro to talk mer-Jack to be with her and not Luann. In the hilarity there is deeper meaning. Could be complex.
If you are a first time reader today and just happened to see this comic for the first time, donât go away with that strange puzzled look on your face. Go back a few weeks in the archives. It was actually better then!
Bernice is always so proper and precise. Even in her dream she had to be the Grammar Nazi and it caused her to lose Jackâs interest. I think this dream is her sub-conscious telling her to stop being so darn nit-picky about everything or she will end up pushing everyone away.
Have to love it when the mind relaxes and then processes a few things, almost like she took a pill and is now in Wonderland (blue or red, donât you want to know)⊠Not the confrontation over Jack I was imagining between Luann and Bernice but I suspect this is what we get because Bernice is processing all of that in her sleep and itâs looking like Jack will be another âdream guyâ for Bernice. Surprised by the method, not the result. Oh well. Wonder if Bernice will sample a mushroom or maybe a little hookah with a caterpillar?
Luannâs âUh OhâŠâ face in the last panel is priceless âĄ! I love how Monstro in Berniceâs dream looks like a Disney character. Poor Bernice desperately wants to have Jackâs attention all to herselfâĄ. Will Luann go to wake Bernice or will she keep hearing her talking in her sleep? After all, lstening to Bernice freely say her most hidden desires and fears is an opportunity you donât get normally.
Monstro to the rescue; i love the relationship between Bern and Monstro ; it took me a bit to realize that the âburgle golp bloobâ is Monstro talking âŠ.to Jack
After all of the years of Bernice being portrayed as a one dimensional stick in the mud Iâm glad we are getting a chance to see beyond that . Iâm sure like all arcs eventually we will get to some sort of payoff but until then I have no problem with the focus on Bernice .
So the Ben plotline was abandoned for this? Its like the strip looks at all their available storytelling choices and decides to go with the dullest option.
Lol! Is she talking fish, or snoring? ;-))Will Luann knock on the wall, call out or knock on Bernâs door? Canât see a whole week in fantasylandâŠ..?
That Nancy has a romance novel shouldnât come as a surprise unless the surprise is that she has a book at all. That the book is about mermaids is â odd. That seems a subject usually confined to children. Adult romances tend to be about adults. Or rather an adult woman and man, wermen, dinosaur, vampires, etc. Bernice having a lucid dream about the book sheâs reading is pretty normal, too. The dream is pretty funny, too, because itâs letting Bernice express emotions that she normally represses, thus making her a normal girl of her age. It;s been a long time since anything really silly has happened in this strip. Of course this whole arc was premised on the idea that Bernice needs to talk with Ben and that seems less and less likely. unless, as seems unlikely, Ben intrudes in her dream to block her from getting to Jacques. That would be an interesting twist but the writer often forgets to circle back to the beginning when ending an arc
I guess Iâm one of the minority who is happy about this story? Nancy may have just triggered a huge emotional growth spurt (no pun intended) for Bernice!
I think the problem with the majority of the posters is that we want some actual life changing events instead of boring weekly strips that really go nowhere. I mean really the last âeventâ that has happened is Toni and Brad getting married. Everything else thatâs come after has lasted a week or two and then itâs all over and we move on to another week.
As it stands everyone besides Toni and Brad are the same as they were 5 years ago except some have left the strip for good or the kids have moved from high school to college.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
still delirious
Namrepus over 4 years ago
Everyoneâs hair is floaty underwater.
AnyFace over 4 years ago
Mordock999 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Luann!
Are you nuts??
Youâre letting another golden opportunity slip thru your fingers!
Grab your phone, set it to ârecord,â press it against wall and record the HECK outta this! Record every single âdreamâ Bernice has.
So when the next time YOU are hurting, and Bernice responds with a Snarky Remark?PLAYBACK TIME! And if youâre very lucky, Bernice will scream out Jackâs name before she wakes up.
And donât you DARE think about waking her! ;)
Prescott_Philosopher over 4 years ago
I donât know⊠Maybe âcause Iâm a guy, but this arc leaves me cold. To say itâs shallow and improbable, is heaping praise on it.
Counterpoint over 4 years ago
I guess Jack understands Monstro better than he does BerniceâŠ
Martin Booda over 4 years ago
That last panel sounds like very peculiar sleep apnea.
Brdshtt Premium Member over 4 years ago
Iâd say Bernice is slowly sinking, but sheâs already underwater.
Perhaps, when something is not going right, the underwater creatures say it is surfacing instead of sinkingâŠ
Tyge over 4 years ago
The âwall-talkâ is quickly becoming quite intriguing to our now-wakened ingĂ©nue. What dark secrets of the psyche may be revealed âacross the pond,â as it were. And how will they affect the relationship in this newly minted sisterhood!?!?
Tyge over 4 years ago
This is quite the cerebral dream sequence! Recruiting Monstro as an advocate is clever ploy. After all Jacques(Jack) selected him from all the other fishies at the store. Bernice is not about to surrender the field to this usurper. You GO, Girlfish!
capricorn9th over 4 years ago
Why the HECK is GnK doing this arc? So far, itâs been silly and pointless.
Tyge over 4 years ago
Monstro sounds like heâs putting on the full court press on Jacques. Can he save the day or will he get deep-sixed!?
Joe1962 over 4 years ago
G&K get out of this crazy arc.
luann1212 over 4 years ago
I agree with the idea that what is being drawn is a lucid dream scenario, Bernice is aware, on some level she is in a dream, one in which she can manipulate characters or events in the dream to do what the dreamer wants. Itâs literal in her head hence the bloop blop sounds, and she hears the actual voice in her head of Luann, causing her to ask Monstro to talk mer-Jack to be with her and not Luann. In the hilarity there is deeper meaning. Could be complex.
Caldonia over 4 years ago
Luann might want to go in there now, just to make sure Bernice isnât choking to death. (Ben who?)
beb01 over 4 years ago
So, a week of Luann listening to strange sounds coming from Berniceâs room?
harkherp over 4 years ago
Could the sounds be coming from Berniceâs lower bowel?
Code the Enforcer over 4 years ago
THIS is what happens when you get that glass of water to try getting some sleep!! :)
jamesamber29 over 4 years ago
Monstro to the rescue!
whahoppened over 4 years ago
Gonna be hard to sleep now, ainât it Luann.
Rhetorical_Question over 4 years ago
Wow! The lucid dream sequence has shift into a phantasmagorical dream fantasy. Burgle golp? Bloob!
Johnnyrico over 4 years ago
That is one freaky fish.
Johnnyrico over 4 years ago
Maybe G&K should rename this comic âBernannâ⊠or âEnchantment Under The SeaââŠ
Troglodyte over 4 years ago
Is it beginning to make sense now, Luann? :D
dcdete. over 4 years ago
If you are a first time reader today and just happened to see this comic for the first time, donât go away with that strange puzzled look on your face. Go back a few weeks in the archives. It was actually better then!
Pet over 4 years ago
What did she just say about my bloobs?
cabalonrye over 4 years ago
I love it. For once I chuckle out loud and I am waiting for the rest of the dream.
Rhetorical_Question over 4 years ago
Monstro âBurgle golp? Bloob!â
Rhetorical_Question over 4 years ago
Page 218 ? Underlined portion!
bigbluemaxx over 4 years ago
Itâs ridiculous.
chris_o42 over 4 years ago
Bernice is always so proper and precise. Even in her dream she had to be the Grammar Nazi and it caused her to lose Jackâs interest. I think this dream is her sub-conscious telling her to stop being so darn nit-picky about everything or she will end up pushing everyone away.
Ellis97 over 4 years ago
Bernice, you really think having someone else talk to your beloved is going to help?
CreativeChef over 4 years ago
I can understand dreams of passion, of flying, but underwater talking to a gold fishâ!!!
6foot6 over 4 years ago
Iâm still confused how/why a mermaid has glasses. wouldnât they they just keep floating off her face?
TheBigPickle over 4 years ago
Iâm getting a definite Suessian vibe from MonstroâŠ
comic reader 22 over 4 years ago
Just hoping she didnât stick her head in the fish tank.
Pohka over 4 years ago
Have to love it when the mind relaxes and then processes a few things, almost like she took a pill and is now in Wonderland (blue or red, donât you want to know)⊠Not the confrontation over Jack I was imagining between Luann and Bernice but I suspect this is what we get because Bernice is processing all of that in her sleep and itâs looking like Jack will be another âdream guyâ for Bernice. Surprised by the method, not the result. Oh well. Wonder if Bernice will sample a mushroom or maybe a little hookah with a caterpillar?
Frank Farkel over 4 years ago
I have weirder dreams about missing three foot putts than this.
Aladar30 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Luannâs âUh OhâŠâ face in the last panel is priceless âĄ! I love how Monstro in Berniceâs dream looks like a Disney character. Poor Bernice desperately wants to have Jackâs attention all to herselfâĄ. Will Luann go to wake Bernice or will she keep hearing her talking in her sleep? After all, lstening to Bernice freely say her most hidden desires and fears is an opportunity you donât get normally.
RSH over 4 years ago
Monstro to the rescue; i love the relationship between Bern and Monstro ; it took me a bit to realize that the âburgle golp bloobâ is Monstro talking âŠ.to Jack
Tyge over 4 years ago
When will Brer Ben swim into this phantasm? Will Bernice resolve her conflict in this manner?
chks over 4 years ago
After all of the years of Bernice being portrayed as a one dimensional stick in the mud Iâm glad we are getting a chance to see beyond that . Iâm sure like all arcs eventually we will get to some sort of payoff but until then I have no problem with the focus on Bernice .
BJShipley1 over 4 years ago
So the Ben plotline was abandoned for this? Its like the strip looks at all their available storytelling choices and decides to go with the dullest option.
Cincoflex over 4 years ago
Whatever Berenice had before going to bed is definitely playing with her mind!
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen over 4 years ago
Sleep drowning?
northbraddock52 over 4 years ago
I am really enjoying this arc, something very different
hoffquotes2 over 4 years ago
Please!!! Move on
Wilkins068 over 4 years ago
When Bern gets up, sheâll have to put on a bla for her bloobs.
rsb24 over 4 years ago
Well, I love it Greg. ignore the criticisms and keep surprising us.
Joe1962 over 4 years ago
Does Luann no what Burgle means. You enter a building with the intent to commit a crime.
rrsltx over 4 years ago
Bernice needs to lose those hideous Gunther glasses.
kauri44 over 4 years ago
Personally Iâd like to see the further adventures of Mer-PuddlesâŠ
YorkGirl Premium Member over 4 years ago
Lol! Is she talking fish, or snoring? ;-))Will Luann knock on the wall, call out or knock on Bernâs door? Canât see a whole week in fantasylandâŠ..?
txmystic over 4 years ago
Will this go on all week?
beb01 over 4 years ago
That Nancy has a romance novel shouldnât come as a surprise unless the surprise is that she has a book at all. That the book is about mermaids is â odd. That seems a subject usually confined to children. Adult romances tend to be about adults. Or rather an adult woman and man, wermen, dinosaur, vampires, etc. Bernice having a lucid dream about the book sheâs reading is pretty normal, too. The dream is pretty funny, too, because itâs letting Bernice express emotions that she normally represses, thus making her a normal girl of her age. It;s been a long time since anything really silly has happened in this strip. Of course this whole arc was premised on the idea that Bernice needs to talk with Ben and that seems less and less likely. unless, as seems unlikely, Ben intrudes in her dream to block her from getting to Jacques. That would be an interesting twist but the writer often forgets to circle back to the beginning when ending an arc
Mooshki Premium Member over 4 years ago
I guess Iâm one of the minority who is happy about this story? Nancy may have just triggered a huge emotional growth spurt (no pun intended) for Bernice!
fathergod over 4 years ago
I think the problem with the majority of the posters is that we want some actual life changing events instead of boring weekly strips that really go nowhere. I mean really the last âeventâ that has happened is Toni and Brad getting married. Everything else thatâs come after has lasted a week or two and then itâs all over and we move on to another week.
As it stands everyone besides Toni and Brad are the same as they were 5 years ago except some have left the strip for good or the kids have moved from high school to college.
Brian R Premium Member over 4 years ago
Iâm a 65 yo guy and laughed, no spew.I think Bernice is so tight that if this works, it starts with a new style.Everyone evolves.
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
Bernieâs erotic dream is turning freaky-deeky, at least in Luannâs ears next doorâŠ.
kittysquared Premium Member over 4 years ago
Get on with it G&K. Hope Bern wakes up in tomorrowâs strip and Luann asks her what was that all about.
howtheduck over 4 years ago
If Aquaman showed up and said, âHey! Speaking to fish is my bit!â I would be happy.