Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 04, 2013

That’s okay Bernice, you have time to drive back home and change clothes.

OH no! so much for the job interview…..O/c, when the going gets tough, the tough go SHOPPING.

Better switch clothes with Delta.

And Apparently “Eyeless”.

I knew it!!! Bernice is too organized ( : .

Super.

Job interview failed: anyone with fractional brainpower would have used the store phone to call the police to open the car. This is a fairly common occurrence and store owners deal with this all the time.

But that would be sensible, which would mean a short and uninteresting story line.

Kind of like life itself.

Saint Louis Fire Department is forever responding to calls for “keys locked in a running automobile”. Happens about once a week.

As opposed to long and uninteresting like some folks.

That does it. I am going out today to get two spare keys (car and wallet). And pack a change of change of clothes if I ever need the former. As well as deodorant to offset the minutes of panicky sweatiness before I remembered I have spares.

I’m not sure that all police departments would send someone to come unlock the car. I’ve only locked the keys in the car twice in my lifetime, and both times, I had to find a ride home and back so I could get my wife’s keys.

This is going to be an interesting story arc. Does anyone notice how each set of characters are moving to the next stage in their lives. I also find it interesting that Bernice and Delta are embarking on this adventure. Neither has a boyfriend or ever expressed an interest in one, and both are braniacs. I will leave the possibilities out there in the nether, but they are definitely underlying.

Cardboard is your friend when sliding under cars.

Typical reaction.

the old magnetic box trick saved me many times… more reliable and cheaper than a cell or AAA. YAY!

Luann!…. Brought to you today by……. Oh….Gunk. And… lots of it…lots.

…..And by…. Grease…. it’s the word. …. and by…… Justin Case, Inc., makers of Wardrobe in a Can and “Sister-Can You- Spare- A- Key” …. also by….. Bates’ Inconvenient Stores, now proudly serving MacGruber Gas…. with service like Bates’, you’ll learn to “flip the script in a hurry", for a change….

Yesterday, the discussion was about all the possibilities for recourse, and their possible ramifications…. I guess today, people could discuss: (1) whether we will cut to a new story arc and have B&D pop in later to fill us in on all the details, or shall we continue? It’s inevitable, I guess, since some were giving up on this week…..(2) …or maybe whether or not she’d (Bern) have a change of wardrobe handy…(3) if people still think Bern and Delta are dumb…(4) whether or not Lu would have been helpful to call, or if she’d gone on the trip, whether or not her phone would have also gone kaput from talking to certain people all day….

Well, well. I am impressed. A .1%’er. LOL

And it also shows she can think under pressure.

Having locked many a key in the car in my days (before buying a car with a smart key that will not let me lock the keys in), I know that convenience stores do not generally provide a service of unlocked car doors nor do most police departments provide this service. A few years back, locksmiths were charging roughly $45 bucks for this service (which is also the price of an AAA membership). It takes AAA service about 45-60 minutes (or longer) to arrive. Or you could call DJ. DJ provided 24-7 service in my county and only charged 20 bucks.

I had a smart key made of Plastic that was shaped as a credit card & fits in a wallet. The key bent outwards.

Seems unrealistic for a smart gal like Bernice to lie down under the car without protecting her clothes.

Great story so far. I like unpredictable plot twists. And for those who are trying to claim credit for predicting this, saying she should have a spare key hidden somewhere isn’t the same as saying she does.

It’s not like she is any eye candy for anyone anyway or she could of taken her close off before she got under the car and really scared the guys off.

…as far as preparedness goes, it may have been less formal than her initial interview outfit, but i kept a spare set of clothes in the car too…

An aside though — the key stuck under the frame also has a downside, that of a thief being able to find it and push off easily with the car.

Bernice needs the anti glare coating on her glasses.

The last time I locked my keys in the car was on my vacation trip last year, fortunately, I always drive with the window a little open (even in winter) and I was able to use the radio antenna of my car (Which comes right out, for some reason) to click the electric lock button!

To Bernrice’s interview in Valeville. And if you ever want to look @ past strips to recall stuff, or enjoy them again, click on the orange back and forward arrows in the upper right next to the date, or click on the calendar icon in between them, once you click on the back arrow….

And she lost her pupils/eyes.

That must be a pretty quiet Service station…. that purse is on the hood with no one’s attention on it….. it would be easy snatch bait in a more frequented place…..

I’m surprised that spare key was still there.

The way things have been going, they’ll go in the bathroom to clean up, leaving the purse on the hood. (The only thing against this is that it’s Saturday and the end (?) of the arc.

Bernice and Delta are probably about they same size. They should just switch clothes.

Something similar happened to me, I locked the car keys in the boot, I asked from the plumber hardware store to call a locksmith, he opened the car in thirty seconds, I paid 25 euros, lesson learned.

Good one. ;-)

The only thing thinner than Bernice is this story line. Let’s cut to Gunther stumbling over Rosa.

I agree. Anyway, long gone are the days when hiring managers cared about how applicants LOOKED.

my faith in (wo)mankind is restored

So much for predictions that this was going to be a “low comment/ low readership week”! Guess sidekicks Bern & Delta can commandeer a strip of their own! Helps having a plot line we can all identify with!*And this is leading to another— what adult hasn’t arrived at a job interview in unexpected disarray! Maybe not oil on the clothes, but coffee. Hair that needs to be combed, shoes with high heels to be changed into. What to do?*Good work, Bern, placing solving your problem independently above your appearance. You got your priorities straight— let’s hope the station does have a clean restroom to wash up in. (Delta will give you the paper towels.)

If that is true, if you would actually do that, then you are a rare person indeed. Kudos to you for thinking that way. I would wish that more people did so.

Wipe off the gunk. If Delta & Bern are the same size, maybe a temporary trade is in order.

And congrats to everyone who called it— you’re great!

Two girls go driving in car. Stop for a minute, lock keys in car. One has a spare hidden. Takes it out and unlocks car. The excitement is getting to be simply too much!!!!! Dial it back a little!!!

switch clothes with delta!!

Now the new problem will probably be that the key only starts the ignition for the enigine, but does not open the doors!!!!!!

Unfortunately, my car is mostly fiberglass, so a magnetic box would not stick to anything but the exhaust pipe, and that would be to hold to handle, or would melt the key.

Maybe Bern can freshen up with some “OIL of Olay”… sorry… that one SLIPPED out….

Police here no longer unlock the doors. They call a locksmith.

I thought Bernice was smart she had a spare key isn’t she smart???!!!!!!

I guess no one wants to read any “poems of justice” today….

watch the car not start

Of course, the obvious question here is, how did the BOTTOM half of Bernice’s pants get so dirty when they weren’t under the car and her knees were in the air?

Perhaps that’s the “non-linear physics” rule in comics and cartoons kicking in…..

Genius isn’t always pretty, but Bernice is.ergo, Genius is sometimes pretty.

Should have had Delta find the spare key, or should have worn casual clothes, and changed to interview attire along the way.

C’mon,how’s a key gonna stay in place under a car like that? Only in the comics I guess.

Had a friend in college getting married after graduation … driving there, I had tire trouble, with the outer rubber coming off the tire and banging into the tire wall. I tried cutting it off and all kinds of stuff, finally just kept driving and it tore off on its own. But I was so sweaty and dirty that I could not go to the wedding. I never had the girl’s contact info as she was going into the armed services after her honeymoon, so I never got a chance to explain why I never made it to her wedding and never heard from her again back in ’89. Oh, well … maybe someday on Facebook …or Heaven … which ever comes first.

Messy Bernice is so cute!!!