Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 14, 2013

Oh My God!!! I’m first!!!!

That’s the problem with tats.

“The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Cry”“From Boo Boos To Broken Hearts”or“Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Grown”

Is this woman a new character? Is the “Ben” on her arm any relation to Bernice’s Ben? If she was involved with the Ben who was in the Army, it’s a little odd that she’s visiting a high school counselor. Not impossible, but I thought one reason Bern’s Ben wasn’t interested in pursuing things with Luann was that he felt there was too great an age difference.

I also think getting a tattoo of a high school sweetheart shows a pretty stunning lack of perspective — but I’m a loooong way out of high school myself, and my perspective on love and romance has changed any number of times since then.

And did I miss the strip where Tiffany decided not to quit after all? Is she still Luann’s co-worker, or her ex-co-worker? I’d have thought that Principal Chin would take a dim view of Tiff’s hanging around the little kids once she’d resigned her position.

Bern, go back to your original dream and become a vet… Dogs are much less annoying than people.

no hope in sight

Thanks, Jay. I haven’t followed this strip from all the way back, but I have since about when it went to full color, and didn’t remember this character at all.

since it’s not a complicated name to have to draw for a ‘tat’Good thing she wasn’t dating Richard – some nicknames are embarrassing.

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I think I’ll call this new kid “Janis Joplin”….

But I’m sure that he preferred to be called Rich , I’d dare to guess…. ha ha!

She’s a big girl, physically, but still a fragile thing emotionally. Bernice is exactly on the mark: growing up is not necessarily the same as maturing….

the crazy thing is we are still living our high school years way beyond high school.

Ben left you? Well, new girl, in the words of a very wise person: “You’ll live.”

Maybe there are in fact lots of interesting human stories going on here in Bernice’s office that would in fact be just the sorts of experiences that would help Tiffany become a better actor. For instance, today’s emotional outburst – do you remember the movie “Private Benjamin”, in which Goldie Hawn played a US Army recruit named Judy Benjamin? All her fellow soldiers in her platoon called her “Ben”. Just sayin’.

Big Flossing Deal?Big Flying Deal?Big Frogging Deal?.So hard to decpher, fork me if I can figgure it out.

Ben might’ve left you, but that Tat ain’t going anywhere anytime soon.

I see Luann is wearing the Boomerang.

You Call THAT “Counselling”, Bern??

Geez. HERE, Let a PRO Show You HOW Its Done:

(A-HEM)

So This “Ben” Person Left YOU? Well Consider Yourself LUCKY. You have Your WHOLE Life Ahead You and You’ll Meet Plenty of EXCITING Young Men Whole Who WILL Appreciate You for YOU! So TAKE Heart and Be STRONG!You’re a WINNER!!!

In the MEANTIME there’s this Guy from Australia named Quill that You SHOULD Meet! He too is in a TOXIC Relationship with this DITZY Clingly Blonde Girl and He Says He Can’t WAIT to Dump Her but He’s Waiting for the RIGHT Time. He Says He Would have Got RID of Her Sooner but She WON’T let Him get a Word IN Edgewise Because She TALKS Too Muc……….., Uhhhhhhhh, Oh HI, LUANN!!!

None of you hang out with teenagers, do you? That’s a sharpie marker “tattoo”. The kids draw on themselves all the time!

Ben must be done with pen. I believe you can’t legally get a real one till you’re 18+ years old! Unless you have parental consent, I guess…but whose parents would consent to that!

@Metal Maiden: Good point. Maybe she could just add “there, done that”.But I’d like to know exactly why you consider Janis Joplin a “musical genius”. Did she ever compose, or even arrange, any of her own songs? She certainly emoted with a great deal of intensity, but I don’t know that intensity counts towards genius. If there’s more to your opinion than that, I’d be interested in knowing what you mean.

Whats happening!!! Should there not be 138 comments by this point? I get up at 3 AM and go to work. Just as I leave I go through my Ucomics and there are usually more comments at 3:30AM then there is now!!

Good one!

Will Bern introduce that tattoed one to Ox?

Big flying deal??? like Southwest Airlines? What does this have to do with Luann?

For many years I’ve done volunteer work at our local VA. I’ve seen hundreds if not thousands of ‘old tats’ After seeing what I’ve seen, Nothing but NOTHING would ever persuade me to get a tat. Sure, they look cool (sort of) today, maybe even next 5 yrs but then? Ewwwww. No thanks. Tats are forever, even after laser removal they’re still there. And laser removal HURTS.

I despise tats, but they are everywhere, flaunted so that I have to see them. Sure disappointed me that Toni has one on her arm. She is so beautiful, she doesn’t need decorating.

lots of kids get “held back” a year at a time. She could be 18 or over. it happens. ^Good point! And it’s also possible that some have been held back before going to HS….

It will be a long time (probably their tenth anniversary) before Brad gets to see where Toni has her “Dirk” tattoo.

Wow, a lookalike, huh? If you remember the show “Puttin’ On The Hits”, I guess that’s one time “lip synching” wouldn’t hurt, Lol!– Should have made a sponsor called “Cousin Ben Records, subsidiary of Uncle Ben Entertainment Resource-Hip Records (U.B.E.R. -Hip Records)”… “Never mind the scratches and the grooves… it’s the “pop” and “grainy” sound that makes it a classic!”…

I have a solution for the tattoo (not that I’m a tat fan of any sort). Add a “t” after Ben, creating “Bent.” Bent is a electronica band from Nottingham, England with a prankster – ish reputation. Just think how cool she’ll look wearing a tat that supports an obscure British band. ….. not.

Nah, man…. “Bent” is a 4-letter word for us SCUBA divers. :-)

Yes, Lydia the tattooed lady, or whatever her name is, will never be back. Alas!

“I have a solution for the tattoo..”-Adding only one letter makes a lot of sense.

Too bad she can’t make “Ben” into “Ox”.

From the look on Bernice’s face, no worries

Nope. Kellogg U

Never, never,,never get a tat with someone’s name

Argy was responding to my post, which was a joke based on you mentioning “Uncle Ben”. He just simply “converted” the joke to a cereal base. ;-)

Just to clarify, the “Kellogg” referred to in re: Northwestern Univ’s business school is the cereal Kellogg (John L.)…

With me, it’s “I’ll never, never, never get a tat”…period. My view is, if God had meant for me to have those marks on my body, I’d have been born with them. ’Nuff said.

Precisely! While I wouldn’t begrudge my S.O. that choice, I wouldn’t want that for myself and would not be pleased if my SO made that choice. I am not a fan at all of body art/bling (the “permanent” kind, anyway). To me, the “natrual” canvas is what is the most beautiful.

That said, if that is Toni’s only tat, then we’re much ahead of the game. It could be a lot worse, geography wise. :)

“Perhaps Ben’s ex is not a total moron and it is only a temp”-Wait, Ben is the girl’s ex. We don’t know the girls name.

Maybe Rice has a “campus” somewhere up the road, in “Kellogg, Tx”…Like Rice University at Kellog, or Rice University Of Kellogg… then it’s acronym could be RUOK… and turn it into some “affirmative” cheer… RUOK? All the way!… or something… okay, not that!!–Or if they moved to the Ivy League (Yeah, I know… but just say it could happen this one time), they could have a rivalry with Corn ell….

Argy was responding to my post, which was a joke based on you mentioning “Uncle Ben”. He just simply “converted” the joke to a cereal base. ;-) ^Yes, I know… and I was adding to his joke, with my description of what if the actual Rice University had a campus Of Kellogg, since Kelloggs makes Rice Krispies… so, I was “converting” his “conversion” of my joke into yet another one… more rice, and also a corn reference and an acronym as a bonus…

Appropos song reason for not getting marked like a territory: “Trust”, by Lynnyrd Skynnyrd… not applicable to everyone, but warning to the wise, nonetheless…

Are you sure it doesn’t mean

Buy Falling Doughnuts?Oops

The main thing against getting a tat is that you can’t improve on perfection, so tatting this body would constitute marring a work of art.

Ha! So true Greg Evans!!

first ben sneezed on that girl. then a ben is breaking up with his girlfriend. While so many problematic Bens.

I hope that tattoo isn’t permanent. Or this best advice would be: only date guys named Ben