Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 05, 2020

Weirdness zone & commando

TMI

What are the odds that it clogs and backs up? ✨

Oh boy.

Toilet humor?

Hmm, does this qualify as scatalogic humor? By Jove! I think we’ve got it.

The word for today’s strip is TMI. I was disappointed that Bernice didn’t sit on someone in the dark as was suggested yesterday. That would have been more fun.

JUST GO TO THE BATHROOM!!

How did she manage sharing living space with Dez? Geeeez!

Bernice is going to overthink her way into a padded room.

JUST CLOSE UR THIGHS OVER IT!!! ITS THAT SIMPLE! My god this is stupid.

Seriously?! Looks like Greg & Co. have hit bottom, here!

Yep

Bernice stop overthinking. Greg did go to far with the strip.

Ya know, Bernice, sooner or later they’re gonna find out how early you wake up.

Welcome to the exciting world of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

I see a clogged and overflowing toilet in Bernice’s future.

There is something “stupidly complicated” here, but it’s not the toilet.

PLEASE don’t say that we are going to get a whole week of this!

I honestly don’t remember ever seeing a character in a ’toon sitting on a toilet before…

Snore fest…

Yikes. Greg did a taboo…implication of a naked butt. It is subtle but it is there. And Bernice is such a neurotic. Just pee and flush and be over with it. The DeGroots MIGHT hear muffled sounds over the heavy state of sleep, snort and turn over and go ZZZZ again. They won’t remember hearing sounds so you probably are safe.

Yuck.

Bernice sure is very pre-cautious about things, isn’t she?

“If its yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.”; old shipboard adage to conserve water. Maybe applicable here?

You’re overthinking this, Bernice.

There she sits, broken hearted….etc., etc., etc……well, you know the rest

Just let fly, Bern. If they wake up at all, they’ll think it’s someone else.

Nobody thinks you actually go to the bathroom.

Bernice is NUTS!!!!!

I’m wondering if Les hears a female (Bets) on the potty at night.

Next comes the shy bladder and how she just can’t do it, I suppose. Her thoughts on that should be annoying as well.

Yawn! Wake me when they this arc is over!

Hope she shuts the lid before piling the towels and the run on there!

Meanwhile, everybody in the house is listening and wondering when she will finish so they can go next.

Um, hasn’t Bernice slept over at Luann’s a zillion times? Why get all weird about using the bathroom now?

Dang Greg, give Bern some privacy.

…Welp.

Jeez, all these comments on a normal excretory function!!!

Lessons on being a good houseguest, by Bernice :)

And here I thought she’d go downstairs to find Frank cluelessly nekkwith door open on commode for 20 min.

It’s about time for Frank to get up. Hope Bernice locked the door.

Really Greg, a head shot would have been enough.

OK… Enough of Bernice’s neuroses. I’m starting to miss Ann Eiffel!

What if she poots?

I agree with just about all the comments but people they have 2 bathrooms. The parents have 2 sinks in theirs. The other bathroom has one. That is the one B is in now. Other than that today’s strip is moronic.

panel# 3 says it all in a nutshell

Sadly I’ve overthought this myself, but I sure wouldn’t need it in print. Very odd strip that week.

For the love of… just flush the toilet!!!

Turn on the water in the sink.

Nonsense, Bernice. Let’r rip!

Have we ever seen any other character in this strip sitting on the toilet? It strikes me as odd that Greg Evans has gone into such detail, perhaps for the first time.

“Bwaaaaap” “plop” and Bern wakes up the house with a massive #2. ~Fin

Seriously? An arc about Bernice making noise and using the bathroom? This is what I mean by too much filler! Give us some actual story! Is that too much to ask? We have all these characters who could be getting some time and we get a week of Bernice trying too hard to be quiet. Sheesh!

Bring back Tiffany

Arlo and Janis Has … long time ago

WOW brdshtt you are right!

So, are we now going to see Bern’s ‘history’ to learn what happened to make her so neurotic?

Stop the stupid-ness. She’s know them practically her whole life and has been there for sleep overs many time. The eggshell bit is ridiculous.

I am SSSSO Bernice!!! I consider all others, lite sleepers and the comatose.

So true

It may be exaggerated for comedy, but you have to admit this captures the awkwardness of not knowing your housemates’ routines well.

Has he ran out of a story line? I hope he flushes this arc today.

Well, at least Bernice is functionally genre-savvy.

Covering the bathroom with something is the best thing to do to reduce noise. This arc reminds me how afraid I am of making noises in a situation like this… I know it’s pretty stupid, but I just have to do it. I think the origin of such behavior is the fear of being a burden on others. Bernice really has a lot of work to do for become more self confident.

I give up. I hated the extended arc with the grifter & thought it took too long to close. So, the writers give me Bernice; a nice girl with streaks of “Karen” in her. So what does show her doing? Taking a leak. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

TMI.

When she’s done, she’ll be flushed with success?

If Bernice knew we were all watching her pee, she’d be pretty embarrassed

Boy…going from all the Ann Eifel drama to this is a huge let down! ;o[

This woman will never have a lasting relationship.

eyeroll

Almost every Sunday strip is Luann and Bernice in Luann’s room. Has she never gone to the bathroom then or slept over?

Now watch, tomorrows strip will have Frank walk in on her… Ick

She is overthinking this.

This is more insight into Bernice than I want to know.

I am not going to comment on Bernie being on the chamber pot, other than it’s not that bad, but to me I am extremely private, even at home after 45 years with my spouse, so there is that, but, I can fully relate to her embarrassment in this situation. I always feel that way if I happen to be staying at a friend’s or relatives house. I never had roommates so I can’t comment on how that would make me feel if I had to basically crash at my best friend’s home for awhile, but I bet I would be just like Bernice.

Girl’s got issues…

This is more than your average period of adjustment.

Never thought GnK would stoop to bathroom humor! 8^ )

You know? i say kudos to G&K for developing a set of arcs (last week and this) that hone in on the differing sensitivities of Luann and Bernice. and hey, sitting on the john pondering (as we all do) is real life. I agree w/ Pipe that underneath the exterior of Bern is a sensitive caring person who wants to do the right thing. She just moved into someone else’s home and is trying to figure out what is standard conduct, what is the polite thing to do. Bern is used to starting her day at dawn and realizes that in the Degroot household, people don’t do that. She’s just trying to be respectful. When people who haven’t lived together suddenly do, there is drama, little internal dramas.

First time I’ve ever see a toilet scene in a comic strip….makes me wonder how it will come out….

Hmm… different, but real life!

Anyway, I suppose it’ll all come out in the end.

That is taking the strip to the extreme point of what is allowed in a family comic strip, but it hasn’t crossed the line. Showing her wiping would be over the line.

turn on the sink faucet…drop your deuce…leave it…spray…

Bernice has been going to that house for years and has probably slept over hundreds of times. She wouldn’t be this uncomfortable. It would feel like a second home.

Just yell “Fire in the hole!” and let it rip.

I actually love this strip…

Just do it.

Adios little rug!

Bernice, you’re not going to last two weeks if you keep going at this constant stress level.

Wow speaking of writers block this has to be it. No other reason for this one. Has to be close to the wrose I have ever seen.

Leave it to Berenice to overthink a trip to the can.

Bernice looks a bit flushed.

She’s on a roll.

When will we get to the bottom of this episode?

Bernice is keeping her own privy council.

The sounds of silence…

Bernice’s insecurities are exposed once again.

Is this hip humor?

Bernice!! Just go with the flow.

Is there an echo in here?

Once again Bern’s the butt of Greg’s humor!

Any more interior dialog and it will be a potty party.

. . .

I wonder if she’ll go downstairs and everyone is up …

Maybe tomorrow Bernice will see a copy of Leaves of Grass next to the toilet.

After finally having an interesting story line about the downfall of Ann Eiffel, there’s this. I can remember thinking some years back that the strip started seeming like the storylines were being written by more than one person. Regardless, it’s time to unfollow this comic strip here at GoComics.

Pshaw, this comic is rather tame. Who can forget an episode from Animanics with Wakko running around carrying a toilet, looking frantically for a place to pee in privacy? Now that was pretty wild! LOL

Did they just show us a babe using the can? I don’t know whether to be turned on or laughing my head off.

Never thought I’d miss Ann.

Bernice has never learned the old ditty: if it’s yellow, it’s mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.

Just use the sink.. and while you wash your hands swoosh the water around a bit.

Just maybe …

Today’s strip has been inspired by Rodin’s The Thinker … !! (?)

… Or, in Bernice’s case, “The OVER-Thinker” !! ;)

I never thought she was so crazy. She should see someone about that. Oh, wait. . .

In Japan they had to install noise machines in public bathrooms because ladies continually flushed the toilet to hide the sound of peeing.

The DeGroots would be mortified to find out that Bernice was having such worries about this. She needs to talk to Nancy about the household schedule and how much noise can be made at different times of the day. Nancy would want Bernice to feel at home while she is living there.

wow Bernice dropping trowsers.

The extra toilet paper will plug it up. Just wait.

Just dumb, Luann is losing its good content.

Why did she put on jeans to go to the john? My avatar says it all.

Bern really over thinks about everything…

This arc is just plain odd, and not particularly interesting. In fact, her ridiculous fear of making noise using the bathroom is kind of annoying. I never say that about this strip. Is this just one week of an odd filler to kick off Bernice’s stay? Or is this building to a more drawn out examination of Bernice’s complexes about staying at the DeGroot’s, and her other insecurities?

Sheesh, What happened to the girl we knew from reading this strip all these years? I’m certain that a hella lotta people own that Supertramp album, Breakfast in America where there was a song that described “old” Bernice to a tee. She was sensible, logical, practical, dependable, clinical, intellectual, cynical.

Now she’s a neurotic bundle of nerves, afraid to make a sound, self-conscious and self-sacrificing to extremes. Maybe she is feeling a but sheepish and guilty and being a “freeloader” and thinks that it’s her burden to make as little noise, and consume as little food/water as possible so as not to “inconvenience” her hosts/landlords.

Maybe the real solution is for her to get a PT job, and insist on paying the DeGroots, say, $50 a week. That way she can feel like she’s contributing, and can relax and live like she has a proper place in the household!

I believe that in showing Bernice’s insecurities (which I shared in my youth), Greg’s building up to a major emotional growth arc. Lordy, I hope so!

When I visit my relatives in FL., I`m told “don`t flush the toilet at night, make sure the lid is down.” During the day “If it`s yellow, let it mellow, if it`s brown, flush it down.” Always, always keep the lid down. Water, I`m told, is very expensive there. Critters have been known to come up thru the sewer line and exit the toilet.

Is this her first time staying overnight at another home??? She’s looking more like having mental illness than being “awkward cutesy shy”.

This is all kinds of unpleasant, and dumb.

Too many here are sounding like kids on a sugar rush, or like they’ve binge watched all of the “Fast and Furious” movies while downing gallons of caffeine.

I thought daytime soap operas moved the plot too slow. A week to go to the bathroom is over the top. I bet if Ann was the house guest she would have done her bathroom business days ago.

Amazing that such a simple strip is getting over 300 comments! ;-)

Stay tuned next week: Bernice sweats through her shirt!

Oh, Bern…you’re making this a whole lot more difficult than it actually is. What? You think other people don’t have to pee in the middle of the night? Nancy, for example, is no longer a spring chicken and we…ahem…of a certain age…often get up a time or two in the night. Don’t worry about it!

Oh, my………..

Hopefully she remembered to lock the door so no one can just walk in on her, …

of course, how would hilarity ensue if she did lock it ….

Also, why o why did she put her pants on, and how did her nightie turn into a shirt?

Typical Bernice. Overthinking everything.

OK, so, this is just way TMI…………..

Three days down …and 3 days left this week. I’m not even going to guess what will happen next. I was hoping that Luann would appear this week.

Only complicated in your head. Slightly overthinking?

Toilets should be installed in Sound Proof rooms.

Use your Head, Bern, then use the head. Or better yet, have a portages-potty installed. They’re non-flush therefore make no noise !!

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Bernice’s extreme attempts to be kind and polite are used well here for comedic effect. But I do hope she can figure out how to relax just a little bit in this regard before she has to return to her studies…. and very possibly getting mired in challenges involving her brother’s situation at home….. and very possibly Luann’s next adventure.

I also hope Dez is still going to be a part of Mooney U life as well.

Sometimes it is rough to be a scentient mammal.

Ummm Ok.

Stop it ! No more comments! Unless your stomach starts to growl?

Panel Two is almost definitely a first in mainstream comics.

I think we all know she’s going to overflow the toilet. ;-)

I can relate. You are uncomfortable in the beginning when living in someone else’s home. It will get better once she can relax.

TMI!!! And with Bernice!! She would be screaming if she knew we were watching!!!

Watching paint dry is more entertaining than this “arc.” Bern the bore.

The lid was up.

I find this oddly humorous.

Hahahaha

Do we really, really want to watch Bernie performing her “basic bodily functions” while seated on the toilet?

Whatever happened to privacy?!

The first time we ever seen a comic strip character peeing on a toilet stool!

She is definitely Aspergers!