Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 12, 2018

Looks like all the mugs are right-side up in the dishwasher. (Is T.J. going to shove Brad’s mug in Brad’s mouth?)

Just hand wash it in the sink with detergent and hot water, dry it, and put it away.

Try a different part of the anatomy, Brad…

Uh, Cups go upside down. Otherwise, they just collect water and soap and it sits there even when done.

Well, here’s another odd couple of sorts. TJ Unger and Bwad Madison.

TJ shove it up his backside.

No Brad. It’s “up your nose with a rubber hose. Some place snug with a coffee mug.”

Funny that after an arc showing two mismatched roommates selling furniture they might have needed, we are now watching two mismatched roommates fighting over how to clean dishes…

Hi, TJ! Pushing your luck, I see!

Rinse it, place it to dry, be the sole user of that mug, only use that mug. Better for the environment.

If nothing else, they can poach fish in there during the heated washing cycle.

Wanna guess where I’d stick TJ? In a heartbeat.

He’s thinking of putting it in a lower compartment!

Does everybody know the prior term was “arse?” And before that, “Ers” (Chaucer).

Ye Cats! First Le$ Not Knowing how to work a washing machine, now Old Smiley not knowing dishwasher etiquette. Here’s another formerly “Street-Wise” Hood, that suddenly just got stupid.

Yo Smiley! Cups and appropriate sized glasses, upside down in the top rack!

LEARN IT, “Pal,” for SOON you’ll be on Your OWN after Brad and Toni move out from under You, and into Ma Berger, now MRS Gray’s Old Homestead!

And PLEASE GAW, don’t let B & T suddenly start feeling ‘sorry’ for himself, and invite him to live with them in the New ‘Digs!’

#FREEGB!!!!

What other basic items of living doesn’t Brad know? Are we about to get a strip teaching Brad how to brush his teeth? And use his own brush? Will he be told to push the toothpaste from the middle or the end? Another strip on where to put his dirty clothes? Just think of the possibilities. I thought we left that Brad behind… guess not.

Ah, Sunday foible with TJ and Brad, best buddies. Funny on a number of levels, and nice to see a totally grown up TJ. Brad can still be a total doofus, but MD this raises hope for Gunther, not that he is a total doofus, but that as a seemingly hopeless nerd, he might end up with an equvilant to a Toni as a girlfriend, mate, wife. You like Tiffany, I still pine for Rose, but either way he could come out ahead.

poor Brad living with two wives

Hey TJ, show is how to light the stove. I hear you are very good at pyrotechnics.

This strip has the feeling of a time when Brad was single and they were bachelors. My wife is convinced that I, an aerospace engineer, cannot load the dishwasher “properly.” I gladly cede that task to her; along with the unloading. Works for me. :o)

Of course, neither one of them was thinking nose, but this is the Sunday panel in a family comic strip. (Pumbaa from The Lion King: “Ah-ah – not in front of the kids!”)

And, of course, this leads to the inevitable Wash first before putting them in the dishwasher? question.

It goes wherever there’s space, ya’ knucklehead. And while we’re on the subject … Flatware goes handle down, not handle up.

Brad has been living with TJ for how long? And, before that with his parents, but didn’t learn how to load a dishwasher? Methinks that’s a little stretch of the imagination here.

trouble in paradise? portent?

Next day:

“TJ, we’ve decided it’s time for you to move out.”

lower

In my dishwasher, stuff goes wherever I can find room for it.

Dishwasher science explained for dummies:1. A modern dishwasher saves a lot of water (uses tens of times less water), energy (hot water), and soap, than washing by hand. 2. If your household is large enough to fill it up within a reasonable amount of time (2-3 days max), then by all means, use the dishwasher.3. If you live on your own, chances are you will be faster washing up by hand, except on big cooking days.4. A dishwasher that goes unused for a couple months or even years is prone to standstill damages. So try to use it once in a while (same for unspecified body parts …)5. The most expensive operating cost of the dishwasher is the super-dishwasher soap tablet. However, the cheapest store brands from CostCo, ALDI and LIDL perform better than most expensive stuff.6. Load similar stuff next to each other. Makes unloading that much faster. Instead of haphazard collections of various century junk: Try to standardize your kitchenware; it doesn’t cost much, and makes your household look nicer in a heartbeat.7. The upper tray usually is a bit cooler than the lower tray. Therefore, thin glasses and plastic go into the upper tray.8. Sharp Knifes go face down. Forks and spoons go face up, otherwise they can get stuck. Standardizing makes it easier. 8. Rinsing before loading avoids clogging, incrustation, smells, and attacks by flies, cats and dogs to the unwashed washer. 9. Wood never goes into the washer.10. Modern pans do get into the washer.11. Do yourself a favour and streamline your kitchen implements so that they are all microwave and dishwasher safe.12. Cohabitation and shared living become a lot easier, once you establish simple rules for cleaning, washing, and access to shared facilities. The cost of a cleaning lady is nothing in comparison to the costs of divorce.

There is still a moment approaching when Gunther will come home to find a sink full of Les’s dirty dishes. How will Gunther handle it?

I can’t seem to pick up a pulse with Greg and Karen, lately. That wedding thing in Vegas was so flat they should have held it in The International House of Pancakes. So now, let’s get a real adventure going and escape domestic-dull home projects.

@kenhense: Les doesn’t seem like the type to do any cooking at all. I figure he’ll either eat at fast food places, or bring cooked food from a grocery store home in containers. If he’s the ‘take out’ type of guy, what Gunther will come home to is a full garbage can, not a sink full of dishes. Then Gunther and Les can fight over who empties the garbage…

That’s better than a guy I worked with at one time who liked to brag that he’d Never washed his coffee mug. Not even so much as a quick rinse before going home at night.

He claimed the layer of Green “whatever that is” in the bottom made the coffee taste better.

isnt it about time they kicked TJ out and stopped giving in to watching that brat shannon. for god sakes, shes not their kid. the dad is a deadbeat and should give the kid up for adoption to a couple who would take care of her not brad and toni

TJ, move out of that house and get your own damn dishwasher; and Brad, grow some gnads

I’m thinking a little further south.

Monday: IKEA, the savior of furniture seeking bachelors everywhere!

Cut Brad some slack, TJ, before he sends you packing, out of his house!

On further thought, TJ, just irritate him even more. I can’t wait for your departure!

Wow… TJ is a real priss, no? Getting his panties in a twist, over a coffee mug. Shame…

Why even have a sink when you have a dishwasher? Also, Who puts cups in right side up? This whole thing has flaws.

I got a little whiplash there. I was still on Gunther and Les!