Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 27, 2016

Apparently leslie, the tough guy with the girlie name, has done something bad in the past that he got caught doing and he’s on probation and/or has to pay restitution. I want him gone with never another mention. Meanwhile, what are Bernice/Gunther/Tiffany doing? Are they doing a 3some? Okay, never mind, that is extremely unlikely.

well, that’s a relief off of Al’s nephew’s back

I see an unhappy judge in Leslie’s future.

At least the rash of “I’m first” comments has stopped! Yay!

Actually, “Leslie” is a very old Scottish male name. It only started being a girl’s name also some decades ago.

Hmmm Uncle Al isn’t as sharp as I thought he was!

It seems, according to Leslie, that Uncle Al won’t put the ‘rest’ in restitution..

And that Les has indeed ‘covered his tracks’… but eventually, the mud will dry and people will see where his footprints have led…

Hmmm is Les bribing a Judge? :p

Here comes the Bribe….Don’t you Judge me….I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me Pru :p

….and it just may be that the ‘people’ he’s been trying to collect for…though not entirely real…are not far from his own image- namely, collecting with the secret M.O. of trying to get out of his legal/financial troubles… though still dubious and shady, of course….

….And then along came a Pru….

Les is totally not a pro. He’s sounding like 12 years old at this moment. The minimum punishment for Les would be to endure the humiliation of having to ask for the gift and money back from Pru, and return them to where they came from. Pru would probably be kind and helpful – but not a girlfriend. Les needs to cut it at a place like Weenie World – with no special favors.

“We’re so SORRY, Uncle Albert!”

“But Les hasn’t STOLE a Bloody Thing all day.”

“A Legal Of Their Own”

“Dirty Deeds, And A Dundered Creep”

“In Tensions”

“Good Idea, Bad Idea”

“Can’t Make A Clean Sweep, With A Broken Broom”

“The Eye Of The Pinstriped Tiger”

“Record Ralph”

“A Larceny For Your Thoughts..”

“The Telltale Hard Cash”

“Dial M For Maybe”

“The Malt Shop Falcon”

“Strange Shapes For A Reformation”

“The Man From Under His U.N.C.L.E.”

“A Monkey And An Uncle On Your Back”

or

“A Case Of Gray, In Your Hair”

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If judges are already in the mix

poor Leslie may well be in a fix

first time in trouble

is oft o’erlooked

more than that and charges are booked

I appreciate that, but I am not sure if you read all the comments yesterday. I typically do not get involved in the pursuit of being grammar or spelling police, as well as not making posts here involving politics or religion. In trying to answer someone’s question yesterday, I took time out of my day to find a strip where their question could be answered. This was the exchange in case you did not see it in it’s entirety:

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“Mikeyj said, about 14 hours agoIs it Gray, or Grey?…I used both, ‘cause I can’t remember :p”

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And this was my reply:

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“Brdshtt GoComics PRO Member said, about 14 hours ago@MikeyjNancy refers to him as “Mr. Gray” in this strip:.http://www.gocomics.com/luann/2016/02/29”

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True, it is not a “life or death” thing; I engaged no one in a war of words, just answered their question by simply answering and posting a relevant strip with the pertinent information in it. Nothing more.

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Not much different than what you had posted as a reply to someone yesterday in several instances:

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“jackreacher said, about 24 hours ago@IamJayBluEFruit or fruity is sometimes used in a pejorative manner to describe a gay person

Fruit and fruitcake, as well as many variations, are slang or even sexual slang terms which have various origins but modern usage tend to primarily refer to gay men and sometimes other LGBT people."

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(Continued)

Or this one:

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“jackreacher said, about 15 hours ago@JimT8It all started here for me:@gromit82 said, about 10 hours ago@31768

Why do you call her “Pru(ne)”? I mean, I get that you are trying to make a pun on the word “prune” (like the fruit), but Pru isn’t like that.No inference that gromit82 or 31768 was connecting fruit with gay.

Pru came out as gay. Pru is not a prune. She’s gay.

Not that that makes any difference.

The post I made is derived from a Google search.

I recall ‘fruit’ being used to describe gays was common in my youth — 50’s and 60’’s, and is still being used today.

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I was disseminating information – nothing more."

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Like you, I was disseminating information – nothing more…

And now, back to the strip:

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Looks like Les has been pretty productive since he left high school, even made friends with a judge. Quite admirable, that young man – making everyone happy and all…

sounds like Les is under a suspended sentence or parole for some other misbehaviour…. me thinks he will be doing time at some point

Perhaps the uncle is himself a criminal? Rich and mysterious, and knowing all about keeping the judge happy… Would explain how Les got so maladjusted…and lots of other things…

“As long as you keep the judge happy first”. Sounds a lot like politics.

Why do I suspect that “the Judge” is some underworld crime figure that Les owes money to?

@ Iam Jay BluE: Great zinger lines. Made me start my day off a smile. Regarding Les being gone soon, I don’t think so. In the interview with GE that was on the luannfan pages: GE stated that evil characters like Les & Dirk or quirky crazy ones like Knute are more fun to write for than normal boring ones like Luann, Bernice or Delta. But If that’s the case, how come Knute has really disappeared for all intensive purposes if he was so fun to write . Knute was sort of replaced by Nil and Dez, but we don’t get to see them often either. Oh well, Variety is the spice of life and guess we need all different kinds of spices in the cabinet to keep coming up with interesting recipes …. so keep on cooking Team Evans.

My GRANDFATHER had the name “Leslie” as well. Of course, everyone’s favorite Comedian, Bob Hope was granted the same name. The reason he changed it, he said, was that everyone called him hopeless…

Luann….do you remember Luann?

What does he have to pay? Alimony? Child support?

a fine? restitution?

I hope this is not like soap operas where the “bad guy” keeps getting off thru some script gyration. I remember one that was so bad that the fans threatened a boycott of the show if he was punished. Then they fried him, literally! It was not done well. Hopefully Les gets caught and properly punished.

Technically Les did not steal from the kids. He used the kids to defraud people, much like unnamed foundations.

“pay your…”

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Fines? Warrants? Child support? Alimony? Mr. Gray— the man of many mysteries. (pretty good alliteration, eh?)

Jack, it is good that Bird made people aware of the problem of incorrect edits in Wikis. Wikis can be useful and certainly convenient but DO NEED TO BE CHECKED. Many people who use them are unaware of that. In this case the “a” matched what Brd and others found in past strips but purposeful disinformation appears in many wikis which can become very frustrating to those who actually know the topic. As multiple people have pointed out, including you, the “a” or “e” aspect does not really matter here for understanding what people are saying, but it is a good entry point to remind people that Wikis are to be taken with a grain – or sometimes boulder – of salt.

A speculative question: who will be the first person to realize the value of the necklace?

I was thinking last night of possibilities in which Leslie could be ordered by a judge to make payments, and appreciate others pointing out possibilities. Some of the things i thought about were: fathering a child, failing to pay a debt, taking on a need on his mother’s which involves a debt, creating an accident while not having insurance, committing a theft, or committing another crime for which restitution was substituted for jail time if Les complies..More and more i think we are seeing that Al Gray gave up his career to come to Pitt and try to help his extended family. That had been strongly suggested before, but this echoes that theme

Some important Al Gray dates:

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11/20/14 dating Mrs. Berger begins to be known by Gunther. See several days after, too

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12/2/2014: Mrs. Berger mentioned to Quill that she knew Mr. Grey from work. Note that the Fuse was not part of this arc at that time.

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8/29/15: Mrs Berger says, “Mr. Gray told me that the Degroots bought some old warehouse.” Quill replies, “Yeah. They plan to transform it into a club, cafe, theater and gallery.” Mrs. Berger admires, " pHow ambitious! Do they have any experience?" Quill answers, “No. They’ll need a professional manager. But – where do you find one of those?” To that Al Gray chimes in, “I ran in a club in Las Vegas for 15 years.”

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10/7/15: the Degroots meet Al Gray who begins to make calls to help with work at the Fuse. Arc continues for multiple days.

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10/10/15: the Degroots offer Al Gray a job but he says he works free for his friends.

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12/18/15: Mr. Gray mentions that there will be two favors he will ask down the line. When i get time i want to look at neighboring dates.

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2/29/16: Leslie hired. Several days about this. This is one of the weeks where i want to look further to see details if i get time.

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5/6/16: Reason for the job. See day before, maybe some after.

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7/9/16: Uncle Al is among those to whom Leslie lies about donations after we ourselves were able to see more collected.

Gray for the name, grey for the color can work. However there are really no hard and fast rules for names.

Uncle Al doesn’t seem sufficiently skeptical to me. Where would the cash come from, if not ill gotten?

LuannFan: Please note the message plus the guest portrait. Apparently, Brad did squish some cake on Toni’s nose! Is the opposite of a happy marriage a nightmarriage?

Hmmm, what do we see here? A light at the end of the tunnel or an oncoming train? Stay tuned for more.

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The May 6, 2016 strip spells it Mr. Gray, for whatever that is worth.

http://www.gocomics.com/luann/2016/05/06

I think that the comments I have seen, on the serious side anyway, miss the point: this interplay between Pru and Les has nothing whatsoever to do with romance. It might just be an example of his trying to be kind, but to me the evidence tends to mitigate against a salutary motive. First, we know he set up a sham collection and even snatched some tip money. Now that we know that he is likely on probation before a judge, probably for some money situation, and his uncle asking where he got the extra cash, meaning that he is probably on a short leash on money, only makes this conclusion even more likely. What his true motive is remains to be seen, although I like the money laundering idea, although perhaps he wants to feel good, while getting rid of stolen cash? I am probably being too technical for a family strip, but I think that is unlikely because I think he is drawn to be sociopathic, but Greg then believes in redemption. I think his response to his uncle reflects not only the trauma in his past life, which we may find out about a bit, but is typical for an immature personality resentful at being restrained. Classic case I think. He is a very interesting character.

I doubt that Les has children or an ex who need money. He just needs to keep the judge happy, so it is probably restitution for some crime.

JPuzzleWizI’m sure Les would blackmail his uncle if he had any dirt on him. So far we have no sign at all that Mr. Gray has anything to hide.

Leslie is normally a boy’s name. Not always. Lesley is always a girl’s name.(I’m married to a Leslie… it has caused her quite a lot of trouble over the years. She was once assigned to a boy’s cabin at camp! :) )

It’s good to know you have the time and the interest to micro-analyze a comic strip, and the comments thereon……..

Leslie you are SUCH a CREEP!

Bottom line: the old man’s got nothin’ on Les.

I’m leaning toward restitution, myself. No, not for me, for Les. I’m guessing he got busted for some sort of not-so-petty larceny. I’m no lawyer, and there appear to be folks here who are — does it seem plausible that, if he was just under 18, he might have been sentenced to some sort of probation, conditional on his making payments to restore what he stole. If he doesn’t make the payments, he goes in the calaboose, or maybe even the hoosegow.

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To gromit82 and Flash Gordon: I believe it was Robert Heinlein who said “Two is romance, three is choreography.” Still, I can’t imagine any of those three consenting to any such thing, for very different reasons.

Minor boo-boo’s are better left in the circular file andconcentrating on important stuff – name something and let’s chat that up for a few days.

Problem with that is, someone might bring up something political, which is something we try to avoid here.

Carrie Fisher passed away at the age of 60. RIP, Carrie…

R.I.P. , Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher passed away from that devastating heart attack she had days ago.

Just announced:

Carrie Fisher has passed away at age 60.

May the Force be with her in Heaven.

is Les continuing (at the Fuse) in the sort of crime for which he is currently paying off a penalty? Hopefully his past life of crime will get fleshed out soon since most of us are reaching our fill of watching Leslie Knox steal from and trick people w/o getting caught.

RIP Carrie Fisher..

Innocent until proven guilty is our civilized approach. However, the mysterious Mr. Gray, with his questionable background and connections, subscribes more to the Vito Corleone method of finding out what he needs to know. Watch your back, Les and stay out of dark alleys.

Les says why is "everyone " always in my business? Who else besides Mr. Gray knows of Les’s “business”?

Leslie thinks like all criminals do. Worry about now, now and later, later.

Leslie thinks like all criminals do. Worry about now, now and later, later.

oh what a tangled web …..

Here comes the Judge! (Does anyone else think of the old TV series Dark Justice?)

I’d kinda like to see Mr. Gray and some of his Vegas “friends” deal with Leslie. That boy needs to be taught a lesson!

No, but I remember Pigmeat Markham on the old Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In show. Sammy Davis, Jr. worked the schtick later, but Pigmeat did it first. Shorty Long had the AM radio hit.

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“Is dat de man?”

.“No, y’Honor…”

ok late Feb 2016 Mr Gray called his favor and asked Frank and Nancy a to hire Les. and they agreed. I am trying to find the strip when Les went complaining to uncle Al " re Ox bullying him in high school and Mr Gray told him to stop whining and grow up… or something like that. When Les said he didn’t ask for the Job, Mr. Gray responded that he did it as a favor to Les’s mom and that they "both know why " he needed to have this job. Mr Gray also said that Ox was a good employee. Seems Mr Gray knows what Les is capable of and is hoping a few breaks and a firm hand will set him on the right path. I tried to search the archives and I cannot find those strips. Can anyone help locate them?

Is he talking about the judge at Food Court?

Leslie is all about bad decision – making. at least uncle Hitch is watching him. he’s no fool!

Child Support?

luannfan1212 said,

@DavidHuieGreen

“Thanks, every now and then. We have physicists. mathematicians, game theory people. so I just thought…”

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And your thoughts are well appreciated by those who matter.

(to wit, moi — or was it half wit?)

Thanks schrodinger and sukie. I did see you post re the relevant strips sukie but could not find the exact one I was looking for. I looked in march and April based on the Feb. 29th reference… but guess I did not check back as far as May. and my computer was moving so slow that it was not advancing the strips in a timely manner. But thanks all for finding the date for me.

Ahhhhh, Court Costs… already got fines and at such a young age too…