Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 11, 2015

Can you blame Brad, Frank?

Yeah… subtle way to decline Brad’s “deca-capitation” invitation, Frank! – Reminds me of the old “Lowenbrau” and ’Bud Light" Commercials…

You can get anything you want at Alice’s restaurantWalk right in, it’s around the backJust a half a mile from the railroad track . . . I wonder if Frank knows that – he wouldn’t need a warehouse to fool around in!

Very glad that Frank got through the mud run without any health problems. I really thought, with all the struggling he did during his workout, that the point of the arc would be to show what happens when you don’t take care of yourself.

Frank might be able to get his body into good enough condition for under $100K. For the warehouse project, however, that kind of money wouldn’t even make a dent.

“I Love You, Man!”“A Dirty Look”“For Mud-icinal Purposes”“Runs In The Family”“Invigorating, Yet Not-On -Your -Life!”“Ready For The Hamster Wheel”“Habi-traaaails…To You…..” (♪)“Getcha Motivation Running…” (♪)“Breaking Down Bodies, Building Up Bonds”“The Mud Pack Treatment”“Giving Dad The Runs”“Spry Vs. Spa”or“This Old House Frank”

Brad’s sure come a long way from his “couch potato” days.

Is our cartoonist going through a mid-life crisis?..The last bit reminds me of the apparent dumping of Sun.

Let’s see how you look at 49, Bwad

Stars From Above!

Frank Is DETERMINED to Go Thru With This SILLY Art House-Warehouse Idea.

Have You Considered the Price of FAILURE, Frank?Like Going Bankrupt, Having Your Partner Old Smiley Run Off with the Remaining Cash, and Not Being Able to get Your Old Job back because They give It to someone Much Younger at 1/3 Of Your Pay???

No, of Course NOT.

Brad? Be SURE to RIP that Duct Tape Off His Ankle so that He SCREAMS Like the GEICO Goat.

Perhaps a Bit of AGONY will Bring Your Pop BACK to His SENSES.

What a mess.

<(…) I think he committed insurance fraud.”>

Rewind. Check again. Nothing supports that except Brad’s wild guess.

“it’s actually a sheep.”_____________________________________

NO, Its Actually a GOAT. A “Scape-Goat” Named “Rick” to be Precise.

Look, Listen to Me Very, VERY Carefully: (A-Hem) “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGGGGGGH!!!!”

See? Only GOATS Say That.

Not that I’m a Goat……,

“Saggy old” applied to both “building” and “body”

Got it! Left you one, as well!

If the business heads south, he might NEED a competent crook.

I like the one worker’s reaction in the commercial, when the goat nays, as if what the goat says were “fightin’ words”, Lol!!!

Why doesn’t anyone ever comment on my observation about the warehouse?

“Gaining Moment…Um-m?”^Ha ha ha!!!! – “Going Through A Phrase”^Clever!!

Yup, not only is it “common sense”, but also a good form of “modesty” (knowing when you have met or have exceeded certain limitations [“Well, I would walk 500 miles….” (♪)])

That would also seem to harmonize with what was stated here at Slate.com:

“We asked the goat experts. The first thing we learned is that the goat experts are not amused. “Maybe for some it is entertaining,” Dr. An Peischel of Tennesse State University told me. “I am a goat producer and don’t consider it entertainment at all.”

“They were quick to point out that some of these “goats” are not, in fact, goats at all. “The individuals making the noises were not all goats,” wrote Dr. Peischel, “There are several sheep involved.” -(http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/03/08/goats_yelling_like_humans_why_do_goats_yell_like_that_we_asked_the_experts.html)

When I saw the one in the Sprint commercial, it seemed to be a sheep, to me, on the basis of a sort of “wooly” look. – But when I look at the Geico commercial, it seems “hairy” (though the NPR article also says some sheep may have similar features), and “goat-like”. If that one in the Geico ad really is a sheep, and not a goat, it’s why they say the differences are hard to spot. – I guess it’s almost in the same vein as when people may confuse Sting Rays with all other types of Rays and Skates (though in that instance, many just may not know all the different types that exist…).

Perhaps this too could help to “sort it out”, as to “which is which”, in regards to the differences between a sheep and goat, using the tail (and/or beard)… – (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4S2YIkNHqE)

Congratulations to Team DeGroot on successfully completing the 5K Mud Run!Now, about that middle-aged spread, Frank….

Okay, BRAD, we get it. Decades ago you went to the gym in order to get in shape. Whoop-dee-doo. Not particularly remarkable, actually!

Frank should look into adding Treadmill or Exercycle phone chargers at the food court.

Baaa!

And the question (as far as “Mud Run” is concerned, "Is he “The Little Engine that will *_do it, again?_”