Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 09, 2018

so… back to the drawing board yet again?

Hey now, another new character! And he’s a Guy and his name is Greg! Say, he’d probably make a great boyfriend for Luann!

Or Crystal. Or Bernice. Or Dez. Or Tara.

But NOT My beloved Tiffany! ;)

*#FREEGB!!!

Les almost got taken in by a scammer.

Oh boy. Les is not a reader or inquirer. He has a lot to learn from Gunther. I think Les needs Gunther than Gunther needs Les.

Les was willing to unload the whole thing for $300. So much for Gunther’s vintage furnishings for the discerning buyer. Unless Gunther (gasp) puts his foot down and refuses to allow Les to railroad him into underselling. Then again, there’s the theory that Irma’s stuff may indeed be worthless after decades of everyday use.

The junk hauler would have got at least $200 for the stuff he took away.

Les may be a scammer, but he’s an amateur. There are hundreds of professional scammers who can make les pay for his own mail.

So other than the cherry stem thing – Les doesn’t know any tricks.

ihaul? .

Apple has gone into the junk hauling business?

You ever wonder how those stores that sell old stuff, that is not high value antiques, and is not contributed to Goodwill, or other charities make money? Because they acquire the stuff either cheaply, or get paid to move it, then resale it in used furniture stores at a relatively huge profit. Other’s who need furniture might pay a $100 dollars for that antique couch for example. OOPs I said antique, which means value, rareness, provenance. Could be that this might be the case, I know when I sold all the furniture from the apartment my grandmother and I lived in before she died I am ashamed to admit, 50 years later how little I sold it for. Whole sectional, tables, kitchen utensils, queen size bed she had somehow been able to buy me. What a dunce, a dufus, but I was young, grieving, and I was in law school, so I needed a furnished room. In hindsight that was not the smartest move. This is the fundamental case with these two, filtered through the experiences they have lived through in the Luannverse world. They might end up keeping the furniture, who knows? But making not the wisest choices is a function of youth.

“Not a dream, not a hoax …”

There are indeed multiple real-world businesses that haul your junk away for you at a price. ✨

Oh, I sure hope somebody comes along to buy it, or at least some of it, at a fair price. Sigh.

Les is one of the all time idiots.

Les seems to be more of a clown than I previously thought!

Gunther, it’s your money for your mom’s furniture, not Les’, I guess I’m not the first to point this out…..

What have the Evanses done to Les? He’s always been a conniving little punk, but he was never this stupid.

Thank you, Greg. Draw the girls cute, and the boys one step above Neanderthals. This guy’s “Dolly” is probably a part time pro wrestler.

Geeeeezus, haven’t you guys ever heard of eBAY?

Years back I saw a sign saying

WE BUY JUNK

WE SELL ANTIQUES

It gave you a fair idea up front how little they would pay, how dearly sell.

I think it’s safe to say that there’ll probably WON’T be a whole lot of requests for G&K to keep the new “Greg the Junk Hauler Guy,” character. I mean, a backwards ball cap and bib overalls? That’s so “Hee-Haw.”

I also think it’s pretty clear why “Unca Al” put Gunther with Le$, as Mr. Knox has proven this week that he needs all the HELP he can get. Heck, He’s actually making Gunther look GOOD, if that’s possible. So all those gentle “folks” who thought that putting Le$ with Gunther would be “good” for Gunther and not the other way round? WRONG.

It’s looks like those handful of Us Gunther fans can breathe easy now. Mr. Knox is no longer a physical Threat to My favorite Nerd, but more of a potential Nuisance.

So in effect, Gunther Won’t be living with a “Charles Mason.” He’ll be living with His very own “Shannon.” ;)

#FREEGB!!!

Man, Irma is going to have a “titty attack” as my daughter calls it when she finds out what happened to the stuff. I thought Less knew More.

Les has been exhibiting some very narcissist behaviors recently. All the way back to the lingerie episode!

This “Dynamic Duo” is looking more like sibling Brad and Luann thru their teen years than “Odd Couple” Oscar and Felix.

Is Les really this dumb (this seems like the sort of mistake Knute would make), or is he just being written against character to make some silly gags work? (The same thing sort of applies to Gunther, who is being more nearly cooperative with Les than we have come to think of him.)

You know one more point occurs to me about Les here. He is an absolute flop in trying to copy his mom’s grifting techniques, and that is a good thing. Les you are not a grifter, and you should be glad. I guess you have to try to have a normal type life going forward; so lucky!

Shame on Gunther for not using Craigslist.

I mentioned ‘Peppermint Patty’ in the earlier strip … This one looks like ‘Charlie Brown’ (in his later years, and not doing too good, it looks). Good Grief!! :)

I don’t get it. How does Gunther know this is some sort of scam?

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Hmm. This arc is progressing in such a “fits & spurts” fashion. 1. Gunther doesn’t want to sell, then 2) he sees the light under Les’ tutelage, 3) they squabble about price, 4) a coupon-book selling cute girl (aka “Megan”) shows up for a moment and then is gone, 5) Les’ inability to successfully sell is highlighted “Cheap Junk”, and now 6) Gunther is having the whole lot hauled away and paying for the privilege?!?!?!

Each day that progresses, I feel more lost and confused about what is going on. I thought once that this would all be about the interplay between Gunther and Les…. but really that has not been the case at all… their actual interplay and discussion has really been rather minimal. So, I feel confused. Where is this heading?

Thoughts about today:

1. I sure as hell would not (in Gunther’s and Les’ financial situation) pay a guy $200 (or $300) bucks to haul the furniture away.

2. If they absolutely cannot find any buyers, I would say both of them should just accept that this “Victorian, fru-fru” is going to have to be their furniture for a while and they should instead figure out some way to “de-fru-fru” it as best as they can.

3. Hah! (this is being said tongue-in-cheek)…. what they really should do is… go into Uncle Al’s house, and take out similar pieces of furniture that are (very likely) not so “fru-fru” and put them in the guest house…. and replace them with the “Victorian, fru-fru” pieces…. with the plan to “surprise” the newlyweds upon their return with a chorus of something akin to “Gee, Al & Irma, we wanted to surprise you!!!!! We wanted to get you guys off on the right foot by having your home reflect the blended family you two are becoming!!!!! Surprise!!!!! We hope you just love it!!!!!”

Then they have a 1-2% chance that Al & Irma will fall for it, and they will have better looking “man-ish” furniture in the bachelor pad. :)

Ahh… He must have read “The Art of the Deal.”

Hopefully, the two guys from ‘American Pickers’ will show up.

“What Do You Take Me For?”

“A Lot Of Running, In This Haul”

“Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (♩)

“He’s Gonna Carry That Weight…” (♩)

“The Day The Candy Man Can’t” (♪)

“Take A Load Off…But The Wait Is On Me!” (♪)

“Hello, Dolly!….And Goodbye To The Franklin Triplets…”

or

" ‘Pop!’ Goes The Weasel’s Dream"

That guy isn’t a lousy cheat, Les. You’re just not good at it, today.

Maybe I’m an incurable optimist, but I’m hoping that somehow an antique dealer comes along and buys the whole lot from them. I can tell it’s not going to go that way, though. The hauler will come back, demand his $300.00 (Thanks to Les), and take it to his mother’s antique store.

Wow is this storyline boring. Sell or don’t sell, who cares?

Les needs to learn to find out the Whole Story before jumping in with both feet.

There’ a junk company that will haul away stuff for a by-volume price, and donate it to charity.

This is kind of bothering me. There are people with no furniture. If Les really doesn’t want it, give it to people who do.

I recently had to clean out a friend’s apartment, and a synagogue was THRILLED to take the furniture, and charged me nothing.

Interesting, that little comment “I see” on Les’s part, after Gunther attempts to straighten out this thinking on what the offer really is. Yet his face still displays that sneer. There is no “OOPs” on Les’s part. Les thinks he’s a pro… at what, I don’t know. He certainly doesn’t read the print, much less the fine print (on anything I imagine). Good thing he has Gunther for a house mate. So far Les has not displayed much in the way of basic living skills.

⇧ “Each day that progresses, I feel more lost and confused about what is going on”

so it seems…

If Leslie were any brighter, it would be midnight. At least Gunny saw the scam for what it was before it was too late….

Bottom line in 10 words or less: Playing “house” does not qualify for adventure. Call Tara.

These two seem to have an Abbott and Costello routine going on though I think their chemistry may be more similar to Phil Harris and Frank Remley

@ AIRMAN regarding your comment “…break all of his drawing pencils, pens, and crayons.”It wouldn’t matter. Greg’s been drawing – and coloring Sundays – digitally for years now on a high end Wacom tablet. Think if it as a Microsoft Surface Pro on steroids for artists. Now then, bust up his tablet and sparks would fly. Very dangerous considering where Greg lives.

Les is losing it.