Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 18, 2020

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 4 years ago

    oh, hey, Jack

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    Namrepus  over 4 years ago

    I didn’t know you felt that way. I always thought you two were just friends.

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    AnyFace  over 4 years ago

    Called it. ✨

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    beb01  over 4 years ago

    …3…2…1 – Enter Jack. This strip should renamed “Obvious” because only the obvious ever happens here.

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    BJShipley1  over 4 years ago

    Just how far did Luann throw that ball?!?

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    DaJellyBelly  over 4 years ago

    Luann can be fetching at times. ;-)

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    nixie224  over 4 years ago

    Bernice, stop trying to make “fetch” a thing!

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    Rhetorical_Question   over 4 years ago

    Opportunity – Jack and Bernice (soulmates) ?

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    Need coffee  over 4 years ago

    Don’t use Bernice’s first line on an airplane.

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    Caldonia  over 4 years ago

    Jock, could you maybe try hoisting your shorts up to your nipples? They’re just not high enough. You look so unfashionable.

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    capricorn9th  over 4 years ago

    Pffft. Bernice meets not a new guy but just Jack. Did he bring a friend??

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    Argythree  over 4 years ago

    Yes, Luann can be ‘fetching’. (But that’s what she is, Bernice, not what she’s doing…)

    Well, Mordy, you were right that Jack showed up. I’m disappointed, though. Hoped it would be someone new, if a guy showed up. What I really hoped was that Luann would get a call from the CEO of Kidz First, telling her they were going to 24/7 child care and offering her an evening job plus a room to live in…

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    Z-bert  over 4 years ago

    Jack seems to be drawn a bit odd today. Bike shorts and a puff of hair at the back of his head.

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    Enter.Name.Here  over 4 years ago

    Jack: “So where’s Luann?”

    Bernice: “Fetching”.

    Jack: “Thanks. You look pretty sharp too. But again, where’s Luann?”

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    Rhetorical_Question   over 4 years ago

    Get closer, Jack – Bernice finds you to be “attractive”

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    notbornyesterday  over 4 years ago

    Does Jack have a dog? Or does he just cruise dog parks?

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    beb01  over 4 years ago

    So the Obvious™ direction of the strip will be Luann and Bernice fighting over Jack. That’s like fighting over who gets that last merde sandwich.

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    DoloresJ.Nurss  over 4 years ago

    So help me, my younger brother’s dog trained his baby to fetch! The dog would take a toy in his mouth and fling it as far as he could, and my giggling nephew would crawl after it and bring it back to him.

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    Joe1962  over 4 years ago

    Were Luann fetching that’s a great line.

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    Lord Hearteater  over 4 years ago

    Is this a beginning? I’ve called for a Lu & Jack romance, but our titular character seems to be stuck in a high school mentality, whereas Bernice is definitely more serious, and future-focused. Is Jack about to have “a conflic’ of interests?”

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    Airman  over 4 years ago

    Oh, Bernice. You are a glass of 2% milk when Jack would like a big hunk of ice cream with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and a few sprinkles.

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    howtheduck  over 4 years ago

    “I don’t have a dog. I’m with Puddles.”

    It sounds like Bernice is in one of those tough dog parks where the dog police will go around and check to see if you are there with a dog or not, and if you cannot produce a dog to vouch for you, they throw you out.

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    MathProf2  over 4 years ago

    Doesn’t the final expression on Bernice’s face say that she finds Jack fetching?

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    exarmyofficer  over 4 years ago

    Saw that coming

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    Brdshtt Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Bern – one suggestion of you are thinking of getting together with Jack. Get some steel – toed boots.

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    Loki McMuffin  over 4 years ago

    Okay, so this starts an arc where Luann and Bernice live under the same roof and find themselves competing for Jacks affection. I really hope thats not the direction we are headed here. If so, we are one “Big Man on Campus” reference away from being a Brady Bunch episode.

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    walt.donovan  over 4 years ago

    To confirm Bernice’s interest in Jack, notice she is cross-eyed looking at his manly stubbled chin…

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    jimmjonzz Premium Member over 4 years ago

    On the Jack type being an unlikely match for the Bernice type…

    In my home town a topic of bewildered gossip for several years was the marriage of a big handsome guy-guy to a short, chunky, annoying whiner with a cartoon voice.

    She wore lots of nice expensive clothes and he seemed to wear the same suit day after day. That is a model of where his money seemed to go. She did not have a paying job.

    But he was clearly smitten, totally devoted after years of marriage. He simply loved her.

    Busybody gossips constantly complained that he deserved better.

    She was killed in an auto accident. He grieved massively for a few years. Then a new lady joined his church. Pretty, sweet, charming she was. The short of it is that they married and apparently lived happily ever after.

    The town busybodies were smugly content that he’d gotten what they long thought he deserved.

    Maybe they had a point. But some thought he had what he deserved and wanted twice.

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    Ahceaser  over 4 years ago

    Hi Greg! Is Delta ever going to visit or be part of the three amigos again? No one ever mentions her anymore.

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    jimmjonzz Premium Member over 4 years ago

    And for those interested in unlikely affectionate alliances, an interesting one seems to be blooming over in 9 Chickweed Lane.

    It seems to be headed in an Elective Affinities direction.

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 4 years ago

    What’s really endearing about Jack today is how he reintroduced himself to Puddles, not with a caress but letting Pus sniff him. So appropriate for canine culture. And where’s Maxter?

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    pekelopan Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Everyone likes Jack. He has potential being a vet. Luann could have had him but she seemed to want to be just friends. If for some reason Bernice wants him (she could have gone after him at the bowling alley) it will be interesting to see how Luann reacts when she gets back from fetching.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 4 years ago

    Jack’s a good fellow.

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    Tinawalt  over 4 years ago

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    illuminare  over 4 years ago

    would be interesting to see Jack and Bernice hitting it off when Luann returns and gets jealous

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    gnmnrbl  over 4 years ago

    Is it me or does bernice have a look on her face like she’s enthralled by jack, like she just wants to throw her arms around him and make out—-right there in the park?

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    BradFilippone  over 4 years ago

    Looks like Puddles got some exercise. Yesterday he was on the other side of Bernice.

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    debx2  over 4 years ago

    Yay! Jack is back.

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    Troglodyte  over 4 years ago

    Was that a compliment Bern just gave Jack? Dunno, strange to call a guy “fetching”… :D

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    Ellis97  over 4 years ago

    Luann must’ve thrown it pretty far.

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    cooterrichards  over 4 years ago

    Jack doesn’t recognize Puddles?

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    Fiammata  over 4 years ago

    Cute today. :)

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    dadoctah  over 4 years ago

    Puddles is actually Bernice’s *step*dog.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member over 4 years ago

    HARK! Dodging every single iceberg floating in the North Atlantic, the good ship “Predictable” commanded by Capt’n Jack, managed to dock safely right next to the USS Contrived Captained by Ms. Bernice Halper. And Look! They are about to exchange romantic “boarding passes!” All that’s left now is Cap’n Crunch played by Luann DeGroot, to show up, get everyone’s cereal all soggy and get all “jealous-like.”

    But FEAR not! There’s IS one Wild Card. Luann might not CARE, that Jack and Bernice are talking. In fact, Luann might even encourage a close friendship between Bern and Jack, since Lu loves playing “match-maker.” She might actually end up being happy for her friends. Bernice with a guy would loosen “goody-two shoes” Bernice up considerably and she might even (GASP) turn “normal!” No more morning pancakes for Frank and Nancy! It’s a slim chance, I know. But miracles DO happen. Even in the VAST Luanniverse.

    Actually, I take it back. I actually hope Bernice and Jack DO hit it off! No, REALLY. Why? Because if those two, who have very little in common hit it off, it pretty much shoots down Once and for All, the agreement some “folks” have been making about pairing a certain OTHER character up with Gals that he has “nothing in common,” with!

    Yessssssss, G&K! DO it! ;)

    [DUCKS]

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    LeighBurton  over 4 years ago

    Now that Jack showed up, this plot is about to shift gears!

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    Purple People Eater  over 4 years ago

    Did somebody mention Jack yesterday?

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    banksnld  over 4 years ago

    With the way Bernice is looking at Jack, is “fetching” a double-entendre?

    “To be fetching is to be attractive and beautitful. A fetching woman catches people’s interest.”

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    Tyge  over 4 years ago

    OMG!! Jack? And Bernice? This could be delicious on soooo many levels!!!

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    Tyge  over 4 years ago

    Bern looks twitter-pated this morning. “Fetching” indeed my fair lass. Bernice is going to tumble and the midnight girl talk should be interesting.

    Now! Where’s Luann’s hunk!?!?

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    Aladar30 Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Bernice says Luann is “Fetching” like it’s the most obvious thing in the world for Luann to do… So good! And it’s so sweet to see how much Puddles is totally in love with Jack ♡. Bernice smiles at Jack and talks with him with courtesy. Does this mean that she has stopped seeing him as an annoying sport-guy who is trying to take advantage of her naive friend Luann? Finally! About time!

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    cromwelljones53  over 4 years ago

    Oh, hell yes! Bernice is glamming on the Jackster!!

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 4 years ago

    Bernice’s pupils are dilated.

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    dv1093  over 4 years ago

    Didn’t we all figure Jack would show up?

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    YorkGirl  Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Someone or something is fetching! There are so many directions this could go. Will Luann return and show sudden interest in Jack? Will she misinterpret the lean over as Jack pets Puddles? Will Jack ask what she’s reading? Will Bernice get tongue-tied and realize she’s attracted to Jack? Will Puddles learn to fetch? Haha!

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    comic reader 22  over 4 years ago

    This could be interesting. Luann’s demand for Bernice to join her in doing something wild and exciting was obviously just a contrived excuse to doll up and go to the dog park to stalk Jack. I hope he asks Bernice out.

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    Willow Mt Lyon  over 4 years ago

    Now that made me laugh. Luann is out throwing the ball around while Puddles acts like the Bassett hound he is.

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    Gus  over 4 years ago

    Why oh why is Greg drawing him like Jack LaLane?….no guys dress like that….really off putting

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    Ukko wilko  over 4 years ago

    Yes, Luann is fetching… but Bernice is cute too.

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    elliel203  over 4 years ago

    I’m going to struggle with a “ship name”…“Luaack”? Yikes. “Juann”?…oh no

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    MitmanArt  over 4 years ago

    Jack, right on cue.

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    GaryCooper  over 4 years ago

    How does Jack know Bernice? They go to different colleges.

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    reedkomicks Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Someone has to say it! In the last panel, fur has grown over puddle’s eyes! And, Jacks head is flatter than ever.

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    Airman  over 4 years ago

    Careful, Jack. The last person to kiss Bernice disappeared, a long time ago on a campus far, far away. All that they ever found was a scarf.

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    ForrestOverin  over 4 years ago

    Luann must’ve thrown that ball several comic strips down.

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    tutibug5  over 4 years ago

    Bernice has actually lowered her book and dropped her arms to her side. Don’t get to close Jack.

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    Johnnyrico  over 4 years ago

    Whomever called it that Jack would appear, kudos to you!

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    Johnnyrico  over 4 years ago

    Oh, lookie… Jack’s hand is moving across Bern’s body and close to her waist…. a male hand has never, ever been that close!! Yikes!!

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    Mayor Snorkum  over 4 years ago

    Right on cue, here’s Jack. Just as we thought. Anyone think something might develop between him and Bernice?

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    luann1212  over 4 years ago

    Arrrghhh I wrote a detailed comment last night before I went to bed, but it is nowhere seen here. I was sleepy so maybe I forgot to hit the comment tab, but as Randy Newman says in his famous song, “I don’t think so.” Anyway, and I did comment in Arcamax, but I usually don’t follow up there, that to me anyway the set up is as obvious as an all red billboard, with big black letters, Bernice is attracted to hunky Jack, was actually coming to the dog park in hopes of meeting him, and would, if given the opportunity pursue him if she can work up the courage. Would he be interested in her? I think so, she is far more attractive than some here think, they seem to want to paint as some kind of shrew, and that is projection at it’s worst. He is attracted to pretty girls, and being a hunk they are attracted to him. But he has shown himself, or I should say he is drawn, as being a sensitive hunk, a gentleman, not just some knuckle dragging ape, which again some here like to portray him as being. So yes I think he could be attracted to Bernice, and guess what I hope that happens. Of course that leaves a romantic crises in the offing if Luann realizes that this hunk may like her friend romantically, and likewise, leaving her, again, in the lurch. I have been thinking that this “crises” is exactly where this arc is heading. Pass the popcorn!

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    Pipe Tobacco  over 4 years ago

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    So, Jack shows up….

    1. Let us remember that Luann has previously ONLY wanted to be friends with Jack.

    2. Let us also notice now that Bernice’s eyes in the last panel give the impression that Bernice is finding looking at Jack is pleasant for her.

    3. Let us also notice how Bernice states “Fetching” which has dual meanings potentially today…. a) an actual description of Luann’s current behavior and b) a descriptor by Bernice that perhaps subconsciously is representing her own positive feelings about her view (of Jack)).

    So, if the above set-up is accurate….

    4. Might Jack also experience a “positive attraction” for Bernice? No indication of yes or no at the moment.

    5. If yes, and Jack does experience the feelings of a “positive attraction”… and both Jack and Bernice become aware of these potential positive feelings with each other….

    Does Luann come back into the picture and a) stay oblivious to Jack and Bernice’s growing interest and attraction, b) notice the attraction and be happy for Bernice because Luann truly only wants to be friends with Jack, or c) notice the attraction between Bernice and Jack and have feelings of potential jealousy arise?

    We shall have to wait and see.

    Bernice and Jack as a couple…. not sure yet…. but it could be a good pairing. However, I still like Piro, and wish he would return to the comic as well.

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    Cincoflex  over 4 years ago

    Bernice and Jack . . . hmmm, interesting.

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    Z-bert  over 4 years ago

    After enlarging the the last frame, it DOES look like Bernice is taking a good look at Jack and beginning to smile.

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    Tyge  over 4 years ago

    Jack is a self-admitted player with eclectic tastes. There’s a good chance he’ll make a play for Bern.

    Brainiac and Beefcake! A match made in (comic strip) heaven.

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    Call me Ishmael  over 4 years ago

    I think Bern has just found that Jack is..fetching. The mental drawn to the physical, the attraction of opposites..

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    Joe1962  over 4 years ago

    Is Bernice using Puddles to pick up a guy.

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    PhoenixHocking  over 4 years ago

    Aw, come on. You guys are nuts if you think Bern is going to be interested in Jack. Not gonna happen. They’re all just friends. No. There’s gonna be a new guy in the mix. Mark my words. You can pay me later.

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    kauri44  over 4 years ago

    If Jack is going to become a serious relationship of Bernice or Luann (or anyone in the strip, actually) Greg needs to seriously consider putting him through the Brad Physical Transformation machine that was used during Brad’s courtship of Toni. Jack looks stuck visually in his parody crude dumb jock phase from early on. Now it’s time to draw a more realistic head and perhaps make him look a little less like he’s on steroids.

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    GovernmentCheese  over 4 years ago

    Jack’s pants are too too tight! It’s not suitable for a family audience – isn’t there anyone on the internet responsible for censoring these images? I thought this was a family strip, as I have all my kids read it daily and I need to start re-thinking if I should have them see Jack’s too-tight pants!!

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    Vorticia  over 4 years ago

    Yesterday ’s thought was “wish Jack would be at the park with Luann” and here we are. Now if only I could manifest things in my own life…. lol

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    PeterPirate  over 4 years ago

    I think Bernice and Jack would make a good match. Jack is way more than a dumb jock without aspirations to make more of himself.

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    RSH  over 4 years ago

    Maybe Luann is chatting with someone else or she’s crawling under a bush somewhere to get the ball and returns a little rumpled and soiled only to find Jack chatting with Bern…. not the outcome she had hoped for.

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    Homeboy1865  over 4 years ago

    The ball must have rolled down the hill, around the corner, through the shrubs, into the alligator pond.

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    Homeboy1865  over 4 years ago

    Looks like Jack is wearing spandex cycling shorts.

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    bakana  over 4 years ago

    Yes, Luann can be very fetching at times.

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    finnygirl Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Just for the record, “fetching” is a correct word when talking about “fetch” – to go get something and bring it back. A quick look at online dictionaries shows that several, including Merriam-Webster and Oxford, confirm this. Yes, “fetching” is also an adjective meaning attractive, but it’s perfectly correct to say that someone is “fetching” a toy, a ball, a book, or whatever.

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    cyndefrizzell  over 4 years ago

    This is who i want luann to end up with.

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    Airman  over 4 years ago

    Do any of these kids recognize real priorities? I’m too out of touch with the generation, but Greg must have his finger on someone’s pulse. Teachers should know what makes them tick, they’re trapped in a students’ world. But, Tiffany gets my vote as a potential success. She can face a challenge with intensity, and go after it like a hard nosed gum shoe from the ’30’s. Bulldog Farrell, private eye or corporate spy.

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    Sisyphos  over 4 years ago

    The fetching Luann is fetching.

    And so it begins. Jack develops an interest in Bernie, who is too cautious to do much. But Luann is stripped of yet another potential boyfriend. Jack digs the studious type. Sorry, Luann. “Cute blonde” doesn’t cut it….

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    Uncle Kenny  over 4 years ago

    The guy whose name starts with “B” is too old for Luann. As far as the one whose name starts with “L,” I think LuAnn would rather poke needles in her eyes.

    But there is the guy whose name starts with “O.” I think there is more to him than we’ve seen.

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    Tyge  about 3 years ago

    Now starts a VERY long Bernice is in love arc.

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