Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 12, 2012

Just listen to Toni parrot about Quill needing to declare love first. I wanna whack her on the head. Now just WHO said “FREEZE!” I hope Toni did not get Brad into trouble – she was the one who dragged him into it.

dirk is baaaaccccckkkk

Uh-oh. This will be an odd story to tell the coppers and the United States Post Master General.

“Thank God, Officer!”“Thank God, You GOT here Just in TIME to HELP Me STOP These CRAZY Gals From TAMPERING with the US Mail!!” – Brad

It’ll be the guy that lives with Brad-—what’s his name.

Toni: “Officer, we think we heard meowing coming from inside the box.”

I do hope Brad has a change of uniform pants available, because I think he just ruined the ones he’s currently wearing!

Remember Dirk said he was going to be a cop? I wonder…

2 unemployed firemen in the near future?

Drop That Flashlight! It might go off by accident. You’re all under arrest for shining a flashlight at the mailbox at night while two of you are wearing uniforms of the fire department.

Clearly, the two of you are impersonating a Fire Person (?man?)?

What Starfire said. And I’m pretty sure it’ll be Dirk. Wearing aviator shades in the dead of night.

That would explain everything.

The Luann universe is so limited, it could only be Dirk or T.J., or (very long shot) one of the school’s two faculty members.

BUSTED! And Toni hasn’t even even really “tampered” yet! But is it really a cop? Or is it a postal worker (improbable as that might seem at this hour)? Or Dirk?

Let’s hope

I am loving Luann’s and Brad’s face!

Amen to that, we never see any police on our street or even in our neighborhood. I have see a sum total of maybe 3 or 4 in 2 years, and they were taking a shortcut, because they were not our town police but the village next to us.

Well, it;s either Dirk (if real), or TJ or Knute playing a joke on them, if not. But how they’d have known to be right at that mailbox at the right time would be interesting! If it is Dirk, it could be that Dirk is still stalking Toni/Brad. Not good!

If it’s just some other real LEO, then I guess we’ll have to see what Mr. Evans has in the plan.

It’s illegal to shine a flashlihght in a mailbox?

Is it Dirk?

It’s Ann Eiffel and she’s going to make them pay!

This is where/how Police Cadet/Auxiliary Police/Neighborhood Watch Dirk returns.

Bet the farm it’s TJ

Tampering with the mail is a federal offense. If convicted, it is a felony and would end the firefighting careers of Toni and Brad. The next strip will be very interesting.

Why does QUILL have to be the one declaring love first? What if he is waiting on her to do the declaring?

Hands up all those who didn’t see this one coming.

No doubt about it.

I sure hope it’s TJ having fun with them. And, Tokyo, good memory!

I bet the security guard is Dirk!

I think it’s time for Brad to seriously evaluate his relationship with Toni, like it’s time to cut your losses and move on.

I think I saw this in an “I Love Lucy” episode!

It IS illegal. What the hell is Toni thinking???

Uhm, I thought Dirk was dying of cancer or something. I could’ve sworn that was part of the storyline back when he was a garbage man. Been too long…

Dirk at this point would be lame and so would an on duty cop, both possibilities are mind bogglingly low IMHO.

Maybe he needs to write you out of the strip.

How stupid.

It simply makes no sense for Toni to be so overly concerned about Luann’s teenage “love life!” Eep…

I am sure it was a fire emergency. They heard that an arsonist was sending flammable mail. This young lady with them believes the arsonist may have stole her identity and is there to identify her letter.

Dirk says he wanted to become a cop. Wouldn’t it be funny if the cop turned out to be him?

I think the “cop” is TJ and he will have a lame-brained idea (but it will probably work) on how to get the envelope out.

They’re busted for conspiracy to tamper. TJ will break them out of prison and they’ll flee to Australia.

Think we all know the justice system is seriously flawed….

Toni’s flashlight is Speilbergian

Another flaw is that Toni is acting out of character by having a panic attack over Luann’s personal affairs. In the past, Toni was known for being sensible and level-headed. Maybe this comic just is not what it used to be.

It may not be a cop but someone on neighborhood watch…like Dirk or Ox or Gunther or…Gunther? Forget that!

I only got eight words in on Donny Wallace’s ramblings. I get about 3 words in on your’s.

My gut thought too.

This would be a good time to introduce Officer Dirk…

Holding the flap open and shining a light into a mailbox is not illegal…

The look on Brad’s face is priceless!

Please let that be T.J. kidding around, and NOT the police themselves.

Toni is bad news.

Except that they haven’t done anything illegal – yet. It’s not a crime to shine a flashlight on a mailbox

Unless one is completely asinine about being PC, “fireman” is still generally accepted by the public.

It must be because I’ve never heard a cop yell at someone to “FREEZE” (except the Dukes of Hazzard).

Folks, take DIRK out of the equation. He has a PRISON record and cannot be a cop. He was just talking big when he first got out and was seen doing trash on their route. Anyone with a brain knows that – an ex-felon talking big and nonsense.I certainly hope Greg has a brain and will not make Dirk a cop.Now WHO would prowl the neighborhood at NIGHT? Oh yeah, someone like GEORGE ZIMMERMAN – neighborhood watch patrol. Cops are also known to patrol residential streets especially if it is a bad neighborhood but I doubt the DeGroots live in a such neighborhood UNLESS they happen to live close to the throughway road which would explain the mailbox.

OOPSIE!!!!

It;s the Bomb Squad coming to check reports of anexplosive in the box [best case scenario].Toni’s ex [ worst case]. Watch this space.

Please let this be Dirk. Please let him have a taser to use on them.

“Lets not do this again. It ran its course a few days ago. For the sake of simplicity, let all of us call them, “fire things”.”-or de-fire things?-anyhoo, nomenclature never runs its course.

I agree with those that think its T.J. Also I’m glad a live in a small town, murder happens about once a decade or two here.

I’d rather say that the letter gets returned due to insufficient postage.

oh, for the love of…..is Greg doing ’shrooms or something? jeez-a-loo…

My guess is it’s Luann and Brad’s Parents…

FREEZE!!! The sweetest word everyvody loves to hear…. Good thing they were wearing uniforms, that way anything they say will sound good enough.

It’s Quinn, come back to see Luann!!!

It’s going to be Dirk, who has just joined the police. My theory, anyway.

Well, If Brad losses his job, there is always Weenie World.

Oh for heaven’s sake, they should have just let the letter go. Luann will either hear great news that her long distance relationship has potential (which means, perhaps, we will see what Quill is really doing in Australia) or she gets shut down, grieves and moves on with her teenage life.

It’s ok officer they are hero’s

DW I agree he was some much better as a lump

Congrats. I still don’t think anyone is this stupid.

“A mail carrier is another matter.”That’s what Logan Sackett and I were thinking yesterday. Don’t know whether Dirk’s past prevents him from holding that job.

The standard way out of this is for Luann to have used a normal stamp, and the USPS to return the letter for insufficient postage to Oz.

Or perhaps Toni will use that as an excuse to get the letter back right away, if the Mail Cop is gullible.

FBOFW did a bit like this, The postman says that mail sent through the system is like swallowing a quarter, you just have to waint until it reaches the other end.

It is no more likely that Dirk could become a postal worker than a cop. The investigation of potential postal workers is at least as intense as the police department’s. At least it was back in the seventies when I became a mail carrier. It is not just junk mail that they handle. A lot of important stuff and money is sent through the mail. Back in my day, all the social security checks were handled by the post office, for example.

This whole arc is beyond stupid. Tell you what, Greg. Since you seem to be suffering from writers block, why don’t we bring back Dirk to break up the monotony? I kinda think there may be some unresolved feelings involving Nancy.

I agree it’s TJ who yelled “Freeze.”

I have to say, I am not liking this storyline….

I never realized before how much Brad looks like Linus Van Pelt!

He can be in Luannverse. Past has no connection to present.

Pfft. WHO in her/his right mind would make Dirk a COP?? Greg, read this??

She said “coat hanger,” NOT “cliffhanger”…

think it’s time for Brad to seriously evaluate his relationship with Toni, like it’s time to cut your losses and move on.*I agree. I said the same thing a few days ago. It is time for Brad to find someone else. Toni is not the right girl for him. Nancy knew. Mom knows best, apparently..

Not on my planet either — they’re too busy ticketing folks for going 2-3 miles over the speed limit in my neighborhood.

A mail carrier is another matter.*I think not – a mail carrier is a federal worker and they cannot have any record. Same is true for a state worker. I am one.

I was thinking its Luanns Dad yelling- I can picture a Dad would follow them out and stop them from being idiots- would be dopey if it was a cop that just happens along right then in the dark…we shall see…

“Must be nice to have absolute power”-it IS although I try not to abuse it

is there a big penalty for shining a flashlight into a mailbox?