Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 14, 2017

Wow!

Bernice is her own world.

As I said before: Bern has got it bad.

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly…

please say hes gay or in a serious relationship, with how long its taken bernice to STILL not say anything there better be consequences

Why is Piro so distracted the he can’t even follow a simple conversation?

Let me repeat what ANYFACE said just now, except in Mississippi Delta lingo: “that girl’s nose is so wide open you could drive a Peterbilt semi-tractor through it with the whole rig in the back”. Might she? And may he? Might she begin to steal/seduce him, and may he turn out to be worth it? Who knows? Maybe we’ll see. That smile and her whole body language is very hot to be trite, but true to my practiced Luannverse eye.

Piro says, “What? Oh. Yeah” This is because:

1. He just saw Bernice jump over a rainbow and he is beginning to question his sanity.

2. He realizes that Bernice’s statement/question of “I’ll turn on the burner. Sugar?” could be taken as a seductive double-entendre. He fears “tea” is just an appetizer for a full meal of Piro.

3. Piro just realized the Sun next to the rainbow he saw Bernice jump over, bore a remarkable resemblance to his old friend, Sun, whom he has not seen in awhile.

4. Piro has suddenly gotten the feeling that if Bernice were to leap in the air, she would expose her belly button (an innie) and her tongue (an outie) in mid leap.

5. Piro realizes that Bernice is wearing white socks between Labor Day and Memorial Day and he is immediately repulsed.

6. Piro is now holding Bernice’s notes and realized that they weigh 20 pounds and she had them bound. Suddenly he fears he will never leave Bernice’s dorm room alive.

Pour some sugar on meeeee! Jump his bones Bern!!!!!! You deserve some happiness no matter what the Grinches on this board say!!!

Bernice may want to hold off on the endzone dance until after getting the touchdown, especially since she had a similar celebration when he agreed to do her silent film thing (27 May 2016 strip) and we all know how well that one turned out. I understand appreciating small victories, but that normally doesn’t apply when the defeats are all caused by self-sabotage. Then, it just becomes “jinxing it.” Especially due to the fact that thanks to her idiotic refusal to simply be honest about her intentions, he may not even be interested in her at all. So even this small premature celebration may end up being all for naught (after all, he agreed to stay to go over notes; it may not mean any more than that.) Right now all she should be focused on is finding out his feelings towards her, rather than once again counting chickens that haven’t hatched.

In the center panel, her shoes look like horrid gunboats.

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Now, if we replace the period with a comma, it becomes, “I’ll turn on the burner, Sugar”

Maybe he’s gay. Maybe he stole the TV. Maybe neither. Maybe Bernice has her first boyfriend in years.

Bern’s burner is going to burn Bern.

It’s always the quiet, bookish ones who are secretly seething.

Bern is seated in the right position for footsie. But so far the magnets have only been going one way. We have yet to see what Piro is attracted to.

Doesn’t it take 7 minutes to boil water? Is there a mirror in the kitchen?

JACKPOT!!

All of a sudden Piro feels like a mouse under the gaze of a cat.

I think he has a “significant other” somewhere. He and Bernice are definitely not on the same page.

Bernice is taking this as a casual, informal “date”, while Piro is actually thinking about school business.

While Bernice is on ‘’Cloud 9’‘, Piro is on his way to an easy ’’A’’

I think she’s slipped into another comic: Rose is Rose.

At any moment, I expect a unicorn to stroll by, in the middle panel.

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Either that, or a bluebird to be cruising along, at juuust the exact moment that, in her bounding, her sneezer intersects its’ flight path….

In terms of current slang, Bernice is what some would call: “thirsty”. If so, the question would then be: “Is the glass half full, or half empty?”…

Don’t know if she’s dreaming or its really happening. he doesn’t even know whats going on. but he’s better for Bernice than Gunther so please Greg make it happen.

alt story: piro began this school year as a serious premed student who lived with his girlfriend. that relationship blew up leaving him with problems, thus the doc and sleeping on couches. he’s recovered to a point and is now focusing on grades and his future and does not want to mess things up again by getting a girlfriend. bernice, cool your jets, the future might get a lot better.

As far as we can see, Piro has no interest in anything beyond the notes and studying them. Bee may have her fantasy, but it sure seems that reality is going to be very different. Unless she roofies his tea, perish the thought….

“Walking On Sunshine” (♬)

“A Sudden Guest Of Windfall”

“Send In The Clouds” (♬)

“This Company Is My New Business”

“Tea And A Study Muffin"

“The Future’s So Bright, I Got A Fair Grade” (♬)

“Winning?”

“An Unwatched Pot Always Foils”

“She Reigns Over Her Own Parade”

“My Insole Is Full Of Clouds”

“A Sketchers Subject”

“A Pillow Of Winds…Probably Ravioli”

“To The Moon, And Back”

“The Orinoco Local” (♩)

“Hey, Diddle, Diddle, She Now Jumped Over The Moon”

“Crib Notes”

or

“Look What This Cat Dragged In”

I’ll betcha he’s gay. What kind of guy drinks TEA???

Bern is on cloud 9. Will Piro burst her bubble of joy?

And the trap snapped shut.

I bet it turns out that Piro is gay just like pru.

Take My Notes Away

Studyback Girl

Piro in a Bottle (Bern’s thinking of the lyrics, surely)

I Think We’re Alone Now, Piro

That’s all I got right now. Maybe more later.

The big unknown is how long Piro will stay. ‘Awhile’ could mean a lot of things. Going over that pile of notes could take a long time. Bernice may stretch it out. Or Piro might want to get out of there and study on his own after tea time is over. Or he might be behind in class and willing to listen to Bernice talk all night.

@2Goldfish, @GermanShepherd4ever, @Wizard, @et_alia: (1) There has not been the slightest hint that Piro is gay. (2) The Evanses wouldn’t go there twice, that arc has been done, and would be boring and unimaginative to repeat. (3) Many other possibilities fit better, including – it’s just Piro’s subdued temperament. (4) Ask yourselves why men being attracted to men come to mind whenever a man doesn’t opt to get immediately physical with a woman.

Most nights, Piro apparently doesn’t need to crash at someone else’s pad. And don’t we know that he seems to have a place of his own that he avoids when his roommate has a girlfriend over? Do others have a different take? What do we actually know?

You know when I was in college and was in a young woman’s dorm room for whatever stated purpose, we made a lot of things, but never tea ….Again I ask….why is this strip so G-rated? CHILDREN DON’T READ NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Go ahead Evans and Evans, and push the morality envelope a little into territory that resembles reality…….

Piro, in my opinion, is a gentle soul. He is not overly focused, but the focus he has at the moment was concerning the notes. Bernice is being too obtuse in her interactions, and with Piro not being overly insightful at the moment, has no clue as to Bernice’s infatuation.

That said, I still believe that Piro could be interested in Bernice, but she needs to be more specific towards him for him to “get a clue”.

I look forward to (and hope) that we get to learn more details about Piro’s background. Of all the new characters, I feel he is currently at the top of being the most interesting to learn about. Second and third would be Nil and Jack. In my opinion, Dez would be fourth, and the the other “newbies” would all cluster in no apparent order as a distant last category….. not that they are bad, but at least as of yet, nothing overly interesting about them.

My guess is that Piro is trying to get an education while holding one or two jobs and sleeping in a car and is simply exhausted.

We weren’t allowed hotplates in our dorms. Microwaves were ok, though.

Has she forgotten about her own exam?

I’ve actually wondered whether Piro might be working undercover. I’m not sure that the crashing overnight in people’s dorm rooms would be a breach of professional ethics or not but I keep coming back to the idea that he might not be what he seems.

Ok. We got the sunshine. We got the rainbows. What about the lollipops?

Do I sense a dorm fire about to hit?

The unknown is still the mystery/danger factor here. Better to interact in a more open place, not alone in the girl’s dorm room, although he’s slept over in different rooms on many occasions without incident. “Take off your scarf, and make yourself comfortable” could be like opening Pandora’s Box. That scarf never comes off. Why? To hide a tattoo?

Uh, Panel 2: Did Bern just get Kicked Off a United Airlines Fight??

Well, Piro is certainly the ‘Wind Beneath Her Wings’!! (or her ugly shoes)… :)

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“Did you ever know that you’re my Piro?”

And some nice double-entendre work from the Evans crew, eh?!

The impatience and shallowness of some commenters is getting a little tiresome, yet I promise to faithfully read your contributions. Good scriptwriters know that it is boring for relationships to be quickly consummated. Bernice really needs to find out more about Piro, whether she realizes it yet or not. The worst and least likely thing that Bernice can do is “to jump his bones”, which would be totally implausible and self-defeating if I understand Piro at all.

Bernice and Piro would never work as a couple. She has too many rules, he is the type to ignore rules. He would quickly tire of her rigidity.

I think the comment about staying a while reflects the fact that he doesn’t have any place to go.

Looks like Bern has a case of:Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows – from The Golden Hits of Lesley Gore:Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, Everything that’s wonderful is what I feel when we’re together,

Is EVERYONE in this strip totally oblivious?

Bern – You’re going to have to make the first move if you even want to find out if Piro is interested.