Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 28, 2021

uh-oh… T.J. no gonna like this upon return form his date

TJ’s Stuff? Man’s got style!

This shall not end well. ✨

So TJ, Brad and Toni share one bathroom?

TJ is high maintenance?

I knew it! T.J. uses Soul Glo! lol

So now, the little tyke is going thru Old Smiley’s pomade.

No “boundaries” with this kid. No siree Bob.

And to think. B&T spent their house money to build the little stormtrooper her own room. “No Good Deed goes unpunished,” indeed.

Brad and Toni may be stuck, but TJ might be considering moving out when he finds his hair grease smeared all over his bedroom wall.

Makes sense considering how well styled TJ’s hair is compared to Toni’s plain hair in a ponytail.

There is some vanity going on with TJ, and I hope Luann watches Shannon closely. Who knows what some of that stuff is.

Alert: A slow-mo tragedy situation in the making. Don’t touch TJ hair products.

Sure Luann, just paw through Toni and TJ’s stuff. Way to set an example for the kid.

Man, after putting on all that stuff, she is going to be real slick!

Luann stop the devil before she does something really bad.

Took a couple days off.

Looks like TJ and Luann are a no-go!

At this point, it doesn’t look like that girl talk session that some thought would happen here, either.

Nothing here, move along.

Luann, Tell that brat that she can use your stuff and only your stuff; despite what Shannon’s been allowed to believe, she doesn’t have carte blanche to use other people’s property.

Luann don’t fall into that little tyke’s trap.

How to maintain an outdated mullet

Yet another story showing LuAnn’s non growth.

A poll amd a trite one. Go into your bathroom and tell me, is the handle of the toilet on the right or the left side. Greg says on the right but every toilet I can recall using has the handle on the left. Which side is your handle on?

It ain’t easy lookin’ THAT good!!

So Shannon will not be rummaging through Toni’s delicate unmentionables. I wonder who nixed that — Greg, Karen or the Syndicate? Maybe tomorrow Shannon with her hair done up like like the Bride of Frankenstein, will announce that she’s off to the library and we’ll segueway into a new story about Shannon’s crazy date life,

Shannon – Now check out TJ’s 400 toothbrushes…

Okay, panel of experts, what is serum vis-à-vis hair care products??

At which point Luan need to say “we don’t use other people’s stuff without their permission”.

That’s a lot.

Can’t a man get SOME privacy in this dump ?

And all this time I thought TJ had fallen into a vat of chemicals while fleeing the Batman.

Shannon wants to play with fire. TJ could be really jealous of his hair products. Better for Luann to convince her not to touch them. Even because, I don’t think anyone other than TJ or a professional hairdresser has the ability to use that crazy amount of stuff.

How can a character be boring and annoying at the same time? Shannon manages it, somehow.

Always had TJ pegged for a metrosexual….

TJ needs to have a lot of chemicals handy, just in case he ever wants to have a fire or explosion.

TJ is a metrosexual.

I wonder if they end up using too much of TJ’s stuff and he ends up looking like a totally different person as a result the following day.

Next, Luann will be providing Shannon with nuclear bomb codes.

Never in my life have I ever heard of a young newlywed couple allowing a friend of the husband to live in the same house with them…. Especially for this long, in a small house with only one bathroom…. Even if he does cook well. Now, it’s been established that TJ has a lot of money given to him by his father. One would think that he could more than afford to get his own place. Also… Is he only just working at The Fuse? Is he in college, or just flittering his life away right now?

So, there’s only one bathroom in that whole house?

oh dear… :D

Ummm… digging through other people’s “stuff” without their knowledge is just plain wrong and rude. It’s not teaching Shannon respect for other people’s belongings.

Mkay. TJ takes good care of his appearance. Let’s get Luann and Shannon out on the town so Luann can meet Prince Charming.

Grew up in a family of 12 in the 50s and 60s. Only one bathroom. Fortunately, we lived on a farm.

Boundary-challenged children are so cute.

Serum….?

Might as well enjoy while it lasts…(for TJ, that is).

I’ve said, for years, that TJ is gay. Call it “Gaydar”

Is TJ straight? His interest in the opposite sex seems to be lacking. And his cosmetic cabinet seems to indicate he leans metro.

All of TJ‘s products remind me of “American Psycho”, where the guy had an extreme morning regiment before leaving for work.

Luann has actually regressed over the years. Consider. In late July of 2017, Luann became such a “big sister” to Fay that Fay’s mother hired her to mentor the child. Then in May of 2018 she mentored Fay through an infatuation with Axel correcting some deceptive misbehavior from Fay. Back in 2010 she was reading to kids as a library assistant. In mid January 2011 Luann told Toni she would babysit Shannon so Toni could see more of Brad. Toni told Luann she’d be a good role model for Shannon. Then there was also her job at Kids 1st in 2018.

The last few times she’s “babysat” Shannon she seems to have regressed to Sgannon’s level. And it appears as if it will happen again this week. 8^ )

You know I always wondered what TJ’s hair most resembled, and now I know, Jeri Curl. Going a little bit in a sensitive subject, but being a brother myself, I guess it’s safe: some more partying type of Black men have “conked” their hair to straighten it (I saw an excellent example on the more recent movie, “Superfly” which I was delighted to see on Tubi recently—not a product endorsement), but in the 70’s the big thing was Jeri Curl. Greasy in the extreme! You need grease and style stuff to achieve the look. When I did have hair I would never do that, I was proud of my Afro (ah those were the days). TJ’s hair is a Jeri Curl! I won’t get into a discussion on his racial identity because it’s deliberately indistinct, but all those products tell me grease styling extreme. Of course all of you, who like me, don’t have all that luxurious hair they did when they were kids do remember Brylcreem right? Ugh.

I definitely recognized the Jeri Curl straight off. I think it was given to him before they’d specified his ethnicity although I suppose he could be an Argentinian/Italian with some African descent. I am pretty astonished that he’s kept up a hair style from such an early era that needs such high maintenance but Greg tends to keep some of his characters (Tiffany is another one) in the same hair style that they had when they were introduced in the 1980’s.

and we thought Luann had the most PCP (personal care products); looks like she’s got competition.

Serum??

“Just let your SOOOOOUUULL GLOOOW!!…(Soul Glow)”

This actually made me chuckle a little. And thank Gawd that Shannon has stopped talking like a baby!

It takes alot to maintain healthy curly hair.

The shock on Luanns face in panel 3 says it all. Now after all the hair styling and Shannon says its time to get dressed and she wants in TJ’s room, then we might have a problem.

Serum? Does her hair have a virus?

Oh of course, Luann. Just let Shannon go through everyone’s things while they aren’t home. Maybe you should go over to your house and let her have a go at your stuff instead.

Something for every strand, I see…

The coach used to tell me that I ran too long in one place. The same holds true for Luann, she lives too long in the same place. Over and over again. Bernice has discovered that she has a tongue like a fly catching frog. Gunther and Bets think that they are in love, which should last about two weeks, and best of all, Tiffany has re-captured her family fortune. Lunch in Paris, tomorrow, Tiff?

I predict Luann and Shannon will have a ball dressing up. Then, someone will arrive, perhaps Jonah or Jack, and embarrass Luann in all her finery.

R.I.P. ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill.

A second poll and a lucite one. (You can see right through it.)

Does anybody have three toilet paper holders in their bathroom?

1. Plain. Single ply.

2. Fancy. Quilted double ply.

3. Desperate. Six feet up the wall, out of reach, in a glass case marked $100 fine, with a small hammer on a chain, a still wrapped roll clearly marked in Russian.

Okay, this one is mildly funny. TJ is a rather prissy lad….

Snooping is not okay. Nor is using other people’s stuff without permission. Shannon has no role model and no discipline. Was Jonah mentioned to pave the way for his return? If only, and he takes the bwat with him. Luann is a shadow of her former self. What a shame.