Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 03, 2014

Somebody seriously needs to rein Leslie in! PhD, huh?!, I bet you’ll do just that, Bern! ;)

….Aaaaand, basically, that’s what the adults would sound like in Charlie Brown’s world…. – Actually, Phelps isnt far off!… Well, except sometimes, it’s important to don’t do something, and other times, It’s- that is, uh… well, if you wont, maybe you can’t… or, if the dos aren’t doing it, and the wont- oh, never mind….

Did he forget about the (non-existent) cameras?

“Word To The Whys”“5 Cents For Your Thoughts”“Leggo My Ego!”“Tries, Whys, And Alibis”“Super Ego To The Rescue”“Surfing On Your Brainwaves”“Id’s Academic”“Explain Nation”“That’s What I Said!… Sort Of…”or “Gimme The Keys To Success, And I’ll Drive You Crazy”

Margo Phelps?

Those diplomas & certificates plus a buck might get Margo a cup of coffee!

The video I linked to, yesterday, may help people get some insight as to just why Mr. Evans draws the way he does, and why the stories turn out the way that they do… – In case you missed it, here it is…

Now what would Leslie do with his victims’ money? Pay for the paperwork to legally change his name?

It was from Sunday, but just was spelling it differently. You’ll find it’s the last one in line…

Look at the plaque in the third panel’

The upper crust, blithely ignoring the cries of the poor and the victimized. Such is life.

“To do is to be”~~Descartes-“To be is to do”~~Horatio Alger-“Do be do be do”~~Frank Sinatra

Bernice already has a subject to study. . .and she’s been sitting with her in her bedroom for years whining about her latest boy problem or her supposedly not-so-beautiful appearance..

Please read what is written above Bernice’s nose in panel 3. It reads Margo Phelps!

Leslie needs a few nights in jail to learn how to be a better momma….

I wonder where Luann and Crystal fit in their GPAs… When I graduated high school, I was shocked to find out I was in the upper third of the graduating class. Never thought I’d be That successful! There were some classes I really had to work hard in (Especially math!). Others, like Literature and History, were a cinch. It took me a long time, but I eventually graduated from university with a 3.9 GPA. Just goes to show you, I guess… ;)

;)

My mistake! It was the day before….

I’ve been reading National Geographic’s 125th anniversary book…fascinating! ’Nite all! ;)-——————————————————————————————————————

“For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labor of my hands, and I found, that by working about six weeks in a year, I could meet all the expenses of living.” (Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862)

If Miss Phelps writes a pop-psych self-help book with that as the title, nobody will buy it.

“Brought to you” by… – Loco Motive engine parts… “With prices like these, you’d have to be crazy not to buy from us!”… – and by…Your local California Reasons… "Fine cultivators and caretakers!… If it’s the fruit of reason, you can be sure that each one is qualified, and certified to say: “I herd it on the grapevine!”

Yyyyip!

LOL! But if it was titled: “Sometimes A Cigar Is Just A Cigar… Except If It Is A Kitty Cat”, it would definitely sell! Well, one book, at least… – Unless she’d hawk it near the Single Spinsters’ Club….

Or Phelps gets arrested and Leslie becomes the head counselor.

Wow, delighted that it turned out to be a worthwhile “scavenger hunt!”

No Problemo! :-)

Maybe Bern can develop the successor to the Rorschach and Wonderlic tests, by using cloud formations to see how people think!

And to “Plumbers” with ’staches and their own line of video games and assorted merchandise…

Or it could be “dooby dooby dooby dooby…….”, but in those days it was just called ’reefer".

THIS is what Evans came up with instead of fulfilling all the stories he alluded to for the Prom arc?A chance for him to play with name tags and “diplomas”?

The ’Don’ts’ let the government; As in you & I; take care of them.

The Don’ts are waiting for the Do’s to succeed so the Don’ts can take what the Do’s have earned.

Where’s Ox when you need him? Why isn’t Knox in Juvenal Hall yet???

Just as street shootings happen within a block of a police station, so Leslie Knox bullies and extorts a victim just outside Margo Phelps’s office. When Miss Phelps is engaged in counseling with the newly-minted valedictorian, neither she nor Bernice can be expected to be focussing on what’s happening outside the door (and presumably out of earshot).Still, I’d be pleased to see Oxford wander onto the scene and squash Knox utterly.

Hey Greg. I may not know how other school districts are doing it. But my kid’s school district is one of those that are money FREE when it comes to lunches. The parents have to pay into a fund via computer. Either at home or at the school office. Then the kid has a pass code they need to enter into a machine to ‘pay’ for the lunch.

I think Ms. Phelps needs to retire as badly as does Mr. Fogarty. Obviously, Bern would not be ready to take over for her, not that we know she’d want to. But I agree with Bern… Ms. Phelps is the epitome of the addage: “Those that can’t do, teach…” or in this case, “Counsel.” :-PPP

I don’t think the females inside the office have any idea what is going on with Knox outside in the hall. There is no indication Phelps and Bernice can see or hear what Knox is doing or saying. It may just be 2 separate stories that seem to overlap.

My sister had a Leslie in her school until I met him in my patrol car, he went fishing elsewhere.

Sweaty armpits at Pitts Junior Senior High School indicates that the gym teacher is neglecting teaching the students good grooming habits. Deoderant was a required item in everyones gym locker when I was in school.~Leslie Knox may be one of those guys housed at a group home for boys. It would be the last step before going to juvenal hall. He is probably not living with his parents but instead living in a group home.

Back when I was in high school, old Les would have had his dental parts rearranged. In the PC age we’re in now, he can’t be touched. Let’s reset things to the fifties.

This has gone on LONG Enough.

Hey, Terrified Kid in the Brown Shirt? Pretend to reach for Your Wallet then, Suddenly and Violently KNEE about 6 inches below His Navel. THEN, as He Rolls on the ground Gasping for Breath, TAKE His Wallet! Then Run!

Of Course, the “Teaching Units” Will Finally. Probably SEE THAT, but Still….,

In the way of experimental psychology, let’ s open up Lealie’s skull and experiment on his brain.

Then the smallchild starts to swell and turn greenHULK SMASHNo mo Les

That that is is. That that is not is not. That that is is not that that is not and that that is not is not that that is. “And the same shall be equally true.”

Her name has been uttered in the strips, before… I have to pull up even earlier ones, but here’s one from just last year… –

“The drummer was/is Stewart Copeland. Don’t recall who the other bandmate was…”^Oh, thanks, but I knew….I was just joking. I was referencing two things: the bit, from Amy Poehler on the SNL “Weekend Update”… it itself based on the 2nd thing: the fact that after a while, there was a “best of” and some compilations with the moniker “Sting and the Police”… – The other is Guitarist Andy Summers. – You may find this tidbit of interest: Stewart Copeland’s brother is Miles Copeland III, the founder of IRS records..

“On Track!” Ha ha ha!!! Good one!

Some is, some ain’t;some can, some can’t..Some will, some won’t;some do, some don’t..Some would if they could but they can’t,Some could if they would but they won’t!.Which is you?

Again: she didn’t say his GPA was lowest, more like HE is lowest

Thank you, Mitt.

Do I see Bernice “counseling” Leslie in the future?

If Lizzie’s available

Actually, some information sharing should be required with interns.Personal opinions can also be shared, although this is often unwise..We don’t KNOW her replacement will be better.Methinks the entire point is that guidance counselors are often useless. Mine never helped me.I was nearly perfect back then, too, but a little help might have come in handy..You keep wanting to find everybody guilty of crimes. There are so many rules and laws that some may feel impotent for fear of violating one by enforcing another. (Yes, that was wrong, but HOW DARE YOU respond this way?!??!").We really don’t need to deal weth your friend, Leslie. We need to deal with the real Leslies who come in endless progression.

I’m so glad Les is back. He always makes life so interesting.

Enough of the assaults and now attempted robbery by this guy. Really not funny comic boy. Time to show something in the way of school security showing up to take this kid out of the school……

Hahahahaha, check out the sweat stains on the kid in the brown shirt! Methinks someone’s deodorant has failed!

How did Bernice edge out Gunther as Validictorian, it was long established that Gunther was the only one with better grades than Bern…. Maybe living with MPQ has taken down Gunth’s IQ, somewhat…?

1. Or she was already in since she works there3. May have only heard, may have seen4. Not last, lowest. Words have meaninds, even if flexible and oft misused5. Rein7. Yep, she’s a talker, not a doer.If stopping the Leslies of the world, there would not be so many of them. The rules often tie the hands of those who should be enforcing them. Plus many are lazy and uncertain regarding what enforcement is allowed and how..I read recently where various groups were complaining about school officials calling the sheriff’s deputies for misbehavior rather than disciplining them themselves. The attorney general of the United States has complained about the practice. This man has killer drones and the full force of the USA behind him. Who dares go up against him? Certainly not Miz Phelps..I bet you never filed charges againsy the Leslies in your school either. I just fought back when they attacked, knocked one into the principal’s office door, set another one down on his dest, loosed a wasp nest full of wasps on six others. Never saw a single one arrested, received several reprimands for defending myself and a paddling or two.

Les needs a parole officer, not a student counselor. Have the feelinghe will eventually get one — and more than likely fail to report tohim, followed by return to a state-run facility for the extremelynaughty.

“Companies look for experience” but are unwilling tohire those without it, in order that they may gain it.

“There are tactful ways to deal with bullies.”.Sure, there are. But they should not be used. Tact is wasted on bullies..“Them starting it doesn’t give the excuse to give back damage tenfold, that’s why you got in trouble.”.Actually, it DOES. I didn’t give back ten-fold or they would have been dead. Proportional response is only to be used if you want to escalate rather than terminate aggression. Besides, I didn’t consider myself in trouble. Paddlings are merely pain. Pain goes away. Complaints from those who didn’t care enough to handle the situation are simply noise. Noise goes away.Wasp stings last several days. Black eyes are good for a few days, too. Humiliation lasts for years; better it be theirs..“Hopefully that fixed your bully problem though.”.It terminated it from them. The world supplies more, though. They should all be dealt with as soon as possible, as harshly as possible. Depending on government institutions to protect us is an exercise in futility. Few do their jobs correctly, in part because the rest don’t want them to do their jobs..“If the faculty did a better job of policing know bullies (and they know who the bullies are), you wouldn’t have gotten in trouble because you wouldn’t have been bullied.”.But they didn’t.They don’t. They never have.They never will.They even break up responsibilities such that guidance counselors are supposed to give only guidance and not rat out wrong-doing and not provide discipline and deans are supposed to be the only ones who can even pretend to discipline..Idiots point out that kicking bullies out of school makes them unemployable because they don’t have educations. Idiots point out that criminal records make criminals unemployable because intelligent people will give preference to those who do not have criminal records.Idiots have WAY too much influence on the system.

It’s interesting that Evans finds this sort of thing amusing.

“3. Nope, they are looking right in Leslie’s direction. Unless you suggest they both stare at the doorway when they talk.”.I suggest we don’t know the perspective in a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional situation. You are probably right, but it is unkind to not give the benefit of the doubt to even the worst people..“4. Meanings, not meaninds. See how annoying this is?”.Yes, I do, as well as several others you were kind enough to not mention. (You’re a good person, deep, deep down.) That is why I left my cute little Nook, which can not correct it and got on this ancient eMachine which can..BEHOLD:.1. Or she was already in since she works there3. They may have only heard, may have seen4. She did not say he was the last, rather that he is the lowest. Words have meanings, even if flexible and oft misused. (Even by me, sometimes on purpose, sometimes carelessly.)5. Rein7. Yep, she’s a talker, not a doer.If stopping the Leslies of the world were easy, there would not be so many of them. The rules often tie the hands of those who should be enforcing them. Plus many are lazy and uncertain regarding what enforcement is allowed and how..I read recently where various groups were complaining about school officials calling the sheriff’s deputies for misbehavior rather than disciplining them themselves. The Attorney General of the United States has complained about the practice. This man has killer drones and the full force of the USA behind him. Who dares go up against him? Certainly not Miz Phelps..I bet you never filed charges against the Leslies in your school either. I just fought back when they attacked, knocked one into the principal’s office door, set another one down on his desk, loosed a wasp nest full of wasps on six others. I never saw a single one arrested, received several reprimands for defending myself and a paddling or two.

One thing could happen, as id does to a lotta bad boys. While in jail Les gets religion, then no more bullying. Just hassling everyone around him about JC ad nauseum. (Nothing wrong with getting religion; everything wrong with persistent pushiness and hassling, whatever the subject.)

About the man in the middle panel— He needs all the money he can get, as he wants (maybe needs) to procure some Almighty Alcohol for Graduation. Possibly, he would like to also “do some drugs,” whatever that means…

In the final analysis, I am determined to be able to accept the fact that Graduation Night may be equally or less eventful than Prom Night… It is unrealistic to expect any pregnancies to occur, with probably no chance of “making out,” leading to “heavy petting,” which can “go all the way.”

You have a great memory! In fact, around that time, I contacted Evan’s website, where I proposed that hypothetical situation. Because of that, I fear I will only see those panels in my imagination!

Employing our “buzz words” of the day, as a radio station quipped:

“Don’t” stop believing or thinking about tomorrow. But, “do” stop when it is hammer time.

Also "Don’t Stop Believin’ " -Journey “Don’t Stop” – Fleetwood Mac

I think the correct quotation is, “The do’s do because they can, and the don’t’s don’t because they can’t.” Or was it, “the don’t’s don’t because they can teach.” Something like that.

Ha ha!! It was kinda hard to “stay focused”, , after the pic of the burger and fries!!!

‘Slick’ there in the middle pane needs to ‘ride the lightning’ for the full 5 seconds. Might make a big difference in his outlook on life, kind of a preview of what might be if he continues his behavior………

That wouldn’t be shocking!

Like I said, seeing the burger and fries is the trick… heh, heh!!!!

I know of it…. It was really, really, really, weird… and I had seen some weird movies, before…

There was this one weird one, a sci-fi movie (sort of…) and I can’t remember the name of it, but it had a lot of contrived plot (more like a plot not held together with the right kind of adhesive), and when you think you were coming to the end of it, it had five minutes of the guy, and this dream-like thing.. actually, that sounds like a lot of other movies… – If I could just remember what it’s called… the one time I saw it, was with an old girlfriend.. and I guess that wouldn’t help me to remember it (if you knew her, Lol!!!)

Maybe more like “2001 Minutes: A Space Idiocy”…

Yeah, it’s getting late.. had a day yesterday, speaking of the subject of "different"…

“WALL-E” was said to be inspired by “Silent Running”…