Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 22, 2016

Hello, kettle? This is the pot.

There will be puddles all over the bathroom floor…

Nancy has that look in her eye.

Nice cleavage, Nancy…

Reward based behavior modification.

Time to put on some Barry White

He’s basic for thinking a response to a cue is basic.

♫"Time To Get Ready For Love…"♫

Hubba Hubba

ergo, men are dogs?

Blue wine?

Whoo-hoo!

Enjoying the fact Luann has gone to college leaving you alone at home, are we?

If Luann has aged over the years (unlike other comic characters) shouldn’t Puddles have died of old age by now?

Enjoy.

Heh, heh, so, basically….we men are….“dogs”….

“Rub A Dub, Bub!”“A Bit Of Port, And A Starboard Turn”“Captain Stubing, Reporting For Duty”“The Aftermath, After The Bath”“No Lax On The Relax”“Giving Romance A Chance”.“Treasure The Simple Pleasures”“Mind If I Soak?”“Soap…On The Water…” (♬)

Or…“This Suds’ For You”

Ha, ha, ha! -And afterward, theyll be too pooped to do anything else…

Bow-chika-wow-wow…

The submarine service is ready for action.

Question for the comic historian… Is puddles the only character in luann whose drawing hasnt evolved? Luann, frank, nancy all have much more nuanced drawing than early day strips (in addition to aging)

Nancy’s Look – “I got you, Babe.”

It would have been better if Greg had left out Frank’s PJ’s under the robe.

Great Sunday morning strip. hagd all.

I’ve always written here that Nancy is smokin’ hot; and she is too!

And next door, Arlo is trying the same thing with Janis.

Difference is Nancy leaves the door open, and unlike Janis, the look on her face says she’s ready to rumble.

Frank’s the dawg.

Meanwhile, back at the “Fuze,” a Cruel Smile forms on one, Leslie Knox’s face as He hears the sound of a “cash drawer” opening…..,

Frank & Nancy are channeling their inner Arlo & Janis….

Frank, you better not leave her in there alone! and don’t start making paper boats, or playing with a rubber duck! or you’ll end on the bottom of the tub! alone!

Brd, I am more awake today.Do not know if the project is large, small, done, or ongoing. Bit more Brd from search termJava ecology komodoThen fromisland effect evolution komodoThis one was surprisingly more detailed and referenced than i expected. Some of it may not be what is needed, but there are some gems:https://sites.google.com/site/indonesiakomodo/assignmentsGoing from a biology standpoint one thing that might be useful and fun for her could be to bring in that on islands both miniatures and giants tend to develop, the island effect on size, though aspects of how and when are still being investigated:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/gigantism-and-dwarfism-islands.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071107074324.htmThat is a bit advanced for seventh grade but that is in somewhat plain language so you could both discuss it and use some main points. There is a reasonable amount of documentation of smaller than expected and larger than expected animals from islands (where a restricted breeding population allows unusual genetics of a population to drift more than it would in a place with a wider range of individuals in the gene pool). This study cited suggests there has to already be the tendency toward size change present and then ecological factors strong enough to produce the results. It is certainly possible to have mainland evolutionary “islands” where populations begin differing more from each other when breeding populations are cut off from each other in different ways, like when a river cuts itself a new bed in a flood separating populations, or even when human building separates populations. The latter is happening more than many realize. One thing to know about science is that people do debate concepts and variations on concepts, so that field of thought requires not treating things as dogma, but considering the possible strengths and weaknesses of ideas, as well as possible alternative explanations.Here is info on a different monitor which explains the earlier Egyptian name info:http://www.sccf.org/content/42/Nile-Monitor-Lizards.aspx

Haven’t you ever sat on the edge of a tub?

Ready for some good clean fun!

See my comment on Dilbert Classics.

Basic, very basic.

Pud: “See, you CAN teach old men new tricks!”

The prune juice is lighter in color this time arouond. Don’t tell me Frank had to substitute prune-flavored koolaid!

And tunes…

An extinct group of West Indian rodents […] weighed up to 440 pounds, or as much as an American black bear. As I understand it, they deduced this from the huge mouse holes depicted in a cache of prehistoric Tom and Jerry cartoons.

Before i got sick and had to cut short my education i was planning on looking into questions in evolution, working from a focus of mammals, especially primates, so once i woke up i figured that might be interesting for her. Plus, i was wondering why that one site yesterday mentioned an Egyptian origin for using the term “monitor” and not having much background in herps did not know of the lizard called the Nile Monitor, so i got to learn, too. Seventh grade on is a good time to be introduced to more serious refs so helping provide that felt good to me.I think the wording in Science Direct might have been a bit too strong since the quotes from the British researcher more refute that isolation itself coukd be enough. He says that there is needed input from other aspects such as a genetic tendency in that direction, or strongly selective environmental pressures.

Edit what i just wrote in your mind to say “isolation alone”, as in the island effect being a factor but not sufficient by itself.

One thing i found interesting is that there is debate whether the Komodo Dragon is a possible form of island giantism, or – given how huge some Australian possible relatives were per the Nova article – if they show island reduction in size.

—Proving that a man and a woman who have been married for over twenty years can still “get frisky”; especially when one of them (the woman: here, Nancy) is still a hottie (there’s another term that comes to mind but is probably inappropriate for this commentary; drink your milk, kiddies).

I agree. That sounds like a fine writing approach, and interest certainly is key. While i realize i gave her more work, i am hoping that having the immediate reward of an interesting concept, and the continuing rewards of devising useful search terms and weighing references help offset the added work upfront. I pretty much did what a librarian might do, no more, no less.

Oh, Chris, if your daughter wants to include more basic facts but is approaching her word limit she can have a Bullet Points Section that just contains some bare bones info. That is a handy technique used for magazine articles.

Wonderful! Give her a hug from a senior whose oldest great-niece is about her age. I especially appreciate it when kids say thank you.

LMBO!

Not sure about the look on Nancy’s face, but Frank’s behavior makes me think that this approach has worked in the past. Get ready Noah, we’re going to have another flood.

Boy! Wouldn’t dentists love to work on this character!

I hope that Frank put on some Sinatra records. Do, Be, Do, Do!

ah…men are such simple creatures…

Nancy!! Ouch you so hot girllll! Frank you so much the dawg!!! And great parents too. The strip is about Luann, but the heart and soul, the bedrock are Nancy and Frank. Love them!!

It might be bathroom theme day…There were two Bob’s Burgers on tonight and the season finale had a very different bathroom theme. Then a show my hubby was seeing while getting ready for bed began w a bathroom gag.The Luann one was the most loving and the only one of the three w a bathtub, though.

….And for this happily married couple, a “Hoh, boy!”!-Either that, or just a relaxing, uneventful spa night, with a “quietude-laden” “Sigh of contented joy”.

Spoiler: his likes, her likes

And if Nancy had any, before the bath, Frank nay start to wonder: “Since when did we get a Jacuzzi?”

Ha, Ha, Ha!

TMI, Evans…

Way to keep the fire alive!

Normally, I don’t wear makeup when I take a bath.