Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 18, 2012

Interesting. She’s protecting herself, and he’s ok with it.

Hmmmm…a double entendre! Those 109 posters in yesterday’s comment board will be cheering madly….TJ….you can find a much better job than this….TJ?…TJ?

Very racy for a family strip…What’s gotten into Greg?

So maybe she’s ambidextrous…which could occasion another round of wink-wink-nudge-nudge. :j

No worse than the “nonookie” on the Jack in the Box ads now playing.

She could turn out to be a trans-sister.

Lilith split with Adam because he wanted to take the top … but then TJ is no Adam and Ann’s no Lilith

I’m pretty darn sure he is setting her up some way somehow… and to agree to those terms the plan is already in motion that it would not affect him.

He still needs to FHEO!

Or Utah County.

If TJ is agreeing to suddenly be subordinate to her. She has definitely walked into a trap of his. I’m just wondering when he’ll spring it?

I think he’s setting her up. Hoping this goes on through next week. Love these arcs with AE and TJ.

Thank you, for once I like where it’s going.

Nice deal between the two schemers. Nice double entendre in panel 3, too (once had a comparable exchange; don’t think she ever realized what she had said or what I had implied).

A manager is ALWAYS responsible for her business. Sure, she can take the credit for what goes right, but she also has to suffer the consequences for what goes wrong. So TJ mousetraps Ann if this idea tanks – AND he wins Ann’s admiration if it’s a winner.

I’ve asked before but didn’t see a response, isn’t Ann supposed to be mid to late 30’s and TJ is 20- 21?

Do the math — 20 goes into 30 more than 30 goes into 20.

Anne looks very attractive right now

Y’know, I find Ann Eiffel’s quite clever. On the other hand, I find Ann Eiffel disingenuous. You can decide which Ann is which.

ouch

Have you noticed that he doesnt have that S**t eating grin? Its more of a evil smile.

Sets him up to be promoted to full manager when she gets fired for not playing nice with corporate headquarters.

OK, lets not forget TJ’s mission is to annoy Ann. He doesn’t need the job.

he’s going to end up with her job

I am still waiting for Ox and his lawyer uncle and rich dad to come back into play here.

Wink-wink-nudge-nudge, indeed! ;-)

Ann and TJ are totally made for each other.

Just go ahead and kiss already.. geez, 2 users and a love drug: how romantic ;) <3

@Leagleagle from yesterday: (or anyone else that has insight) What I was getting at is that the last panel of this storyline was that he was getting revenge for her treating brad so badly. She Wanted OX to lie and sign the paper saying he saw the kid (I forgot the name) bite her. BTW looks like the finger healed up nice.

Now TJ is brown nosing. Whats up with this?

Enjoy.

The innuendo is getting heavy.

ooooooooooooh he’s setting her up big time, I can feel it.

OMG

Who’d the top weenie now?

Is this arc supposed to be going somewhere?

Ms. Eiffel isn’t hiding her charms – is she going to hide the weenie?

This is turning into a soap opera. What’s next?

I’ve seen “hidden” jokes in Greg’s strip before. Posters on a wall change what they say, pictures on a desk change from laughing to screaming, things like that. I think he enjoys doing a “where’s waldo” sort of thing. Ann’s dominant hand is probably part of that (no pun intended). :)

I’m with you Ann. This strip has been so much better than this in the past,

Ann is a refreshingly honest.

I think predicting outcomes is sort of ridiculous, until I get a “bright” idea of my own: The promotion succeeds, Ann takes credit, the bad-taste police come in and hold the promotion up as a corruption of family values, Ann is disgraced with corporate and reassigned to its burgeoning new market in China.

Ann actually admitted that if the idea tanks, she’ll blame TJ, but if it’s a hit, she’s taking full credit. I expected her to DO that, but I didn’t expect her to be so honest about it.

so much layered meaning here.

AE is not as dumb as she is acting. She must have a plan in the back of her wicked little brain. What it is, only the Shadow knows.

I foresee that Corporate will still fire Ann Eiffel no matter what happens.

This is not a match made in heaven.

Might want to go easy on the Parkinson’s comments… Richard Thompson over at Cul-de-Sac has announced he can no longer produce his strip because of that disease…

She’s too thick to see he’s making the rules, setting the course, and manipulating her obeisance. She’s under him and doesn’t know it.

He didn’t actually agree with the fact that if corporate does not like the idea that he would take the fall. He is just acknowledging what she stated. It is going to fail and she is going down. Even if he does take credit for it tanking, she is out of there for not controlling her employees.

I still think that somewhere down the line we are going to find out that TJ has an interest in the company. He never seems to have a job but he always has money.

Used to be able to email a strip creator with comments. I guess this format has replaced that. So for what it’s worth I want to say this used to be a sweet commentary on a child’s view. Now it’s pretty much like the drivel you see on TV; not that far removed from devolving to 2nhalfmen eventually if it maintains this course, just following the societal trend toward crassness.

Nope.

Yes, Taz, we will miss Richard. You might think we older folks would be happy to retire but I would not mind doing the work I used to (and getting paid) and my BF (since he has his own business) plans to continue to run service another 6 years (until he’s 80). I think it keeps him young ;-D

I don’t think that TJ can take a hint.

TJ is waay ahead of us on this. Something we can’t yet imagine is afoot

I’d give my left arm to anbidextrous.

There are worse places to be. Luann and Quill know a little about that…

Wow – That’s an in-your-face offer from AE. It’s very sexual – why else does she think TJ would agree. This relationship is developing into an S&M “Gone With the Wind.” TJ’s original motive of revenge for firing Brad seems to have faded away.

My guess for all this is, )People will love it. 2) she’ll promote him for the big hit. 3) Corporate will step in and fire her for the dogs being to racy and offensive. 3) TJ as Assistant Manager will take over…

The lovely Ms Eiffel wants to keep TJ under her.He doesn’t mind and that keeps her off of others.His noble sacrifice should be commended, even by Leviticus (who sometimes, somehow doubts TJ’s good intentions).

Yeah, I’ll bet in whatever relationship she’s been in, she’s the top … Evans, can you get away with this? I sure hope so!

Someone is scheming for a “hook up”! I wonder WHO is maniulating WHO here!

OOOH…