Man hold on people. All these nerds are so into stereotypes. It is early to say he is, as a certain elected bozo would say “a bad dude”. And his proto-goth friend is yet to heard from. She does not look threatened. So lets not jump to conclusions, other than the ones I am jumping too (lol).
California, Oregon and Washington are the pacific northwest states that distribute monthly paychecks rather than bi-weekly in their attempts to save on energy and paper although these days, most people go the direct deposit route but they are still required to provide stubs and many employers include the electronic pay stubs on paycheck server sites but some still put paper stubs in mailboxes so monthly paycheck remain. The first month I lived in California, I had a terrible time budgeting for the whole month, but after the third month, we adjusted just fine on monthly paychecks. However, once we moved back to AZ, back to bi-weekly, I must admit we were thrilled. FYI – this is in reference to Luann’s comment about her “monthly paycheck” and Luannuniverse is somewhere in CA, possibly in the San Diego area according to some fans. Apparently that is where Greg lives.
So Jo-er-Jack is interested in his take on the art, but doesn’t have time for whatever Luann has to say, even when she’s using his observation as a jumping-off point. It is indeed time to move on, Luann.
Jack’s not totally dense, but he jumps to conclusions and acts like the Alpha dog. He’s not holding her hand, he’s grabbing it to pull her along. And, as for Nil: makes me wonder if they still do electro-shock treatments.
Luann now has Jack’s number for affection give that her discussion of her monthly P, led to some hand-holding. All she has to do to get intimate with the guy is to lead him on a discussion of female reproductive health.
So instead of “It captures how I feel when I get my monthly P”, she could also try:
“I went to the doctor today. She was my g-” “guy who checks my teeth.”
“I’m not feeling too well. I think it’s because of my PM-” “PM classes. I hate taking late classes.”
“This painting makes me feel itchy like when I have a yea –“ “yearning to learn something new.”
“This sculpture make me feel fresh, just like I do after I have a dou—“ “doughnut for my breakfast.”
It’s been 26 years since the strip that dealt with her first one, and Evans still can’t say the word “period.” Which is weird, because other than dancing around the word, the strip seemed to handle the whole thing pretty well.
Now let’s be clear, refusing to use the proper term for something you’re discussing is idiotic. I’m not using this as an opening to bash this strip either (as you’ll see below, I don’t think this is on the writer); I’m referring to any type of verbal gymnastics used to avoid being clear. When I taught suicide intervention and prevention, I always told my students that when talking to a potentially suicidal person they should always use the word “suicide” or “kill yourself” and not such euphemisms as “hurt yourself” or “do something stupid.” And no excuses about “well I’m afraid I’ll give them ideas.” If you’re talking to them at all, they likely already have the idea in their head; saying it won’t make it more likely to happen. And (and this is the important part here) how can they trust you to talk with them honestly about a sensitive subject if you’re too afraid to even use the word for it?!? How can you expect them to be open and honest with you if you’re holding something back?Euphemisms are for cowards. If you want to discuss a subject honestly, then do so. Say what you mean or don’t bother talking about the subject at all.
Though from what I understand, the decision to not use the word back then was made by the publisher and not Evans himself. So really the ones to blame are them. Of course, that was then; I imagine the editorial rules must’ve been relaxed a bit in the past 26 years, from seeing some of the other stuff newspaper comics are getting away with nowadays (9CL for example.) So whoever it is deciding the word “period” is still just too much needs to grow up.
The light-hearted comments, as usual, show most readers are just enjoying this strip.
But the several heavy, laborious ones suggest that some people are taking this strip way too seriously, especially when being critical of it by comparing it too much to real life.
Since yesterday, the Gothic one is shown shifting his eye as he observes. He’s bound to say something, but would like to see a “thought” call-out to find out what’s on his mind.
I take it that they haven’t hit the “Bob Ross Wing” of the gallery, yet…I guess that’s a good thing- only because they might see “Demolition Derbies and Mall Complexes” where ‘hapy little clouds and trees’ should be…
Oh I get it on the period mention here. I usually write something when I am about to hit the sack, and maybe I am not so sharp then. I think that is meant to be funny. Jack reacts like a “manly” (as the late, great Robin Williams used to say, man do I miss him) man, but he is not put off by the implication. I have to admit I have bought tampons for my wife, although I put up such a fuss she told me years ago not to worry. I can’t remember if I ever did for my daughter, in her case she probably knew her dad well enough not to ask me, although we have discussed intimate issues, such as pregnancy, or abusive relationships. That is my duty as her father. I wondered about “monthly” paycheck. Seismic might be skeptical that someone who is an aide in a library reading program would only get paid once a month, but it’s possible. I think Jack is the kind of guy that is respectful of women ((I hope I am right, none of us want any harm to come to our star) but kind of old-fashioned, if I can comment that way on this issue. It makes me like him more actually. Nil? Well I am waiting for him to make a dry comment. Jack appears to have him as a friend, and I bet Jack would come to his defense without hesitating if it came to that. I know there are tons of stereotypes in this comment, but I plead guilty, Jack just calls for stereotypical comments, the “dumb” jock. I think he is not dumb, and has a lot of qualities as a young man that will cause Luann to have pause dismissing him.
People need to lay off of Jock, though. He doesn’t necessarily want to “pretend as though such things don’t exist”…he just naturally assumed (a la Family Feud, “name the most popular answer” style), and expressed that he didn’t feel like hearing it, at that particular moment. I’m sure if he were in line at the grocery store, he also wouldn’t want to hear about somebody “…having to take a dump” or someone talking about how they “had to pop a huge, pus filled zit” . All are natural functions, but as with all of them, sometimes (in assuming that’s what they were going to mention, as Jock was/is/would be doing) people just want to ‘pick and choose’ when they hear about them. And not “when they’re trying to enjoy time with a girl… even when they’re on a college field outing”…
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It doesn’t mean he wants to be rude, or domineering. He’s just a “simple meat and potatoes” character, an ‘oafish, but lovable’ character type that Greg has created, for levity and overall balance. And the joke in the strip is just on ‘the humorous situation in anticipating the “most likely response”, according to our own personal perceptions’.
I am thinking that, at the moment, Luann likes the clarity and simplicity of hanging out with a low-drama straight-forward type like Jack, even when he misperceives a situation. Certainly seems like the opposite of her doomed relationship with Quill.
Be amusing to load your CVS shopping basket with 10 boxes of tampons, 12 tubes of hemorrhoid cream, the large economy size squeeze bottle of sexual lubricant, the whole carton of feminine hygiene boxes and a 16 oz spray can for jock itch. SNL would do this better.
Humorous, mistaken assumption of the word on Jack’s part. He is showing a classic type of male response from a lot of novels, literature, film, television. Several points I am pondering, however:
1) Might Jack and Luann be holding hands already in panel 2? If yes, that is suggesting a bit of more romantic feelings may be developing between the two of them. If no, then it would be that Jack has taken Luann’s hand in panel three merely to attempt to divert her attention away from the “period piece” so-to-speak.
2) Nil and his bubblegum bubble…. it appears he is being the observant philosopher in this situation. He is watching and observing the art of course, but he is also watching and observing Jack and Luann. I suspect there is a good possibility that on Saturday he will be wise, philosophical sage, and make a statement that makes both Jack and Luann take notice and see themselves in a different way. The bubblegum bubble itself is akin to the old school (still practiced by some, harrumph) idea of the philosophical sage character having a pipe in his mouth, which prevents him from being overly chatty and instead being observant.
The commonly stated adage is, “A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.” – C.S. Lewis
3) If I were to suggest what I interpret the painting to be, I would say that to me it looks like a psychedellic field of wheat or ornamental grasses growing.
This dislike of Jack because he is a jock is no different than not liking someone for their religion, skin color, gender, sexual orientation,age, or looks. Quite sad to see in a lot of these comments.
Team Evans is playing their famous ‘Hinting’ game, again. When Luann had (as misinterpreted by Jack) her first experience that young ladies do, Greg explained it graphically using the grammatical symbol ’ . ‘ to explain what Luann was saying. That was funny then – and today’s strip is funny as well. :)
I had hoped that Tiffany and Jack would hit it off. They have much in common… football, cheerleading etc. A more mature Luann would have encouraged him to seek her out given that she isn’t serious about him.
First, I agree with those who believe that Jack is “controlling” and yanking Luann away from the painting – because of the word he thought she was going to say. Second, if this is “doing it right,” as Bernice said a few days ago, then I have just lose even more respect for Bernice. Situational awareness, please! Third, right now, I feel just about as “yanked around” as Luann with this new arc that appeared out of nowhere and without resolution of important details from the previous arc.
It is finally coming to my attention exactly what is turning me off in this strip: It seems to be entirely about boys and girls mixing it up and seeing who turns on their hormones or not. All other aspects of these stories seem to be totally ignored. Most of all, in my teenage life, and in the lives of my teenage children, I can see nothing that even comes close to our experiences.
First, I feel a really bad case of bait-and-switch. We had a perfectly good mystery as to who broke into the vending machine and who stole a TV set. Alas, as Night-Gaunt49 and many others pointed out, this was only a “plot device” to get a boy to kiss a girl. Many have guessed who the culprit might be, but for the most part, most have agreed that this is irrelevant to the story. Which frustrates me: To me, the theft was the story. (It was AnyFace and his use of that vending machine which drew me to Luann a couple weeks ago)
And now, let’s see if I can do a nickel-and-dime version of my life. When I was a teenager in high school, the big thing on our minds was a horribly unpopular war that most of us boys were deathly afraid of – of dying in a war we neither understood nor believed in. On a personal level, I only had one girlfriend in high school. Weeks before senior prom, that girl died. I did not attend my senior prom. (And from what I can tell, I didn’t miss anything)
My first two years in college, strange irony, but the college was across the street from the cemetery where my girlfriend was buried. Still worried about the war, I was not dating at that time. Some accused me of being gay because of it – an interesting thread from the last couple of weeks where people just assume that, if you don’t have a girlfriend, if you aren’t particularly interested in having a girlfriend, then you must be wanting a boyfriend, instead. Get a life.
When I finished college, I was “married with children.” And not happily married, either. When my kids were teenagers, that was when my marriage was falling apart. I don’t remember my son dating at that time, and my daughter was a quadriplegic. So, again, I think you can see why this comic strip just isn’t “clicking” for me.
Last, and certainly least, this is a strip I used to follow, and I still like to visit “Luann Again.” A teenage girl, with loving parents, and a jerk of a brother, and their daily life – a life that I wished I had had, and that my children might have had, but didn’t. What is going on in Luann now looks a lot like what I was hoping my children would avoid.
You could say that I was that “generation lost in space.” We never got the chance to dance, the Sergeants played a marching song, and I ended up listening to Phil Ochs and Pete Seeger. Oh, yes, and the Who – “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
@TRILOGY: My comments about Jack at this point have nothing to do with the fact that he plays football or is ripped or what. I would make the same comment if he spent all day writing code. He grabbed Luann’s hand and jerked her away from where she was standing, and spoke over her, as if he had some right to control what she said. That’s at best overly controlling, at worse, on its way to an abusive relationship. It has NOTHING to do with him being an athlete. What is it in the US these days that gives a free pass to guys grabbing women wherever, and saying talking down to women, and someone automatically defending the guy who does that by accusing anyone who objects of some kind of bigotry? Someone who treats a woman or a man like a toy that they can control is very much a bigot him or herself.
Remember those school movies from the 1940s and 1950s which were still being used in high schools during later years to “teach” about pot but were so exaggerated that they just got laughs in a crowd where everyone knew someone who had smoked grass? Well, girls who were waiting to reach the menstral milestone used to be taken to similarly aged and similarly “accurate” films after school hours in hushed classrooms. They never seemed to actually cover the biology or why the sloughing is normal and useful. Instead, they focused on prep and then went into looooooong lists of all the things we should not do during those weeks, like “do not dance”, “do not swim”, “do not ride horses”, and so much more. The only time in real life that i did not swim for that reason was one day in the summer after ninth grade when my marine bio class was going to be swimming with sharks.
Remember those school movies from the 1940s and 1950s which were still being used in high schools during later years to “teach” about pot but were so exaggerated that they just got laughs in a crowd where everyone knew someone who had smoked grass? Well, girls who were waiting to reach the menstral milestone used to be taken to similarly aged and similarly “accurate” films after school hours in hushed classrooms. They never seemed to actually cover the biology or why the sloughing is normal and useful. Instead, they focused on prep and then went into looooooong lists of all the things we should not do during those weeks, like “do not dance”, “do not swim”, “do not ride horses”, and so much more. The only time in real life that i did not swim for that reason was one day in the summer after ninth grade when my marine bio class was going to be swimming with sharks.
Okay have I have so many thoughts on the most recent events. Bernice, I get, I have been in that same situation (including but not limited to) overthinking. However, with Luann, she was not reallllly into Jack and then once Tiffany started seeing him it bothered her. Now she’s still wondering if she should make dog park dates with this guy. If the fact that he dates someone else, (or even worse, a friend) bothers you enough to question his intentions, probably time to move on. Just saying…… And WHAT is with the hand holding?? Oh and last thing…. is the person stealing actually Tiffany cause her wealthy family isnt wealthy anymore?? Conspiracy theory of mine! lol
I am, mildly, surprised that some zealous museum guard hasn’t pounced upon Nil for chewing bubble gum and blowing bubbles in the museum (some of that sticky stuff could accidentally deface a work of art!).
Jack’s taking Luann by the hand, regardless of the joke-reason, is an interesting sign in its own right that there just might be a possible relationship developing here—something to explore….
Templo S.U.D. about 7 years ago
somehow, I think Jack is not into art anymore
Namrepus about 7 years ago
Easy there, Jock Itch. Don’t tear her arm off.
Wizardgoat about 7 years ago
Jack is the worst possible choice for her, period!
Wizardgoat about 7 years ago
Reminds me of Carrie – although Tommy was handsome and smart!
luann1212 about 7 years ago
Man hold on people. All these nerds are so into stereotypes. It is early to say he is, as a certain elected bozo would say “a bad dude”. And his proto-goth friend is yet to heard from. She does not look threatened. So lets not jump to conclusions, other than the ones I am jumping too (lol).
æ² about 7 years ago
That’s funny, my paycheck looks more like that black hole in yesterday’s strip.
capricorn9th about 7 years ago
California, Oregon and Washington are the pacific northwest states that distribute monthly paychecks rather than bi-weekly in their attempts to save on energy and paper although these days, most people go the direct deposit route but they are still required to provide stubs and many employers include the electronic pay stubs on paycheck server sites but some still put paper stubs in mailboxes so monthly paycheck remain. The first month I lived in California, I had a terrible time budgeting for the whole month, but after the third month, we adjusted just fine on monthly paychecks. However, once we moved back to AZ, back to bi-weekly, I must admit we were thrilled. FYI – this is in reference to Luann’s comment about her “monthly paycheck” and Luannuniverse is somewhere in CA, possibly in the San Diego area according to some fans. Apparently that is where Greg lives.
SactoSylvia about 7 years ago
So Jo-er-Jack is interested in his take on the art, but doesn’t have time for whatever Luann has to say, even when she’s using his observation as a jumping-off point. It is indeed time to move on, Luann.
AnyFace about 7 years ago
What was the name of the guy in the hat?
Airman about 7 years ago
Jack’s not totally dense, but he jumps to conclusions and acts like the Alpha dog. He’s not holding her hand, he’s grabbing it to pull her along. And, as for Nil: makes me wonder if they still do electro-shock treatments.
howtheduck about 7 years ago
I guess we measure time with Nil by whether his bubble gum bubble moves from right to left to right to ….ZZZZZ.
Wizardgoat about 7 years ago
This actually was making fun of Zēbo and the painting, more than anything. It does kind of look like a hippo’s t.o.m.
atomicdog about 7 years ago
Jack interests me. I hope that Greg is having the imagination to play against the dumb jock stereotype.
Brdshtt Premium Member about 7 years ago
Maybe Emo will stick that gum on Zebo’s head. Big bubble, little bubble, how cute…
howtheduck about 7 years ago
Luann now has Jack’s number for affection give that her discussion of her monthly P, led to some hand-holding. All she has to do to get intimate with the guy is to lead him on a discussion of female reproductive health.
So instead of “It captures how I feel when I get my monthly P”, she could also try:
“I went to the doctor today. She was my g-” “guy who checks my teeth.”
“I’m not feeling too well. I think it’s because of my PM-” “PM classes. I hate taking late classes.”
“This painting makes me feel itchy like when I have a yea –“ “yearning to learn something new.”
“This sculpture make me feel fresh, just like I do after I have a dou—“ “doughnut for my breakfast.”
Rumball Premium Member about 7 years ago
So…did he grab her hand, or did she grab his hand?
kenhense about 7 years ago
I still think Jack would like to hit Luann with a club and drag her into his cave. I don’t think Luann is the right girl for that.
kenhense about 7 years ago
Nil in the background with his bubble gum is the chorus in this drama. To all our predictions, Nil is saying, “Nope.”
chris_weaver about 7 years ago
I guess Jack doesn’t want to hear about Luann’s monthly cash flow!
BJShipley1 about 7 years ago
It’s been 26 years since the strip that dealt with her first one, and Evans still can’t say the word “period.” Which is weird, because other than dancing around the word, the strip seemed to handle the whole thing pretty well.
Now let’s be clear, refusing to use the proper term for something you’re discussing is idiotic. I’m not using this as an opening to bash this strip either (as you’ll see below, I don’t think this is on the writer); I’m referring to any type of verbal gymnastics used to avoid being clear. When I taught suicide intervention and prevention, I always told my students that when talking to a potentially suicidal person they should always use the word “suicide” or “kill yourself” and not such euphemisms as “hurt yourself” or “do something stupid.” And no excuses about “well I’m afraid I’ll give them ideas.” If you’re talking to them at all, they likely already have the idea in their head; saying it won’t make it more likely to happen. And (and this is the important part here) how can they trust you to talk with them honestly about a sensitive subject if you’re too afraid to even use the word for it?!? How can you expect them to be open and honest with you if you’re holding something back?Euphemisms are for cowards. If you want to discuss a subject honestly, then do so. Say what you mean or don’t bother talking about the subject at all.Though from what I understand, the decision to not use the word back then was made by the publisher and not Evans himself. So really the ones to blame are them. Of course, that was then; I imagine the editorial rules must’ve been relaxed a bit in the past 26 years, from seeing some of the other stuff newspaper comics are getting away with nowadays (9CL for example.) So whoever it is deciding the word “period” is still just too much needs to grow up.
Lady Bri about 7 years ago
Interesting that they’re holding hands ;-)
Wizardgoat about 7 years ago
The light-hearted comments, as usual, show most readers are just enjoying this strip.
But the several heavy, laborious ones suggest that some people are taking this strip way too seriously, especially when being critical of it by comparing it too much to real life.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 7 years ago
What’s with the bubble head kid, doesn’t he ever pop that bubble?
evergrey about 7 years ago
If he isn’t ready to hear about a woman’s basic biological functions, he isn’t ready for a woman.
OneTime59 about 7 years ago
Since yesterday, the Gothic one is shown shifting his eye as he observes. He’s bound to say something, but would like to see a “thought” call-out to find out what’s on his mind.
R.J.C. about 7 years ago
If they start dating I think Jack would become a rebound guy.
Aqsnt about 7 years ago
I didn’t know Luann was left handed.
Willywise52 Premium Member about 7 years ago
Oh my,the hurt 3rd-grade sensibilities.Lighten up/grow up,people.Don’t like the semi grown up humor,don’t read it.
Tyge about 7 years ago
Jack has quick reactions. He reacted before the whole word was spoken. A necessary sign of high intelligence.
JayBluE about 7 years ago
I take it that they haven’t hit the “Bob Ross Wing” of the gallery, yet…I guess that’s a good thing- only because they might see “Demolition Derbies and Mall Complexes” where ‘hapy little clouds and trees’ should be…
luannfan about 7 years ago
Shouldn’t it just be aycheck in the last box?
A R V reader about 7 years ago
Is his friend too moody to stop blowing bubble gum and intervene ?
JayBluE about 7 years ago
“Partial Eclipse Of The Art”
“I’ve Got Friends In Phtalo Places”
“Living On Easel Street”
“A Brush, To Judgment”
“It Takes Diff’rent Strokes…” (♪)
“The Price Of Frame”
“Canvassing The Place”
“Where Have You Been, Oil Of My Life?”
“Smoke On The Watercolors” (♬)
“Fail To Learn From The Pastel, And You’re Doomed To Repeat It”
“Everyone’s An Acrylic!”
“Fail To Learn From The Pastel, And…”
“Attacked By Colours”
“Rainbow Brute”
“Cash Flow”
“Paint By Numb”
or
“To The Beat Of Your Own Spectrum”
JayBluE about 7 years ago
Luann’s possible responses:
“What? People can’t have a ‘Pay Period’, anymore?”-
“…Or a ‘Billing Cycle’, for that matter?”
Train 1911 about 7 years ago
GROSS
luann1212 about 7 years ago
Oh I get it on the period mention here. I usually write something when I am about to hit the sack, and maybe I am not so sharp then. I think that is meant to be funny. Jack reacts like a “manly” (as the late, great Robin Williams used to say, man do I miss him) man, but he is not put off by the implication. I have to admit I have bought tampons for my wife, although I put up such a fuss she told me years ago not to worry. I can’t remember if I ever did for my daughter, in her case she probably knew her dad well enough not to ask me, although we have discussed intimate issues, such as pregnancy, or abusive relationships. That is my duty as her father. I wondered about “monthly” paycheck. Seismic might be skeptical that someone who is an aide in a library reading program would only get paid once a month, but it’s possible. I think Jack is the kind of guy that is respectful of women ((I hope I am right, none of us want any harm to come to our star) but kind of old-fashioned, if I can comment that way on this issue. It makes me like him more actually. Nil? Well I am waiting for him to make a dry comment. Jack appears to have him as a friend, and I bet Jack would come to his defense without hesitating if it came to that. I know there are tons of stereotypes in this comment, but I plead guilty, Jack just calls for stereotypical comments, the “dumb” jock. I think he is not dumb, and has a lot of qualities as a young man that will cause Luann to have pause dismissing him.
JayBluE about 7 years ago
People need to lay off of Jock, though. He doesn’t necessarily want to “pretend as though such things don’t exist”…he just naturally assumed (a la Family Feud, “name the most popular answer” style), and expressed that he didn’t feel like hearing it, at that particular moment. I’m sure if he were in line at the grocery store, he also wouldn’t want to hear about somebody “…having to take a dump” or someone talking about how they “had to pop a huge, pus filled zit” . All are natural functions, but as with all of them, sometimes (in assuming that’s what they were going to mention, as Jock was/is/would be doing) people just want to ‘pick and choose’ when they hear about them. And not “when they’re trying to enjoy time with a girl… even when they’re on a college field outing”…
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It doesn’t mean he wants to be rude, or domineering. He’s just a “simple meat and potatoes” character, an ‘oafish, but lovable’ character type that Greg has created, for levity and overall balance. And the joke in the strip is just on ‘the humorous situation in anticipating the “most likely response”, according to our own personal perceptions’.
Luanaphile about 7 years ago
I am thinking that, at the moment, Luann likes the clarity and simplicity of hanging out with a low-drama straight-forward type like Jack, even when he misperceives a situation. Certainly seems like the opposite of her doomed relationship with Quill.
Mordock999 Premium Member about 7 years ago
Actually, I like the painting because it depicts the latest No.K “missile test”…..,
Luanaphile about 7 years ago
Be amusing to load your CVS shopping basket with 10 boxes of tampons, 12 tubes of hemorrhoid cream, the large economy size squeeze bottle of sexual lubricant, the whole carton of feminine hygiene boxes and a 16 oz spray can for jock itch. SNL would do this better.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member about 7 years ago
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Humorous, mistaken assumption of the word on Jack’s part. He is showing a classic type of male response from a lot of novels, literature, film, television. Several points I am pondering, however:
1) Might Jack and Luann be holding hands already in panel 2? If yes, that is suggesting a bit of more romantic feelings may be developing between the two of them. If no, then it would be that Jack has taken Luann’s hand in panel three merely to attempt to divert her attention away from the “period piece” so-to-speak.
2) Nil and his bubblegum bubble…. it appears he is being the observant philosopher in this situation. He is watching and observing the art of course, but he is also watching and observing Jack and Luann. I suspect there is a good possibility that on Saturday he will be wise, philosophical sage, and make a statement that makes both Jack and Luann take notice and see themselves in a different way. The bubblegum bubble itself is akin to the old school (still practiced by some, harrumph) idea of the philosophical sage character having a pipe in his mouth, which prevents him from being overly chatty and instead being observant.
The commonly stated adage is, “A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.” – C.S. Lewis
3) If I were to suggest what I interpret the painting to be, I would say that to me it looks like a psychedellic field of wheat or ornamental grasses growing.
Petersenbus about 7 years ago
The only thing that could possibly make this arc less boring would be if we found out that Zebo and/or Jack stole the TV.
Terminal Frost Premium Member about 7 years ago
This dislike of Jack because he is a jock is no different than not liking someone for their religion, skin color, gender, sexual orientation,age, or looks. Quite sad to see in a lot of these comments.
Code the Enforcer about 7 years ago
Team Evans is playing their famous ‘Hinting’ game, again. When Luann had (as misinterpreted by Jack) her first experience that young ladies do, Greg explained it graphically using the grammatical symbol ’ . ‘ to explain what Luann was saying. That was funny then – and today’s strip is funny as well. :)
æ² about 7 years ago
¡Tenga un feliz Cinco de Mayo!
Schrodinger's Dog about 7 years ago
And a happy Mexican “What are those dumb Yankees celebrating today for?” Day !!!
RSH about 7 years ago
I had hoped that Tiffany and Jack would hit it off. They have much in common… football, cheerleading etc. A more mature Luann would have encouraged him to seek her out given that she isn’t serious about him.
garcalej about 7 years ago
Looks to me like a landmine going off in a grape juice factory.
ViscountNik about 7 years ago
God, I miss that feeling….
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
First, I agree with those who believe that Jack is “controlling” and yanking Luann away from the painting – because of the word he thought she was going to say. Second, if this is “doing it right,” as Bernice said a few days ago, then I have just lose even more respect for Bernice. Situational awareness, please! Third, right now, I feel just about as “yanked around” as Luann with this new arc that appeared out of nowhere and without resolution of important details from the previous arc.
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
It is finally coming to my attention exactly what is turning me off in this strip: It seems to be entirely about boys and girls mixing it up and seeing who turns on their hormones or not. All other aspects of these stories seem to be totally ignored. Most of all, in my teenage life, and in the lives of my teenage children, I can see nothing that even comes close to our experiences.
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
First, I feel a really bad case of bait-and-switch. We had a perfectly good mystery as to who broke into the vending machine and who stole a TV set. Alas, as Night-Gaunt49 and many others pointed out, this was only a “plot device” to get a boy to kiss a girl. Many have guessed who the culprit might be, but for the most part, most have agreed that this is irrelevant to the story. Which frustrates me: To me, the theft was the story. (It was AnyFace and his use of that vending machine which drew me to Luann a couple weeks ago)
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
And now, let’s see if I can do a nickel-and-dime version of my life. When I was a teenager in high school, the big thing on our minds was a horribly unpopular war that most of us boys were deathly afraid of – of dying in a war we neither understood nor believed in. On a personal level, I only had one girlfriend in high school. Weeks before senior prom, that girl died. I did not attend my senior prom. (And from what I can tell, I didn’t miss anything)
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
My first two years in college, strange irony, but the college was across the street from the cemetery where my girlfriend was buried. Still worried about the war, I was not dating at that time. Some accused me of being gay because of it – an interesting thread from the last couple of weeks where people just assume that, if you don’t have a girlfriend, if you aren’t particularly interested in having a girlfriend, then you must be wanting a boyfriend, instead. Get a life.
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
When I finished college, I was “married with children.” And not happily married, either. When my kids were teenagers, that was when my marriage was falling apart. I don’t remember my son dating at that time, and my daughter was a quadriplegic. So, again, I think you can see why this comic strip just isn’t “clicking” for me.
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
Last, and certainly least, this is a strip I used to follow, and I still like to visit “Luann Again.” A teenage girl, with loving parents, and a jerk of a brother, and their daily life – a life that I wished I had had, and that my children might have had, but didn’t. What is going on in Luann now looks a lot like what I was hoping my children would avoid.
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
You could say that I was that “generation lost in space.” We never got the chance to dance, the Sergeants played a marching song, and I ended up listening to Phil Ochs and Pete Seeger. Oh, yes, and the Who – “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
So, I suppose it’s all my fault. I never had a “normal” teenage life.
Argy.Bargy2 about 7 years ago
@TRILOGY: My comments about Jack at this point have nothing to do with the fact that he plays football or is ripped or what. I would make the same comment if he spent all day writing code. He grabbed Luann’s hand and jerked her away from where she was standing, and spoke over her, as if he had some right to control what she said. That’s at best overly controlling, at worse, on its way to an abusive relationship. It has NOTHING to do with him being an athlete. What is it in the US these days that gives a free pass to guys grabbing women wherever, and saying talking down to women, and someone automatically defending the guy who does that by accusing anyone who objects of some kind of bigotry? Someone who treats a woman or a man like a toy that they can control is very much a bigot him or herself.
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
Oh, yes, I almost forgot: Piro, Jack, Gunther, et. al.; are all the boys in this strip JERKS?
SukieCrandall Premium Member about 7 years ago
Jack, “I will illustrate how manly i am in my joys: so big, so tough, so intimidating in sports combat, so… SQUEAMISH.”
SukieCrandall Premium Member about 7 years ago
Remember those school movies from the 1940s and 1950s which were still being used in high schools during later years to “teach” about pot but were so exaggerated that they just got laughs in a crowd where everyone knew someone who had smoked grass? Well, girls who were waiting to reach the menstral milestone used to be taken to similarly aged and similarly “accurate” films after school hours in hushed classrooms. They never seemed to actually cover the biology or why the sloughing is normal and useful. Instead, they focused on prep and then went into looooooong lists of all the things we should not do during those weeks, like “do not dance”, “do not swim”, “do not ride horses”, and so much more. The only time in real life that i did not swim for that reason was one day in the summer after ninth grade when my marine bio class was going to be swimming with sharks.
SukieCrandall Premium Member about 7 years ago
Remember those school movies from the 1940s and 1950s which were still being used in high schools during later years to “teach” about pot but were so exaggerated that they just got laughs in a crowd where everyone knew someone who had smoked grass? Well, girls who were waiting to reach the menstral milestone used to be taken to similarly aged and similarly “accurate” films after school hours in hushed classrooms. They never seemed to actually cover the biology or why the sloughing is normal and useful. Instead, they focused on prep and then went into looooooong lists of all the things we should not do during those weeks, like “do not dance”, “do not swim”, “do not ride horses”, and so much more. The only time in real life that i did not swim for that reason was one day in the summer after ninth grade when my marine bio class was going to be swimming with sharks.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member about 7 years ago
mooooviiinnng oooonnn!!!!!!!!!!
Vizz about 7 years ago
Okay have I have so many thoughts on the most recent events. Bernice, I get, I have been in that same situation (including but not limited to) overthinking. However, with Luann, she was not reallllly into Jack and then once Tiffany started seeing him it bothered her. Now she’s still wondering if she should make dog park dates with this guy. If the fact that he dates someone else, (or even worse, a friend) bothers you enough to question his intentions, probably time to move on. Just saying…… And WHAT is with the hand holding?? Oh and last thing…. is the person stealing actually Tiffany cause her wealthy family isnt wealthy anymore?? Conspiracy theory of mine! lol
Sisyphos about 7 years ago
I am, mildly, surprised that some zealous museum guard hasn’t pounced upon Nil for chewing bubble gum and blowing bubbles in the museum (some of that sticky stuff could accidentally deface a work of art!).
Jack’s taking Luann by the hand, regardless of the joke-reason, is an interesting sign in its own right that there just might be a possible relationship developing here—something to explore….
JayBluE about 7 years ago
@Trilogy and @SallyMargaret: I have left responses to you both… you may find them of interest (or at least I hope so)!
Schrodinger's Dog about 7 years ago
Wonder if it’s Bubble-Yum.
Schrodinger's Dog about 7 years ago
Do you think Nil collects the bubble-gum cards?
Airman about 7 years ago
Greg’s gang should have never left high school. Only Brad shows the dawning of maturity………..when Toni allows him to.