I guess we all have our own story to tell. Like it or not, we’re the protagonist. We may not understand why things happen to us, come into our lives, even why we’ve made certain decisions or ended up on one career or another, but we are all playing our roles on the great stage.
You know Your Be❤️ed Count… Mr❤️Positive; Little Olaf Sunshine… this rainbow soap opera beats Entitled Privileged Obnoxious Swine, Shannon. Well, not “beats” literally. Of Course. Our Be❤️ed Count will not stand for anything like that! Bring Back UseLes’s Mother… Dearest Ann❤️Eiffel!!
I’m sorry but I agree with Gunther. Cats should not be on the table or counters. It is unsanitary. But he could have asked in a nicer way and just cleaned the counter without complaining.
I know the point is that Les talks, but he’s spending his life without ambitions and eating junk food. But Gunter is really ridiculous with that obsession for hygiene. Punk is a cat who never leaves the house and is probably cleaner than him. Making a scene like that for the fear that some hair will end up in his salad is really absurd, even disinfecting everything? Seriously? They really are the odd couple!
Spago’s, Puck’s first restaurant in LA was on The Strip, right across the street (Horn Ave) from Tower Records. In the 70’s and 80’s, Tower had the best prices, so we’d make the trip from Silverlake. Puck had turned the parkways – that green strip between curb and sidewalk – into herb gardens. Parking was terrible in the area with the Rainbow Room, Roxy et al nearby, so we’d have to park in the residential area and hoof it down Horn. I cannot begin to recount the times I saw a drunk or homeless person urinating or vomiting into those gardens. So, yeah, Wolfgang Puck, not as much an icon as clean as one’d think…
A day or two of the philosophy of life for Leslie was interesting but a whole week has gotten long. If the strip is going to be boring, at least make it boring with Luann.
well he seems happy, and the cat is loved. someday he may make someone happy besides just himself. Gun is just doing his life as well as he can also. No wrong way as long as you aren’t hurting anyone else, really
Les is perfectly content, he has Punk to take care of, eats three meals a day, does his own laundry (unless he’s got Gunther roped into doing it), manages daily transportation needs, attends to his personal appearance and hygiene, does a good job at work, and likes to play video games in his free time.
Gunther, on the other hand (after studying and attending classes), likes to make every-single-aspect of every-single-day more complicated than it needs to be, and is perfectly comfortable telling other people what a failure they are, (since he’s such a genius).
Gotta side with Gunther here. It’s the same reason why I don’t like eating outdoors. I want to keep the food I’m eating and any critter (flies and cats come to mind) that have been walking in “unmentionable/censored” stuff as far away from one another as I can.
I can imagine 10 years down the road, when Gunther has graduated and has a well-paying job and a nice house and perhaps a wife, and Leslie comes knocking on his door looking for a place to crash.
There’s a plus side to this. Very few people would be content doing what Les does for a living. But it’s still work that has to be done. And if someone such as Les is content, let him alone. Just because others don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s their obligation to make him aspire to something else. Just be glad that job is filled by someone who enjoys doing it. It’s all good.
lvlax 6 days ago
Wow.. is eating and watching TV, in a bean bag chair, really living. Les?
PaulAbbott2 6 days ago
Running a tad late today. Someone oversleep?
ctolson 6 days ago
Says the guy that sits around the house watching TV when not at work.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs 6 days ago
Alternate definitions of life. Each valid for that particular user.
rrsltx 6 days ago
I’m pretty sure the health department won’t be doing any surprise inspections, Gunth. Btw, where’s your hairnet and latex gloves?
Drbarb71 Premium Member 6 days ago
Get a new roomate. This one is a rude creep.
French Persons Premium Member 6 days ago
Just because kitty was briefly on the counter, doesn’t mean that everything is now contaminated.
chaosed2 6 days ago
A comic strip about someone doing nothing with his life posts nearly 8 hours late – Alanis Morissette would have something to say about this I think.
Bernedoodle 6 days ago
Gunth, you will make someone a good wife.
Martin Booda 6 days ago
Felix Unger, Oscar Madison, and a cat.
Ignatz Premium Member 6 days ago
Am I supposed to think that relaxing in front of a TV with a cuddly cat on your lap and a mug is sad?
fuzzmoz 6 days ago
What a nasty guy. The only one he’s nice to is Punk.
EMGULS79 6 days ago
Hey! Every time Punk heads directly from the litterbox to the kitchen counter, he’s helping strengthen your immune systems!!! :)
Mordock999 Premium Member 6 days ago
Hmm.
So Mr. Knox apparently playing enjoys video games according to the last panel.
There may be hope for him yet.
I wonder what game he’s playing?
C.O.D. – MW? Or Forza Horizon 5? Or Fortnite?Nah. Most likely Grand Theft Auto V.
Certainly not Stardew Valley. ;-)
JohnWThompsonIII 6 days ago
No cats on the conner what so hard about that?
baskate_2000 6 days ago
When you’re parked in front of the TV, Les.
GirlGeek Premium Member 6 days ago
Does Les have a point? I’m confused
Joe1962 Premium Member 6 days ago
Go Les!
Bedrock 6 days ago
I wouldn’t have thought Les would know Wolfgang Puck from Wolfgang Van Halen.
Ellis97 6 days ago
Like I said, Les is a man of simple pleasures.
MA FANGYI Premium Member 6 days ago
can’t see the pun… I got a big ah???? at the last panel.
mort b. 6 days ago
Gunner has a point, but he’s still wrapped wayyyy too tightly.
DaBump Premium Member 6 days ago
I guess we all have our own story to tell. Like it or not, we’re the protagonist. We may not understand why things happen to us, come into our lives, even why we’ve made certain decisions or ended up on one career or another, but we are all playing our roles on the great stage.
Count Olaf Premium Member 6 days ago
You know Your Be❤️ed Count… Mr❤️Positive; Little Olaf Sunshine… this rainbow soap opera beats Entitled Privileged Obnoxious Swine, Shannon. Well, not “beats” literally. Of Course. Our Be❤️ed Count will not stand for anything like that! Bring Back UseLes’s Mother… Dearest Ann❤️Eiffel!!
jpooch99 6 days ago
I have to work with a guy like that. Terrified of germs and everything else. A king among dweebs. I wish he’d quit.
eladee AKA Wally 6 days ago
I’m sorry but I agree with Gunther. Cats should not be on the table or counters. It is unsanitary. But he could have asked in a nicer way and just cleaned the counter without complaining.
SquidGamerGal 6 days ago
I’m with Les on this one! Sometimes, it feels like Gunther gets easily bent out of shape over nothing these days!
jconnors3954 6 days ago
For Les less is more and it’s all good for him.
Outsideplaying 6 days ago
Another reason I no longer have a cat. Couldn’t stand one that got onto the counters or around food.
sid w 6 days ago
It is interesting that cat and dog owners think their pets do not walk on the ground or eat feces…
Aladar30 Premium Member 6 days ago
I know the point is that Les talks, but he’s spending his life without ambitions and eating junk food. But Gunter is really ridiculous with that obsession for hygiene. Punk is a cat who never leaves the house and is probably cleaner than him. Making a scene like that for the fear that some hair will end up in his salad is really absurd, even disinfecting everything? Seriously? They really are the odd couple!
Squoop 6 days ago
I don’t care what anyone says about Les anymore, cuz anyone who cares about their cat like he does is fine by me.
waes-hael 6 days ago
Spago’s, Puck’s first restaurant in LA was on The Strip, right across the street (Horn Ave) from Tower Records. In the 70’s and 80’s, Tower had the best prices, so we’d make the trip from Silverlake. Puck had turned the parkways – that green strip between curb and sidewalk – into herb gardens. Parking was terrible in the area with the Rainbow Room, Roxy et al nearby, so we’d have to park in the residential area and hoof it down Horn. I cannot begin to recount the times I saw a drunk or homeless person urinating or vomiting into those gardens. So, yeah, Wolfgang Puck, not as much an icon as clean as one’d think…
beb01 6 days ago
A day or two of the philosophy of life for Leslie was interesting but a whole week has gotten long. If the strip is going to be boring, at least make it boring with Luann.
Oceanic 6 days ago
well he seems happy, and the cat is loved. someday he may make someone happy besides just himself. Gun is just doing his life as well as he can also. No wrong way as long as you aren’t hurting anyone else, really
comic reader 22 6 days ago
Les is perfectly content, he has Punk to take care of, eats three meals a day, does his own laundry (unless he’s got Gunther roped into doing it), manages daily transportation needs, attends to his personal appearance and hygiene, does a good job at work, and likes to play video games in his free time.
Gunther, on the other hand (after studying and attending classes), likes to make every-single-aspect of every-single-day more complicated than it needs to be, and is perfectly comfortable telling other people what a failure they are, (since he’s such a genius).
I vote for Les and Punk!
jakarlsson 6 days ago
Oops. Just cut off a finger. Prepping for the ER.
dragonliz 6 days ago
Is Les wearing high heel boots? Maybe he feels short and is compensating.
locake 6 days ago
Cats use the litter box then walk on the kitchen counters. I would not eat anything in a house where cats walked on the counter. Gross.
w16521 6 days ago
Gunt and Les. 2024’s odd couple.
lnrokr55 6 days ago
He’s got a point, of course this will drive the 5 after midnight Grandmas crazy won’t it! ;-)
JustMe 6 days ago
OMG! They are like a married couple X-D
Susan123 6 days ago
Love it. A good life lesson.
Susan123 6 days ago
I think he’s playing a computer game, same thing though.
tcayer 6 days ago
I know they’re trying to make a point, but he’s sitting with a CAT! THAT’S a life well lived!
paldec 6 days ago
Where is Bets? Gunther needs to mellow out.
BJShipley1 6 days ago
More and more often these days, it feels like the humor in this strip is derived from holding up a character for the readers to boo and hiss at.
The Quiet One 6 days ago
It’s all relative Les.
mindjob 6 days ago
Life without video games is no life at all
Rhetorical_Question 6 days ago
Living vicariously! and being nineteen years old?
Rhetorical_Question 6 days ago
Maybe it’s time for a Uncle Al’s talk?
Rhetorical_Question 6 days ago
Master Chef Gunther’s Food Network?
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 6 days ago
“Should the cat b e allowed on t he kitchen counter?”argument.
We’ll be here until COlumbus day
kenhense 6 days ago
I think all that food prep is only warranted when you have guests. When fixing for myself, I keep it simple.
BJDucer 6 days ago
Gotta side with Gunther here. It’s the same reason why I don’t like eating outdoors. I want to keep the food I’m eating and any critter (flies and cats come to mind) that have been walking in “unmentionable/censored” stuff as far away from one another as I can.
i_am_the_jam 6 days ago
Time to move out.
RebaLioness 6 days ago
But Punk loves him. . .
the dorf 6 days ago
I can imagine 10 years down the road, when Gunther has graduated and has a well-paying job and a nice house and perhaps a wife, and Leslie comes knocking on his door looking for a place to crash.
mrsdonaldson 6 days ago
Pot calling the kettle black
eddi-TBH 6 days ago
Pot meet kettle. Kettle, pot.
mxy 6 days ago
I’m on Les’s side on this one. Gunther’s always been a constricted mommy’s boy, incapable of having a good time.
BlitzMcD 6 days ago
There’s a plus side to this. Very few people would be content doing what Les does for a living. But it’s still work that has to be done. And if someone such as Les is content, let him alone. Just because others don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s their obligation to make him aspire to something else. Just be glad that job is filled by someone who enjoys doing it. It’s all good.
mfought 6 days ago
does that cat ever wake up?
9thCapricorn 6 days ago
It’s you who’s not living. Work home and repeat with just Punk for company. You need to go out and interact with people other than Gunther.
illuminare 6 days ago
Les will always be an ignorant jerk. if i was gunther id be looking for new digs.
iluvsatch 5 days ago
Well duh, that was the point.
Yuban333 5 days ago
I agree that cats shouldn’t be on the counter when food is being made, but to disinfect the area is a bit much. Just wipe down the area.
MVMartinek about 5 hours ago
Hey, he’s got a cat on his lap. That fulfills the “having a goal in life”, doesn’t it?