Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 14, 2020

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 4 years ago

    oh, drat

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    Rhetorical_Question   almost 4 years ago

    Oh my – Bernice in her sleep – hilarious?

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    AnyFace  almost 4 years ago
    ”Slip-Sliding Away …” ✨
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    Rhetorical_Question   almost 4 years ago

    I was right – Luann the spoiler.

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    pseudomao  almost 4 years ago

    How did that slip by the proof reader? I’m with Bernice – that would bother me too.

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    Rhetorical_Question   almost 4 years ago

    Look fellow Ichthyologists, a new dog fish species, Puddles?

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    wantcomicsnow  almost 4 years ago

    I love mer-Puddles with his little fishy tail. :D

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    Rhetorical_Question   almost 4 years ago

    Nancy Degroot will be disappointed that Bernice can’t de-stress.

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    Robin Harwood  almost 4 years ago

    Grammar always! It’s far more important than romance.

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    KLSeering  almost 4 years ago

    Lovin’ Mer-Puddles!

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    kenhense  almost 4 years ago

    Editing a fantasy. The epitome of sad…

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    beb01  almost 4 years ago

    A lot of people get bent out of shape by grammatical errors like that. And publishing housed have gotten really bad about proofreading because they think “with spell-check who needs a proofreader.”

    And Luann waiting in the background? I see the rise of the Green-Eyed Monster

    PS – I’m a terrible proofreader because I know what I wrote and never see what I typed.

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    wantcomicsnow  almost 4 years ago

    Typical rigid, uptight Bernice. Can’t even have a romantic dream/fantasy without criticizing and or correcting others.

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    Kymberleigh  almost 4 years ago

    First and last time Bernice lets Nancy recommend a book.

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    Caldonia  almost 4 years ago

    The Evanses don’t allow premarital kissing anymore, not even in fantasy sequences. Sorry, Bernice. Next to go will be lap sitting. Sorry, Gunther.

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    bytebot-gocomics  almost 4 years ago

    In that sentence, how on earth can Bernice hear “your” when the context is clearly “you’re?”

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    Joe1962 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    The grammar sent Jack to Luann.

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    capricorn9th  almost 4 years ago

    So, Beatrice, you do have this niggling fear of a potential love triangle which your dream seems to reveal. Rest assured – she is not interested in Jack BUT she might pull a Tiffany, though.

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    Luna Luna  almost 4 years ago

    Am I the only one who is confused as to why girls are expected to like this crap even if they’re smart? Stories like these are AWFUL.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Well, THIS comes as No surprise.

    Like I said yesterday, Luann “Wins” the guy. Even in Bernice’s dreams, Luann “WINS” the guy. Luann ALWAYS Wins when comes to a guy. Deal with that Harsh Reality Bernice.

    Now if this arc continues Monday, would it be too much to ask that when Bernice wakes up, she comes to her senses, forgets about Jack (who in truth, has been little more than an unneeded distraction for last couple months) and makes up her mind to FINALLY, deal with the “Ben problem” once and for all?

    Or will Bernice decide to “dumb-down” in order to “fit-in” with the masses?

    And will the scalpers hoard the new PS5’s and try to sell them on eBay for 4 times their value the same way they did the Nvidia RTX 3070, 3080, 3090 graphics cards, the No-Good, Money Grubbing, Greedy, So and So’s? ;)

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    Grey Forest  almost 4 years ago

    We men have a saying about this kind of dreaming.

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    Airman  almost 4 years ago

    My, my. The merman meanders.

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    i_am_the_jam  almost 4 years ago

    As a former English teacher, I’ve seen many stories with great premises be ruined by poor grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

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    luann1212  almost 4 years ago

    Yep, hilarity ensues and the dream swims off chasing Luann. All because of your.

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    gnmnrbl  almost 4 years ago

    On a subconscious, as much as Bernice is physically attracted to Jack. She wants intellect and she thinks he’s all brawn and not much intellect. Even if her dreams she’s stressed out. She won’t let herself relax.

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    Enter.Name.Here  almost 4 years ago

    Luann makes for a nice mermaid.

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    Pointspread  almost 4 years ago

    Even dream Bernice doesn’t like Bernazi Bernice. Oh well, it would be nice if she would wake up and resolve to not be so uptight.

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    PeterPirate  almost 4 years ago

    Poor Bernice. Forever tongue-tide.

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    whahoppened  almost 4 years ago

    Hello, a dogfish!

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    artsyguy65  almost 4 years ago

    Bernice is actually lucky she dodged Mer-Jack now because of grammar. It would’ve been really awkward later when his spelling deficiency caused him to declare that “I’m so glad I got to meat you!”

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    David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs  almost 4 years ago

    The misuse messes me up too. That and prepositional phrases like “to he and I” rather than “to him and me.”

    Other than that, put some tail fins into your plans.

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    beb01  almost 4 years ago

    Oh, wait. This is Saturday. The end of the week and clearly the end of the arc. There will be no more of Beatrice and Jacques. Monday will be a pivot to either Gunther (haven’t seen him in a while, Tiffany or Shannon if only because the writer has no idea what to do with either Gunther or Tiffany. A flashback to TJ cooking in the Ferrel household kitchen would be nice, give us closure on that story. Of course it would be nice if Luann had an arc. I know: Fay and her classmates want to put on a play but there school no longer has a theater instructor so she asked if Luann could direct the play. That would be a nice week of clashing egos, drama queens and rowdy boys dragooned into being in the play.

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    Brdshtt Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Bernice has too many inner forces that are fighting each other. It appears that she just lost this argument with herself.

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    Oh, yeah, and she just lost Jacques as well.

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    Now, if she can just carry what she learned in the dream to her waking life and not make the same mistake. But this is Bernice we are talking about.

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    One last thought – yesterday was Greg’s 73rd birthday. Happy late birthday, Greg!

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    Johnnyrico  almost 4 years ago

    pppppffffffffFFFFFFFFTTTTTTT HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAA!!

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    Johnnyrico  almost 4 years ago

    “Yo! Luann! Wait up (with your c-cups)!”

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    Johnnyrico  almost 4 years ago

    This is where Bernice starts planning on murdering Luann in her sleep..

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    Namrepus  almost 4 years ago

    There was a gag on the show “Friends” where one of the guys wonders if he ever turned away a woman who was his perfect match because she pronounces it “supposably.”

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    Tyge  almost 4 years ago

    Hey! Look! A dogfish! His name is Paddles!

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    PMark  almost 4 years ago

    Now that’s the funniest “Luann” in ages. :)

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    Wubbie  almost 4 years ago

    Gee, the water got cold all of a sudden!

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    Tyge  almost 4 years ago

    So back on Nov. 2nd, Jack asked Bernice “YOU WALK ALOT?” Some pointed out the grammatical slip, bit not Bernice. Now. all of a sudden she goes all Grammar Nazi on herself!?!? What is greg playing at here?

    If Bernice were a real character, her preconscious mind is intruding into her dream/fantasy world. Once again demonstrating that Bernice needs some Mrs. Phelps time! (Hey! It worked for Tiffany!)

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    There goes a dogfish

    Chased by a catfish

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    Ellis97  almost 4 years ago

    Bernice, you’re such a grammar nazi and now, you blew your chance for your first dream kiss.

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    STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    [Your, you’re, yore] seriously [pixxing, torquing] [me, myself, and I] off by being a one-twit nit-picking grammar police force!

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    TORAD_07  almost 4 years ago

    ROTFLMAO! That is just “so” Bernice!

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    Tyge  almost 4 years ago

    Hey, Bernice! Freud called. He wants his superego back.

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    comic reader 22  almost 4 years ago

    Now THAT’S funny!!

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    David Jones Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Grammar is The Law.

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    David in Webb Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Beatrice does grammar in her sleep, I do math problems in my sleep. Whatta curse.

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    FassEddie  almost 4 years ago

    No way the editors missed that contraction.

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    Auntie Socialist  almost 4 years ago

    Now cue the dream sequence

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    Skeptical Meg  almost 4 years ago

    Maybe this is a teaching moment… Bernice might see that her know-it-allness is holding her back from enjoying herself.

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    EasyEight  almost 4 years ago

    “You’re” and “Your” sound the same when spoken. Was there a court reporter making a typo transcribing this conversation?

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    Denver Reader Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Most editors would have caught that before publication.

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    tutibug5  almost 4 years ago

    Yo, Luann! Wait up ….perfect ending.

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    jrankin1959  almost 4 years ago

    Other shoe dropped…

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    Katsuro Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    The most common misconception among aspiring writers is “Oh, the publishers won’t care whether your spelling and punctuation is flawless as long as you make sure the actual plot is good enough to sell.” What the publishers will actually think is that you don’t care enough about your book to fix the errors.(The same rule/advice applies to writers saying that “Chapter 1 isn’t great, but do read on, because it gets really good at chapter 5…”)

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    SpicyNacho Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Puddles is the best part of this comic today. I hope my grammar is ok, or Bernice might track myself down.

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    Serial Pedant  almost 4 years ago

    Hey! Leave the pedantry to the experts!

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    Lman  almost 4 years ago

    Their, their, Bernice.

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    grandmajude  almost 4 years ago

    I’ve found incorrect grammar in books also. Grrr. Makes me furious.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Bernice has met her enemy, and is herself…. Her obsessive thinking and rethinking about everything and her mania for perfection haunt her even in her most romantic dreams. Poor thing. Let’s hope she will be able to do a psychologically correct interpretation of this dream. But HOORAY!!! MERMAID LUANN IS BEAUTIFUL ♡♡♡!!! And MerPuddles is so cute.

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    BJShipley1  almost 4 years ago

    Well at least we finally have a love triangle that isn’t a blatant “Betty and Veronica” with Tiffany in the Veronica role.

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    Michael G.  almost 4 years ago

    That’s Bernice in the nut shell.

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    buer  almost 4 years ago

    I am worried about people who use the expression “grammar nazi”. If you see it from the nazi angle a grammar nazi should be invading, conquering, enslaving and destroying based on fake premises of being superior. But when correcting a grammar mistake, one isn’t acting on a fake pretense since the mistake is real. And if you see it from the grammar angle, then it means the nazis were people who liked to make wrong things right. It’s very uncomfortable. Either it’s a disguised praise for nazis, a display of ignorance about nazis or saying that anyone who points out a mistake is evil.

    Of course if the person pointing out the mistake demands for the one who made said mistake to be executed then the expression might be somewhat valid. But it seems to me it’s used most of of the time toward anyone who corrects a mistake. Some might say that it’s not the right time to correct the mistake because we should focus on the message being delivered. But hey, the right time to correct the mistake is when it happens.

    Though I’d like to see another version, the “grammar kgb”. They don’t say anything at the moment but one day your hear a knock at your door at 5 am and when you open you see two guys in trench-coat telling you "remember on october 14 2018, on the Luann discussion thread when you wrote “your” instead of “you’re”? Follow us to the reeducation camp"

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    ForrestOverin  almost 4 years ago

    Luann isn’t a ‘spoiler’ in this instance. This is Bernice’s DREAM. It suggests that Bernice does, in fact, see Luann as a threat vis a vis her feelings for Jack, though…

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    Rocknaww  almost 4 years ago

    Are you suggesting romance novels are poorly written?

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    RSH  almost 4 years ago

    Bern’s two sides battling each other—is this a dream that will make her change her ways?is it a learning lesson that will enable her to prevent future gaffes? or is it a preview of what is to come, a statement about how Bern’s critical nature will never change?

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    KEA  almost 4 years ago

    My English Major roommate in college got a mash note (look it up children) from a gal he didn’t like all that much, corrected it for grammar and spelling and returned it. I’m pretty sure that ended that relationship.

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    YorkGirl  Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Lol! That’s great! Even her fantasy self is criticizing her subconscious!Reading books and papers with grammatical errors annoys me, too, but in a dream sequence? Nope. So now what will she do, swim after him? Or will someone knock on her door and wake her?

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    rmbdot  almost 4 years ago

    Beautiful! Bernice trolls herself!

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    raybarb44  almost 4 years ago

    Having grammar corrected by your dream, THAT is definitely a new one….

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    WesTXGrl13 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Confession: I underline mistakes in the books I read. It’s just for my benefit; it doesn’t matter if anyone else ever sees it. I feel like if you have something you want to share with others, you should try your best to make it right if they’re going to take the time to read it. (Especially if they PAY for your words!)

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    Miles VanDelay  almost 4 years ago

    Waitaminnit. Don’t your and you’re sound exactly alike when spoken? Wasn’t Jaques the merman speaking? That being true, isn’t it a matter of spelling and not grammar? G&K could have shoehorned in a more accurate grammar joke.

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    Cincoflex  almost 4 years ago

    So the point isn’t that Berenice is a grammar nerd; it’s that she can’t compete with Luann?

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    morningglory73 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    That reads like something I’d do. (sigh)

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    eladee AKA Wally  almost 4 years ago

    Poor Berniece! She’s her own worst enemy.

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    jamesamber29  almost 4 years ago

    Bernice listen to your inner mermaid and live in the moment.

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    Code the Enforcer  almost 4 years ago

    Jack: The Murmur Merman ! … (not stuttering there). :)

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    locake  almost 4 years ago

    That is funny. I actually laughed at a Luann comic.

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    theincrediblebulk  almost 4 years ago

    I read a grammatical error and it takes me right out of the story.

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    locake  almost 4 years ago

    I hope today is the end of this story. It has been a very awkward week. Bernice should stick to books and leave romance alone.

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    eladee AKA Wally  almost 4 years ago

    I’m loving this trip down fantasy lane with Berniece.

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    cromwelljones53  almost 4 years ago

    Total empathy for Bernice here; my dreams are full of my own stumbling blocks.

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    ZeMastor  almost 4 years ago

    Now I’m wondering about the NAMES of the characters in the mermaid fantasy book. Are they REALLY “Beatrice” and “Jacques” as printed on the pages? So Bernice can easily re-imagine herself and Jack in those roles? If so, WHAT AN AMAZING COINCIDENCE!

    Just think… if the characters were named “Constance” and “Francois”, then she wouldn’t be having this dream at all?

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    SSU  almost 4 years ago

    When Nancy was reading page 218 of this same book, I wonder who she was dreaming of? Frank? unlikely. Quill? Maybe.

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    Terminal Frost Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Just for the helluvit I looked this up:The first vertebrates moved by flexing their spines side to side. This is the mode of locomotion retained by fish and sharks, as well as reptiles and amphibians.

    But mammals in their evolution changed to moving by flexing their spines up and down. This enabled them to gallop on all fours with their legs projecting directly under their bodies.

    When ancestral whales returned to the water, they inherited and kept this fundamental mammal way of moving. As a result their swimming stroke is an up and down beat with their tail, which is enhanced by horizontal tail flukes.

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    BlitzMcD  almost 4 years ago

    Bern is sometimes her own worst enemy.

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    Schrodinger's Dog  almost 4 years ago

    Sunday: Another Shannon special !!!

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    percheronhitch6  almost 4 years ago

    Bernice’s anxiety has wandered into “look into getting some help with this” territory. Next she’ll be compulsively checking things and handwashing excessively, even for a pandemic.

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    PeterPirate  almost 4 years ago

    Jack also murmured. That should be “mermured”.

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    jandaloft  almost 4 years ago

    Puddles is in his element!

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    Vangoghdog01  almost 4 years ago

    Sniff! Unrequited love is the saddest of all.

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    AndrewSihler  almost 4 years ago

    Not grammar. Spelling. Same difference. (But isn’t Beatrice more or less asleep? Well, dreaming sort of?)

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    Miles VanDelay  almost 4 years ago

    Many of the commenters here were apparently potty-trained at gun point.

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    kstewskis  almost 4 years ago

    Oh Bernice…really? In a “fantasy?” Too funny. The only way Luann “spoils” anything is that Bernice left the door open.

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    WF11  almost 4 years ago

    Puddles is a “mer-dog”!

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    smsrt  almost 4 years ago

    OCD?

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    asrialfeeple  almost 4 years ago

    There’s definitely something fishy about this arc.

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    PhoenixHocking  almost 4 years ago

    I think Bern and I are kindred spirits… I have to admit, this made me laugh!

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    Holilubillkori Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Ah…Bernice..Alone Again…naturally

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    RSH  almost 4 years ago

    puddles is a merdog

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    BradFilippone  almost 4 years ago

    Whatever happened to Bernice’s previous boyfriend whose name escapes me—the one in the wheelchair? I don’t recall how he finally left the strip.

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    kittysquared Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Bern is so uptight she sabotages her own dreams. Jack has shown no interest in Bern beyond Monstro and casual conversation. It’s not even mixed signals. Swim along, nothing to see here.

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    BluNova  almost 4 years ago

    Love the Puddles dog fish! Lol!

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    namelocdet  almost 4 years ago

    Little ditty, about Jack and Luann….

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    Sisyphos  almost 4 years ago

    Grammar is always serious! Jack, on the other hand, seemingly is not. Luann wins by default….

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    bakana  almost 4 years ago

    Yep. Been there.

    Sometimes a poorly composed sentence will kick your “Suspension of Disbelief” right out of the book.

    Or, as a friend used to say:

    “I don’t mind Suspending my Disbelief, but don’t ask me to Hang it by the Neck until Dead.

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    CO Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Hasn’t anyone notice that she is asleep, has been for since at least the last day’s comic?

    She isn’t reading bad grammar. She is dreaming bad grammar and then correcting it!

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    Homeboy1865  almost 4 years ago

    How sad. You know you’re uptight when you can’t even have a successful romance in your dreams. But I understand. I was communicating with someone via an online dating service once and lost interest because of bad grammar and misspelling of words.

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    finnygirl Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Perhaps I’m reading too much into it, but it seems to me this is what happened in this comic. Bernice is asleep, but she pops awake just long enough to read the incorrect word in the book. (No “Z” shows her to be asleep in the first panel). She then falls back asleep (with a “Z” to indicate that) and has the correction in her mind, messing up the whole dream situation.

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    Asharah  almost 4 years ago

    In high school we had a show and one of the songs was “100 Ways To Lose A Man” One way was when the guy says “You’re the one to who I give my heart.” and she corrects him about how he should have said “whom” instead of “who”.

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    corpcasselbury  almost 4 years ago

    Typos like that have been popping up in a number of books that I’ve read recently, both fiction and non-fiction. Apparently editing is becoming a lost art.

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    Rhetorical_Question   almost 4 years ago

    Luann’s shells are larger than Bernice’s shells.

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    Chrystos B Minot Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    LOL!! The critical Brain eclipses the heart! …. And, other parts…! well played, Greg!!

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