Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 21, 2018

When sports are involved, Tom sadly cries when his team loses or happily cries when the team wins?

Ann has seen Tom cry 2 times that were not related to sports? With any luck, she will not describe what she had to do to get him to that point.

Ah. Here comes the “con.” And I must say Tiffany was taken in quite easily. Too easily. No “Engagement.” No “Marriage Announcement.” No “Pregnancy.” Just Good Old Fashion “Tug on Your Heart Strings” Lies. It worked on Pru and it looks like its about to work on Tiffany.

I’m disappointed in Tom Farrell. But I’m even MORE disappointed in Tiffany here.

This Gal is gonna NEED “Help” from some other “quarter…….,” (COUGH, COUGH, “Al Gray”)

Tiffany should do herself a favor and contact her dad and VERIFY this so called “Health Problem.”

rt-rt-rt-rt-rt. That’s the sound of Ann Eiffel reeling in her prey.

Anne trying to guilt trip Tiffany. I don’t think so, this time.

I do not think they make hip boots tall enough to trudge through $#!+ that deep. Of course, Tiff is going for it lock, stock, and barrel. That’s probably the barrel Tom will be wearing when Annie gets done with him.

Hmmm…surely Bermice will ask Tiffany whether she “got through” to her Dad, don’t you think…? Will Bernice save Tiff from falling for this evil ploy? (It’s been a long time since I’ve actually liked Bernice. I hope it happens.)

So let’s see if Tiffany is just going to take the known liar and con artist at her word here.Of course even if it was breaking his heart, how is that her problem? He certainly didn’t care about her opinion before, now did he? She really should tell them both to shove it. If she doesn’t feel comfortable with Ann in her life she shouldn’t be pressured to act differently, and if Tom is really that broken up about the whole thing then he should have the guts to tell her himself.

Tom got stuck with Le’Veon Bell on his fantasy team.

Emotional blackmail………….

Of course she’s never seen him cry! She’s never seen his face.

Crying does not imply a health problem.

He was probably thinking of sports the other times.

I call BS. If he was that concerned about Tiffany accepting a woman in his life he would not have picked this one. Besides this is something older parents live with all the time. How do you get your adult children to accept the new love in your life? For one thing you don’t pick a witch with a capital B.

In real life, sadly, this kind of script does play out. Anybody knows what happened to Tiff’ s mom? Divorced or what?

I never have much sympathy for Tiff, but this is breaking my heart.

Ann has no soft side, so this is definitely a guilt trip!!

A good liar will jump on the truth any time it benefits them. If Tom is in love with Ann – it seems likely that he WOULD be broken up by his daughter not accepting it. Ann is laying down an Ace in this hand. Tiff – and the rest of us – have to wait for the next hand. Extremely clever how G & K elevate the suspense by not showing us Tom from the front – we have to wonder if Ann might actually be attracted to Tom and not just his money. For me, Ann will be more interesting if she waxes human from time to time. I thought it was touching when she tried to get Les to call her “Mom” – to no avail. And I suspect Ann was ready to let Les barter with the lingerie customer list – because by that time Les was holding the job that Al Gray set up for him – possibly with Ann’s support.

I have a vivid picture in my mind of Rhett Butler in tears because he can’t get Scarlett O’Hara to love him. It worked in Gone With the Wind, but it doesn’t work here. Clark Gable was able to convince the audience of his sincerity. Tomcat Farrell is only able to convince others that he is a miserable, insignificant piece of inhumanity. The more I see of him, and that isn’t much, the more I am repulsed by him. He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Ann isn’t even worth mentioning, and I’m sorry I just did.

One might add ‘concern troll’ to Ann’s repertoire.

Tiffany has so far been able to call out Anne on her lies and deceit. I seriously doubt she’ll fall for this either since she knows Anne’s true nature. But I also don’t doubt it will hurt her relationship with Daddy Dumb-bucks even further.

Don’t fall for it, Tiffany. Don’t… don’t… ah, hell – here we go…

Grifter’s trumph. I really think Ann has Tiffany’s dad all stressed for real, even though if he merely loved his daughter by paying attention to her, by relating to her in a human, father-daughter way, instead of treating her as some monetary investment that is problematic, he might be a long way toward relieving his “stress”. Ann is a master manipulator, but it remains to be seen if Tiffany is going to be manipulated toward the end that Ann wants, which is control, or will she reject this obvious con, and essentially leave her father forever (or at least until he comes to his senses somehow, does not look good). The stakes here are amazingly high. I am rooting for Tiffany, whatever happens.

I hope Tiffany sees she is being manipulated

Don’t let her put a guilt trip on you, Tiffany. That woman wouldn’t know honesty if it came up and punched her in the face.

Now we know why we are not allowed to see Tom’s face – the stress from Tiffs non-acceptance of Ann,etched into his features, would traumatize us…

This is not believable to me. If this were true, Tom (Dad) would have had lunch alone with Tiffany and discussed how important it is to him to have Tiffany accept Ann because she makes him happy. It is not Ann’s place to do this. The strip still would go in the same direction, and be a lot more believable. Ann could still do her evil deeds and when Tiffany wants to rat her out, remind Tiff that it would upset her father….and he will blame Tiffany for the strife. But I call BS to this strip today. In fact, if I were Tiffany, once I realized Dad’s “health” was not in danger, I would get up AGAIN and walk out.

“Well, you can tell him I’d accept you if I didn’t know you were a heartless grifter. He can call me if he wants to talk about it. Bye!”

I am not buying this.

you take that up directly with him and not with that spyder. she CAN’T be trusted.

Cue up Roy Orbison!

Emotional blackmail.

there should be a dislike button along with a like button for these comics is her father that mean or whimpy that he’d let his girlfriend play with his daughters emotions hopefully Tiffany will not be portrayed as stupid enough to just believe ann without talking to her dad privately without the witch around – this is so ridiculous even for a comic strip

“Well, Ann, I guess one of us will have to get out of his life. He can have me back any time he wants, he just has to talk to me. Really, talk to me. He left, when I asked him to stay. I will be here tomorrow, tell him if he wants me in his life, to come alone and we will discuss what he should do about you. When knows all the facts, he can decide which of us he wants in his life. I’m leaving now, enjoy your meal and your bottle of warm, scented oil.”

Tiff should then follow up with a text or voice mail to her dad’s phone: “Dad, Ann says you want me back in your life. You can have me, if you are willing to have a nice father-daughter talk. Meet me tomorrow, ALONE, at the same restaurant and we can have that talk. I look forward to it.”

I hope Tiff wouldn’t fall for such an obvious con….

Sounds like a threat to me… “Sit down and talk… or your fathers life may be in jeopardy!”

Dad must be a Southern Cal alumnus.

How low can Ann go, bet it’s lower

WARNING….WARNING….WARNING Will Robin….. er…uh…. TIFFANY FARREL!

Tiff – Don’t take the bait! ‘Cause it’s comin’ like a freakin’ Tsunami!!! Do yourself a favor!

Hmmm. Something’s fishy in Denmark. (Broward County, too. Bwaaa, haaa, haaa!)

I see a con in the making. However Ann’s attempt at spontaneous humor doesn’t seem to fit her character. I mean… The Wicked Witch of the West never made a joke in passing. Neither did the evil Queen in “Snow White.” Just sayin’.

UNLESS!

Ann suddenly becomes reformed and serious re Tom Farrel. Then becomes Tiff’s step mom. Which complicates the relationship dynamics with Les and Gunther. Etc., and so forth. That would take this portion of the strip into a whole ’nother orbit!

Interesting… but I don’t think GnK will go there. But! I’ve been wrong before.

let it play out mordock999.

The fall “line” from Ann Eiffel…

I predict, sometime down the road, there will be a “perp walk” of Tom Farrell for securities trading activities, and Tiffany and Ann will be left standing there with their jaws dropped.

Her father is dummer than a bag of hammers.

I would like Tiff to start by swearing at her like an old trucker. lobbing the f-bombs and sh*ts of sorts at her with out a care in the world even if it means others are looking at her being offended..

Tiffany, walk away. You know your dad better than she does. In your guts, listen to it. Just go. Talk to your dad alone without Ann, and bring Les.

From that look in her eyes, Tiff isn’t buying into Ann’s bull.

Yippee for Tiffany…in the third panel…she knows her dad DOES NOT watch sports!!! Tomorrow will be very interesting to see what Tiff does next. ???

Tiffany has been presented from the beginning as not being very smart. Given that background, she will probably fall for this.

All she really needs to do is gather the folks who have been conned or hurt by Ann and get them together with her dad for an intervention. He may not believe one or two, but the crowd that would show up should convince him.

SCAM!!!

Okay.

Ann is LYING about Tom Crying. The Wicked Witch Of Pitts” has never seen Him “cry.”Yet.

But I think Tom WILL cry “IF” Tiffany says: “Dad, I love You. But I can’t bear the thought of you being destroyed by this “woman.” I love you because you took care of me all these years, and you did it alone. You deserve some happiness. And if this “person” makes you happy, then so be it. But It’s Time I moved out on own and took care of myself. So, I’m dropping out of college and getting a job. Then I’ll find a place to stay. Just remember, I’ll always Love You, Dad!” Followed by a tearful kiss on Tom’s cheek, followed by her turning her back on him and leaving without another word.

Tom will cry then, COUNT on it. I honestly think Tom has always been more Clueless than Heartless. And once his only flesh and blood is gone, it may slowly dawn on him that there are several billion other attractive females on the planet. And most of them are not blood sucking vampires. Pershaps THEN, he start to divest himself of Ann once and for all.

Tiffany! Please get up and leave! Find your father and talk to him alone! If he is that upset, then you need to hear it from him, not Ann!

So, get out of his life, Ann. There, problem solved.

Tiffany, just get out of there…

I wonder what Tom thinks the two women are talking about? Ann will surely lie about what they discussed and make Tiffany look bad.

Tiffany should just be nice to Ann and let her think she accepts her. Then Ann may let her guard down and Tiff may be able to spend some time alone with her father.

“Give it to us straight, Doctor Mittens.”

“Your father is dying of a broken heart…brought on by acute disappointment.” (DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Sorry, couldn’t resist. And, no,I’m not going to tell you where it’s from.

Well, Ann, if it is affecting his emotional health, I do know an excellent counselor in your price range who will be having some free time.

And after a meeting like this one, Tiffany should go straight to her counselor!!!

Ann is a master manipulator and is not above twisting the truth to make herself look good. Her twisted logic that others are the problems and she is the “constant” good.

Tom “Ferret Face” Farrell, if caught crying, was probably out of depression about losing his relationship with Tiffany because of Ann.

Ann probably promised the dad that she would patch things up with Tiffany and “atone” for whatever misgivings that Tiffany has against Ann. BUT, as the master of manipulation, Ann now twists the circumstances that it is Tiffany’s fault.

We’ll see how this goes…

Ann is a pro at manipulating people. Tiff is a young person and will be told not to bother her father about his ‘health problem’ Ann will get hers in the end though. This is Luann after all.

Translation, he won’t marry me until you accept me.

Go home, Tiffany, and call the cops to report Ann’s lingerie party fraud. Maybe Tom will reassess his relationship when he sees his intended doing a perp walk.

I wouldn’t believe a word Ann says. Walk away, Tiffany. Don’t be taken in by her like Tom was.

Enough already Greg! Please let An Awful get her comeuppance and Tiffany lose her gullibility for a change. Put Ann in cold storage for a while. Let your characters grow. That includes the boys….

For a Great evil woman, stream Krista Erickson in “Mortal Passions,” a film maybe 25 years old. She’s drop dead gorgeous of course, and you have to work at it to not like her. The movie is a wonderful ensemble piece – every character really good. Directed by Andrew Lane.

The only reason Ann would be worried about Tom’s health is because she hasn’t conned him into writing her into his will yet.

Tom cries for his daughter’s incapacity at accept his new love interest … call me paranoid but I suspect it’s all a lie from Ann.

He’s also a bit stressed by the light doses of Arsenic she’s been adding to his dinners.

The grand manipulator at work.

I’m surprized Ann was actually ‘honest’ (maybe not the right word) about the sports aspect (Farrell might cry if his favorite team was losing). That said, Bern is right; Ann is a parasite. She figures out a person’s weakness and then preys on it.

Tiff is country fresh sexy, but Ann is a Pro. If Tom shed tears it was Ann who inflicted the pain.

Tom must be a Redskin’s fan.

SPOILER ALERT…do NOT read if you want to wait for tomorrows comic!!!!!!!

ann: "your father didn’t have a wife to love him, and you didn’t have a mother to nurture you. but now i’m here.

tiff: oh, pleasetiff: we both know you’re here for my dad’s money

ann: no! I want us to be a family!

tiff: ann, let go of my hand or I see a perfect place for this ice water

ann: and that’s the attitude that’s killing your dad

Judging from his track record, Tom seems to be money wise and female gullible. Tiff’s mother dumped him and her baby…. classy lady. Years pass and he doesn’t seem to be very interested in his daughter, but here he is again shacking up with another lying con-lady. Is there a pattern here? I understand that he even voted for the last lady to run for president.

What should happen: Tiff pulls out her cell phone and calls her dad. “Dad? Ann is telling me you sit around crying your eyes out because I won’t accept her as my new ‘mom’. Is that true?”

We then get to see Ann climbing over the table trying to wrestle the phone away from Tiff.

I know, never gonna happen. But it would be funny. :D

sports cause he lost a bet.

NOOOO!

Don’t fall for that old Annie Eiffel awful smooth-talk routine, Tiffany!

Flee! Run for your life! Or commit homicide. That would be interesting….

Does she mean like accepting C’Thulu?

I hate to be too logical, but if they’d just called the police when they figured out Ann was selling counterfeit lingerie, none of this would be happening now. Of course, then there’d be no story line, so… :)

I know Luann is not a dark comic; however, I would not be opposed to the ‘disappearance’ of Ann…