Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 06, 2017

oh, the horrors of having a married couple who are firefighters as a bachelor chef’s roommates

It is a pain to cook for less than two.

Cook for 3 and let the one who’s working heat it up in the microwave when they get home.

Sometimes, the only way you get an even break is when it breaks off even.

How long will TJ live with them?

TJ cooks for his friends, remodels their home, protects their privacy with soundproofing, watches their de facto kid and engages her when others can’t, planned their entire wedding and found them discounts, and even got Toni’s worthless brother to work, and yet people still hate him? I bet if he performed a miraculous healing somebody would accuse him of undercutting the healthcare system.

Reality Check – Can ANYONE stand this much organization???

By the way, did we ever find out what Toni’s big surprise was that she promised Brad for their honeymoon?

Guest xyz, almost . . . AU-

Actually, some recipes don’t seem to work as well if you cut them down, so if it’s designed to feed three, you can’t always make it for two and have it come out right.

No fire department I have ever seen schedules like that. One on, two off, unless you are taking someone’s shift. They should be home together every third day. Oh right, I forgot, this is the comics.

The only problem is that neither Brad nor Toni appear to have any cooking skills.

TJ needs to move out because he’ll be alone either way due to a Firefighter’s schedule

I’m new to the strip and don’t know what TJ has done in the past to make him so hated but it seems to me that neither Toni or Brad are great cooks and they will be seeing each other at work more than home. He is also a good babysitter for Shannon.

The bad news is, there goes my Three’s Company meets The Odd Couple TV show pitch…

TJ is welcome to move in with my husband and me. I could use someone who cleans and cooks. Actually, I enjoy cooking, but it would be nice to have someone unpaid who cleans and cooks delicious meals so I can concentrate on work and comics.

Just WAIT ‘til it suddenly DAWNS on Old Bradley, that according to the ’schedule,’ His New wife is home ALONE with the ‘SNAKE.’ MOST of the Time…..,

site looks just as bad as before. too much clutter on the strip page.

Now you can see why Bwad’s “snack shelf’” is bigger. it’s going to be full of junk.

Not a good set up for Toni and Brad.

Just got an email from GoComics: The “Beta Site” goes live next week, taking over.

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Be afraid. Be very afraid!

I see the “real” wife is complaining.

Nice poem!

30 X 12 = 360. Good job, TJ.

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Hmm. Not much to say. Seems rather normal and regular to me, so no additional comments on the comic.

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However, Schrodinger’s Dog has stated that the “beta” site is going live next week. For those of you who have explored the site (I have tried to remain blissfully unaware as long as possible about the “beta” site.)…. now that it is almost upon us… would anyone who has tried it out like to us their impressions of what to anticipate in terms of commenting?

I don’t recall that TJ has ever behaved inappropriately around Toni. Why would he start just because Brad is not home?

TJ works at the Fuse. So he will also be gone many hours.

So, how do the comments work here on the new site? Can we make comments that are relatively elaborate? Can we put in any sort of bold, etc? HERE IS A TRY AT BOLD

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Is there a method for “paragraphing” like before (the two line, dot, two line approach tried above)?

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I presume links do not work: ( http://www.gocomics.com/ )

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So, lets see…..

So, overall initial impressions: 1) I like the look and navigation abilities better in the prior version. 2) I like the

In the absence of IamJayBluE, I submit these:

“It’s Howdy Duty Time” (♪♫)

“Their First Night Together”

“30 Will Get You 365”

“I Love It When A Plan Sort Of Comes Together”

“Scheduling Conflicts”

2) I like the look and readability of the comments better in the prior version. 3) I DISLIKE being called a “GC INSIDER” instead of “Pro”. GC INSIDER sounds foolish. 4) I dislike that my username is shown in ALL CAPS.

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Overall, the changes are not overly pleasing.

I guess my LEAST FAVORITE CHANGE is how to view and read my comics. I have to click and click and click to see different ones? I MUCH prefer the old style where my whole batch of comics is sequentially shown from top to bottom without having to click and click and click.

That’s his stomach talking.

I don’t think some of the commenters understand when they say cook for three and the third person can eat when the get home, that firefighters work 24 hour shifts. So the days Brad is gone for three days, those left overs aren’t going to be so great. And it appears most of TJ’s home cooking is more gourmet which usually doesn’t taste good the second time around.

Here’s what most fire fighters work. 24 on 48 off. Sorry Gom that doesn’t mean 3 days on. Pay varies but if our newly weds worked for the County of Orange they would be making $72,000 a year apiece. Also I doubt that there has been a tract house built in California since1950 that doesn’t have two bathrooms (at least). However this is fiction and the way it’s written keeps the story moving along.

CAN WE PLEASE SEE SOMEONE ELSE IN THIS STRIP???? Or rename it "The Newlyweds "!!!!Geez!

Alternate lifestyles aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.

If TJ really has his heart set on cooking for Mr. and Mrs. DeGroot-Daytona, he can drop in from his new home on the days they are both available for a meal….

HINT!

Maybe TJ can become the firehouse cook for a 2nd job. I’m guessing most firefighters are not much into cooking. But they may return from a job hungry. TJ could have his hands full there.

I recall Toni and Brad agreed to take different shifts so that at least one of them would be home to sit for Shannon if that were needed, but not too much, hopefully, as Jonah has vowed to reform himself and make fewer demands on their time.

Ken Hense said,

“Reality Check – Can ANYONE stand this much organization???”

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I can.

But then, I’m a very tolerant person.

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Consider the fact that you can organize alphabetically based on the third letter from the right, then the fourth from the left, then the fifth from the right, then the last letter, then the first.

It would be very orderly and — like the TJ schedule — senseless.

(Or would it? You could develop an interesting cypher using it.)

Physical letters often get the most attention.

Go Comics is part of Universal Uclick, an Andrews McMeel Universal company. The address for your letters is

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1130 Walnut St. Kansas City, Missouri 64106

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http://www.amuniversal.com/amu/AMU_Leadership.htm

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Save this. You might well want to make notes with all of your suggestions over multiple days first.

Brdshtt said,

@SukieCrandall

“in a way, this is kind of a business relationship as it is costing me 99¢ a month.”

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Big Spender

Shirley Bassey

“The minute you walked in the joint

I could see you were a man of distinction

A real big spender

Good lookin’ so refined

Say, wouldn’t you like to know what’s goin’ on in my mind?

So let me get right to the point

I don’t pop my cork for every guy I see

Hey big spender,

Spend a little time with me "

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dhg again, kinda vulgar, ain’t it?

but anyhoo, both big spenders