Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 01, 2015

Bernice made an exception a while back… Hmmm…

In 2 minutes, Bernice will join the “party”.

Bernice is quite the hypocrite.

Is someone in the R.A. program playing a prank on Bernice by telling her she has to enforce a “no guests after 10 PM” rule? It’s my understanding that few colleges have such rules for their dorms in 2015 — except for strict religious colleges, which Moony U. definitely doesn’t appear to be.

Is this a real rule at colleges nowadays? So many of the rules in that huge book that Bernice lugs around seem unrealistic.

So we’re not going to mention her special guest?

I think this is a perfect summary for this “relationship” – nothing doing.

’Tain’t east being dormitory R.A.

Lots of events behind closed doors in the last few days. We leave the Luann mets Pru arc with Pru saying something apparently to or about Quill behind a closed door, and now Bernice, in her role as a DA, hears a laugh behind a closed door, Tiffany’s laugh. Of course, as has been already been pointed out, Bernice had her own violation of the after 10 pm rule, letting Piro sleep on her couch. So….what does it all mean?

Maybe Piro is in there too, watching another silent movie on his laptop.

I’m just hoping we aren’t treated to a display of the ‘angry Gunther’ that he constantly shows his mother since he returned from Peru. I’m not sure what would happen if he started shouting at Bernice…

“Angry Gunther” was just delayed adolescent rebellion finally catching up with him. He doesn’t have any need to differentiate himself from Bernice, so I don’t think he’ll yell at her.

“HaHaHa!!”. The first frame was interesting. But please don’t tell me it was Gunther finding the answer to a tricky math problem.

“A Cufew, Good Men”“…Not As I Do”“Hypocritical Mass”“The Pros And Contradictions”“Duck…Duck….Gander”“…And Four, Sir!”“All The Cool Kids Are Rule Kids”“American Grandstand”“Cutting The Corners, By The Book”“A Limit Dilemma”“All That They’re Cracked Down To Be”“Wrapped Around Your Fingerpointing” “And Three Back At You”“The Clock Struck Ten”or“…Where Your Children Are”

Don’t disappoint me again, Gunther. At least Tiffany could have looked a little messed up, but no, she has perfect hair, perfect makeup.

Seriously, what kind of dorm has a 10pm curfew? After 10pm the only person you’re allowed to see is your roommate or whoever you might happen to see in the bathroom? I call BS.

A bit of “subtle humor” in the fact that Tiffany says, in a sense: . “Hey! That’s no guest…. that’s just Gunther!…”

In fairness, the party and the ferret episodes happened before Bern was an RA. Only Piro’s most recent overnight stay happened after she had an official title.

I agree that she’s being hypocritical, but Bern does have more than a bit of myopia when it comes to looking in the mirror.

She’s trying to grow up, which means, on the one hand, discharging the responsibilities of her position as RA, while simultaneously making “adult” decisions about her own nocturnal company. You and I might think she let herself get manipulated by Piro, but she wouldn’t rationalize it that way.

I also think that rule is idiotic and unenforceable. It wouldn’t have flown at Berkeley forty years ago!

Finally, I wonder if Gunther is maybe protesting just a bit too much. I think there really wasn’t any “doing” going on in there (with the lights out?) but he secretly wishes there were, whether he’ll admit it or not. He did have a crush on Tiffany at one time, no?

On some campuses student’s aren’t allowed to drive a car, so 10 Pm curfew seems reasonable.

New poll up: Is Gunthie Guest-worthy?

Will Bernice become a convert?1) 11 votes – She will only grudgingly tolerate Prudence2) 8 votes – Other3) 4 votes – Never!4) 4 votes – Yes, but only after an epiphanyOther: Nope—she seems to have figured Pru out perfectly; She will be the only person who sees thru Pru; She’d sooner convert to Catholicism; Bernice should become a nun and join a convent; Convert from what?; Yes, but only after an epruphaany; She will dog Pru until she finds her secret identityAre these polls too biased?1) 8 votes – Yes2) 7 votes – Other3) 6 votes – MaybeOther: no; Biased toward what?; What sect? Oh, wait….:); funny too; Sometimes when the only choice is yes… like right now; All of the above, plus No; You’re on drugs

Gunther does math problems in the dark?

Officious prig!Bernice needs to be taken down a notch and humanized….

The premise of a 10 O’clock curfew is probably just to give a “background’ for the punchlines and as a “setting” for the story, and not the ’be all end all manual” that colleges would use for orientation in the 3 Dimensional world…..

No Doing here? Don’t sound so sad Gunther. Give it time.

Drop dead Bernice.

I thought Gunthers bed time was 7:00 .

I wondered about that, too. There are only a couple of subjects you can study in the dark :-)

I like Tiffany’s expression in the last panel- as if she’s a little exasperated by Gunther protesting his innocence… You’d almost think she want a bit of “doing”… LOL

It’s dark in Tiff’s room.

“Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

I think Gunther would benefit from some “doing”.

Gunther would be more precise to say we’re not doing “it”.No doing “it” here.

Aaaaand, back to “Gunther One-Joke.” (Is it just me, or does Tiffany look slightly disappointed?)

…or perhaps “doing”

According to Wikipedia, Evans was born in 1947, so his ideas about campus life, with curfews and other such rules may be stuck back in the early to mid sixties. As others have pointed out, few colleges (other than religious colleges) have such rules anymore.

The Evanses are trolling fans with this relationship. The more Gunther denies it, the more we are suspicious.

Great old porn movie, but I doubt if that applies here Dave (lol).

What extraordinary rules will Team Evans invent for Bernice to enforce next? Some Mary Worth-style dictum requiring all students to make their beds every morning by 8:00?

Bern is AB-SO-LUTELY, RIGHT, Gunther!

No “GUESTS” after 10 P.M!!!

(Wotta Break! ESCAPE NOW, Whilst You CAN Gunth, BEFORE Tiff Romances You to the Point of You Inadvertently and Unfortunately, falling in Love with the Her, only to have Her later DUMP You after YOU’VE Help Her Pass ALL Her Courses and She PREDICTABLY Falls for a Handsome Stud!)

And Don’t Bring Up the FACT Bern Had that CREEP Piro, Who’s Probably Not Even a Student at the School, over night at Her Dorm Room, EITHER!

Bernice: Future Director of the C.I.A. .

I had classes that ended at 10.

8Implausible….. I agree with you completely that Bernice is hypocritical. But, in some ways, I think that is a rather important and realistic point that is (purposefully or inadvertently) being made by Greg….. namely that many (in reality most) of us have some set of ideal goals, standards, expectations….. but that many (again, in reality most) of us fail to meet these ideal goals, standards, expectations. And, sometimes we fail to meet them because we CANNOT do so, but truth be told… in many circumstances we fail to meet them because we CHOOSE to not do so. It is the frailty of the human spirit, I think.

Oh good grief!

Tiffany, I’d “do.” Bernice, I’d “I do.”

Bern knocks on the door just because she hears Tiffany laughing. Hasn’t Bern ever laughed when no one else was around? Chill out, Bern.

I truly wonder whether Greg and Karen think these rules are realistic or whether they merely figure that their readership (i.e., old people) expect that colleges have rules like this. Obviously, they didn’t actually ask some modern-day college students what the rules really are, so probably they don’t care.

Aye. But maybe they know, but this arc suits Bernice better.

How is it that laughter overheard through a door implies that there is another person in the room other than Tiffany? Couldn’t she be laughing for many reasons other than what someone else has said or done? Seems like Bernice is jumping to conclusions here.

In the future, Gunther and Tiffany should whisper close to each other’s ears to avoid detection by Sheriff Bernice.

People don’t usually say “Hahaha!” when they are studying.

No “doing”? Isn’t that what you said when you were studying salamander tails so nervously? And so why is it dark in your room?*On the other hand, the fact Tiff came right to the door and is not tousled is a safe sign.

“or are they currently hanging out in the dark together?”

They are, aren’t they?

Enough with the 10:00 rule!

Bernice needs to lighten up. She should have some male visit her after 10 pm, not for studying.

Most college males would want people to think they are having sex. Not odd Gunther though.

correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Bernice have an overnite “guest”?

An “emergency” how? Apparently Piro does this on a fairly regular basis, maybe every night.

Tif seems to be having an “alignment problem” today.

this will come back to haunt Bernice, or undermine her authority.

Do as I SAY.. not as I do

Bernice is getting on my nerves, what a hypocrite. Just normal for the powers that be I guess, the rules don’t apply to themselves, just everyone else.

What a sad place Moony U seems to be. Some of my best memories of college are of sitting up talking with friends WAY past midnight.

Some of us suspect that Piro may be homeless, and just stays with whatever friend can put him up. I hope we get to learn more about this interesting character…

Bernie, the hypocrite. She’s been pretty annoying for a long time now. :(

Maybe these “rules” exist just for the benefit of the Luann target audience, who would like to believe that colleges work this way, because that belief comforts them.

This is probably gonna be another situation where Tiffany is no worse than anyone else, yet she’ll be blamed.

I’ve been betrayed. Bernie wants my job. Tiff spills it tomorrow. $#%!!!

Do you suppose this impromptu get-together last year was completed by 9:59 PM? It had better have been!!!-

Pretty soon Gunther and Tiffany will be roomies…

I’m not so concerned with hypocrisy as some are. Just because a police officer speeds when he’s off duty doesn’t mean he should let everyone speed. The college hired her to enforce the rules not to be a saint.

Tune in tomorrow for the further adventures of Bernice Halper, Dorm Cop. Tomorrow Bern is issued the coveted arm band and silver whistle, and she sets out to cruise the hallways on her Segway, handing out tickets for infractions right and left.

It might be sexist to say Bernice needs a boyfriend, but Bernice needs a boyfriend. I also think she just quit the RA job. It is too tempting for some rule-based folks; whereas, she needs to let go a bit.

Come on in for a threesome, Bernice.

As Samuel Johnson said of second marriages, “It is the triumph of hope over experience.”

Ya know… Tif actually looks upset/disappointed in the last panel.

Studying? In the dark? Must be Human Anatomy study.

Hypocrisy aside, I’d have to say her snarky comment to Tiffany was uncalled for. I got the impression that she didn’t believe that Tiffany was studying, and was letting the animosity from High School get the better of her.

I wonder if Bernice will “snitch” to Luann about Gunther being in Tiffany’s dorm room… after 10:00 pm no less.

Also- Am I the only one that feels that the supporting cast is developing more depth than the main characater? I know I find the arcs with Tiffany/Gunter (short as those arcs are) more interesting than the ones with Luann as the focal point.

When I think of Bernice “Good Samaritan” just doesn’t pop to mind as a character trait. When have we seen her act that way, other than that time with Piro? I therefore suspect she had other motives, even if she is reluctant to admit them to herself.

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“I’ve already done it and it was fun.”

Good points. Bernice seems to have taken the RA job on without giving any thought to what was in it for her or what negatives could result from her becoming an authority figure.

And if Moody U. really has rules that this 10:00 curfew thing, no wonder they have to give out scholarships (Bernice) or get well-heeled parents to pay (Tiffany). In fact, I wonder how Hair and Viper got in … or why they’d want to be at a school with those kinds of restrictive rules.

I think Team Evans may well have gone off and created a version of campus life which is completely removed from the real world. (Not that I think they’ll make any changes just because we point these things out to them.)