Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 01, 2014

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    keema70  over 10 years ago

    Brad to the rescue!

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 10 years ago

    hat’s what you get, T.J., if you leave something on the stove unattended. Now business is up in smoke.

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    I’ve been anticipating this day! Just like what happened to their apartment…. Sorta… – A bit of Chachi Arcola, where Arnold’s gets burned down…. Or perhaps a bit of another show (from the 90s) where they wrote a character out (sorta….) by having their character almost get blown up in a car (as an attempt on their life) and they “left town” to deal with it… – He put the “Louie” in “Ka-blooie”….sorta…

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    I guess you can say this one could be a mobile phone conversation with someone right next to you… (a close call) – Or a smooth face with a good razon… (a close shave) – Or a conversation with the Hamburglar… (Rubble, Rubble)

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    atomicdog  over 10 years ago

    Hope you got insurance.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 10 years ago

    Never leave living enemies

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    “A Booming Business”“Like A Good Neighbor…”“Please Pardon My Gas”“Cookin’ With Fire”

    “To Make Wreckage With A Mo-bile…” (♫)or “Smoke On The Boiler… Fire Up The Truck” (♫)

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    Angelalex242  over 10 years ago

    Yikes. Well, that might give TJ a new appreciation of mortality.

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    Angelalex242  over 10 years ago

    Someone set TJ up the Bomb.

    We get signal!

    Main Screen Turn On.

    It you!

    How are you gentlemen?

    All your food truck are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time. Ha Ha Ha.

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    kenhense  over 10 years ago

    We almost got rid of TJ. But maybe this close call will prompt TJ to get a handle on his life…

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    melmarsh9v  over 10 years ago

    Oh well… Now he won’t have to try to find a buyer for the foodwagon. Now he can try to get an insurance settlement!

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    Angelalex242  over 10 years ago

    But seriously, how many ways are there for a car to actually explode like that? Mobile Food Truck or not, they are designed to NOT explode without significant effort.

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    And by “anticipating”, I meant expecting that TJ’’s track record could have possibly pointed to him having another incident where he left something on the stove….

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    Elmer Gantry Fudd  over 10 years ago

    TJ has graduated from scamming people for petty amounts at WW to insurance fraud. It’s certainly convenient, considering how sick of the whole project he seemed.

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    Simon_Jester  over 10 years ago

    Anna Eiffel was here?

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    William Loster  over 10 years ago

    Um, what just happened? Looks like fate propelled TJ’s decision to ditch the food truck.

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   over 10 years ago

    I don’t want to say I called it , but…uh HEM!

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    Well, if everybody else is gonna call it.. I guess I’ll also pick up the phone…

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    wrwallaceii  over 10 years ago

    That would have worked better if it had been in a flood… but, I don’t know how to start a flood… (I suppose I could ask a god or something like that… I heard rumors about a flood a while ago… but I think that was kind of over kill even then.)

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    LouEthelip  over 10 years ago

    Boy, that caught me by surprise. I was hoping for a plot twist like Chef Gorden Ramsey stopping bym, tasting his food, then putting him on one of his shows like Hells Kitchen.

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    ShagsCA  over 10 years ago

    If you have Progressive, good luck, TJ – they screwed me over on the theft of a vehicle because of an issue with the driver who suffered from a medically induced mental condition.

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    “I also mentioned that the truck would be serving hot dogs and marshmallows on extra long sticks” ^So did I. Sorta… – But in my version from yesterday (or the other day) I told ORM that the fire dept. would be the ones bringing the smores….

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    tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Suddenly, he loved that truck!

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    Or Fahrenheit 451….

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    melmarsh9v  over 10 years ago

    I magnified the strip to get a good look at the third panel. Some of those smaller particles must represent the tofu, peas and shrimp. Now, if TJ would have been inside, fragments of him would be flying! Just imagine how many comments would be on this site if the creators had chosen to write him out by blowing him to smithereens?

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    “Perhaps, it is one of those pressure cooker bombs on the stove in the first panel.” ^In that case….

    “Sponsored” by….McGruber Insurance….. “You can never be too prepared…” – Justin Case, part time attorney at law….school… – And by… Plotz’ Devices…

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    LOL, pretty much!

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    melmarsh9v  over 10 years ago

    Also, after closely examining the artwork, I debate with myself the significance of a “kablooie,” rather than a “kabloowy.”

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    Angelalex242  over 10 years ago

    If TJ were planning insurance Fraud, I’d expect to see his trademark grin somewhere. It is nowhere to be found.

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    KZ71  over 10 years ago

    Wow, this strip has taken quite a few huge turns.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    I Didn’t DO It! I SWEAR, Officer! AT the Time, I was several States Over, Sipping COFFEE after Returning Home from Bible Study and Helping the Homeless!

    Sure, I Didn’t LIKE the Two-Faced, Smarmy, Lying, Conniving, Little S.O.B., But I would NEVER Dream of Sitting off a JOYOUS Explosion Whilst He was OUT of the Truck!

    I’d Made Sure He was IN the Truck and…., Hey WHAT do YOU Mean, “Read Me My Rights”???

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    woodshoods1  over 10 years ago

    This is NOT funny,very poor joke,several people have been hurt by the food truck explosion weeks ago killing 2 family members working in the truck.

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    spaced man spliff  over 10 years ago

    I went into a restaurant, lookin’ for the cook,I told him i was the editor of a famous etiquette book,The waitress he was handsome; he wore a powder blue cape,I ordered some suzette; I said couldja please make that crepe,Just then the whole kitchen exploded from boilin’ fat,Food was flyin’ everywhere; I left without my hat….

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    cdgar  over 10 years ago

    Solves his blahs about how business was so bad. No more business anymore.

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    melmarsh9v  over 10 years ago

    It’s obvious at this point that quite a few people will suspect that TJ planned it. But how about Brad? What will he do when TJ is proclaiming his innocence while others accuse him of being guilty? It could be quite a dilemma…

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    boldyuma  over 10 years ago

    Hot plate..Exploding Burrito…insurance..Fraud…T.J. goes to jail..

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    Scott Stevenson  over 10 years ago

    And that, my friends, is what is known as a “convenient fire”

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    swami mommy  over 10 years ago

    Hey! a levitating hat!

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    Vilyehm  over 10 years ago

    Did Greg do research on explosives?

    He did not draw a low order explosion. He did not draw a grease fire or gas tank leak. There are shrapnel plumes.

    This was a pipe bomb.

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    ErrorMessage  over 10 years ago

    Problem solved!

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    trspence  over 10 years ago

    Someone probably ordered a steak sandwich and found out the steak was fried tofu. That actually happened to me. I seriously considered trashing the joint.

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    Sisyphos  over 10 years ago

    Propane tank blow! Once again, TJ is incredibly lucky. But this pretty much ends the food truck sub-plot. I hope TJ had insurance on it!

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    Cronkers McGee  Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Wow! I am glad TJ was taking out the trash. What is TJ’s next move?

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    seanyj  over 10 years ago

    Looks like you got out of there just in time T.J.! Hope you had insurance on the truck. Now you can go back to the Weinie World and become manager.

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    seanyj  over 10 years ago

    Dang T.J! Is the food that bad that the customers wanted to kill you?

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    BillH77  over 10 years ago

    Wow, I never knew this strip was in Israel and a Hamas rocket could fly that far.

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    Red Phantom  over 10 years ago

    wonder if he’s going to get accused of starting it himself since he’s been complaining about it so much. Except for the expression on his face in the last panel, I’d wonder if he did do it.

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    timzsixty9  over 10 years ago

    wow! TJ was that close to going “Ka-Blooie”, himself!

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    sleeepy2  over 10 years ago

    This just happened near me, with tragic consequences!

    http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/07/01/food-truck-explosion-reported-in-feltonville-4-injured/

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    David Beirne  over 10 years ago

    That’s what happens when you let Badger make the snow peas.

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    imbaldeagle  over 10 years ago

    Greg must have hired Dan Thompson (Rip Haywire) to help write his strip, today.

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    jackianne1020  over 10 years ago

    Well, he was getting bored with the business. Problem….solved!

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    StoicLion1973  over 10 years ago

    “Ka-blooie”? Seems like Greg is paying homage to Rip Haywire. Does Dan Thompson know about this? tongue in cheek

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    Chuck374  over 10 years ago

    This is the 2nd kitchen he has burned down.

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    thebigboot  over 10 years ago

    For those suspecting it was Ann Eiffel doing this? On the off chance she did it just think how great the trial would be, as her defense lays out the timeline of harassment TJ gave her at WW. “Your honor, what she did was wrong but after the lengthy time of harassment and illegal recordings, you could understand why she lost her mind.”

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    Bucinka  over 10 years ago

    Aand…I bet my paycheck he doesn’t have insurance.

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    Joseph.B.Prawer  over 10 years ago

    KA-BLOOIE!!!has someone been reading Rip Haywire and paling with Dan? Hmmm.

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    SwimsWithSharks  over 10 years ago

    Sure are a lot of fire emergencies in this comic strip.

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    Jasini  over 10 years ago

    Be careful what you wish for.

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    JC1968  over 10 years ago

    Did anyone see Crankshaft in the area? Looks like T.J. will get a visit from Brad and Toni along with the rest of the Fire Department..

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    SideshowStarlet  over 10 years ago

    Wow… You’d think TJ would have learned something when he burned the house down. I foresee everybody believing TJ blew the truck up on purpose except Brad and everybody they know treating Brad like a moron for continuing to trust TJ, bringing up all the stupid things TJ pulled throughout the years.

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    Hugh Manatee  over 10 years ago

    Rad.

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    Ron Dunn Premium Member over 10 years ago

    When Brad and Toni hear the call “food truck fire” they will be first on scene.

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    cdemattos  over 10 years ago

    maybe ann eyeful did it

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    Argy.Bargy2  over 10 years ago

    There was a tragedy in Phillie recently when a food truck that was using propane for cooking purposes blew up, after the tank developed a leak and a spark set the leaking gas on fire. Two women died in that explosion.

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 10 years ago

    YAY, I called it! But I would far rather that Mom Berger had taken over the truck with her good home cooking.*But… is TJ guilty of arson? I’m sure glad he didn’t turn up “missing”, with no one knowing if he were inside the truck at the time.*And Sheriff, the answer to your other riddle is… “Fissssssssssh. Sweet fissssssssh”

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    topbunk  over 10 years ago

    Insurance investigation…

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    Willow Mt Lyon  over 10 years ago

    The blast was so powerful that it blew off TJ’s hat. ~Fire grows where TJ goes.~In the first two panels, TJ looks like someone who is giving up, like a homeless person who keeps moving but aimlessly to keep from being arrested for loitering. ~…and so Cafe TJ concludes

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    imbaldeagle  over 10 years ago

    In the final frame there is a white arrow pointing to the flame-head of a snail. Es-CAR-GO?

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    Mayor Snorkum  over 10 years ago

    What was TJ thinking when he hired Crankshaft to come over and adjust the pilot light?

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    David Rickard Premium Member over 10 years ago

    The arson investigators are gonna have a field day with this one

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    namelocdet  over 10 years ago

    First the house burns to the ground and now the truck explodes. TJ is baaaad luck.

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    vldazzle  over 10 years ago

    Insured, I hope! The end of TJ’s problem.

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    the_terrible  over 10 years ago

    Uh-oh…

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 10 years ago

    “She missed.” ?.I swear sometimes you act like you don’t really love TJ.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 10 years ago

    My sons tossed a nearly-empty propane tank into a small fire.The explosion shook the house from over 100’ away.I was facing away from the blast but saw the light from the explosion through the window turn the wall reddish orange.They’re still alive even after several such unwise actions.I don’t know how.

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    Ms. Nibs  over 10 years ago

    I love the sound fx! ; )

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    lmonteros  over 10 years ago

    For amyone else, this would be devastating. For TJ, it will turn out to be a stroke of luck. No more food truck to tie him down and a nice insurance check to boot.

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    TORAD_07  over 10 years ago

    don’t have to be flammable … heating up any gas in an enclosed cylinder will eventually lead to pressures in excess of the container’s strength and rapid decompression.

    Yup… Guy-Lassac’s Law, pure and simple… :-)

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    The Lazy Cartoonist’s Handbook:.(1): A character has outlived his usefulness to all future storylines, so what’s a good backstory for writing him out of the strip?-> “Hey everyone – I’m moving to Hawaii! Bye!”.(2): You have started a storyline that would create significant difficulties any way that you finish it, so how do you escape from this corner into which you have painted yourself?-> “Look, Ox, I’m going to be really busy during the prom with all the arrangements, so I won’t have time for dancing. Maybe I can save the last dance for you. We’ll see.” – and then we just never do..(3): You have built up a big scenario as a plot feature, and you almost immediately ran out of ideas for using it, so how do you write it off?-> “KA-BLOOIE!!!”

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    kittylover2  over 10 years ago

    Propane tank leak, that’s all it takes. You have your ignition source, oxygen and fuel.

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    Argy.Bargy2  over 10 years ago

    *a good way for …characters to grow up quickly after seeing TJ’s charred remains*-Even for you, this is new low.

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    rmbdot  over 10 years ago

    Revenge from the food manager at the movie theater.

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    doverdan  over 10 years ago

    His father’s former business associates are after him.

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    doverdan  over 10 years ago

    Ann Eiffel could reappear, but she did not do this, She would like to twist TJ around her little finger, not kill him.

    Nor did Dirk. He’d go after Brad first.

    It’s the MOB. It’s the MOB. It’s the MOB.

    They have found TJ and are after all the money that was put into TJ’s “trust fund.” by his mobster father.,It’s the MOB. ! !

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    Mike Parsons Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Explosive plot twist – didn’t see this one coming!

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    3pibgorn9  over 10 years ago

    Good thing: failing business and insurance. You are insured, aren’t you, T.J.?

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    Willow Mt Lyon  over 10 years ago

    T.J. has insurance on the vehicle because it is required for all vehicles in California and Oregon and hopefully everywhere else in the United States. There is no way he could operate the business from the van without proof of insurance.

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    Endunamoo  over 10 years ago

    Well, I hope you had insurance.

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    TORAD_07  over 10 years ago

    we’re missing a salient point here. Assuming TJ didn’t blow up the truck and the explosion came as a surprise … he barely escaped with his life. This brush with death could be used then as a life-altering experience. For example, he may decide to travel, and/or hunt down his remaining kin?

    All very true, but I haven’t made it to that point, yet. I’m still at “what happened to the truck and does he have enough insurance to cover it?”

    Those could all be very good scenarios for his departure, once the truck thing itself is resolved.

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    j-wo  over 10 years ago

    This was an interesting one to see translated into Spanish…

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    Angelalex242  over 10 years ago

    Levi, you seem to be having a blast with this strip.

    Getting a real bang out of it, you might say.

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    Well, that is one way to deal with your dislike of the food cart business, TJ! (Actually, I think the cart blew up because of some propane issues). ;)

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    You were right, Brdshttt! Have to laugh at the ""Fraud Flambe…’" ;)

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    draksig  over 10 years ago

    Want to bet it is discovered to be a defect in the van and he gets a big payout?

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    cartoon critic 2544  over 10 years ago

    We’re the only “witnesses”. The FD will respond, Brad will let slip that TJ hated the business, the arson investigator will find something suspicious (even though its innocent) and TJ will be in jail. The end.

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    Well, my back sort of feels better than it was yesterday! Still have to watch how I turn or bend down, though. Also, have to learn how to sit in chairs so my back doesn’t spasm on me… Hope to see y’all later! ;)-——————————————————————————“All nature is but art unknown to thee; All chance, direction which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good; And, spite of pride, in erring reason’s spite, One truth is clear, “Whatever IS, is RIGHT.’”

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    cdward  over 10 years ago

    I sense jail time for TJ as he gets accused of arson for the insurance money.

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   over 10 years ago

    I wonder if TJ will have to flee to Peru to avoid suspicion of insurance fraud?Evans has already used up Hawaii as a place to dump his unwanted characters.(I wonder if Puddles will be emigrating soon?)

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    An explosive ending to the Cafe TJ story.

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    TheAuldWan  over 10 years ago

    no one will miss the “health food” he served

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    TMO1 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    If properly insured, this could be for the best, since the Food Truck wasn’t really working out for him.

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    Airman  over 10 years ago

    His neighborhood looks like Baghdad. Better follow Gunther to Peru.

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    DoubleM  over 10 years ago

    Well gee, you don’t see that every day :3

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    drewpamon  over 10 years ago

    What do you want to bet, regardless if TJ did it on purpose, Brad is going to think he did.

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    LOL at the “vehicular suicide” note! ;)

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    JayBluE  over 10 years ago

    Heh, heh! With “fans” like that, who needs enemies?

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    atomicdog  over 10 years ago

    When in doubt, C-4.

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    Luna_d_Paita  over 10 years ago

    How did he get so much trash if he didn’t have any business?

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    bjy1293 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Eyes wide

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    Silverclaw  about 10 years ago

    Nooooooooooo

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    DevilDog2001 Premium Member over 6 years ago

    WHOA! WHAT IN THE NAME OF

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    Meowmocha  almost 4 years ago

    Guess that solves the “frustrated with Cafe TJ” problem.

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