I guess we all have our own story to tell. Like it or not, we’re the protagonist. We may not understand why things happen to us, come into our lives, even why we’ve made certain decisions or ended up on one career or another, but we are all playing our roles on the great stage.
You know Your Be❤️ed Count… Mr❤️Positive; Little Olaf Sunshine… this rainbow soap opera beats Entitled Privileged Obnoxious Swine, Shannon. Well, not “beats” literally. Of Course. Our Be❤️ed Count will not stand for anything like that! Bring Back UseLes’s Mother… Dearest Ann❤️Eiffel!!
I’m sorry but I agree with Gunther. Cats should not be on the table or counters. It is unsanitary. But he could have asked in a nicer way and just cleaned the counter without complaining.
I know the point is that Les talks, but he’s spending his life without ambitions and eating junk food. But Gunter is really ridiculous with that obsession for hygiene. Punk is a cat who never leaves the house and is probably cleaner than him. Making a scene like that for the fear that some hair will end up in his salad is really absurd, even disinfecting everything? Seriously? They really are the odd couple!
Spago’s, Puck’s first restaurant in LA was on The Strip, right across the street (Horn Ave) from Tower Records. In the 70’s and 80’s, Tower had the best prices, so we’d make the trip from Silverlake. Puck had turned the parkways – that green strip between curb and sidewalk – into herb gardens. Parking was terrible in the area with the Rainbow Room, Roxy et al nearby, so we’d have to park in the residential area and hoof it down Horn. I cannot begin to recount the times I saw a drunk or homeless person urinating or vomiting into those gardens. So, yeah, Wolfgang Puck, not as much an icon as clean as one’d think…
A day or two of the philosophy of life for Leslie was interesting but a whole week has gotten long. If the strip is going to be boring, at least make it boring with Luann.
well he seems happy, and the cat is loved. someday he may make someone happy besides just himself. Gun is just doing his life as well as he can also. No wrong way as long as you aren’t hurting anyone else, really
Les is perfectly content, he has Punk to take care of, eats three meals a day, does his own laundry (unless he’s got Gunther roped into doing it), manages daily transportation needs, attends to his personal appearance and hygiene, does a good job at work, and likes to play video games in his free time.
Gunther, on the other hand (after studying and attending classes), likes to make every-single-aspect of every-single-day more complicated than it needs to be, and is perfectly comfortable telling other people what a failure they are, (since he’s such a genius).
Gotta side with Gunther here. It’s the same reason why I don’t like eating outdoors. I want to keep the food I’m eating and any critter (flies and cats come to mind) that have been walking in “unmentionable/censored” stuff as far away from one another as I can.
I can imagine 10 years down the road, when Gunther has graduated and has a well-paying job and a nice house and perhaps a wife, and Leslie comes knocking on his door looking for a place to crash.
There’s a plus side to this. Very few people would be content doing what Les does for a living. But it’s still work that has to be done. And if someone such as Les is content, let him alone. Just because others don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s their obligation to make him aspire to something else. Just be glad that job is filled by someone who enjoys doing it. It’s all good.
lvlax about 2 months ago
Wow.. is eating and watching TV, in a bean bag chair, really living. Les?
PaulAbbott2 about 2 months ago
Running a tad late today. Someone oversleep?
ctolson about 2 months ago
Says the guy that sits around the house watching TV when not at work.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 2 months ago
Alternate definitions of life. Each valid for that particular user.
rrsltx about 2 months ago
I’m pretty sure the health department won’t be doing any surprise inspections, Gunth. Btw, where’s your hairnet and latex gloves?
Drbarb71 Premium Member about 2 months ago
Get a new roomate. This one is a rude creep.
French Persons Premium Member about 2 months ago
Just because kitty was briefly on the counter, doesn’t mean that everything is now contaminated.
chaosed2 about 2 months ago
A comic strip about someone doing nothing with his life posts nearly 8 hours late – Alanis Morissette would have something to say about this I think.
Bernedoodle about 2 months ago
Gunth, you will make someone a good wife.
Martin Booda about 2 months ago
Felix Unger, Oscar Madison, and a cat.
Ignatz Premium Member about 2 months ago
Am I supposed to think that relaxing in front of a TV with a cuddly cat on your lap and a mug is sad?
fuzzmoz about 2 months ago
What a nasty guy. The only one he’s nice to is Punk.
EMGULS79 about 2 months ago
Hey! Every time Punk heads directly from the litterbox to the kitchen counter, he’s helping strengthen your immune systems!!! :)
Mordock999 Premium Member about 2 months ago
Hmm.
So Mr. Knox apparently playing enjoys video games according to the last panel.
There may be hope for him yet.
I wonder what game he’s playing?
C.O.D. – MW? Or Forza Horizon 5? Or Fortnite?Nah. Most likely Grand Theft Auto V.
Certainly not Stardew Valley. ;-)
JohnWThompsonIII about 2 months ago
No cats on the conner what so hard about that?
baskate_2000 about 2 months ago
When you’re parked in front of the TV, Les.
GirlGeek Premium Member about 2 months ago
Does Les have a point? I’m confused
Joe1962 about 2 months ago
Go Les!
Bedrock about 2 months ago
I wouldn’t have thought Les would know Wolfgang Puck from Wolfgang Van Halen.
Ellis97 about 2 months ago
Like I said, Les is a man of simple pleasures.
MA FANGYI Premium Member about 2 months ago
can’t see the pun… I got a big ah???? at the last panel.
mort b. about 2 months ago
Gunner has a point, but he’s still wrapped wayyyy too tightly.
DaBump Premium Member about 2 months ago
I guess we all have our own story to tell. Like it or not, we’re the protagonist. We may not understand why things happen to us, come into our lives, even why we’ve made certain decisions or ended up on one career or another, but we are all playing our roles on the great stage.
Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 months ago
You know Your Be❤️ed Count… Mr❤️Positive; Little Olaf Sunshine… this rainbow soap opera beats Entitled Privileged Obnoxious Swine, Shannon. Well, not “beats” literally. Of Course. Our Be❤️ed Count will not stand for anything like that! Bring Back UseLes’s Mother… Dearest Ann❤️Eiffel!!
jpooch99 about 2 months ago
I have to work with a guy like that. Terrified of germs and everything else. A king among dweebs. I wish he’d quit.
eladee AKA Wally about 2 months ago
I’m sorry but I agree with Gunther. Cats should not be on the table or counters. It is unsanitary. But he could have asked in a nicer way and just cleaned the counter without complaining.
SquidGamerGal about 2 months ago
I’m with Les on this one! Sometimes, it feels like Gunther gets easily bent out of shape over nothing these days!
jconnors3954 about 2 months ago
For Les less is more and it’s all good for him.
Outsideplaying about 2 months ago
Another reason I no longer have a cat. Couldn’t stand one that got onto the counters or around food.
sid w about 2 months ago
It is interesting that cat and dog owners think their pets do not walk on the ground or eat feces…
Aladar30 Premium Member about 2 months ago
I know the point is that Les talks, but he’s spending his life without ambitions and eating junk food. But Gunter is really ridiculous with that obsession for hygiene. Punk is a cat who never leaves the house and is probably cleaner than him. Making a scene like that for the fear that some hair will end up in his salad is really absurd, even disinfecting everything? Seriously? They really are the odd couple!
Squoop about 2 months ago
I don’t care what anyone says about Les anymore, cuz anyone who cares about their cat like he does is fine by me.
waes-hael about 2 months ago
Spago’s, Puck’s first restaurant in LA was on The Strip, right across the street (Horn Ave) from Tower Records. In the 70’s and 80’s, Tower had the best prices, so we’d make the trip from Silverlake. Puck had turned the parkways – that green strip between curb and sidewalk – into herb gardens. Parking was terrible in the area with the Rainbow Room, Roxy et al nearby, so we’d have to park in the residential area and hoof it down Horn. I cannot begin to recount the times I saw a drunk or homeless person urinating or vomiting into those gardens. So, yeah, Wolfgang Puck, not as much an icon as clean as one’d think…
beb01 about 2 months ago
A day or two of the philosophy of life for Leslie was interesting but a whole week has gotten long. If the strip is going to be boring, at least make it boring with Luann.
Oceanic about 2 months ago
well he seems happy, and the cat is loved. someday he may make someone happy besides just himself. Gun is just doing his life as well as he can also. No wrong way as long as you aren’t hurting anyone else, really
comic reader 22 about 2 months ago
Les is perfectly content, he has Punk to take care of, eats three meals a day, does his own laundry (unless he’s got Gunther roped into doing it), manages daily transportation needs, attends to his personal appearance and hygiene, does a good job at work, and likes to play video games in his free time.
Gunther, on the other hand (after studying and attending classes), likes to make every-single-aspect of every-single-day more complicated than it needs to be, and is perfectly comfortable telling other people what a failure they are, (since he’s such a genius).
I vote for Les and Punk!
jakarlsson about 2 months ago
Oops. Just cut off a finger. Prepping for the ER.
dragonliz about 2 months ago
Is Les wearing high heel boots? Maybe he feels short and is compensating.
locake about 2 months ago
Cats use the litter box then walk on the kitchen counters. I would not eat anything in a house where cats walked on the counter. Gross.
w16521 about 2 months ago
Gunt and Les. 2024’s odd couple.
lnrokr55 about 2 months ago
He’s got a point, of course this will drive the 5 after midnight Grandmas crazy won’t it! ;-)
JustMe about 2 months ago
OMG! They are like a married couple X-D
Susan123 about 2 months ago
Love it. A good life lesson.
Susan123 about 2 months ago
I think he’s playing a computer game, same thing though.
tcayer about 2 months ago
I know they’re trying to make a point, but he’s sitting with a CAT! THAT’S a life well lived!
paldec about 2 months ago
Where is Bets? Gunther needs to mellow out.
BJShipley1 about 2 months ago
More and more often these days, it feels like the humor in this strip is derived from holding up a character for the readers to boo and hiss at.
The Quiet One about 2 months ago
It’s all relative Les.
mindjob about 2 months ago
Life without video games is no life at all
Rhetorical_Question about 2 months ago
Living vicariously! and being nineteen years old?
Rhetorical_Question about 2 months ago
Maybe it’s time for a Uncle Al’s talk?
Rhetorical_Question about 2 months ago
Master Chef Gunther’s Food Network?
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 2 months ago
“Should the cat b e allowed on t he kitchen counter?”argument.
We’ll be here until COlumbus day
kenhense about 2 months ago
I think all that food prep is only warranted when you have guests. When fixing for myself, I keep it simple.
BJDucer about 2 months ago
Gotta side with Gunther here. It’s the same reason why I don’t like eating outdoors. I want to keep the food I’m eating and any critter (flies and cats come to mind) that have been walking in “unmentionable/censored” stuff as far away from one another as I can.
i_am_the_jam about 2 months ago
Time to move out.
RebaLioness about 2 months ago
But Punk loves him. . .
the dorf about 2 months ago
I can imagine 10 years down the road, when Gunther has graduated and has a well-paying job and a nice house and perhaps a wife, and Leslie comes knocking on his door looking for a place to crash.
mrsdonaldson about 2 months ago
Pot calling the kettle black
eddi-TBH about 2 months ago
Pot meet kettle. Kettle, pot.
mxy about 2 months ago
I’m on Les’s side on this one. Gunther’s always been a constricted mommy’s boy, incapable of having a good time.
BlitzMcD about 2 months ago
There’s a plus side to this. Very few people would be content doing what Les does for a living. But it’s still work that has to be done. And if someone such as Les is content, let him alone. Just because others don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s their obligation to make him aspire to something else. Just be glad that job is filled by someone who enjoys doing it. It’s all good.
mfought about 2 months ago
does that cat ever wake up?
9thCapricorn about 2 months ago
It’s you who’s not living. Work home and repeat with just Punk for company. You need to go out and interact with people other than Gunther.
illuminare about 2 months ago
Les will always be an ignorant jerk. if i was gunther id be looking for new digs.
iluvsatch about 2 months ago
Well duh, that was the point.
Yuban333 about 2 months ago
I agree that cats shouldn’t be on the counter when food is being made, but to disinfect the area is a bit much. Just wipe down the area.
MVMartinek about 1 month ago
Hey, he’s got a cat on his lap. That fulfills the “having a goal in life”, doesn’t it?