Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 22, 2015

It appears Luann is still stuck on Z. (Wake up, missy!)

Now that’s relaxed!

Luann is still concentrating on her big toe.

I did not know all this about the ampersand but I do know it looks a lot like a pretzel…

I think counting backeards from 26 would be more realistic.

I’ve never been able to say the alphabet backwards. I always have to stop and say it forwards to remember which letter comes next. This would not relax me at all.

Cool – thanks for the “ampersand” lesson!

When I was four years old and had my tonsils out, they gave me the knockout juice and told me to count backwards from one hundred, by sevens. Even at that age I knew before I started that it wasn’t going to come out right.

I’m with Luann on this one. ZZZZZ is right!

Now spell all of the states backward, and tell me which ones come first and last alphabetically.

This demonstrates the flaw in Dez’s meditative approach to problem-solving. Some people, such as Luann and I, would be more likely to doze off than to complete such a soporific exercise [oxymoron alert!] as Dez has initiated….

enhanced sleep technique

“Take a Deep Breath In and Exhale! And a Gentle Wave Like Motion! Liberate Your Spines! And Reach,Toes Blossoming!”

Bah, Hippies. THAT’S Why They Used to get BEAT Up.

…..,Before They Assumed POWER…,

Luann has gone to a higher plane of celestial being, becoming in tune with the harmony of the spheres, expanding her consciousness outwards in – oh hell, she’s only sleeping

So was Dez trying to make Luann concentrate… or hypnotize her? If the latter, I think she succeeded.

Z-Y-X-W-V-U-T, it’s as easy as 1-2-3, S-R-Q-P-O-N-M sing it fast and baffle them. L-J-K-I-H, G-F-E-D-C-B-A. Just reverse those memories, sing the backwards X-Y-Zs.

This was always my experience with “relaxation” exercises.

Wow! I checked, and Bern didn’t miss a letter. Impressive!

I don’t know why I keep reading this strip. It just keeps getting dumber and dumber.

This strip confirms my suspicion that Evans has lost interest in the character of Luann. Guess I’ll just drop in from time to time to see whether Brad and Toni ever get married, but I give up on this ’toon, pretty much…

“Alphabet Corner” was really interesting, Brdsplsh (I do wish you had a different screen name). When I was around five, my parents gave me a child-size easel with a blackboard on it, and an alphabet at the top with “&” at the end. They told me that ‘&" meant “and,” so I learned the alphabet and would recite it, ending “X, Y, Z, and.” (I had already learned the letters by asking Mom what was on my blocks.) I didn’t realize that I was participating in History to that extent!

@BrdshttThat lesson made the reading of today’s fakakte strip worthwhile!

I can agree with folks that this week is a bit “different”…. but, it REALLY isn’t that all far-fetched from what I recall from my undergraduate days. There were all manner of traditional behaviors, non-traditional behaviors, and esoterica going on in and about the dormitories. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Being a kid from a small, rather rural, lower-middle class blue collar community that was pretty straight laced….. the first year in the dorm for me was rather shocking and sometimes a bit scary, and there were often times where I wasn’t sure I fit in or belonged there. But, and here’s the thing… the exposures and experiences STRETCHED ME and caused me to grow. It took a while, but, I figured things out and even had a lot of fun after a while…. and even participated in things I never thought in my wildest imagination prior to college. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++So, the three of them doing some “new-agey” stuff and meditating….. IMHO is not far-fetched at all.

Score one for Luann, her mind was already pre cleared.

To much thinking to go backwards through the alphabet if you are not familiar with it..

“Since we are playing with the alphabet, the “&” was at one time the 27th letter:”*BS – Thanks for the lesson— it is interesting! Hmmm… Or are you just playing with us, BSing us, as it were?

Thanks Mr Wizard! Or rather Brdshtt… seriously though, thanks for the trivia.

Hey, where’s JayBlue? He seems to be MIA for the last several days. It’s weird without him :(

You’re really clever at the word game too!

“Peace Brother Mordy…”_____________________________________

Hey DAVE!

“DON’T Bo-gart THAT Join….uh, er COFFEE,My Friend! PASS It Over to Meeeeeee!!!”

She (Dez) also showed that Luann isn’t very good at staying focused. It takes some focus to say the alphabet backwards slowly letter by letter (even with your eyes closed). Luann wore out presumably after the letter Z. It also takes focus to do the things that will impact the direction of one’s life. Maybe Dez, as a new friend, can help Luann in that area, i.e. help her decide where she wants to go in life. Luann liked (loved) Dez initially… but that was because Dez was open to her going to NYC w/ Quill. But will she still like and listen to Dez if this new agey predictive tool doesn’t work out? In some ways, Dez is pretty ingenious in that she is invoking a trick to let Luann come to her own decision and in the process make her think about what kinds of influences she allows into her decision making.

“What is the point of this arc . . . "-——————Well, we have introduced a new character for our Luann to interact with. That’s a big step..About time.

We have lost Delta & Rosa. We seem missing anything new about Crystal & Knute. Both Gunther and Bernice seem increasingly unattractive personalities. The two nameless guys in the art class don’t seem likely to become major characters.All we have promising is the group at Mooney — and Dez seems key to that crowd.

LOL!

Did you know that are only 24 letters in the alphabet? L&M were kicked out for smoking. An oldie but a goodie.

Well, we still have Brad and Toni

“Well, we still have Brad and Toni. . . .”______________.Yes. But not much personal dynamics there.If Dirk is to remain gone, at least Jonah couldprovide some drama. But he seems gone..There is no villain anymore. Tiff is harmless. Dirk gone. Les gone. Ann Eifel AWOL..The art teacher is too clueless to count..So maybe the NY trip . . . . ? ? ?