Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 05, 2019

But where is “here”, Luann? (Wow, Bernice is already not planning on camping now that the boys tried to make it.)

Pack them up and move them out.

”Ladies & Gentlemen …

… ’The End.’” ✨

Hope Gunther and Bets are having a better time. ✨

Boy, talk about GnK avoiding the obvious plot problems in this arc.

It’s not over till it’s over. This doesn’t look over. Especially if Dez has the car key.

I be happy if they do leave this wasn’t going to be a great arc anyway

It would not surprise me if Amazon delivered “here.” They will do just about anything you ask them to do, and they are slowly taking over the world as a result.

Truthfully, my camping trips usually involved water, the ocean. a river, lake or stream. A patch of dirt does leave something to be desired.

Bernice calls her little exercise in superiority and arrogance a “group dynamics study.” If her psychology professor knows a scientific study when she sees one, she will hand the report back to Bernice and not even dignify it with a grade. This is not a “group study,” but a collection of personal opinions, even at the outset when she decided what labels to assign each rat in her self-defined little maze.

If Dez were conducting the same “study,” she might well dictate into her phone, “The Grounded One attempts to insulate herself from the regrettable decision to invite these two, the Airhead is totally clueless what ‘wilderness’ might mean, and the Irritant had already alienated her peers before we even arrived.”

Perhaps THAT could be a viable “study” – how two individuals can experience the same event and yet have totally opposite experiences.

Luann must not watch Naked and afraid.

So I’m starting to think that despite earlier doubts, my prediction about not seeing them do a camping trip was correct after all. Let’s give it another day just to be sure, but it looks like I may need to prepare for my victory lap. And yet it brings me no glee to constantly and accurately predict this strip’s refusal to step outside its comfort zone and actually DO something. To quote Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park: “Boy, do I hate being right all the time…”

And that was the last time they saw Dez. Years later rumors would abound about a crazed woman screaming about nature who appear when campers least expected her. Whenever Bernice or Luann would hear those stories, they would shake their heads and say, “Dez.”

Two opposite objectives, Luann’s to stay only if Amazon delivers, while Bernice to go home back to civilization. Dez is communing with nature, but I hope nature doesn’t chase her back to the car trying to get away from a bear!

Dez looks like something that should be addressed with a fly swatter.

So much for their camping trip being jacked, these girls are getting nil from this adventure.

With apologies to Joseph Conrad, the three modern day adventurers are about to enter the real “Heart of Darkness.” Cue the music from Gilligan’s Island, please.

There is service up there. When I drove up the mountains, there was no service. I think GnK are not familiar with service coverages beyond civilizations. And Amazon takes more than a day to deliver. I am an Amazon shopper so I know. SO, where will they sleep if they order a tent from Amazon and await its delivery? In the car, I suppose. Not so bad. I’ve slept in vehicles overnight on numerous occasions, the most recent being last year July in the back of the Nissan Armada with the back seat folded flat. We were snug as bugs in our sleeping bags. We opted to sleep in our vehicle to escape the mosquitoes in Yellowstone Park.

‘By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.’ Benjamin Franklin

BTW, what the heck is Nature Girl on?

Meanwhile, as disaster prepares to unleash, Dez is jumping for joy at being in tune with nature.

Hope she is enough in tune to prevent something like rain, given that there will be no tent now.

Bernice is already in the car with the end of the trip proclaimed.

Someone made note yesterday of the puffs is smoke that were trailing the girls’ car. What a fine mess if the car won’t start now…

Well… that de-escalated quickly.

Where did Dez run off to?

Luann should look for a lasso and try to rope Dez back in…

Somebody please tell Bernice to SHUT UP and put her notes in a notebook.

Anyway, yeah, they should leave since they won’t have shelter, but where did Dez go?

is this going to turn into The Blair Witch Project?

Hmm, no Jack and no tent. If I was Luann & Company I think I’ll call it a day and head back to town if I hear banjo music, of course even if they are camping in north Georgia I am sure that area has changed significantly since James dickey wrote his epic novel and Ned Beatty got immortalized by playing the unfortunate Bobby on a weekend the boys should have stayed in the ATL and played golf……

This unexpected event is probably for the best looking at the cast of characters involved.

I hope they have enough gas.

I hope they stay there, sleeping in the car or on the ground, that they stay together on that patch of dirt for at least one night for looks at the stars. Dez is too happy and it would be rude to interrupt her happiness.

I wonder if the girls will run out of gas.

You’d still have to at least spend one night in the car, Luann, even if Amazon would deliver to wherever you are (and, there are few places that they won’t) depending on how soon they would deliver, and, how much tent you can afford to buy.

With GPS and those drones, Amazon delivers anywhere.

“I wonder if Amazon delivers here.”

I wonder if Here delivers in the Amazon.

notice it’s Bern who’s running first while the ‘consumer’ is trying to adapt and see what she can do to salvage the situation.

And they STILL haven’t noticed the naked roof. It must have been sleeping bags that blew off then since they were relying on “der boyz” for the tent (and, one assumes, supplies).

Dez continues her berserker act, and is nowhere to be seen. Probably the combined effect of altitude and fresh air poisoning. There was no mention of her packing any saffron robes, so any meditation must be “new age.”

There’s still a chance that someone else arrive and set up camp. That would be an interesting twist. Three rugged, outdoor types, just exuding pheromones. Hey! It could happen!

The turn around and go home option may still be in play here. Easiest way to segue into a different arc Monday.

I’m gonna go with them remaining with the camping arc next week. More trials and tribulations to ensue.

Ah. So the guys, including Lovable, bumbling, but highly Overrated Jack, aren’t coming. GOOD. The ladies don’t need ‘em, anyway. Besides, Five Bucks says Jack has ditched Nil, and he’s probably somewhere cuddling with Tara. But I digress:

It’s NOW Survival of the Feminists!

Sistahs, are DOIN’ it for THEMSELVES!

They can’t leave anyway. Dez has now run off to parts unknown, and SOON panic will grip Luann and Bern, as they fear that she’s lost. Good Times!

Speaking of Aretha, how about a campfire song?

“R.E.S.P.E.C.T.”“There’s a SNAKE behind That Tree!”“R.E.S.P.E.C.T.”

“A BEAR?!!? Time to FLEE!!!”

“(Sock-it to me,Sock-it to me,Sock-it to me,Sock-it to me,)”

“Keep On tryin’! Runnin’ out of FOOLS! Yeah, I’m LYIN’!”“RE-RE-RE-RE-RE-REJECT!” – Aretha Franklin

this is how one ends an arc when the whole idea got completely out of hand.

This reminds me my next door neighbors, all very highly educated and smart people, decided, when their kids were younger (girl starting high school, boy in 4th or 5th grade) to do a camping trip. I don’t know if they had fun, but when they got to the campground they realized they had forgotten to bring a tent!! They actually drove to a nearby Walmart and bought a tent. So camping adventures abound apparently.

Meanwhile, Dez has removed all her clothes and is communing with nature.

Interesting, Bernice throws the towel in first. No attempt to “keep her study” alive by suggesting different alternatives to test “her subjects”. Dez is acting “crazy”. Given her feelings about being in nature I’m surprised she’s in college or at least on in a moderately large area.

Did the colorist stop reading? Yesterday the ‘patch of dirt’ was dirt colored. Today it looks like grass.

still have time for the car to break down and the cell signal to go dead. They will go into survival mode and Bernice will end up with the best darn study eva. Helicopters will locate them in a few weeks, alive.

Since Dez drove, she probably still has the keys. So they aren’t going anywhere soon…

Roundup the runaway Dez and head back home.

They will attempt to return home but find that their car battery is dead. They will have to spend the night in their car snacking on some junk food they brought. The next day Jack and Nil will arrive with tents and supplies.

Amazon delivers hunks?

Hope they brought a nice, big butterfly net to throw over Dez. It might be the only way to catch her in order to get her home.

All’s well that ends well.

I haven’t checked in since Monday. I see I haven’t missed anything, either!

wait a minute, after all this camping arc…its over, and they are going home?!?

Dez has the keys and she is having a great time. She won’t leave, so Bernice and Luann are stuck too.

If you were on this camping trip, who would you be? …I’d be Bernice.

and they still haven’t noticed all the stuff on the roof is gone. Next up, do they have enough gas to get back to civilization

Called it yesterday! Camping trip! 2 groups in 2 cars. Car A is bringing set of supplies A, while Car B is bringing entirely different set of supplies B. Everyone needs supplies A+B to camp with a decent amount of comfort. So… should they SPLIT UP from the get-go? Drive separately where Car A starts and arrives (perhaps) hours before Car B? Meaning that if one car doesn’t arrive due to unforeseen circumstances, the car that does arrive is short-supplied from the very start?

Why? Just why? They all live in the same town and all know each other. Meet up at the Walmart or Target or any shopping center parking lot and leave together!!!! If Jack’s truck won’t start/breaks down, all of them would know it and transfer some supplies to the girl’s car, or cancel/reschedule to trip for another day. (headdesk)

My projection for Friday night: They are in Pitsville’s Pizza Hut. Luann is slurping a drink, Dez is chomping a slice and Bernice has her tablet – entering “Mission Aborted.”

Good luck 1) finding Dez, and 2) convincing her to abort the trip and go home. Luann, I think your question should not be – does Amazon deliver here, but instead, will Uber come and pick me up from here?

So many negative waves, Moriarity…

Dez has invited her uptight roomie Bernice and Bernice’s BFF Luann on a trip into Dezworld. If B&L weren’t expecting something along these lines, now’s their chance to experience it anyway. Jack and Nil were last minute invite-themselves. They’ll be missed but they weren’t essential. This was the original plan.

As sallymargaret was analyzing late yesterday, they can’t have gone too far (supported by Bernice’s timestamp above). Whatever is lost or missing or with Jack’s truck (including food, batteries, ice, and some Purina Vulture Chow so as to distract their actual companions)…

…can, with some grousing and inconvenience, be obtained through a trip into the closest town, which is undoubtedly closer than Pitts, and still be back at the campsite before sundown.

As it says in big friendly letters on the front of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Don’t Panic.

6 hours to lace up those boots, and now we’re going right back home ?

I’d say they’d be best to leave, and reschedule the trip, as they’re stuff flew off the car roof as well … But they have not noticed yet, obviously …

And Dez will somehow convince them to ‘Rough It’ !!

I’m really surprised at how many people think that there’s something pathological about dancing for joy—either saying that it’s crazy or drug-induced. What’s pathological is not being able to feel or express joy.

Luann is dressed for wilderness hiking but doesn’t seem interested or mentally prepared for it. When it comes to different activities, Luann likes to “look the part” more than actually “taking part”. I agree with Code the Enforcer that Dez will not allow them to leave; she may even demonstrate outdoor camping and survival skills that we have yet to see. These three will spend the night.

tomorrow: does Tara show up with pizza????

I kind of like how Dez is going all “Hammy” (from Over the Hedge) in the background. I can almost hear her going “WAHOOOOO!!!!” :-)

No, no, no. It’s way too early for this arc to end. I suspect (and hope) that the car won’t start and the girls will actually have to spend the night there (wherever “there” is). This could be more than a teaching moment, and wouldn’t that be nice? Let’s see the girls actually FIGURE IT OUT! Where is water? Can they make fire? They’ll probably sleep in the car (that will take at least a few days), and figure out how to make a package of Twinkies last for a week. This has possibilities, if the artist is willing to go there.

Amazon already has a Drone surveilling you, just in case you want to Buy something.

Such delicate little City Girls (a.k.a. Urban Chicks). Dez shoulda confiscated all cellphones when they began this venture. Now, they will never experience the Great Outdoors!