Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 17, 2013

W.C.= Water Closet/Toilet

Clever.

Looks like Rosa is looking for an easier project than warming up Gunther…

T.M.I.

I absolutely cannot imagine Gunther’s joining the Peace Corps to follow Rosa. This romance dies with graduation.

“Letters Of Intent”“Intitial Thoughts”“Alphabet Soup At Lunch”“C. Sick”“Acronympics”or“Vanna Was Here”

The ever down-to-earth Bernice!

Don’t most Peace Corps positions require a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience?

Maybe Gunther will go with Rosa to malaria infested places? Maybe Gunther will join the Coast Guard and pay for college that way? He needs to get out of Pittsville, and I’m not sure if he can afford a four-year. Any other ideas?

I pity Bernice’s future Moony roomie, should she have one!

Roommate: Do you want to go to the cafeteria with us before we go to the library?

Bernice: Snarketty snark snark!

Roommate: Okay….

Thanks, those who responded to my comments yesterday….wish I had the time to read all the comments this strip generates!!! And to answer. So thanks.

My question is on Rosa, can you go to the Peace Corps before you graduate from college?

“Brought to you” by…the school of Gentlemanly Enrichment and Refinement at Kensington… “We’re civil education for the masses, teaching massive ciivility education… We’re G.E.R.K.!”…. – the Chesapeake School of International Cuisine… “The world’s only floating university, the Chesapeake School of I.C. has thousands of opportunities waiting for those interested in learning about fine cuisine, while navigating the choppy waters… plenty of space availiable! Come make waves… See what C.S.I.C. can do for you!..” – the Pitts Area Research for Training Youth… “A program helping youth learn to take life seriously since…uh… a long time ago…” – West United Telegraph and Transfer…. “The answer you need, when you need to send it!”… -Langley Oceanarium and Observatorium centers… "Want to learn? Need to know an answer? Visit your local L.O.O.!…. – And by..the Dilton Union of Modern Enthusiasts….

Good one!….

While I’m here and have some of the attention of random strangers, can you guys think of any non-four-year-college alternatives for new high-school grads?

I have two little cousins soon to graduate high school. They definitely don’t have good enough grades for a four-year or have the financial backing to go, and we are trying to find different options for them. One needs to get out of the area (his grandparents want to kick his mom out and don’t want her guilting him into taking care of her lazy butt). For the other it doesn’t matter too much if she stays or goes.

Their grandma keeps pushing the Coast Guard because they won’t get sent overseas and will get education benefits. Their older cousin would like for them to have more options than just the military and keeps getting her community college idea shut down. Any suggestions?

Used to have conference rooms at the office designated by letter: A was the big room, B and C for smaller meetings, H had teleconferencing equipment, etc.

Needed to stop off at the little programmer’s room once before a meeting. I told them I was going to conference room P.

Poor Gunther. Loved Luann, for naught. Loves Rosa , she’s leaving. Gunther is a good man. He is a very rare man. Heis not perfect, but he holds great good. He is kind to the elderly , and children. He is good to his Mother , and friends, and just about to anyone who knows him. Do you know how rare this is, for a teenage boy? I don’t care if he sews , many famous designers do too. It’s his heart that I care about. I wish him well.

OMG thanks! I never would have thought about correctional officers.

Trade schools (ITT, UTI), Trade unions (Millwrights), Medical trades ( X-ray tech, Phlebotomist)

I thought W.C. stood for “Women’s Can!”

If you’re thinking seriously of Corrections Officer, you can get a good idea of what to expect, what you’ll be up against, bywatching some of the many prison documentaries on youtube.You will not be dealing with nice people.

WC Water Closet LOL

Actually I can see Gunther following Rosa into the Peace Corps he is a very service oriented person

Everybody’s gotta go somewhere sometime

Or they swing back toward what is called “right” out of self interest amd realization certain policies are better for their children and seem more fair than first appeared so back when goods came from “somewhere” rather than by the efforts of others.

Combined with yesterday’s strip, that was a long way for a joke.

The (…).C. almost begs that Stephen Pastis was in on something here!

I also wonder why W.C. seems a common convention in Europe, but not in America?

…or “Wayside Chapel”, for those of us old enough to remember Jack Paar.

I see, Luann. [Get it?]

It’s not that I can’t imagine Gunther wanting to help people, it’s just that I can’t imagine Gunther existing, much less thriving, in a rural 3rd-world environment. He would be headed home to Mom by the second day.

Last time I heard of a washroom called a WC was when Jack Paar was host of Tonight Show!

Peace corps? “Who needs the peace corps?”

While I was in high school they opened up the new junior college. Many of my high school moonlighted, teaching evening classes. By the time I graduated, the junior college started full time instruction at their new campus and several of my high school teachers “graduated” along with me into junior college. Some of the Pitts High teachers could advance to teach in the local community college, just as they graduated from Pitts Middle School to Pitts High School. I think that we haven’t seen the last of Mr. Foggerty, et al.

Yech…

As long as people are referring to Jack Paar, I might just as well copy & paste the story:.In the days when you couldn’t count on a public facility to have indoor plumbing, a British woman was planning a trip to Germany. She was registered to stay in a small guesthouse owned by the local schoolmaster. She was concerned as to whether the guesthouse contained a WC. (In England, a bathroom is commonly called a WC, which stands for water closet.) She wrote the schoolmaster inquiring as to the location of the nearest WC..The schoolmaster, not fluent in English, asked the local priest if he knew the meaning of WC. Together they pondered possible meanings of the letters and concluded that the lady wanted to know if there was a Wayside Chapel near the house…a bathroom never entered their minds. So the schoolmaster wrote the following reply:.Dear Madam,.I take great pleasure in informing you that the WC is located 9 miles from the house. It is located in the middle of a grove of pine trees, surrounded by lovely grounds. It is capable of holding 229 people and is open on Sundays and Thursdays. As there are many people expected in the summer months, I suggest you arrive early. There is, however, plenty of standingroom. This is an unfortunate situation, especially if you are in the habit of going regularly..It may be of some interest to you that my daughter was married in the WC as it was there that she met her husband. It was a wonderful event. There were 10 people in every seat. It was wonderful to see the expressions on their faces. My wife, sadly, has been ill and unable to go recently. It has been almost a year since she went last, which pains her greatly..You will be pleased to know that many people bring their lunch and make a day of it. Others prefer to wait till the last minute and arrive just in time! I would recommend your ladyship plan to go on a Thursday as there is organ accompaniment. The acoustics are excellent and even the most delicate sounds can be heard everywhere. The newest addition is a bell, which rings every time a person enters. We are holding a bazaar to provide plush seats for all since many feel it is long needed..I look forward to escorting you there myself and seating you in a place where you can be seen by all..Sincerely,Schoolmaster

Ha ha good one

I though Bernice said that she was looking for a full ride at Moony Uni – and was a student councilor???? Could be some money problems with the family that might make her go to work.

So veddy, veddy British!

I think it’s a miniature boomarang curio. Seems like it was a gift from Quill, maybe from last Christmas.

Why would Quill pay for a dorm room when he can live for free with Gunther and Mrs. B?

What is that Luann has around her neck? The Air Force once had a plane called the “Wing”. She might be into military stuff

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This kind of incorrect observation… etcetera

Not. Show us where you see that

W.C.= Water Closet/Toilet^ While listening to AC/DC? ^With a special button on the side, where the ‘turlet’ plays it’s own parody renditions, reworked into all new versions of “Dirty Deeds…” or “You Shook Me All Night Long”

Hmmm… live for free with someone who idolizes me, and whose Mom will cook me anything I like, or pay to live with someone who is sarcastic and makes fun of the girl I like….. yeah, easy decision, but not the one you think….

North American teens today would know or recognize that designation ^This is the same group of teens, comic wise, who said that adults don’t say “yikes”….

Lol dude. You totally missed what my comment was referencing.

It will be like “Boy Meets World” where Mr. Feeny follows them from grade school to high school to college. ^Loved the “TV self-awareness” that they gave the characters, at times.. as well as a lot of “4th” wall references (direct/indirect)…… – And not to mention his being next door… that guy was “everywhere and nowhere!”… – Also wonder if they ever made a joke of him voicing K.I.T.T. during their rehearsals?… – For that matter, I wonder if they did that with John Forsythe and “Charlie” from “…Angels” during “Dynasty” tapings?…

Don’t forget ‘porcelain bus’, ‘porcelain phone’ (Handy to talk to ralph) and ‘porcelain bank’… where there’s a penalty for withdrawal of any kind…. and sometimes the bank can’t process transactions…..

Well, the “Skip To My Lou” developed from a children’s game that later became a rouse to introduce dancing in a way that would be disguised from Puritan “Party-Poopers” (since they frowned upon the activity)… – But “Skip To My Loo” is what I have to do some days, when I get back into my house, to hold a “P” party…. waiting stinks!…..er…. I mean isn’t cool!…

People like Gunther are needed in the Peace Corps. Practically everyone has a skill the PC can use….if it pays attention.

luannfan1212 – you’re right. you need to be a college graduate before they will accept you in the PC. It’s one of the reasons I never joined. My daughter joined the PC after she graduated from Case Western Reserve U.

When most kids are young, they follow their folks beliefs- which is mostly a drift a to the right. Then, they “rebel” and swing way to the left(somebody else should pay for all their sitting around). Then, they find that “special someone”, and start making babies. Then, they swing back to the right- because that’s how they were brought up. The circle is complete.^^Not necessarily, my parents were Liberals, me and my brother are both Liberals, always have been, always will be.

Another education option is cosmetology school, or esthetician training (they teach how to do facials, waxing, etc.), or masseuse training. Just putting that out there.

@argy.bargy2

What is that Luann has around her neck? The Air Force once had a plane called the “Wing”. She might be into military stuff

It’s a Winston Churchill necklace.^^No… broken surfboard

WC, head, bog, throne, loo, porcelain god, john, terlet, etc. Someone buggin’ you about which name to use?^^I prefer 2 terms I made up for my old chat room: The porcelain dog dish, or, the gerbil’s whirlpool bath

No, go on, tell us how you REALLY feel about the boring Aussie…. I don’t need him to vanish in a plane crash, I just want him to go on a very long tour in a play, while Luann goes on with a new life at community college and forgets all about him….

These kids aren’t going anywhere but JC if they don’t already have their apps in….

But you’re talking about the past. People change over time, even cartoon characters. I look at Luann Again from time to time, and see a totally different Bernice. But that’s not the way she is now. -You never get a second chance to make a first impression…..

Let’s see, in a place far away, and a time long ago, wasn’t there something on television about a bunch of high schoolers who actually managed to graduate from high school? Oh, yeah, it was called “Saved By The Bell..The College Years”. Will history repeat itself ? Stay tuned. And will this strip possibly go from “G” to PG" ? One can only hope.

Of those not shown today, Tiffany could end up owning a small beauty shop, as a part of the “alternate plan”…

Ha ha! Yeah, so true!!!! – But, also, we also have some other dialects here….- So, in the middle, it’s “Murlun/Mehrlend”… but anywhere else, and you may find something even more… “interesting”…

And the tourists have no idea that they’re doing it “all wrong” , LOL!!!

Gunther can go to Americorps. From those I have met while doing volunteer work, I say he is a perfect fit.

Just wait until they do “Saved By The Bell : The Retirement Home Years” ^And if you also count the “Miss Bliss” years, as well as the different kids going through after the “iconic” group left, and during the time of the college group, you’d have one full retirement home!… – And the first episode’s plot, Mr. Belding gives up his Tennessee school tenure, to return to Bayside, and somehow conveniently ends up owning/running the retirement home, and somehow finds out, it’s chock full of his old charges…. yep yep yep…. staying true to the convenient “move along with everybody” TV show plot device… right along with Laverne and Shirley (From Milwaukee to Cali) and I Love Lucy (NY to Cali)…..

When he’s in the Peace Corps, who will bring him his nightly plate of cookies and milk at bedtime?

Tiffany might forego college and get a job in LA (whether as a gofer for a movie company as she did before or simply as a waitress or sales clerk in Hollywood), while she tries to land bit parts in the movies or in modeling. Crystal seems more nearly a candidate to be joining Luann at Pitt CC. I can’t recall that she’s ever expressed any driving ambitions or demonstrated any great academic abilities. Unfortunately, that will keep her together with Knute, and she deserves better. Maybe she will meet someone else next year.

And it’s kind of noteworthy how it had William Frawley, too…. like: “What’s Fred Mirth doing on there?” Lol!…

I’ve been on the receiving end of “education” about a couple of places in other states myself, ha ha! – Another place we have here, that is a true enigma, is Taneytown…. as I was growing up, I always wondered why people kept saying “Tawnytown”…. I was like: “it’s T-A-n-e-y… Taaaay-ney!”….oops!….Go fig…..I now see that it wouldn’t even _sound _ as special if it was just “plain ol’ Tay-neytown”…..

Don’t have any episodes (apart from a scene or two on an ABC 75th anniversary compilation), but at least have the theme to the show….

Wowie Zowie Dude. Wowie Zowie…

“They are looking to hire 7,000 [ correction officers} over the next three years. "

That’s a depressing thought!

W C? She’s been hanging around Quill. :)

The two letters that cost Jack Paar his job.