Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 21, 2012

OKAY, will she come out with a toy or be told to wait until Christmas?

Good choice, kid.

Hmm – I think HE was trying to distract her with toys, but she’s thinking something more spendy!

Wow – On Saturday are we going to find out that Shannon is really smart and yes, Brad/Toni/Shannon will be a family?

Well, somebody just got a plug…

Is Bwad passing or failing the dad test?

I think a lot of expensive $$$$ Apple stuff is gonna get broke…

And Shannon will say “How come there’s no fruit here if there’s a big apple on the door?”

Or perhaps Shannon’s a little more sophisticated then either ‘parent’ is ready for. She wouldn’t be the only 6 year old with high tech ‘toys’ on her mind.

I don’t know a company that gets as much “free” advertising in the form of product placements and reviews as Apple does. I wonder what the going rate is.

Sad but true story about Apple:Ever heard of Ron Wyman? He was the guy who drew the Apple logo, made the first Apple Training book…but then, he and Steve had to take out a loan to keep Apple going. Ron said ‘nah, I’m out’ and cashed out his share for 2000 dollars. His share to day would be worth 53 BILLION dollars. Somehow, he hasn’t committed suicide yet.

Last I heard, Ron was doing okay, with no regrets – he’d decided life in the new Apple would have made him almost literally crazy As far as I’m concerned, poor but sane is batter than rich but crazy any day. The story, BTW, is a bit different than you told. Read the Jobs biography for more details…

Speak for yourself. I’d pick rich and crazy any day.

Remember, when your bank account has enough 0s in it, you aren’t crazy anymore. You’re eccentric. (Unless you go completely off the deep end..)

This toys would be an extreme hurt for their wallet…

He formulated the Laws of Gravity?

Hey, poor Gunther is in agony in a bowling alley, the brat just went into one of the most expensive stores, and saturday we will be in weenie world!!!!

Look at Brad’s smile in the 1rst panel, you can see that Shannon is really bonding with him…. instant family, here we come!

For anyone who missed this late post I made yesterday, Shannon & Toni, 100% drawn by me (also featuring a special guest cameo):

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You’re replying to Brdshtt’s comment:

“OKAY, will she come out with a toy or be told to wait until Christmas?”

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Ummm, I think she’s going in the wrong door…

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I know why – she was using the new Apple maps.^^

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

chase after her….apple is way expensive stuff that many toys. unless, you three are all getting ipads.

The look on Toni’s face, particularly in the first panel, seems to suggest an aced ‘dad test’ to me.

I mean, Brad’s holding SHANNON’s hand, (but not Toni’s) and is generally being quite dadlike.

Panel 2 for the reward…now he gets to hold Toni’s hand while they watch the kid run off into a toystore. She’s probably getting considerably more comfortable with him being the father of her children.

Forget the “dad” test, there will be a real “husband” test when they see Dirk at the mall…

Get her an iPhone. Then she can boss Siri around and leave Brad alone.

Tomorrow we’re going to see an iTantrum.

I think the point is that in today’s world, technology is what kids want; she may not even know there’s a different kind of toy store next door, that’s so yesteryear…

are you truely claiming its not toys?

I smell a broken IPad in their near future.

“It was END of the WORLD as We KNOW it!”“Yes, the END of the WORLD as We KNOW it!”“It’s the END of the WORLD as We KNOW it!”“BUT – I – FEEL – FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!!!!” – R.E.M.

shannon is bringing them closer.

Maybe shannon will suggest they get married and Toni will say, good idea.

Just like our kids.

Shannon knows a toy store when she sees one.

Let’s see. For Christmas, I could get my kid a watch, a camera, a music player, a diary, a personal organizer, a video game, an alarm clock, DVD movie/player, and a musical instrument … HOW ?ONE iPhone … Toy Store, indeed !

No, she knew where she was going!

Pretty much sums it up… yeah!

You KNOW what happens next, don’t you?

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“And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….And I want….”

Shannon knew exactly where she was going! What a cute little family they are becoming!

You guys are missing the point. This is SHANNON. What damage is she going to do in there?

also, the apple store employees do stuff. some do drugs and go to work high. they copy your pics if you are a hot girl(even underage) and post them online. they toss around merchandise like footballs. they call it field testing. when they break ipads, and itoys, they send the broken items to apple to get brand new itoys. they trade ipads for other services(plastic surgery). and, on some items, they do not use genuine apple parts when fixing your itoy.

Wonder what will get broken in there? That should cost Brad about two months salary I’d say.

All Apple stores in malls don’t have doors on the side so that it would be right next to the door of the store next door. All doors are in the middle of wide panes of glass on either side. Apple is very strategic and deliberate of the layout, and entrance, to their stores.

My 3 year old grandson wants a computer for Christmas. At 6 years old, she knows.

All of the above

Which can Santa better afford— a million cookies or an iPad?*Good thing there is a Santa (who is employed, with two paychecks) because Shannon’s own dad certainly won’t come through.

Handsome couple

the apple store? Why would a little girl go in there? Nothing but a couple tablets and phones that everyone knows in the back of their mind will be obsolete in 6 months…actually it’s the perfect place for a little girl.

Why do I get the feeling this will end badly?

The iPad Mini is the most wanted Xmas present by teens and pre-teens. If I didn’t have this one, I’d gift myself.

Maybe the next move is insta-family as MJ calls it.^^I say “instant family”, but, insta is close enough.

It’s heartwarming to see that lonely little girl with such a big smile on her face, for a change

Shannon went in the door where they sell the toys she wants. We’ve seen how she gets her way.

I have a feeling she knew exactly where she was heading :)

Don’t know for sure about life in the Pitts, but where I am, the local Apple store is crowded even at “normal” times of the year. Now, it will be like a sardine tin. Shannon will have a hard time picking out an expensive toy (all Apple toys are expensive, but I still prefer them!), but that’s a blessing in disguise for Brad and Toni. They’ll save some bucks if they can redirect Shannon into the toystore next door!

Warning it’s a dirty trick. Everybody had to go to work first – then – at the end of the day – the end of the world (*$#@!).

Okay THAT is hilarious X)

@Donny – why don’t you go for the record and string 50+ comments together? Own the page!

Just what everyone needs—-OVERpriced, OVERhyped proprietary junk!

While Shannon is in the kid’s toy store, Brad & Toni can do some shopping at the “adult toy store!”

Although I hate to make predictions, there seems to be a premonition that Shannon’s destiny is to be adopted by Brad & Toni, who will somehow get Jonah Daytona legally declared to be an unfit father. Who knows? What I really want to see (of course) is the hypothetical storyline about Bernice meeting the old self-styled occult philosopher who runs the private library in the lodge of a secret society…

The gap between her age and speech is troubling, (although she might not actually be six), but I’m more concerned with something that has come up twice now. When Luann last babysat, Shannon was obsessed with eating, now she was more interested in having a steady supply of food than asking Santa for toys. Is Toni’s brother not “bothering” to make sure she has regular meals? (The “menu” was a typical little kid thing, but she shouldn’t be so worried about getting a meal.)

Hard to tell what causes speech variations. Sometimes it’s to get attention – even if the attention results in punishment – because whatever attention you get is better than being ignored. For instance, we’ve had posters who insist on calling Toni quackers and Brad be dorkboy.Sometimes it’s just because the mouth apparatus has problems with certain consonants.And sometimes it’s caused by trauma. I had a brother who saw our barn struck by lightning and burned – he started stuttering and never stopped until he saw a neighboring barn struck by lightning and burned. He was OK afterward.

Some dad cred showing, Brad!

You’re replying to Dave53’s comment:

or he may not give her the honor of “asking” per se, and just leave behind a note?^^or, he just never comes back, period

You’re replying to Leviticus’s comment:

While Shannon is in the kid’s toy store, Brad & Toni can do some shopping at the “adult toy store!”.If Toni was to buy an adult toy, it would be a divider that goes down the center of the bed, making it impossible for a person on one side of the bed to pay a visit to the other. I saw one of those in the movie “Beowulf”^^Why are you having such a problem with the Brad-Toni coupling? I think they are cute together; especially now, with the rugrat

LOL!

To quote a famous movie line:“I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”

I think she made a wrong turn and really meant to hit the Microsoft store next door. Maybe check out a Surface tablet, or an Xbox or something.

Anyway, I do agree it’s odd he deliberately put the Apple logo. I wonder if it’s a paid product placement or what, because usually I don’t think I’ve ever really seen a real-world product that obvious. I find the Apple logo in pretty bad taste as if we don’t see that everywhere in advertising.