Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 18, 2021

got that right, Mr. (and Mrs.) DeGroot

And still no criticism of Luann’s wholly delinquent behavior.

”Clearance, Clarence.” ✨

I have a feeling Frank has had quite enough of these shenanigans.

Soo, Where will everyone sleep?

About freaking time.

Tara looks like she doesn’t mind being fought over. Frank & Nancy look like they DO mind being overlooked.

Hoo Boy, here We go.

It’s “Slap on the Wrist” time for Luann.

Nope.

I don’t expect Luann get any real “punishment” out of this graphic illustration of extremely poor judgement.

I think this is merely leading up to another modified “living” arrangement for the Strip’s young ladies.

Maybe with one or more of them doing “community” service by working at the Fuse.

And Tara’s old place could be the Strip’s “Bachelorette” locale, with the Three Amigas moving in.

It would be a lot more fun and a darn sight better than the early days of the Gulag.

That is, until Stella is released (escapes) from prison………, ;)

Voice from above speaks.

Thinking outside the hypercube.

Really Wacky – let’s have Frank and Nancy speak!

What happened to the trip to Utah?

Hmm. Frank & Nancy’s house is becoming the DeGroot shelter for homeless girls. Speaking of homeless, where is Tara’s family? How has she paid her tuition?

Let it be, bud. It’s a comic.

Tara gets points for wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day, Luann gets points for stealing some pie on Pi Day, and cold nosed Bernice gets points for warming up to a former enemy. Now, enter Frank and Nancy. Somehow I don’t think this will be anything like High Noon at the O.K. Corral, but Nancy will make Luann pay for the banana cream pie.

It seems the proverbial “jig is up” and just in time for St Patrick’s Day! (Irish…Jig…oh never mind)

Looks like Bernice is a little jealous. After hating and vilifying Tara for months, suddenly she’s all: “NO Luann! You can’t have her! She’s MY friend!!”

And it isn’t really Bernice’s room after all. She’s just a guest in the DeGroot home. If Luann needs permission to have an overnight guest, then Bernice DEFINITELY needs permission to have an overnight guest!

Yep, Luann’s continued demonstration of lack of common sense. The house is not hers. She has to ask her parents for permission. She has to learn this adult step. She is not in the position to cry and beg for a friend to sleep over like a teenager. She has to behave grown up and ask AND accept if her parents say no. I hope they do say no. Bernice is already occupying the third bedroom. Tara can sleep on the couch for the night but would need to look for a place tomorrow. Let the girls brainstorm where they can stow Tara that is not a place of business.

I’m waiting for the story before demanding anything of it I want but I will hide behind prediction yet again. I think, after a short version of a talk the DeGroots will temporarily allow Tara to bunk with Bernice and Luann, arrangements to be made (Tara clearly wants too, the shyly whispered question) starting the room competition. Beyond that I predict no further. Three more days for this phase of the arc.

Sturm und drang, and then meringue

The rents arrive and thence harangue

The door of Stella’s cell goes clang

Nancy’s glare could freeze champagne

Tara should stay with someone tonight because, like, she just got hit by a car. Other than that—what’s up with the “…okay…” re: her old place? Besides probably not being able to afford the rent by herself? Maybe we’ll find out, hard to say.

Frank and Nancy are looking directly at Luann. They are thinking that Luann has crossed the invisible line that separates them from her.

Nancy debe estar pensando en que quizá deberían empezar a arrendar los cuartos de la casa antes de que todos los amigos de Luann acaben alojados allí.

Well, golly gee, imagine that!!

Unreal. After that whole ordeal and sleeping in a storage room for days…. Tara says that staying in her old place (now that Stella is gone) is… “okay”?!? You would think she’d be thrilled to have her life go back to normal but it looks like she’s trying to guilt Luann into helping her some more. I hope Luann’s parents say their piece and not hold anything back. Luann’s behavior has been childish, irresponsible and all together atrocious!

I, personally, believe Tara should go live in some remote wilderness with a krav maga master, who can truly teach her the ways of krav maga, similar to that master who taught Uma Thurman kung fu in “Kill Bill 2.” Because whatever Tara did, well, it made no sense, and it didn’t stop Stella.

Looks like Nancy is going to have a warp core breach in 5…, 4…, 3…,……………….

i do think they need to know why she was in there they are in the right on this one even if the girls helped get Tara’s cousin busted.

Funny how Bernice and Luann are sort of competing on whose room Tara stays in. Especially since it wasn’t a long time ago that Bernice thought she was bad news. As for the folks? Yeah, they don’t look none too happy right now. But I bet they’ll let Tara crash at the house. At least for the time being, that is….

Luann’s heart is in the right place. Her head, another story altogether…! :D

Easy. Tell Bernice to go back home to her parents. Rent Tara the room. Bernice isn’t paying rent, is she?

Hopefully the hammer’s about to fall. I’m sure Frank and Nancy won’t leave Tara on the street, but Luann needs to be reminded that she isn’t in charge.

And If you look at Bernice’s face and underlined comment she is back to you need to listen to me because I’m smarter than you Bernice.

Awwwwww… Tara looks so happy to have two friends who want to help her. I think she has always known a lot of people, but she never had real friends. I’m quite surprised that Bernice offered to share her room, but this is really nice of her♡. But now it’s time for the parents to join the conversation! i hope this will change Tara’s opinion about adults, at least a little bit.

“Regardless of your age, if you’re under my roof, you follow my rules.”

Aren’t you going to punish Luann or scold her or something?

Tara has her own place. Evidently the cousin was living with her when she decided to sleep in the storeroom instead.

Frank nails it.

Do I see a balled up fist in that last panel? Surely not.

Will we spend the rest of the week seeing Luann explaining her way out of this? Or will Tara fall on her sword and take all the blame?

And just how much overnight cash are we talking here? Maybe some shade should fall on the Manager, whoever that is?

Tara’s old place is “okay”. So vague. Where is it? Is it with her parents? Is it a tent? What about her plans to move to Utah? She seems to be milking this situation and it’s not a very good look for her. Just one time I would like to see someone, anyone, tell Luann what a complete blithering idiot she is. They write her character to behave ridiculously so they ought to be able to have a character call her out on it.

Another perfect example of todays youth and how they act like they have the right to do anything they want while being totally self-absorbed, entitled, rude and ignorant. They didn’t even think about asking permission. It never even crossed their minds.

Luann is an adult. She is trying to help a friend. I am certain Luann’s areproud to have raised a daughter who has friends she wants to help – only unhappy that they were not in on it since it involves their home and business.

Meant “Luann’s parents” in my comment.

Apparently, since she has “her own place,” we can take it that Tara is an emancipated female? And, since she’s no longer welcome at the Mooney Uni. dorms.

Are we ever gonna get the back story on Tara? More than she just got in with a bad group at the Uni?

And still no TJ on the scene. He will be a might bit surprised when he learns about all this.

The serious talk is just going to come down to “talk to us if you need help, and maybe stop offering your friends access to spaces you don’t own without asking”

The foot is finally coming down. Maybe

And all is again sweetness and light.

Did Frank just grow a backbone?

“My parent can sleep in their car, Tara— you can have THEIR room!”

Oh-oh. Never saw Mr. DeGroot do the fist before.

Check with the parents? Do people still do that? Uh… Have people ever done that?

Yeah, she could stay in the parents’ room.

I hope the end result of this is that Luann’s parents suggest that it’s time she live on her own, thus prompting the three girls to share an apt. together. It would be a bit silly to turn the de Groot home into a rooming house.

Tata is a little shaken up and it probably wouldn’t hurt to have someone be with her for 24 hours. LuAnn, why not go spend the night at her place instead of your own bedroom. Let Bern tagalong. Invite Dez over. I miss Dez.

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All of the installments this week have me feeling rather sad. I am sad about the immaturity displayed by both Luann and Bernice (and Tara also to a degree). Do not get me wrong, I am glad that Tara is “ok” it seems, and I am glad that the situation has been diffused.

However,

1. The relative nonchalance about the whole affair this week that has been displayed by Luann and Bernice seems rather ill-fitting and inappropriate. I would think that at the start of the week, they would not have been just “having a grand time” but instead would have likely been talking more about the emotions that transpired during the horrible event to try to gain perspective of what happened and WHY it happened.

2. The whole reliving of “Tara’s moves” and Luann re-enacting them and Tara talking about the alternative moves she should have made…. read to me that both of them are being rather too cavalier about this whole event. They are looking at it from a “making fun” and a “glory” sort of perspective IMO. That seems pretty damn presumptuous and narrow-focused.

3. The “where will Tara stay” portions are also troublesome to me. I do not really care if you are a young adult (like Luann and Bernice) and are staying in your parent’s (or friend’s parent’s) house….. or if you are an older adult with family or other people staying in the household…. you should not automatically presume/assume that YOU can unilaterally invite someone to enter and stay in a household of multiple people….. WITHOUT asking the others in that household for their “ok” or their “approval”. Such a move should be a HOUSEHOLD decision….. whether it is Luann who brings it up, or Bernice, or either of the DeGroot parents who do. It should be a group decision. THAT is the adult way to do this.

And, just to be clear… I am not saying Luann or Bernice should not invite Tara “because it is not their house”. I am saying that Luann or Bernice should not invite Tara WITHOUT having….

… a talk with all the members of the home. I would feel the same about Mr. or Mrs. Degroot. It is their house…. but… if they were to invite Tara unilaterally, I think it would be wrong. If either of the parents wanted to invite Tara, they should FIRST involve all the members of the household in a discussion of the possibility of this invitation….. and decide AS A HOUSEHOLD to offer this invitation to Tara.

I agree with Pipe. This is turning into a real “nothing burger” (as someone else on this board has called it).

Two days left this week, and other than Tara’s sleeping arrangements, it doesn’t appear that any questions are going to be answered.

And I kind of doubt we’ll still be in this arc next week.

It’s nice that the girls are bonding and each offering their rooms….Yep, quite a radical idea, ask the parents, the ones footing the bills and who care and may have other solutions. ;-)

I like that Frank and Nancy are addressing the situation here, but I’m a little disappointed that Bernice’s sneaking, lying and spying has apparently been forgotten. Man, I wish I had a friend as airheaded as Luann who I could get away with treating so disrespectfully (that was a joke BTW; my own sense of guilt is too strong for that).

Tara should go back to her old place. Homes for people that age are often little more than shacks, and sometimes they are shacks. One cannot expect a life of luxury at that age. That little apartment or trailer is just a start, but it can still be home.

Who could possibly imagine the notion of getting permission from the owners of the house before moving someone in? Get real, Frank and Nancy. These are 21st century narcissistic child-adults….

It’s time for Tiffany to drive by the Fuse…see the lights on… and go inside. Tiffany will let Tara stay at her big house. Later on Tara can tutor Tiffany.

Life is hard. It’s harder when you are as ignorant as Luann.

The parents do NOT look happy.

Luann to Bernice in Luann’s first daily strip, 3/18/85: “Why can’t I have all my problems when I’m 18 and know everything?” Spoken like a normal 17-24 year old, when the young fledglings are pushing for independence. That’s why we don’t ask our parents for help at that age, even though we should.

After about 25 or so, we start to realize We Know Nothing. Or normal people do, anyway. If someone starts spouting they “know more” than doctors/generals/lawyers while having not one shred of education or experience in said fields, make your escape as quick as you can, and do not elect them to any kind of public office. Smart people understand there is always more for them to learn.

@bebzero-one: Try looking up the definition of a word like ‘delinquent’ before using it again.

https://youtu.be/zQ6RsRtZb8s The hell with all this. Here is my old band ORION in 1980 rockin’ and original tune called Silverbird that I wrote. Progressive rock was the flavor of the band.

So, she’s still bleeding and no visit to the Hospital to check for broken bones or Concussion?

Bernice didn’t even trust her before this whole debacle. Why would Tara stay in her room?

Luann and Bernice’s competing to have Tara share a room is beginning to remind me of the current arc in Jane’s World. Just saying.

Nancy looks more unimpressed than mad. Then again, Nancy is never mad.

“What do you think we’re doing? Running a fancy bed and breakfast for you and your friends?”

Have we ever seen a pic of Tara’s cousin? Did I miss it?

What if Aaron Hill, who has since joined the Pitts Police force, makes the arrest? Now wouldn’t that be something?

Luann’s immaturity never ceases to amaze.

ka-whack

Brdshtt nailed the restroom call yesterday.