Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 31, 2023

Oy vey, she’ll be whatever he wants now then constantly try to change him later

Well, there you have it. Kip doesn’t really love Stef at all. He’s just staying with her because she’s ‘fun’.

It still remains to be seen if he’s into Tiff at all.. or if she’s refined enough for him.

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So will Stef crash their little dinner and go berserk? LOL

Where? Bernice?

love the extended pinkie. That’s a sure sign of refinement. This is exactly what I noted Kip might be thinking in my comments yesterday. And, I love the “oh” in Biblical-type text

Yes, refinement starts with an extended pinkie

Pinky up!

I commend the fun with fonts.

And, out goes the pinkie.

Watch it Kip the pinkie is out.

Refined? Maybe Kip was looking for “grounded”.

Notice that Tiff straightened her little finger in a more refined British fashion during high tea upon hearing Kip say ‘refined?’

The standard stereotype with men. He likes the fun girl, but she’s not the girl he wants to take home to visit his mother. Mom needs the more “refined” girl.

Kip is sharing an awful lot with Tiff. Interesting.

Mebbe they’ll lock pinkies. Its a gateway t more heavy duty stuff

Crazy fun? I think Kip’s half right there.

Hey Kip, Stef is refined AND she is crazy rich….

At it’s current trajectory, Kip and Stef’s relationship has two possible outcomes: a restraining order or a life sentence.

I can see why she likes him, he is like her father, distant. Best to find someone who doesn’t come with a guarantee to hurt you.

Tiff this be a good time to make your move.

Nah, Stef sees him as NONE of the above, only as a future source of income, that she can cash in on, especially on the off chance that he could become a "pro’.

♫ In th middle of a dance,

She reached over an tore off my pants ♫

Cool it Tiff..

Apologies to Dick Todd & His Orchestra circa 1942

Pinky refine?

Tonight, imagine me, gown and all, fetchingly draped against the wall, the picture of sophisticated grace…

Kip, a student of seduction, is probing for Tiffany’s weak spot. It’s either that, or his football team has given him a supporter that is too small and too tight and is cutting off the blood supply to his brain.

I’m hoping Stef found some handsome stud at her cheerleading camp and wants to dump Kip after getting a ride home from the airport. That would solve so many things.

Kip sees Tiffany as a friend whom he can talk to and confide in. That’s a good start.

well, at least kippy recognizes that steffi is just the tiniest bit tacky.

Tiff says “Oh?” Uh-oh.

Kip wants someone more mature. He is more on touch with his feelings than I thought.

Um… Yeah… Sorry, Kip. But two people dressed up, eating at a nice restaurant, and having a fairly personal conversation constitutes a date. You may not have intended it, but you certainly achieved it.

Kip – He ain’t all that. I hope this arc takes a surprise left turn.

Well, at least he’s discerning the difference between good shag and good life partner. Took him long enough. Is he going to apologize for the towels?

Why is Kip Lee disclosing his actual feelings to a stranger?

I don’t think Kip will cheat on Stef. I think he’s just biding his time for someone he connects with. These are early twenty-somethings. He can have fun with Stef, enjoy her company and craziness while keeping an eye out for someone a bit more mature. If Stef is projecting a lifetime commitment on him, that’s her fault for not making sure he’s into that.

I have a feeling Stef will be the stalker type becuase she’s so self-obsessed. We haven’t had a good relationship nemsis since Dirk. If he breaks up with her and starts dating Tiff, she’ll def try to use body image as a weapon – extra short skirts, etc. If this were reali life, she’d be that crazy ex that shows up in a long jacket with nothing on underneath seconds before the girlfriend comes home.

But old men always say something vulgar about sleeping with crazy women, and they may be right in this particular situation.

Sideways Kip is way to close to sideways Brad…. gotta find a way to differentiate that or I’ll get even more confused than normally! :)

My, Tiff’s talk balloon went elegant quickly.

And with this statement from Kip, the dinner at the fancy restaurant done “just” to say thank to Tiffany takes on a whole new meaning. Dunno if Kip don’t realize it or if he does it on purpose, maybe after weeks of hoping Tiffany would be the one starting to hit on him. But he really sends her a lot of mixed signals! Also, as much as I dislike Stef, now I feel a bit sorry for her because she deludes herself of a love that don’t seem to exist. I hope Tiffany knows what she wants with Kip. A serious relationship, or a fun one that ends without much emotional troubles for her.

“but if all I’ve been is fun, then baby let me go, don’t wanna be in your way.”

Put the pinkie back in, Tiff! The pinky out is a no class move……

It remains to be seen whether Tiff will butcher the French language, or not.

Oh? Lah-dee-dah, Tiff! :D

I don’t think Kip is good enough for Tiffany at this point!

“In the meantime I’m perfectly willing to use her for the sex.”

So, this Joker wants gal who will be:

1) Ready for a serious relationship

2) Acceptable (to HIM) to marry, be a mother to his kids and be a trusted life-partner

3) And above all, be “refined.” That last remark, people. REFINED. Are We talking about petroleum here?

Kip? You’ve come to the WRONG town if you want all THAT in ONE package, my brother.

I mean there’s this gal named Toni. She’s married but she’s terrified of having kids.

There is or was, this gal named Bets who only considered getting married and having kids for all of 30 seconds. And she had to be TALKED IN to that. Then she left town.

Bernice? Don’t even THINK about it.

And Tiffany? Check out the the Strips dated February 27, thru March 01, 2017 if you want her views on marriage. Tiff may have matured since then. But not THAT much.

The only young woman who even comes close to fitting the bill is this gal named Luann. You should meet her.

In the meantime, welcome to the Town of Pitts where only GUYS are SERIOUS about “relationships.” :-)

PS: And Kip? Pretty tacky casting shade on your current girlfriend behind her back to some other woman. You ain’t exactly a “catch” either, and Tiff should pick up on a MAJOR “Red Flag.”

Fun Fact: According to information provided from a 1999 strip, Luann has a birthday coming up on September 21st. She will be 40!

whoa, ‘this is getting good’

Her pinkie sure went erect pretty quick!

Kip, 90% of women go to college to get their Mrs. degree.

Or as Janis Ian said in her song At Seventeen:

High school girls with clear-skinned smiles, who married young and then retired

Well, in this case, college girls

If you want one of the few good ones, wait until after college, find one who has a job/career and life experience. Granted the pretty/prettier ones will likely be gone (though soon to be back on the market).

That’s right, curl the pinky.

But is Tiff fun or just high maintenance?

Stick that pinkie out!

He doesn’t want Tiff, either. Confiding in her this much will end with him patting her on the back and calling her a good friend.

Roller Derby Queens are more refined than Stef!

Tiff, Kip has just shown you that he is using Steph unfairly, letting her think he cares, and keeping her around for what he can get, he’s shown you that he is shallow and not worth your time. Steph believes Kip loves her, she is shallow also but no one deserves to be used like that. Tiffany you can do better than this.

Legally Blonde: The Comic Strip

Did rich people of class actually drink tea with an extended pinky, or is that a stereotype from the movies or something? Because it adds nothing, and makes it a bit harder to drink the tea.

Sorry Tiff. He ain’t into you. Probably for the best. He comes off to me as an opportunist.

All of a sudden I feel sorry for Tiff.

With Stef, Kip doesn’t have to buy the cow

The key word in today’s strip is Kip’s use of “crazy.” Men know that crazy “sleeve” is often the best experience of that ilk; it’s the crazy part that is non-viable for long-term relationships. The Evans have done their best to package this information in a family-friendly way, as I have also tried to do. Sure, the double monkey back-flips onto his lap are “fun,” but what about the stuff above her eyebrows? If there’s not an intelligent, enjoyable conversation to go with the other fun, then she’s RUO. Stef is about to learn that the hard way; recreational use only.

…and just like that, I flashed back to when Jessica Simpson dated Tony Romo. That’s possibly the real life inspiration for Stef & Kip; the (proverbial) airhead and the quarterback. Kip knows that, as a QB he is the team leader, and has to perform well in off-field social settings, like media interviews and alumni cocktail parties; it’s rather similar to politics. That’s where a refined beauty on his arm becomes a needed accessory. Stef does not qualfy, but Tiff could (in his eyes).

still think it’s linguini with clams. :-/

She’s raw and unrefined but I can’t get enough of that crazy fun…..what to do…..

Whoever loves less is in control of the relationship.

I kinda feel sorry for Stef here.

Refinement thy name is Tiffany.

And… the gate to the primrose path opens wide…

Tiffany CAN be “refined.” But “Will she still love him, tomorrow?” (paraphrased from the single by the Shirelles, 1960. written by Coffin and King.)

Is Tiff looking for a life partner or just a win in the game of man-stealing?

Change is a very neutral word. It can be up, down, or sideways.

Well Kip went from hero to zero in a flash. He will say all this to Tiffany but as soon as Stef is off the plane he’ll get her into the sack. What a user.

“Refined”? I think the boy toy means “rich”. He’s tiring of his hot piece. Beware, Tiff..

Whooosh. Tiff just inflated her balloon again. Love how her pinky suddenly extended from around her glass as if that’s a sign of refinement

The erect pinkie shows that Tiff is getting really excited.

Crazy idea: Trade one needy situation for another.

This arc is drifting into dangerous territory. So far, “crazy fun” has been pretty much shown to be “dirty sheets activities” in Tiff and Stef’s quad room back in 2020. In fact, it lead up to a major blow up among the quad denizens. Resulting in a privacy corner relegated to “those” activities. Kippee, at this time, was presented in a particularly passive manner. He never entering into the comments in a way. I hope Kip is not angeling for that kind of relationship with Tiff OR that Tiff falls into the trap of believing she must give up sex to get a nurturing romance.

Lately Kip has been shown more talkative with both Stef and Tiff. The “adult activities” have been toned down and romance and relationship have taken the fore. Hopefully this current sequence will lead up to an exploration of a relationship between Kip and Tiff. Her character is long overdue!

How will Stefani Bird handle this new turn? Will she become the replacement Ann Eiffel in Tiffany’s life; her life has been running that way since HS graduation. But there’s always the chance that Stef returns with a new over-the-summer lover and dumps Kippee Poo!

Either way the upcoming quad roomie relationships will now be interesting. The way we left it, Tiff is with Dez and Stef is with Bets. The place could get weird depending upon how much of her special brews Dez can formulate! 8^ )

Time to go home son and make up your mind.

Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind? The Lovin’ Spoonful

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So basically, he doesn’t date Stef out of love, he’s just in it for the kicks and benefits.

did Tiff just get sexier and her chest perkier?

It’s fair to say that Tiff spies the obvious open. She’s thinking I can do refined. In other words a woman who knows what its like to be around Mr. Big (in a small pool) and handle it fine, but not embaarrasingly. I suggest that this is projection on my part, adding to the sense of balls waiting to be dropped all over Luanverse. Yep.

Someone who’s refined….and whose Daddy has a lot of money, right Kip?

He’s kind of coming off as Warner from “Legally Blonde,” with that diminishing “I want someone refined.” It sounds like he’s saying, “Stef isn’t refined enough for a quality man of my status” thing. Also, I don’t get the impression of Kip as being duped into sticking in a relationship by Stef when he actively thinks of her as a dumb bimbo (who comes off pretty easy to manipulate seeing as she agreed to let him stay at Tiffany’s with a bit of gaslighting). I’m thinking that he wants things both ways, keep Stef for the sex as long as he’s able to but then tries to woe Tiffany cause she’s rich and he liked the small taste of her luxurious lifestyle. I hope Tiffany doesn’t fall for this, she deserves better.

So Kip’s playing Call of Booty ….

Tiff! Just be yourself! Who am I kidding? This has disaster written all over it.

There it is!!!

♫ Ding ding ding ding ding! ♪

I didn’t think I would feel sorry for Stef but after this days comic strip I do. Kip is just using her until the “right one” comes along.

“My lady, be discreet. I must get to my feet and go back to the farm.Whilst I appreciate you are no deviate, I might come to some harm.I’m not inclined to acts refined, if that’s how it goes.Oh, high born Hunting Girl, I’m just a normal low born so and so.”-Jethro Tull

Stef is vapid and shallow. Perhaps compared to her, Tiff looks refined, but Tiff is NOT much better.

If she’s not what you want for the rest of your life then stop toying with her. I don’t care for Steff and wouldn’t mind not seeing her again. But stringing someone along like that isn’t okay.

Stef is an ultra-high maintenance pain in the butt. Girls like her make for fun, interesting, short-term girlfriends, but they make for very lousy long-term mates. The same thing is true of “bad boys“.

Holy crap!!

Some may say that Kip is using Stef and should be honest with her. I’d bet that Kip has told her how he feels about a future with her. That is why she is so clingy and needy. They have broken up before, but Stef always begs him to come back. Stef is staying in the relationship, hoping Kip will change his mind. He doesn’t respect her, but sex is a powerful motivator in men, especially young men.

We all know nothing will come of this, right? This is just G&K teasing a status quo change that will never actually occur. It’s not like this arc will end with Tiff and Kip getting together.

Don’t get your hopes up Tiff. The landing hurts.

Qui, qui, mon ami

YESSSSSSS! Catch the last panel? Tuff❤️Tiff knows a potential Shoog Daddy when she sees one. You Go, Grrl! Sic ‘em! Put all that Ann❤️Eiffel training into practice and good use. Flash those hooded eyes and purse those Botox lips and go straight for… the bank account and drain that sucker dry, boy howdy. The Count ❤️s it when a plan comes together. Darling Ann❤️Eiffel would be proud. And so is Yrs Trly, Your Hero, The Count. Sizzlin’❤️Stef? Child, please. She moved on from Dippy Skippy eons ago fishing for bigger and better (wealthier) fish in the sea. She fer sure knocked off a few on her summer vacay with Cunning Ann❤️Eiffel and the ❤️Eiffelettes. Sexy❤️Stef will be off to Quebec in a hot minute to join Betts the Bae❤️, Tawny ❤️Tone’❤️ Tattoed❤️Toni and, of course, Mistress Ann❤️Eiffel at the baccarat tables and wheel. With Ann❤️Eiffel, one always gets a Happy Ending… Well, unless, of course, one is lowly and/or unworthy (we know who you are). Soooo… Time to Trundle, lowly unworthies. Places to go and people to bilk, The Count means “see”. TTFN… and for all you lowly unworthies getting a head start on Labor Day… let’s be careful out there. The Life You Save May Be The Count’s. Or Ann❤️Eiffel’s. Count…OUT

Many of today’s comments make me feel like Rip Van Winkle in reverse. Somehow I went to sleep in 2023 and woke up in 1957.

That’s you opening Tiff go for it

I dated a girl who was “crazy fun” then I married her

Stef isn’t Ms right, she is Ms right now.

Tiff just lost her halo and fell back into the pack of being a clueless teen.

Pop that finger out.

Refinement in utmost display!!

Will we skip to the airport tomorrow and the Steff meltdown, with or without flowers?

FOOTSIE TIME!!!

Oh, and “when in doubt, pinkie out.”

GnK seem to suggest (in Luannfan mail) that they may go from a love triangle to a trapezoid. So I’m wondering since Gunther is Bets-less, he may enter into this fray. Or will Steff bring along a “friend”? §;-o

Poor Kip. Many a young man and woman has had that insight – only to fall victim to a hole in a condom a few months later.

Novella. (Sorry, haven’t seen it today, just had to say it).

Tomorrow we get to see the orchestrated scene that Kip and Steff have rehearsed to play out for Tiffany. The big argument, the shouting, the tears…and then Kip turning to Tiffany for consolation.

Then Kip needs to tell Stef exactly what he’s there for. As she’s made it clear to him that she considers their relationship long-term, he needs to make it clear that it’s not. Otherwise if he doesn’t, then Kip is a scuz-bag whose using her for what he can. They need to be on the same page. As for Tiff, although I find the last panel funny, she should steer clear of this until Kip/Stef relationship is settled.

Refined does not equal Stef.

I’m amazed so many people see Kip as some villain twirling his black mustache at Tiff over dinner.

He’s been holding this in for two years and now it’s all spilling out,like waster over the dam.

We’ll know Stef has arrived at the airport when we see the stewardesses kick someone off a plane just before the landing wheels touch ground.

Between Stef, Kip and Tiff how many red flags can you count?

Tiff is nowhere near the same person she was when she said those things in 2017.

Don’t do it Tiffany he is a jerk and using Stef and if he will use her he will use you.

Doesn’t Kip look a little like Brad these last couple of strips

“Some kinds of fun last longer than others.” — Trudy Kockenlocker

Tune in tomorrow for this exciting episode: “Tiffany Crashes and Burns”!

So Kip invited Tiff to dinner to check her out as a possible replacement to Stef.

Sounds about right, Kip looking for something better and Stef relegated to just a common “side piece”. Well, she made her own bed, so to speak, and apparently Kip isn’t any classier. Maybe Stef should just team up with that other freeloader on the van and do am “It’s All About MEEEEEE” road show.

Yup, called it! Stef is just a fun time for Kip and wants something serious later in life. Stef can still be that girl, but she needs to grow up (and fast) or she’s gonna lose him.

Keyword “crazy”.

I do still think Kip is using her to start a fight to breakup with Stef. Why else invite her out and to the airport to pick up Stef. Her being dressed up is just a bonus.

If he knows she wants more than he does but doesn’t tell her and just says he loves her too he is leading her on.

I really hope the Evans’ don’t go the way of the comments for a lot of what you guys are saying. I think it would be awesome for Tiffany to finally get a chance at a relationship with a hunk like Kip (Ox would be okay also). Stef doesn’t deserve him; and he seems to be written as a pretty decent guy. Stef should get left at the airport (don’t they have Ubers in Luanniverse; THEY DO since Gunther came home in one…) Who makes someone pick them up at the airport anymore AND acts like they will be stranded if it doesn’t happen?? Like someone said “needy much?”… signed – Team “Kipanny” (TiKip? Tif-Ox?? Kipanny it is… ;o)

I’m surprised Tiff is interested in a “user” type/loose boy.

As Bones used to say when Seely said he had to get his ducks in a row, I can be a duck.

Sounds like he’s using Stef until someone better comes along. If he feels that way he should break up with her. It will mean drama and tears but in the end it will be better for both of them. You should NEVER stay with someone unless you’ve completely invested your heart. Especially if you KNOW they are so fully invested in you. It’s so unfair.

Now we’re talking lol

So, Stef is using Kip, and Kip is using Steffi. and it’s all pretty much just a fleeting, physical thing. Kip isn’t all that admirable now, is he?

But he’s still studly and pretty, huh, Tiff?

Don’t waste your time! (Either one of you.)

Boy, you’ll being setup pretty good I have to say.

Never know where this convo will lead in the future. He’s getting to know Tiff, definitely more pedigree than Miss Sweet Potato Queen. All Tiff needs to do is a little tune up, show her “refined” side, and there might be potential here somewhere down the road. Some guys don’t forget this (consider old classmates getting together later in life…never know!).

Go for it, Tiffany … ;)