Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 21, 2012

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    bigbob1946  over 11 years ago

    OKAY, will she come out with a toy or be told to wait until Christmas?

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    i_am_the_jam  over 11 years ago

    Good choice, kid.

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    EarlP2  over 11 years ago

    Hmm – I think HE was trying to distract her with toys, but she’s thinking something more spendy!

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    kenhense  over 11 years ago

    Wow – On Saturday are we going to find out that Shannon is really smart and yes, Brad/Toni/Shannon will be a family?

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    mjpundit  over 11 years ago

    Well, somebody just got a plug…

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    Faux Real  over 11 years ago

    Is Bwad passing or failing the dad test?

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    Hank1938  over 11 years ago

    I think a lot of expensive $$$$ Apple stuff is gonna get broke…

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    Dconskjk  over 11 years ago

    And Shannon will say “How come there’s no fruit here if there’s a big apple on the door?”

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    Angelalex242  over 11 years ago

    Or perhaps Shannon’s a little more sophisticated then either ‘parent’ is ready for. She wouldn’t be the only 6 year old with high tech ‘toys’ on her mind.

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    Clotty Peristalt  over 11 years ago

    I don’t know a company that gets as much “free” advertising in the form of product placements and reviews as Apple does. I wonder what the going rate is.

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    Angelalex242  over 11 years ago

    Sad but true story about Apple:Ever heard of Ron Wyman? He was the guy who drew the Apple logo, made the first Apple Training book…but then, he and Steve had to take out a loan to keep Apple going. Ron said ‘nah, I’m out’ and cashed out his share for 2000 dollars. His share to day would be worth 53 BILLION dollars. Somehow, he hasn’t committed suicide yet.

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    farren  over 11 years ago

    Last I heard, Ron was doing okay, with no regrets – he’d decided life in the new Apple would have made him almost literally crazy As far as I’m concerned, poor but sane is batter than rich but crazy any day. The story, BTW, is a bit different than you told. Read the Jobs biography for more details…

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    Angelalex242  over 11 years ago

    Speak for yourself. I’d pick rich and crazy any day.

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    Angelalex242  over 11 years ago

    Remember, when your bank account has enough 0s in it, you aren’t crazy anymore. You’re eccentric. (Unless you go completely off the deep end..)

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    trantor0815  over 11 years ago

    This toys would be an extreme hurt for their wallet…

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    Ottodesu  over 11 years ago

    He formulated the Laws of Gravity?

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    uncledad_99  over 11 years ago

    Hey, poor Gunther is in agony in a bowling alley, the brat just went into one of the most expensive stores, and saturday we will be in weenie world!!!!

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    Look at Brad’s smile in the 1rst panel, you can see that Shannon is really bonding with him…. instant family, here we come!

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    For anyone who missed this late post I made yesterday, Shannon & Toni, 100% drawn by me (also featuring a special guest cameo):

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    line art:

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    You’re replying to Brdshtt’s comment:

    “OKAY, will she come out with a toy or be told to wait until Christmas?”

    Ummm, I think she’s going in the wrong door…

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    I know why – she was using the new Apple maps.^^

    LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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    vwdualnomand  over 11 years ago

    chase after her….apple is way expensive stuff that many toys. unless, you three are all getting ipads.

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    Angelalex242  over 11 years ago

    The look on Toni’s face, particularly in the first panel, seems to suggest an aced ‘dad test’ to me.

    I mean, Brad’s holding SHANNON’s hand, (but not Toni’s) and is generally being quite dadlike.

    Panel 2 for the reward…now he gets to hold Toni’s hand while they watch the kid run off into a toystore. She’s probably getting considerably more comfortable with him being the father of her children.

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    Peabody429  over 11 years ago

    Forget the “dad” test, there will be a real “husband” test when they see Dirk at the mall…

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    richardj  over 11 years ago

    Get her an iPhone. Then she can boss Siri around and leave Brad alone.

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    SwimsWithSharks  over 11 years ago

    Tomorrow we’re going to see an iTantrum.

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    zyff  over 11 years ago

    I think the point is that in today’s world, technology is what kids want; she may not even know there’s a different kind of toy store next door, that’s so yesteryear…

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    Tue Elung-Jensen  over 11 years ago

    are you truely claiming its not toys?

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    rasalom  over 11 years ago

    I smell a broken IPad in their near future.

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    Mordock999  over 11 years ago

    “It was END of the WORLD as We KNOW it!”“Yes, the END of the WORLD as We KNOW it!”“It’s the END of the WORLD as We KNOW it!”“BUT – I – FEEL – FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!!!!” – R.E.M.

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    marvee  over 11 years ago

    shannon is bringing them closer.

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    marvee  over 11 years ago

    Maybe shannon will suggest they get married and Toni will say, good idea.

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    weblais  over 11 years ago

    Just like our kids.

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    ewalnut  over 11 years ago

    Shannon knows a toy store when she sees one.

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    Sean David  over 11 years ago

    Let’s see. For Christmas, I could get my kid a watch, a camera, a music player, a diary, a personal organizer, a video game, an alarm clock, DVD movie/player, and a musical instrument … HOW ?ONE iPhone … Toy Store, indeed !

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    w2lj  over 11 years ago

    No, she knew where she was going!

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    Kwolfe99  over 11 years ago

    Pretty much sums it up… yeah!

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    Simon_Jester  over 11 years ago

    You KNOW what happens next, don’t you?

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    “And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….”

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    mrsdonaldson  over 11 years ago

    Shannon knew exactly where she was going! What a cute little family they are becoming!

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    abinkow  over 11 years ago

    You guys are missing the point. This is SHANNON. What damage is she going to do in there?

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    vwdualnomand  over 11 years ago

    also, the apple store employees do stuff. some do drugs and go to work high. they copy your pics if you are a hot girl(even underage) and post them online. they toss around merchandise like footballs. they call it field testing. when they break ipads, and itoys, they send the broken items to apple to get brand new itoys. they trade ipads for other services(plastic surgery). and, on some items, they do not use genuine apple parts when fixing your itoy.

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    smsrt  over 11 years ago

    Wonder what will get broken in there? That should cost Brad about two months salary I’d say.

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    2Goldfish  over 11 years ago

    All Apple stores in malls don’t have doors on the side so that it would be right next to the door of the store next door. All doors are in the middle of wide panes of glass on either side. Apple is very strategic and deliberate of the layout, and entrance, to their stores.

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    georgiiii  over 11 years ago

    My 3 year old grandson wants a computer for Christmas. At 6 years old, she knows.

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    Simon_Jester  over 11 years ago

    All of the above

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 11 years ago

    Which can Santa better afford— a million cookies or an iPad?*Good thing there is a Santa (who is employed, with two paychecks) because Shannon’s own dad certainly won’t come through.

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    Hoodude  over 11 years ago

    Handsome couple

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    yangeldf  over 11 years ago

    the apple store? Why would a little girl go in there? Nothing but a couple tablets and phones that everyone knows in the back of their mind will be obsolete in 6 months…actually it’s the perfect place for a little girl.

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    ILikeMeSomeComics  over 11 years ago

    Why do I get the feeling this will end badly?

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    Roy Drinkwater  over 11 years ago

    The iPad Mini is the most wanted Xmas present by teens and pre-teens. If I didn’t have this one, I’d gift myself.

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    Maybe the next move is insta-family as MJ calls it.^^I say “instant family”, but, insta is close enough.

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    It’s heartwarming to see that lonely little girl with such a big smile on her face, for a change

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    Txbiker9  over 11 years ago

    Shannon went in the door where they sell the toys she wants. We’ve seen how she gets her way.

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    jonnijones  over 11 years ago

    I have a feeling she knew exactly where she was heading :)

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    Sisyphos  over 11 years ago

    Don’t know for sure about life in the Pitts, but where I am, the local Apple store is crowded even at “normal” times of the year. Now, it will be like a sardine tin. Shannon will have a hard time picking out an expensive toy (all Apple toys are expensive, but I still prefer them!), but that’s a blessing in disguise for Brad and Toni. They’ll save some bucks if they can redirect Shannon into the toystore next door!

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    kenhense  over 11 years ago

    Warning it’s a dirty trick. Everybody had to go to work first – then – at the end of the day – the end of the world (*$#@!).

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    Attila The Voice!  over 11 years ago

    Okay THAT is hilarious X)

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    Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member over 11 years ago

    @Donny – why don’t you go for the record and string 50+ comments together? Own the page!

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    samwas35  over 11 years ago

    Just what everyone needs—-OVERpriced, OVERhyped proprietary junk!

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    melmarsh9v  over 11 years ago

    While Shannon is in the kid’s toy store, Brad & Toni can do some shopping at the “adult toy store!”

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    melmarsh9v  over 11 years ago

    Although I hate to make predictions, there seems to be a premonition that Shannon’s destiny is to be adopted by Brad & Toni, who will somehow get Jonah Daytona legally declared to be an unfit father. Who knows? What I really want to see (of course) is the hypothetical storyline about Bernice meeting the old self-styled occult philosopher who runs the private library in the lodge of a secret society…

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    bronzeskater  over 11 years ago

    The gap between her age and speech is troubling, (although she might not actually be six), but I’m more concerned with something that has come up twice now. When Luann last babysat, Shannon was obsessed with eating, now she was more interested in having a steady supply of food than asking Santa for toys. Is Toni’s brother not “bothering” to make sure she has regular meals? (The “menu” was a typical little kid thing, but she shouldn’t be so worried about getting a meal.)

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    imbaldeagle  over 11 years ago

    Hard to tell what causes speech variations. Sometimes it’s to get attention – even if the attention results in punishment – because whatever attention you get is better than being ignored. For instance, we’ve had posters who insist on calling Toni quackers and Brad be dorkboy.Sometimes it’s just because the mouth apparatus has problems with certain consonants.And sometimes it’s caused by trauma. I had a brother who saw our barn struck by lightning and burned – he started stuttering and never stopped until he saw a neighboring barn struck by lightning and burned. He was OK afterward.

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    Phosphoros  over 11 years ago

    Some dad cred showing, Brad!

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    You’re replying to Dave53’s comment:

    or he may not give her the honor of “asking” per se, and just leave behind a note?^^or, he just never comes back, period

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    You’re replying to Leviticus’s comment:

    While Shannon is in the kid’s toy store, Brad & Toni can do some shopping at the “adult toy store!”.If Toni was to buy an adult toy, it would be a divider that goes down the center of the bed, making it impossible for a person on one side of the bed to pay a visit to the other. I saw one of those in the movie “Beowulf”^^Why are you having such a problem with the Brad-Toni coupling? I think they are cute together; especially now, with the rugrat

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    Tim in Sacramento Premium Member over 11 years ago

    LOL!

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    MadYank  over 11 years ago

    To quote a famous movie line:“I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”

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    quikboy  about 11 years ago

    I think she made a wrong turn and really meant to hit the Microsoft store next door. Maybe check out a Surface tablet, or an Xbox or something.

    Anyway, I do agree it’s odd he deliberately put the Apple logo. I wonder if it’s a paid product placement or what, because usually I don’t think I’ve ever really seen a real-world product that obvious. I find the Apple logo in pretty bad taste as if we don’t see that everywhere in advertising.

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