Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 04, 2013
Transcript:
Toni: "Where'd you get this truck, TJ?" TJ: "Off a guy who retired. It was sittin' in weeds in his yard" TJ: "The kitchen's great. Just the engine and body need some TLC" Toni: "Well, I'll help. We'll get you going in no time" TJ: "Dude, you should marry this girl" Brad: "Yeah. She really needs a man" Toni: "Torque wrench!"
DaJellyBelly over 11 years ago
Never send a man in when a woman can do it better!
Namrepus over 11 years ago
Well, she needs someone to wipe the motor oil off her face.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
Exposition.
dr_dolittle_rwc over 11 years ago
You clearly don’t understand. Tony sees an opportune time to ‘relocate’ TJ… By helping him to succeed and MOVE ON!!
Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
T.J. said to Brad to marry Toni. Aren’t the kids already engaged?
Lektio over 11 years ago
verilytruth over 11 years ago
There is a very big difference in need and want. You might need something or someone you don’t want, but if you want him or her, you will always find a need for said person.
Odd Dog Premium Member over 11 years ago
I don’t know, but some one might want to let her know that you use a torque wrench to finish a job not start it?
Mordock999 Premium Member over 11 years ago
“CONSTANT- MAINTENANCE.”
That’s what the “Crapmobile” WILL Require, so I HOPE You two aren’t planning on a Loooooong Honeymoon.
Or Continuing with Your CHOSEN Careers later.
Old Smiley’s gonna NEED all the CHEAP Labor He can get.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
Brought to you, by.,,.,.Pep Girls… Twice as legal as the “Perp Boys”, and twice as fast…--Ms. Goodwrench…. our cookies are the best….--and by…. Hellen Reddy…..
Hank1938 over 11 years ago
Woman after my own heart!
Hank1938 over 11 years ago
“GMC” Gotta Mechanic Coming!
Ottodesu over 11 years ago
I get the reference.BTW, is Dave here?
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
Nice to see the Quill arc is done for awhile… figured it was safe to come back :P
I could use a GF like her, I can change a tire and the oil and that’s about it!!!
kenhense over 11 years ago
Uh – Toni looks pretty good reaching up and tying her hair.
The Old Wolf over 11 years ago
For my money, Toni is the most dynamic and interesting character in the strip. Quill has potential but he’s still something of an underdeveloped sketch. Time will tell.
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
Toni is wonderful, in more ways than one; or two; or three….Here, she is showing up the prattling guys, and Brad knows it (and doesn’t mind). It’s the usually bright (if often wrong-headed) TJ over whose head all is flying.
YokohamaMama over 11 years ago
Yes, like a fish needs a bicycle.
angeldscoobydoo Premium Member over 11 years ago
I think Brad was being sarcastic.
Talker123 over 11 years ago
Funny, very funny!
drewpamon over 11 years ago
Brad better watch out. At this rate he’ll be more useless than his dad before the wedding happens.
LeShea Clabough over 11 years ago
She doesn’t NEED a man, she wants Brad!
PresumedInnocent over 11 years ago
FORD = Found on Road Dead
Pelahnar over 11 years ago
I believe Brad was being sarcastic. His point being that she obviously doesn’t need a man.
davidpepper over 11 years ago
Think of the fun that Toni and Brad will have together in the future. Buying an old “fixer-upper” (whether it’s a car, house, boat motor, etc.). Working on it together! That’s compatibility!
davidpepper over 11 years ago
Notice that Toni said she’d help. And “we’ll get you going in no time”. She’s helping, not dominating!
Guilty Bystander over 11 years ago
Suck it up, Brad…you and Toni are partners, remember?
I’m married to a woman who exemplifies the term “DIY” around the house and continually amazes males that a 5’1" female is more than capable with a saw, hammer or screwdriver. I’m proud as hell of her even though I’m all thumbs myself in the same scenario.
It’s like that scene in Rocky when someone asks him how he and Adrienne get along because they’re so different. He replies, “I dunno…She’s got gaps. I got gaps. Together, we fill gaps.”
medbarin over 11 years ago
Lol, this is a great strip!
Snoopy_Fan over 11 years ago
I love women who know how to handle a tool…:-D
sarafaye over 11 years ago
It will bother me if Brad ends up getting upset about her doing one of the things he liked about her in the first place.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
Or the humor from yesterday’s…
ACTIVIST1234 over 11 years ago
Brad sees a problem; Toni sees a fun project. But where did she get a scrunchy that fast to tie back her hair?
JayBluE over 11 years ago
I know I’ve said it a lot yesterday, and I guess I’ll have to say it again, today….-The “timing belt” thing was NOT a “technical manual” to fix cars by… it WAS a tongue in cheek/humorous/discreet way for Toni to get Brad “hip to” getting TJ up and running so that they could get on with the planning of their wedding and their marriage…—The “you should marry her/she doesn’t need a man” lines was to emphasize that Toni is smart and pretty (as IF that needed emphasizing)… it wasn’t to be taken literally….
PMark over 11 years ago
Yes, I caught the seemingly early use of the torque wench, too. However, we don’t know what she is concentrating on at this precise moment. Perhaps she has spotted a peripheral part that can be adjusted quickly and then forgotten about as you move on to the bigger things.
Don’t ask me what. SHE’s the mechanic, not me. :-)
As for adjusting the timing belt, it could be that she recognizes the engine as one that is notorious for needing its timing belt adjusted.
Okay Greg, I’ve had to think up two reasons to cover for you in as many days. Let’s not go for three tomorrow, okay?
JayBluE over 11 years ago
I agree! I don’t doubt that she does enjoy it… I don’t doubt that she doesn’t mind having a fiancé and a fiancé’s best friend around… -But that “timing belt thing” wasn’t there because of not knowing about cars… it would seem to make sense, (as they were talking about the time it’s gonna take ) if she made that play on words, since she could have wanted to get Brad to be more positive, to help encourage him to move it along, like a gentle nudge as part of the beginning steps of “lining up their ducks in a row”, as changes could be taking place… getting TJ in an honest business, and making it easier to have “her man” to herself… I speak as a married man and a former wing-man…. when one of the spouses says it’s time to go (NOT in the absolute total sense, of goodbye forever, mind you- but the kind like it’s couple’s time)… it’s time to go…
PMark over 11 years ago
Still, the lady normally has hair down to her hips. She puts it in a ponytail, and now it is barely past her shoulders? What happened to all that hair?
PMark over 11 years ago
I think you guys are making this far too complicated. Brad views the van as a problem. Toni views it as a challenge. All these secret messages and hidden agendas are really unnecessary.
sarafaye over 11 years ago
Time works strangely in this world. Maybe she both just started working on it, and has been working on it for a while. In the same vein, this van is a comic strip van and may work differently than a similar one in the real world.
NorCalChuck over 11 years ago
Never try to out guess Mr Evans cause tomorrow something completely new will surface.Remember this strip is called LuAnn and Others.
diggitt over 11 years ago
The person who introduced the issue of hair is male and so are about 99% of the responders. Hmmm….that tells us something.
seanyj over 11 years ago
It’s obvious who wears the pants in this relationship! : )
DTJB over 11 years ago
Q: How do hot women get hotter?
A: Read this comic to find out!
angusdad over 11 years ago
My mom drove mechanics nuts because she would know what was wrong with the car when the mechanic couldn’t figure it out. She had a very good ear and could tell where the problem was. And this was in the 50’s – 60’s.
sarafaye over 11 years ago
Toni has no history of being actively rude.
sarafaye over 11 years ago
We’ve all told you TJ is not all bad. I’m glad there’s something you can identify with.
Trails4GMZ over 11 years ago
it takes a woman to get the job done.
sarafaye over 11 years ago
" If he is smart, he will get under the hood with her."That is exactly what I would like to see.
sarafaye over 11 years ago
“I think both love birds see it as a possible fun project. They both get to work on an engine, something they both enjoy, and they get to send TJ to AutoZone to use his money to buy the parts.”Brad just likes to be snarky with TJ. He isn’t really whining as much as it looks like he is. Frankly, he is wise to keep TJ aware that he is in their debt, rather than the other way around. TJ is not above taking advantage if they give him any opportunity to think he brought them something fun when he is actually begging for a huge favor.
sarafaye over 11 years ago
He told both Luann and Diane that the reason he was always working on his car was that he liked it. He also was very excited when he found out that Toni was into cars and he was proud to show her the stuff he was working on with his.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
“I’m starting to think that she buys pants that must come with scrunchies already in the pockets.”^Or if she’s like my wife, carries it in her purse, part of her “toolkit”, or her “secret agent arsenal”, if you will (like Maxwell Smart or Inspector Gadget)…always prepared…. with replacement ones in her haircare stash at home, to boot!
JayBluE over 11 years ago
And my personal belief is that Toni is intuitive enough that if TJ won’t totally be out of the picture (as she may recognize that he is the extra set of limbs that TJ has), that in getting this project going (IF possible), that it will give her a chance to handle some engine, and also hopefully keep TJ busy enough to get his business going, and to move ahead with their plans. Even if TJ weasels someone else (Brad) into more stuff, Even Brad recognizes the issues that will take place if the “Third Man” encroaches upon Toni’s turf…It has the possibility of turning into an issue ((I also use 4/11&12 as a reference)…. (cue Third Man Theme)
georgelcsmith over 11 years ago
A sweet, beautiful woman who is even an expert mechanic! Put a ring on her while she is still available!!!
JayBluE over 11 years ago
“Whether or not TJ believes he is in their debt, of he has done them a favor would make no difference to him. He will work it as if they are in his debt for giving them the privelege to work for him.”^Totally consistent with TJ…. Shifty and slippery as the oil underneath of “the Con Mobile/Money Pit Jr./the Black Hole/the Truck That Eats Bread”….
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 11 years ago
Toni’s a keeper. Pretty to look at and able to fix your machinery.Just keep her in tools.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
But I guess TJ does have some redeeming qualities… and did offer to cater the wedding.. (Don’t let AmyGrantFan hear that word, though….lol! Don’t want her to keep getting disappointed that it’s not happening yet…) -And he’s got one or two friends… and Ann Eiffel makes him look like Mr. Popular and Mr. Clean….
lectricdude over 11 years ago
…seems like these days a lot of folks have the perception/intelligence of a box of rocks…or maybe they just like “stirring the pot”…?…hmmm…
sarafaye over 11 years ago
But can you imagine the torment for Brad if she shows up, just to say Hi, and ends up being the best of bestest friends with Toni? It was, after all, entirely like her to be oblivious to the inappropriateness of such a move.
sarafaye over 11 years ago
Diane barely considers Brad human, let alone as a man.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
“If that thing ever starts and coughs flames out through the carburetor”^I forgot-imagine how much caked up soot and dirt and residue and critter must’ve gotten clogged up in the exhaust? If they haven’t turned key to ignite yet, that truck could explode! -(this time,hyperbole for comedic effect only, in case anyone wants to throw a “box of dumb rocks” or “while stirring up pots”….lol!)
JayBluE over 11 years ago
it might have started out as a 350, but now is worn out to a 400^That’s prolly why Brad’s prognosis was grim, the need to wait for some parts to rebuild….
JayBluE over 11 years ago
No, that’s just Wallace….
JayBluE over 11 years ago
I walked into that one, huh? Wrong room… sorry!
RBLawyer over 11 years ago
Bet Toni gets SOOOOOOO dirty she has to clean up before going. Shower at Brads?
SHIVA over 11 years ago
Brad is kind of snarky these days. What gives?? Toni and TJ make a better couple and seem more compatible.
JayBluE over 11 years ago
That other one was even worse….
notbornyesterday over 11 years ago
Well, if you’re too young to remember Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke changing tractor tires in the “Dukes of Hazzard”, I guess Toni will have to do
ChrisV over 11 years ago
Toni’s starting to remind me of Sandy from SpongeBob SquarePants: Since she’s the only woman around, she has to act more like a man than the men do.
Skababa over 11 years ago
That is the most impractical ponytail I have ever seen . . .
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 11 years ago
“everything other than beer is sold only in State controlled stores.”.Even Tylenol? Cough drops? Flour? Ginger?.Methinks not.-
And even if so, you have your beer….
tegm about 11 years ago
She needs a man to do the cooking!
JoeyCooler777 almost 11 years ago
Can you say “sarcasm”?
Aladar30 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
GO TONI!!!