Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 02, 2016

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    Namrepus  over 7 years ago

    A very long journey is nearing its end.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 7 years ago

    Braldey DeGroot, you’re a genius.

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    Wilde Bill  over 7 years ago

    Perfect. What more needs to be said? The picture says it all.

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    PicaraJustina  over 7 years ago

    Good for them!

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    Argythree  over 7 years ago

    Congrats to Toni and Brad! (And the artists…)

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    JimT8  over 7 years ago

    This is one of the best images ever in this strip!

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    A R V reader  over 7 years ago

    YES!!!

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    Brdshtt Premium Member over 7 years ago

    A nice panel. It kind of reminds me of a friend of mine telling me that he likes to watch his wedding video in reverse. They go into the courthouse married and emerge single, happy, and free….Myself, I was lucky to find one I want to spend the rest of my life with. And the next life, too, if I get to come back and am lucky enough for us to find each other again.

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    luann1212  over 7 years ago

    Eureka!!

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    ericbrower  over 7 years ago

    O! M! G! Of course, now they have to tell the rest of the cast. Maybe they could have a reception party at the Fuse (just don’t put Leslie in charge of the gift money collection (or whatever you call it)).

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    DaJellyBelly  over 7 years ago

    They can still have a church ceremony later. If they wish!!

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    Duff Dude Premium Member over 7 years ago

    I know this is a comic strip and everything, but they look so happy and the birds in the background is a nice touch. Not having any words was a brilliant move

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    Wizardgoat  over 7 years ago

    Since Brad caught on so quickly, with no real hassles, that portends that this will be a very good marriage.

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    sallymargaret  over 7 years ago

    The end of a “perfect” day!

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    sallymargaret  over 7 years ago

    Reminds me of 1971. I had the most horrible year ever. I can’t begin to list the terrible things that happened to me that year. I was about to write it off as the worst year of my life. Then, during the Thanksgiving holidays, I met my future husband! 1971 turned out to be a fantastic year!

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    andygup  over 7 years ago

    I’m embarassed to say that after following this cheesy comic since I was a kid, and brad was fawning over the girl next door – this panel puts a big smile on my face!

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    TlalocW  over 7 years ago

    Eloping is the way to go. My parents did in the 50s. Mom went to one of her sisters and said, “Vern (Dad) is in jail. I need $50 to get him out.” They took the money and came back the next day married.

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    Mikeyj  over 7 years ago

    The Degroots are going to be pissed off!

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    Mikeyj  over 7 years ago

    They look more like kids than adults here! haha

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    inkstains  over 7 years ago

    The blue sky beneath Toni’s right arm almost looks like a wing.

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    The Mixer  over 7 years ago

    I’m glad to see those fluffy white cool-looking clouds in the background, considering Shannon is still sitting in the back seat of their car, hopefully not with the windows rolled up.

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    rusty gate  over 7 years ago

    Can they apply for a wedding license and get married the same day? Or perhaps they already have the license.

    This also means the storyline in the next few months won’t be about the big wedding.

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    overtherainbow  over 7 years ago

    =Finally=. Thank god.

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    overtherainbow  over 7 years ago

    =Finally=. Thank god.

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    oddhumor  over 7 years ago

    Drat. I was hoping that Toni would disappear. I’ve never liked her character.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  over 7 years ago

    Looks like elopement after all to remove the pressure.

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    butchna  over 7 years ago

    Told ya! Eloped!

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    Airman  over 7 years ago

    As Larry the Cable Guy would say, “Get ’ere done”. Now, dare not, Greg to pull the rug out from under us by having the Courthouse closed. No plumbing emergency, no closed early for the holiday, no hostage situation or bomb threat. I have to admit, with all the monkey wrenches that plague this strip, I’m gun shy or, out and out paranoid.

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    Argythree  over 7 years ago

    I always thought eloping meant you were running away to get married without the permission of parents. In this case, I don’t think Brad’s parents objected and Toni’s are deceased.

    I think what’s happening is just a small civil ceremony, assuming they are able to find one witness…

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    jeff_e  over 7 years ago

    … but it was after the workday, and the courthouse closed at 4PM (cue the sad trombone).

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    kenhense  over 7 years ago

    Toni looks very happy (and Brad should be). I never thought of Brad as the type for elaborate ceremonies. The whole story is making more sense at this point. And it’s a good frame: Boom!….. Done!

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    DaJellyBelly  over 7 years ago

    My parents were married on Christmas Day by a court clerk. They couldn’t get married in church. Because my dad was divorced. They shared 53 happy years together until my dad’s passing.

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    mmulkey  over 7 years ago

    Looks like I have to delete my phone calendar reminder. Kudos to Greg Evans’ Team.

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    Brdshtt Premium Member over 7 years ago

    By his response in the strip below, I believe Frank will be the most disappointed if they blow off a big wedding:.

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    Brdshtt Premium Member over 7 years ago

    With this ring.I thee wed..Till one of us.doeth drop dead..- “Brdshtt” 2016

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    wiselad  over 7 years ago

    mmmmmmmmmmmmm we take it as a given that they are in Southern California, but Greg decided to make the state flag “gray” as in it could be any USA state

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    Lady Bri  over 7 years ago

    Horray! They made the right decision. They’re most certainly off to a successful start with their marriage—compromise and simplicity are two vital ingredients. ;-)

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    kenhense  over 7 years ago

    Mr. Potatohead’s gonna have an even bigger smile tomorrow…

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    RWill  over 7 years ago

    Perfect.

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    egag21  over 7 years ago

    This better be real and not just a visual representation of what he’s explaining.

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    montymiff  over 7 years ago

    We did that. Decades later, no regrets. Good for them!

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    2doggone  over 7 years ago

    it’s not don yet. hope it will happen

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    hildigunnurr Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Yessss! <3

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    upanddown17  over 7 years ago

    My wife and I eloped, too.

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    Lyons Group, Inc.  over 7 years ago

    That’s exactly what my cousin’s brother did 14 years ago.All good and legal too.

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    imagenesis  over 7 years ago

    Oh my Gosh! Are they about to do what I think they are about to do? Emotions running high here!!!

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    sarazan7  over 7 years ago

    Good move Brad!!!!!!

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    Luanaphile  over 7 years ago

    Sometimes you just know what’s right.

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    unclebob53703 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    atta boy brad

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    desert-cat  over 7 years ago

    She always wanted something inconspicuous – exchanging vows at the station…. But courthouse? There will be a host of angry or disappointed people, like Shannon….

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    Pointspread  over 7 years ago

    Cool!

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    Chuck374  over 7 years ago

    Brad – this change of plans will bring you happiness and save you thousands.

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    corpcasselbury  over 7 years ago

    I love Toni’s expression in this panel! Pure joy!

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    Edward White  over 7 years ago

    Now we have to wait for paranoid Luann to get mature enough to get married. Quill did nothing to warrant the distrust that he got from Luann.

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    dlkrueger33  over 7 years ago

    I predicted this, but I don’t like that they are getting married totally alone. Brad could have just had immediate family – his plus Shannon. That would have been enough. It isn’t nice to leave all those people out of the big moment….think of Shannon! She thought she was going to be a flower girl. Another disappointment for her.

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    sueb1863  over 7 years ago

    TJ better hurry up on that remodeling.

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    Aqsnt  over 7 years ago

    Maybe Mr Gray can help help TJ with the renovation. Or…….they could honeymoon in the back of a VW. There’s more room there than in Toni’s apartment.

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    JayBluE  over 7 years ago

    Waitaminit! There are lots of things that could be happening, here! It could be, that….

    A) Brad and Toni got tickets to be in the gallery on “The People’s Court”B) Brad suddenly remembered that he couldn’t go anywhere, anyway, because he was supposed to deal with a parking ticket, and he had 5 minutes till it closed…C) Brad and Toni’s favorite band,“Habeas Corpus”, was to make an appearance, there…..D) They are getting marriedE) The mayor called everyone to come down for a surprise dance party, and Brad figures there would be inspiration for Toni, since everyone thinks “simple”, when it comes to the mayor….F) Brad forgot that if they register for gifts at city hall, the courthouse would give out free used party favors…( and who could turn that down?)G) If he registers early, they could actually use the public space inside, for the reception….H) they just want to see how people walk to get married, so Toni doesn’t have to worry about tripping, during her ceremony…

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    Jimmy90403  over 7 years ago

    The world loves lovers!

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    jdholm3  over 7 years ago

    Called it! I prefer this to a wacky hijinks kind of story.

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    Dkram  over 7 years ago

    “We called of the wedding.”.“WHY!”.We eloped. :-).\\//_

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    JayBluE  over 7 years ago

    “Court-ship”“Flight Of The Lovebirds”“Being Civil”“Oh, The Possibilities!”“Back In The Saddle, In The Spur Of The Moment”“A Totally Unexpected Idea”“A Clouded Decision”“…And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon”“Calling An Audible”“Mutual Of Omaha! ….Omaha!…”“Counter Trey Sweep, Play Action Pass”“Making Our Dreams Come True…”(♬♪)“…For Me And You” (♪)or“The Elopement In The Room”

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    draksig  over 7 years ago

    I think everyone saw this one coming.

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    Willywise52 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Finally!

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 7 years ago

    I woman I worked with took a job to pay for her daughter’s wedding. She saved for TWO YEARS and they had the fanciest wedding you could think of. 6 months later the husband was barricaded in the apartment with a shotgun screaming about money to the cops!!! The happy bride had to go into hiding for a year. Eloping, good!

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    DeniDee  over 7 years ago

    I hope they remembered to cancel their wedding planning appointment first!

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    Darsan54 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Good decision. Then still hold the wedding to have the party, but don’t tell anyone.

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    stairsteppublishing  over 7 years ago

    Smart move. Avoid hurt feelings of those who were not invited or not getting along with other guests, AND use the money saved for a great honeymoon, an apartment of their own or downpayment on a house.

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    ekw555  over 7 years ago

    I assume the kid is still in the car wherever they left her?

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    31768  over 7 years ago

    BRAVO! Brad will finally get his cake and eat it too!!congrats you two! and now enjoy the long labor day weekend as husband and wife. WELL DONE!now save the money from that Kardashian wedding that wasn’t and go and have a great honeymoon!

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    31768  over 7 years ago

    And that’s one happy ending for someone here at last!Good job Greg and Karen. Thank you for making my day!

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    oldcomicsfan  over 7 years ago

    They can still have the formal wedding and reception, for the family and such, just now without all the stress, it’d be more fun for them this way.

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    jwondga  over 7 years ago

    Hooray!

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    ToetagProductions  over 7 years ago

    It aint over till they say “I do”

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    mkchell14  over 7 years ago

    It’s sad that I just screamed “yay” and got teary eyed! Lol.

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    jrankin1959  over 7 years ago

    Now let’s see how many readers are hoping Mr. Evans pulls a Brooke McEldowney for the Sunday panel…

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    genghis.shaman  over 7 years ago

    Yay! :D

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    terrieann.schmearer  over 7 years ago

    Ah, this makes me smile :)

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    Carla Pereira  over 7 years ago

    Blue is a lucky color for a bride

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    Russell Hauser  over 7 years ago

    My Father-in-law was all for this solution (even offering a large bribe), but I doubt my Mother-in-law would ever have forgiven us. Although she would never have shown it.

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    cubswin2016  over 7 years ago

    I hope this doesn’t cause friction with the family.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Uhhhh, I HATE to be a ‘Downer’ but there is a bit of BAD News:

    1) You Guys DO Realize You’ll Probably be spending Your ‘Wedding’ Night in the same house with Smiley and the Munchkin?2) That You are about to CHEAT Yourselves out of a whole bunch of Nifty Wedding Gifts?

    The GOOD News Is: ALL the “Brad Haters” are Now Some Where *SULKING!

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   over 7 years ago

    Ahhh, they’ll still have a big reception at The Fuse (because the fees from the contractors are non-refundable) and Greg will have a walk through of all the characters he can get in a Sunday frame. (The return of Delta ?)

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    Wenthral  over 7 years ago

    did they leave the little girl in the car?

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    david_42  over 7 years ago

    My wife proposed on a Sunday, we got married that Friday. Spent the wedding money on the down payment on our house.

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    becida  over 7 years ago

    Nice move in the story!

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    LtPowers  over 7 years ago

    Hopefully they live in a state where you can get a license the same day you want to get married.

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    rmbdot  over 7 years ago

    I wonder if there will be enough to do in the courthouse that they don’t actually take vows until Sept 11th. That was the date they were originally looking at.

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    booktrout  over 7 years ago

    OK So what about thieving Les?

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    MA FANGYI Premium Member over 7 years ago

    oh

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    NotGregEvans  over 7 years ago

    Next they learn about the 72-hour waiting period.

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 7 years ago

    3Well, several thoughts from me today:1) The art work Greg employed today is indeed beautiful. 2) The expressions on Brad and Toni’s faces are quite nice too.3) For me, however, I am disappointed that it appears that Brad and Toni will end up eloping. For me, this seems a somewhat sad outcome.3a) IMO, it seems sad, because this style of wedding really separates the couple from their family. Even given how annoying Jonah is as a brother, there really is little to no animosity on EITHER side of Brad and Toni’s family. To exclude loved family from the ceremony seems to me, to be sad.3b) For those (many it seems) who suggest they can have a “formal” ceremony later…. I honestly ask…. Why bother? The things that seemed to “bother” Toni (and to a lesser extent Brad) before (the fuss, the decision making, the money)…. none of those change by eloping before a second “replay” ceremony. All the same fussy decisions would need to be made, the money would still have to be spent. To me a “re-enactment” of the ceremony after the fact feels silly and less worth the money, fuss, and time than having just made decisions to create a wedding that was a compromise both could agree upon in the first place.3c) For the others who suggest that they should have a big reception at “The Fuse” sometime in the future after they tell everyone about their elopement…. well, I am thinking that is likely a 95+% reality of how the story will go. But, at least in my neck of the woods, folks who elope often do not have some sort of party afterwards…. or if they do, they usually actively discourage gifts. With a party at The Fuse being the likely endpoint here, I hope that Brad and Toni do throw a party, but that they a) do not do the Tux / Bridal Gown thing at the party, and b) they actively discourage gifts.

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    rodriguez.racoon  over 7 years ago

    I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!!! I know it’s fictional but I’m so happy to see Brad and Toni doing what works for them.

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    Dsnerker  over 7 years ago

    Nearly 200 comments and it’s just past 9:00 am Central time!Love today’s strip!

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 7 years ago

    Toni is smiling!Brad is smiling!*But the family, friends, neighbors, co-workers who will be supporting the marriage will feel left out unless they also get to be a part of the ceremony.

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    Zabadaz   over 7 years ago

    Somebody’s getting lucky tonight!

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    Mary Smith Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Yesss!

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 7 years ago

    And before you think I am just being an old fuddy-duddy….1. Yes, my wife and I were pretty traditional. We were very budget conscious, but we had a traditional, albeit small wedding ceremony & mass (as we are both of the same faith). And, we had a small reception at a hall that evening as well. 2. But, over the years we have been to a whole helluva lot of different weddings. Some IMO rather embarrassing ( the bride and groom and a huge wedding party all dressed up like gangsters with the “I DO” vows followed by the bride placing a literal ball and chain on the ankle of her now husband), and some atypical, but kind and sweet (a peace and love, flower child/hippie wedding out-of-doors with everyone bare footed) as well as many others. Even though the gangster wedding was not something I felt comfortable about personally, the one thing I can say about it as well as all the weddings I have been to…. they have been inclusive of family. For me, elopement seems so isolating.

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    DukeDiamond  over 7 years ago

    YAY! <3

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    SweetSinger  over 7 years ago

    Bad omen. So selfish not letting the family participate and share their joy. They could have asked them to meet them at the courthouse!

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    3pibgorn9  over 7 years ago

    Hey, guys, did you get the license already?

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    Vorticia  over 7 years ago

    YYYEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

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    howtheduck  over 7 years ago

    Brad is going to be surprised when he discovers that all those places that he has already booked are still going to expect to get paid. Frankly, the biggest surprise is that Toni, who dragged her feet and dragged her feet on getting engaged has developed any anxiety over more delays in getting married. It is also telling that Toni has no female friends. She is pretty, but she must not be that nice to the ladies if Nancy is not willing to step up and help out.

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    cheesehead  over 7 years ago

    yay!

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    LadyThorne  over 7 years ago

    I really hate to put a damper on all this but…. did they forget about the little girl they left sitting in the car?

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    abbykingston  over 7 years ago

    Where the heck is Shannon? Is she still waiting in the car? Other than that the strip is perfect.

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    dliley  over 7 years ago

    Where do I send my gift (a toaster)?

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    CitizenOfTheValley  over 7 years ago

    Where is Shannon? Did I miss something?

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    Argy.Bargy2  over 7 years ago

    @"ekw"@wenthral@"Sandra"@abbykingston

    Other posters have tried and tried to answer your sweet, darling, charm school comments about how poor Shannon has been left in the car. To no avail, since you don’t read the answers.

    It’s clear that your concerns are not with Shannon, since we have all explained till our faces are purple that she was never with them in the car; she stayed with TJ to ‘renovate’ the house’

    So your comments are solely intended to rain the parade of other readers.

    Wow. Poor you. Now that we recognize your call signs, we’ll just scroll past from now on.

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    ferretface99  over 7 years ago

    If she called the whole thing off, I would have written an angry letter to the comics company.

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    CitizenOfTheValley  over 7 years ago

    Oh yeh – I forgot – they left Shannon back at the house doing demo.

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    jrankin1959  over 7 years ago

    BTW, I was only making an apparently lame joke with the “pull a Brooke McEldowney” reference…

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    reedkomicks Premium Member over 7 years ago

    We are at a wedding weekend now. So much angst between the bride and the mother of the bride. The grooms family is starting to notice. We brothers and sis in laws are acting as buffers, but elopement may have been a happier choice.

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    winston49  over 7 years ago

    Brad if finally going to get lucky

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Brd and Wiselad,Interesting point about permit timing.How much of a lag time does California have for permits? You said they are good for 3 months, but how much time is there between application and receiving the permits? Will Luanniverse echo that?Where we married 36 years ago there were completed medical tests with clean results required for valud permits. I was worried because i had been working in two jungles in Suriname not quite a year before and the physicians warned us when our blood was drawn that there is a soil born bacterium there that coukd test the same as syphillus so i lived in real worry about a possible wedding delay till my blood test came back clean. (You do not think about things like that when you daily put your shoes on a worn down area of granite in the sun to dry and to become covered by tropical butterflies seeking sweat salt.)

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    Irvingj  over 7 years ago

    IT’S ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!

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    MindStorm  over 7 years ago

    That’s pretty much what we did 44 years ago, for pretty much the same reason. The wedding planning got out of hand. Too many people got added to the wedding by relatives. We decided to go to Lake Tahoe and got married on skiis.

    Best decision we ever made, and started a marriage of adventure and new experiences. We retired 3 years ago and moved to Ecuador, to continue in the same vein.

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    Darth Nefarius  over 7 years ago

    Now everyone will think Brad knocked up Toni

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    turneresq  over 7 years ago

    It’s possible the next few strips could be calls to the parents/family to “get to the courthouse, ASAP.”

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    GirlGeek Premium Member over 7 years ago

    I’m going to get this framed just like the one of Brad and Toni getting their engagement rings

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    Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray  over 7 years ago

    WoW !!!  Banner day for the happy couple !-Always read the strip and rarely do the cavalcade of Comments, but today is one helluffa bell ringer !!!

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    SandbaggerOne  over 7 years ago

    so did they leave Shannon in the car?

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    boboscar  over 7 years ago

    I’ve been following this strip for a couple of years, and I rarely comment, but I’ve just got to say that this is perfect. It’s not just today’s strip (which by itself is brilliant) but the setup leading up to it.Much earlier, Brad and Toni set a date for their wedding in December (I don’t remember the exact date- and now I don’t have to!). As a result none of us were expecting them to marry this soon. Instead, we’ve been seeing Toni get increasingly stressed out by Jonah, Shannon, and by Brad’s overplanning, leading to last Saturday’s cliffhanger, “I…can’t do this.” This led us to wonder if this week, Toni was going to break off the engagement. Instead, the opposite happened, and it happened believably. First, Karen and Greg took the first few days to have Toni believably calm down, and for Brad to do the same. Then, yesterday, Toni wishes they could just be married already, and Brad says he has an idea. This made us just start to wonder if there’s going to be an elo-Then today, Boom. One panel, no words because none are needed. It managed to be both unexpected and perfectly natural and believable…and beautifully heartwarming.This has been some of the best handling of day-to-day continuity in a comic strip I’ve seen in a long time. And I’m a fan of Mike Curtis’ Dick Tracy.

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    Dewayne Hight Premium Member over 7 years ago

    About Bloody Time. My wife and I eloped and it was the best idea we had

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 7 years ago

    Comment count:Let’s compare today’s (and Sunday’s?) totals with the record number when they got engaged. My guess is that we had more interest in their engagement than their wedding.

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    Ammi28  over 7 years ago

    good :)

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    Zoja  over 7 years ago

    Love it!!!!

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    Happicat2012  over 7 years ago

    Where’s Shannon?

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    Ceeg22 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Good, bringing an end to the boring planning the wedding story line. I hope they already have a license, though.

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    Make Mine Marvel  over 7 years ago

    At this point, I think we can all agree that “Did they leave Shannon in the car?” has become a Running Gag. I’m giving notice that from now on, in completely unrelated strips about Gunther and Tiffany, or Piro, Dez and Bernice, I’m going to randomly pop up with that line as a joke.

    When it happens, I trust you’ll all realize that I’m just kidding. Well, except for those of us who never read any posts but their own…

    While I’m on the subject of people who never read any posts but their own, I’d just like to express my support for Sukie and Kymberleigh and the FAQ. We’ve all been reminded that some people are just Too Cheap To Pay Attention, but it’s still a good idea. I appreciate the effort, and I’m not being sarcastic.

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    Sisyphos  over 7 years ago

    NOOO! This is not the best solution to your difficulties, Brad and Toni, not at all. You should have rather scaled back the wedding plans drastically, but gone ahead with the December date. It is not just you two, but also all the family and friends to be thought of, looking to the future….

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    Andrew Sleeth  over 7 years ago

    Zip it up, Brad. Your dick’s taking the lead on this one.

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    johnwalk  over 7 years ago

    god bless and well wishes

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    live2read  over 7 years ago

    I like Toni’s expression. She’s really happier now than she was earlier in the day.

    By the way, this was how Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman got married—they were married at a registrar’s office in 1969, had several kids together (including fashion designer Stella McCartney), had numerous hits as Wings, and stayed together until Linda’s death from breast cancer. They truly were partners in music, love, and life.

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    BeckyMartinez26  over 7 years ago

    Oh. I am going to cry! I am so happy for them. Who knew that Brad would grow up to be so nice and thoughtful and generous?

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    electricpostcard  over 7 years ago

    Dreams can come true after all.

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    Airman  over 7 years ago

    I won’t believe it until “the deed is done.” Then, I will be pleased……………..but, I just don’t trust Greg.

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    stuartc6925  over 7 years ago

    I predicted this. I don’t see the sense in spending all that money for a 5 minute ceremony. You are still stuck with an unnecessary debt going into a marriage.

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    ohwhatever  over 7 years ago

    The flag; a nice touch.

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

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    Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Everybody seems happy here. Me, too. If you think I was looking forward to coloring a complicated massive wedding reception scenario, think again!

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    sjsczurek  over 7 years ago

    Okay, but who will be the witnesses?

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    doverdan  over 7 years ago

    LET’S HOPE THIS IS THE END OF ALL THIS.. I FEAR WE MAY FACE ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO OF BORING SUBPLOTS — ABOUT NANCY, ETC., HAVING FITS, ETC. ABOUT ALL THIS.

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    MrGoobinski  over 7 years ago

    This is a great frame, it is worth saving.

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    Tommy2Tone Premium Member over 7 years ago

    I don’t get it. Why are they going to a courthouse?

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    wiselad  over 7 years ago
    @Mikey

    for sure to get the wedding permit, the question is HOW SOON they going to elope (Tomorrow or end of next week ), where (courthouse or somewhere else ) and who will be witnesses …….. (anywhere between just 1 stranger to family AND TJ and maybe some close friends )

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    Cavenee Lonnie Premium Member over 7 years ago

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Greg and Karen!!!

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    RSH  over 7 years ago

    Good job Brad! Did you remember to bring a ring? I don’t think we have ever seen Toni so happy and relaxed. Part of me thinks that Brad may be up for this now having seen how close he came to losing her… via nervous breakdown. Surely there will be times of stress for Toni in the future. But this part is now done.

    Hurray!!! They both look so happy and free.

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    Terminal Frost Premium Member over 7 years ago

    To all who responded to me yesterday regarding my 9-11 wedding, etc. Thanks I did go back and read them. I was quite busy last evening and did not get an opportunity to get back on.

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    sparky1130  over 7 years ago

    I think every engaged couple secretly wants to elope at some point in the wedding planning process. They can have the party later.

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 7 years ago

    This site looks like it MIGHT have the comparative info on marriage licenses in different locations in the USA:http://usmarriagelaws.com/search/united_states/index.shtmlI had no idea that people who choose to marry where they do not normally live must fulfill residency requirements for some locations first. Guess those are places to avoid in such a situation.States’ Rights situations can cause confusion and some are still being ironed out, of course. (Plus, the EU is going through something similar as in the case where Ireland gave Apple a big tax break to employ a huge number of its citizens there (which it does), but then the EU years later (now) decided that such agreements are invalid w back taxes owed, which affects a number of companies that are not headquartered in the EU.)So, the marriage license is like back when we discussing the Fuse liquor license situation, and like that it varies state by state.

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    Argy.Bargy2  over 7 years ago

    Meanwhile, out here in the mundane world, the little strip of Central Florida where I am perched (Seminole County) has so far survived Hurricane and Trop Storm Hermine with just heavy showers, some downed tree limbs and the occasional strong wind. (Lots of traffic accidents, though)

    Not so elsewhere. Tallahassee to the north of us, as well as St. Pete and other areas on the Gulf (west) Coast and in the Big Bend part of the Panhandle are flooded. Lots of people without power. Roads flooded. State government, most businesses, colleges and schools closed. People had to be evacuated from flooded homes.

    Good luck to Georgia and South Carolina, where Hermine was headed next!

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 7 years ago

    If anyone know the answer or where to find it: Steve asks if there are still marriages anywhere where not all parties need to be present as long as the paperwork is all done. We have known of military families with such weddings. We do not need this info. We just are curious.

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    swtsummerangel1458  over 7 years ago

    Reminds me of mine and my husband’s first wedding. We were married in Toledo ( no 3 day wait and about the same time of year. We later had the whole church wedding 9 months later. We used to kid that we were bigamist because we got married 2 times w/o getting a divorce/

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    luann1212  over 7 years ago

    Back in the 80’s I worked at City Hall of Chicago, and if you know Chicago, our City Hall is a huge classical Revival style building, designed by Holabird and Root (we are kind of crazy about our architecture here, this a great city for it, we are known for a lot more than violence trust me) which on one side of the square block is the County of Cook building. Judges perform weddings on the County side usually, and I used to see inpromtu wedding parties all the time, of all ages, ethnicities, sometimes just the couple, other times with a family, and maybe a few friends. Often the bride might have a nice wedding type dress, but the big thing is how HAPPY everyone seemed to be. I think the reason was poverty (these families were often immigrant, Latino was a big group, or relocated Appalachian White, or middle-aged Black couples, or military service. wherein one or both of the parties had a military obligation pending. They are just as married, and I have it on good authority from a retired judge I know very well (I am blessed to be married to her) that it was a heart-warming experience, sometimes enough to bring tears to one’s eyes. Love is wonderful, and this strip, the build-up, and Brad doing what I know you have to do with females, and I am sure in same-sex situations, if your partner is unhappy, find out what they need, and GIVE it to them. It usually has to do with LUUUVVV. This is a beautiful panel, and beautifully drawn, and is a culmination of Toni and Brad an arc we have all been following for years now. Life will still not be a bed of roses, but they will now face it together as a married couple. I am sure they will do a damn good job.

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Oh, at the marriage laws website you have to scroll down to get your answers (so we already know some people will complain about it), and sometimes you have to click the desired state in the menu more than once for your selection to be read, but it is interesting to see the differences! There seem to always be fees, though.

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    walkingmermaid  over 7 years ago

    Yay!!!

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 7 years ago

    If either lived in Montana or served in the military there would be this option, as proxy or double-proxy:http://www.abigskyevent.com/double-proxy-marriage.phpYou were right about several states permitting it! In California one must be deployed in the military, though. You can not do it, Toni! ;-)

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    chain gang charlie  over 7 years ago

    Looks like you hooked Yourself…you dumb fish!It happens …I went out with a girl for two weeks and did the dumb deed!We’ve been married 43 years….

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    DCTaken  over 7 years ago

    Beautiful – Yes Absolutely….Is no one else wondering where the hell Shannon is???

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    Jim Kerner  over 7 years ago

    As we say in my home country. Mazel Tov! Le Chaim!

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    Jim Kerner  over 7 years ago

    I forgot to mention the Evans family. A job well done!

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    fathergod  over 7 years ago

    Now imagine Shannon finding out. The little “flour” girl is going to be crushed

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    sallymargaret  over 7 years ago

    “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone. “It means just what I choose it to mean – neither more or less.”

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    Argy.Bargy2  over 7 years ago

    We are up to 286 comments and it is only 5:38 pm….

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    Argy.Bargy2  over 7 years ago

    Yes, Florida

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    Airman  over 7 years ago

    Saturday looms, and Greg still has the deck with, at least, one more card to deal. I’m trying to recall the last time something special and nice actually occurred in Luann’s World. Gun shy am I. Hope I’m wrong.

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    Pointspread  over 7 years ago

    To everyone asking if Shannon is still in the car:

    You are awarded no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

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    CityofJade  over 7 years ago

    I had a feeling we were never going to see a wedding.

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    muneflauer  over 7 years ago

    Bet that was a fun strip for Greg to draw.

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    sharrenm  over 7 years ago

    Didn’t Toni originally suggest this? Isn’t Brad the one who wanted the big wedding with all the trimmings?

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    phxhocking  over 7 years ago

    YES!!!!

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    genej101  over 7 years ago

    Bwad. After all these years, you’ve grown into a fine, wise and loving young man. A very long time ago I didn’t think that was ever going to happen, but this story arc is the best thing about the strip in recent years – for me anyway. I like this. This is love. Wanting her happiness and wishes before your own. Very well done.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  over 7 years ago

    362 A long count, and there is still more time.-A nice one panel without balloon. All is said and done.

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    djtrixie  over 7 years ago

    Way to go Brad. Best of luck to you two.

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 7 years ago

    “Sh-Boom, Sh-Boom, Ya-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da ".………… The Crew Cuts

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    mturman  over 7 years ago

    I admit that early on I was so excited to see such a good thing in Brad’s life…then I started to imagine how bad things were going to turn out, as they always seemed to do for him…This pic was one of the best strips in the entire series…Hard to imagine how happy I am for a comic strip couple but I am…Awesome image today…

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    GlendiveGIrl  over 7 years ago

    Saw it coming!

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Oh, i asked Steve. He said it was a silly question, that of course he would. Happy Sukie!

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    greatgrannyszoo  over 7 years ago

    cost my father a plane ticket to Texas.. Called them on thanksgiving and told them I got married… that was 46 yrs ago.. Hope the stick it out way to go brad and toni

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    Outsideplaying  over 7 years ago

    Very late making a comment today, yet so happy for Toni and Brad!

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    Spade Jr.  over 7 years ago

    Sometimes, all it takes is one great panel to bring a good story line all together. Cheers! Very well done.

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    luann1212  over 7 years ago

    By the way I cant see where so people seem to think Shannon is in the car. She was left with TJ precisely so that she can be busy and distracted from the swimming she had so loudly wanted to do, so that Toni and Brad could go to the wedding planning meeting. Things changed, beautifully I think, along with most commentators, but Shannon is simply not in the car. Follow the strip please. Moreover by the way if Shannon were ever in the car there would be no way she would not have been drawn in. So please disabuse yourself of that mistaken belief.

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    Mikeyj  over 7 years ago

    Chickweed used to be my favorite strip, until the author went nuts and all his storylines became about sex.

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    Rista  over 7 years ago

    All I can add is “About time”. Good on ya Brad.

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Yay!!

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    Brdshtt Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Spoiler Alert: WOOOoooohahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha… !.Geez, I’d better stop, my sides are hurting..Hahahaha..Sorry, that just kinda slipped out

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    gromit82  over 7 years ago

    How about if someone tries to troll here, then we troll them back.Example: “I really hate to put a damper on all this but…. did they forget about the little girl they left sitting in the car?”Possible response: “No, they didn’t leave Shannon in the car .. they left Les in the car … and he stole it.”In other words, make up some silly response based on unrelated characters in the strip.

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    JayBluE  over 7 years ago

    Spoiler Alert II: The Poorly Written, Hastily Rushed Sequel, To Continue The Gravy Train That Feeds The Cash Cow Reboot Overhaul: Today’s strip is beautiful! It can only get better!

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    wiselad  over 7 years ago

    in honor of Saturday’s strip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_kePAx_L5I

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Ah, a new dish: Saturday Spoiler Surprise! It is unexpected but still very, very good.

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    SukieCrandall Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Okay, somebody has to do it, somif no one else does, then this is 400.I want to see what Toni and Shannon have done in the house and hope to on Monday!

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    Airman  over 7 years ago

    Re: spoiler… Greg stayed true to form, as I feared.

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    ironman01  over 7 years ago

    Genius!

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    Ottodesu  over 7 years ago

    Just adding my name to this page.But a reminder: this arc will mature on 9/11/16.(11 September 2016)

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    DebUSNRet Premium Member over 7 years ago

    YAY!!!!!

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    raslen  over 7 years ago

    so once again Brad gives up his needs for hers

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