Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 19, 2014

Perspective. Perception. Point Of View.

Looks like Delta is far more mature in her thinking than Bernice is. But then, Delta has other plans that don’t include finding a guy to be awkward with. As she said, there’s plenty of time for romance, especially with the more mature guys in college… ;)

Is it Noble ?… Or is it a Gas ?….

Delta’s an odd one. Not your typical teenager. I hope she has time for fun once she hits college.

And because she has the right attitude, she will probably succeed as she grows into adulthood. I’m guessing that by the time she gets in her junior year in college at Howard University (or it might be “College”), she’ll have a lot of guys interested in her… ;)

Missing out on a prom isn’t a big deal. I never went to any of mine. Never had anyone to go with.

“Here we are 24 years later and no regrets about missing prom.” That’s really great that you found the right woman…can you believe your 25th is just around the corner? The dancing you’ll do then and the dancing you did at your wedding far outweighs any prom! ;)

I didn’t go to my Senior Prom. My date broke up with me a week before the prom, and instead of taking someone else, I thought, “What’s the point? I’ll be out of this town for good in another month anyway!” So I didn’t go.

And I did get out of there. No regrets.

I also did not attend prom.. however, I found that whatever people did at prom was no different than what one could do at any other gathering… the only difference was that you had to do everything in “dress clothes” at prom, vs. what one may do “naturally”, in a less formal setting…. – Plus, like Delta said, there are times when one may appreciate certain things a little better, later on…

I’m with you, “.OR Mouseworks”, and “BB DMan515”….

Funny thing is, I’m coming up on the anniversary of proposing to my wife…. she remembers the date almost to a “tee”…. – We went to the same High School, but never met formally until years later, through a mutual friend… so like you, I didn’t need a prom to help me find romance… in fact, I probably would not have appreciated what a gem I would have had back then, as much as I do after our High School Years…not because I wouldn’t have tried to treat her right, but because when one is a teen, there are so many choices, and during the teen years, we may not always see the right decisions to make, as much as later, especially in regards to what true love is!…

97? Well, you Never know…what with life spans becoming longer due to modern medicine and a focus on diet and exercise and a bit of meditation… ;)

Bernice…try not to be so desperate…it isn’t the end of the world if you don’t have an “actual” date for the prom…just find a few friends to go with you and, who knows, you just might meet someone to be with you! And, on that note, I am closing up shop for the night…see y’all later on today! ;)

Mine was April 22, and our wedding date was Oct. 14… – I said that about my wife remembering, only because I know of people who remember the anniversary date, and the experience of getting proposed to, or doing the proposing, but don’t always actually celebrate or remember the actual date of the proposal… I think they are glad to at least get the wedding one right…

I’m starting to wonder if Delta isn’t planning to go to the prom because she’s decided she’s just not into guys. There’s been a lot of comic strip characters coming out lately, and maybe Evans has similar plans for Delta.

And that’s why Greg can’t wait to write Delta out.

“Prom Misses’ Promises (part III)” “Life During Promtime” (♪…This aint no party! This aint no disco!…♪)“♪…The Grand Illusion…♪”“Just A Formality”or “I’ve Had The Time Of My Life (Until The Next One)”

If you haven’t already, check out the song ’Safe", by Olivia Broadfield…

Arguably getting a date and going to the Prom IS part of growing up. One of many hoops to jump through. However…

For my wife and I: -

“Slow Dancing”, Johnny Rivers“Reminiscing”, Little River Band“Beyond The Sea”, Bobby Darrin“Happy Anniversary”, Hubert Laws (a 1 minute:43 sec. song… great for slow dancing…) “Just The Two Of Us”, England Dan and John Ford Coley ( another great one, short, sweet, and with a verse in English and French… play that one, and you will be making “butter” out of your dance partner!)…

Delta strikes me as being a little too down-to-earth to care that much about racial differences.

Prom…went my last 3 yrs of high school…small school….took the love of my life…would not have missed it for the world…..

PROM: Pretend Romances Over Money…

Wow! I think the Mrs. would appreciate Muse….

And here’s “Safe”, by the aforementioned Olivia Broadfield….

The costs involved in going to a prom now are absurd—don’t see how a lot of teens can afford it. I graduated in 1971, when proms were more normal and affordable. Mine was fun but I wasn’t serious about either of the guys that I went with.

Bernice can rotate her head. Hmmm….

Why does Delta have “the right attitude”? Her attitude is kind of belittling. If she doesn’t want to go, fine, but why be a jerk to Bernice about her wanting to go?

Convenient excuse Delta…

Prom’s (as such, at least) were unheard of when i was growing up in the UK in the late 60s. Whereas by the 90’s, when my kids were growing up, all the schools had them.

Personally, I reckon it’s daft to choose miss out on a significant event, even if it’s because (say) “you don’t have a date”. Experiences leave the memories you’ll have all your life – grasp them to the full. And enjoy yourself.

Do US High Schools still have segregated Proms? I wonder if Pitt High does.

I would suspect that Delta’s bout with cancer influenced her perspective on life and what’s important knowing that your chance to have an impact can quickly disappear.

The way Bernice looks over her shoulder in the first panel is freaky. Is she part owl, or will she soon start spewing pea soup?

C’mon Delta, get off your dang high horse. Enjoy life while you’re young. Adult life will be a big drag enough without starting it too early.

I decided to go to the prom my senior yearI asked a likely prospect to go with meShe said she would let me knowit would be rude to ask others while her offer was still extendedShe hoped a particular boy would ask her but held off on rejecting me in case he didn’t ask

Finally her friends convinced him to ask and she still did not respond to meI finally decided that although it was rude of me I would ask another

She accepted out of kindnessAfterward she sent word by her set of friends she did not want to go out again(I hope the message was really from her.)mating games would be better with set, written rules

I went to my prom, it was a tragic downer!

As far as I can tell, Prom is that dance you go to with the person you asked out five months ago and can no longer stand. You still go to it with them because you already spend so freaking much money on he tickets and tux/dress.

If Delta waits until she is too grown up to start looking for romance, she will seriously miss a very important aspect of life. When she does finally look for ‘romance’ she will have no really understanding of how to approach it. Without the trials and errors of dating earlier in life she’ll be missing a key sociological understanding of human relationships. Sure, she’ll have experienced some from the outside having watched others go through their dating issues and possibly marriage. But she won’t have any direct, first-hand experiences of her own that she could learn from.

On a second note, bookworms like Bernice often are very attractive (hot) young woman. They don’t know it and don’t portray themselves to be, and that is what makes them even more so. At least from my school experiences so long ago. She may not have a date for prom, but she will arrive as a total knockout. And she won’t even know it.

OH, for the LOVE Of….,Delta, SERIOUSLY?!!?

You Can “Improve the World,” as YOU Call it, ANY Darn Time!!!

The High School Senior Prom Comes Only ONCE in Your Lifetime!!!

I Mean WHAT? Is It Against Your Religion to have a Few Hours of FUN or Something?

Do You Think that adding “I DIDN’T Go to the Senior Prom” will be Eye Catching on Your Resume?

Too Busy for Prom Night because You’re Gearing Up for the 2016 Elections?

Its Funny though. You once Dressed Up and went Trick or Treating with Bernice and Luann. And You Actually had FUN.NOW, NOT Going to the Prom and having a Good Time, is some sort of Neo-Revolutionary Act. Geeeeeez, THIS Kid.

Tell You What Delta: YOU Go to the Prom and I’ll INVITE the Local Homeless to Attend. Then You can Have FUN and Do Some GOOD at the Same Time! Or Better STILL, I’ll Invite Them to Your First Inauguration!

Just Don’t TELL Anybody…….,

Aaaaaand, cueing entrance of Delta’s future boyfriend/soul mate in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…

Boy, Delta, are we bitter much.

Delta is emotionally mature beyond her years and peers.

Who says the guy has to be either Black or White. The guy could be a Native American, or a Asian. Or he could be a guy from the Middle East. Be it Israel, Iraq, Egypt, etc…Depends on who Mr Evans draws in as a possible date for Bernice.As for Delta, if I remember correctly there was a guy hoping to get sweet on her some time back.

For those of you who missed it, Delta is a cancer survivor. Yeah, she’s more mature than the other kids.

I didn’t go to my prom. I however went to my ex-husband’s prom when we were dating. Most boring event I had outside of attending my own family functions.

Good for Delta.

I went to an all boy Catholic high school, and my girl friend went to an all girl school. So we went to two proms in our senior year. 46 years later and I can’t remember anything about either except for the restaurant we went to after one of them. And that place doesn’t exist anymore!

Keep up the good fightnever quit

I didn’t want to go to the prom. So I did not go. But even my mom kept saying I’d regret it. Well I’m 27 and I still don’t regret it. I just really didn’t care about it. Plus I’m an introvert.

Wow, what a bunch of self-serving pinheads. You nerds missed out! I went to 6 proms, had a blast every time, and had some seriously kinky fun after ALL of them!!! You people have convinced yourselves you didn’t miss anything, but the truth is, you just didn’t think you belonged.

I was in high school during the brief era when proms weren’t popular, and some schools didn’t have them. The prom was held on the first Earth Day in 1970. Six couples went to the prom. Everyone else went over to the junior college where they had a free Earth Day dance on the tennis courts.

Note: I didn’t go to my high school prom, junior or senior. Couldn’t afford it. Besides, I had other things on my mind anyway.

Bernice apparently will buy the dress and go to the prom and enjoy it. Delta apparently will not go the the prom and will enjoy it. No victims. No fouls. No losers.

I went to a school dance and they had the music so loud I had to stuff paper towels in my ears in order to stand it (no cotton available and I didn’t know to bring earplugs). Afterwards I couldn’t get the last bit of paper towel out and my mother had to pick it out with a tweezers. It felt like she was pulling part of my ear guts out. I never went to any kind of school dance after that.

I went to both my Junior and Senior proms (with two different guys) and had a ball. I remember my Mom gave me $15 to get a prom dress and I found a gorgeous one on the sales rack. I thought it was one of the prettiest there.

‘Prom’ is an American thing, but it has relations in other countries. It began as the Senior Graduation dance, the last party of High School, leaving your friends and (hopefully) becoming an adult and going to college.

The word is derived from Promenade, a garden walk, which refers to your graduation walk for a diploma.

With respect to social events like proms, people who have choices should do what is most comfortable for them. Some of us went because we had never gone to school dances before, and didn’t want to regret never having that experience, but it sure isn’t the tragedy that cancer is. So skipping it if you aren’t interested is no biggy.-On the other hand, telling someone who wants to go that there are more important things overlooks the fact that the other person DOES want to go and is disappointed not to be able to go. Just because a dance isn’t important to one person doesn’t mean that it’s ok to tell the other person that there are more important things in life…

My, you certainly DO wonder about a lot of nonsensical stuff! Whew!

bargy2 like your comment very much thanks for writing that

Life should have balance. You can do good in the world and have romance too.

I don’t think Delta will ever be ready for romance with her attitude. There will always be something “more important” to do. Bernice will be successful in whatever she does, and hopefully she can have fun along the way.

“Anyone else think Greg’s setting us up, for Delta to get asked to the Prom?”-Hope so.

is there a way you can make Delta a little less self-rightious?

Great point Delta! I never went to mine, but I went to the after-party. I’ve never really been a party type though.

Zane. As I remember, he left in a wheelchair. I was thinking this morning if he returned he could have found that his paralysis dissipated (sp?) over time or was treatable and is now walking.

Issues – That would imply a man in a wheelchair was less desireable – That might give rise to assumption all paralyses were temporary.**Or if he is still using a chair, issues – Would his chair become an obstacle/ character in the strip? – Other?

No, when I say turn to butter, I mean , “turn to butter”!… I know, I know, it’s a funny and clever play on the “churning legs” (credit you for that!), but I just have to reiterate that the French part sung (basically the English lyrics in French, of course) and the melody is definitely an undiscovered treasure and has everything you need- it’s short and will score points with the Mrs.!…

What about “Everything I Have Is Yours”, by Billy Eckstine and a bunch of other covers (including Brook Benton)?… – Or just about anything with Brook Benton or Nat King Cole….

Didn’t go to a prom nor a reunion. HS was years and another life ago. Never look back.

guess what darlin’…if you don’t have a little fun, a little romance, while you are young, you will have no clue how to do it when you are grown-up!

No, many people in America just go with their friends. It’s basically a normal dance you get to wear a fancier dress to. Many teens also go to a fancy restaurant before or after prom.

Oh, come on, Greg. Bring Zane back for Bernice. She’s only jailbait until her 18th birthday in September.

Awkward dates do have a point: learning how to have an un-awkward date.

at age 62, I felt better having Delta comment on not going to the prom. I was never asked on a date or attended any dances or proms in high school. Had many dates in college, but my high school experience still hurts a little. Thanks Delta for making it better….And most of all thank you Greg Evans…

Not only that, but Aaron also contracted “Chuck Cunningham Syndrome (a la “Happy Days”)”… and at this time, it’s irreversible…

“…I completed my Doctorate…when I was seventeen.”

You were seventeen?!! Wow!!! You must be a Lifetime member of Mensa! And, I know that the Livermore Lab has a serious, very- hard-to-get-in, highly prestigious program! Wow. I am duly impressed! (BTW, I’m glad you got both the jobs and the “girls” … ;)

Your comment about Delta…that was nasty and uncalled for! ;P

Never went to a dance, never dated, intense fear of girls; after high school, same story, no GF, never married, depressingly lonely, intense fear of women. (Gunther looks like a stud, by comparison)

Delta, if you aren’t interested in dating and going to the prom, fine. Just say that. Instead, you choose to lay a guilt trip on Bernice by saying that people who want to go to the prom aren’t spending their time on making the world a better place, and they aren’t serious enough. Could you just let them decide to have some fun without getting all sanctimonious and holier-than-thou about it?

“Anyone else think Greg’s setting us up, for Delta to get asked to the Prom?”

Just a hunch I have, but I don’t think so… ;)

“Yep. I expect the entire cast at Prom, one way or the other.” I tend to agree with you…I’m interested to see if Tiff will be there with Ox… ;)

The prom dresses look great on Bernice’s slight figure, be a great time to give the hair a makeover to go with them

Re.: your comment of both Delta and Bernice going to their prom solo…I hadn’t thought of the dress angle…but I’m still not sure Delta will change her mind… ;)

“Unless the guy is an utter idiot, talking to Bernice or Delta would be a major turn on…”

That would be a great way to begin a nice relationship… ;)

“Seeing Aaron walk the halls of Pitt would raise all sorts of ruckus here on the comment board.”

Well, you have That right! (Me, I still stick to the “end” of Aaron via a certain volcano in Hawaii). ;);)

I obviously have Way To Much Time on my hands this afternoon to make so many comments on this board! I’m not sure if that’s Good or Bad! OK, I’ll give it a rest LOL ;)

Nobody asked Delta to go.

This is why I don’t like Delta, not that she’s such an over achiever but that she acts like she’s 18 going on 50. Quit trying to save the world and enjoy being young, if only for a little while. And if you wait until you’re ‘grown up’ for romance, you won’t have much experience as to how to navigate it. High school is when you’re supposed to get your feet wet romantically, though some, like Luann, choose to dive in head first.

If not now, then when?

I dunno. The first thing I thought was:

Next Panel: Bernice and Delta staring at each other.

Next Panel: Bernice and Delta still staring at each other.

Next Panel: Bernice and Delta kissing, Bernice ’s eyes wide in surprise.

Want a twist with tons of story possibilities leading up to prom? There it is…

In my day, you needed a date to go to prom. An opposite sex date. These days most places let you go alone or with a group of friends. I think most kids go to Senior Prom, even without a date, because it’s a last chance to hang out with their friends before graduation.

Delta’s self-righteous condescending attitude annoys me. How exactly does her not going to the prom improve the world? What an ego.

And I don’t think it has any legs to stand on, either….

Bernice looks very nice in that dress. Now if she were wearing a bag over her head…..

Actually, I was “Pitting” Bernice’s “it’s gonna be a gas” vs. Delta’s “it’s more noble not to do it”, but it’s “still on the same street”…just a few houses down….

That’s what we reminisced about, yesterday…. or was it on Monday?…

Poor Delta, if she was older she could drink the cool aid in Washington. She sounds perfect for Obummers staff, big ideas no action.

If you don’t want to date or go to the prom, then fine, everything’s not for everyone, so I hope you have a pleasant evening doing whatever else it is you choose to do instead of going to the prom, and that’s that. Now knock off the sermonizing, Delta, and just let Bernice enjoy her moment here, fantasizing about being asked out.

You know what’s funny about that? Drawing conclusions about things that aren’t drawn ….

That Dress. Makes. you. look. HOT! Bernice.

In Saturday’s strip Rosa asked Gunther to run away to Peru with her and then that story line just ended. What the heck?!

Of course you know that Greg hit the reset button several times after Delta’s “Cancer” scare, right?