Elwood: I haz $. Can haz Luann. Luann: Kthxbye. 9/24/2009
Wayne Farmer
Apparently Elwood is practiced at this sort of thing; he's found
through experience that his money can get him whatever he wants. But,
obviously, that won't include getting to home plate with Luann. (And
wouldn't that be a felony, anyway? Elwood sure acts like he's over
18.)
So we know Luann will be a good girl and reject Elwood's advances and
his money. But it would be a whole lot more interesting if she had
fallen in love with Elwood and her choice was more difficult.
Come to think of it, does ANYBODY fall in love in the Luanniverse?
Luann had an infatuation with Aaron Hill that was forever held in
check by her shyness and her author's unwillingness to stray far from
the reset button. Brad and Toni seem to have a relationship of quiet
appreciation and respect with Brad and the author both wanting to keep
things from getting too serious. Bernice was dizzy for a few days for
a drug dealer, but since then seems to have stopped having any
feelings for boys, and is almost as level-headed as Delta.
JC Dill
> http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009/9/24&name=Luann
>
> Apparently Elwood is practiced at this sort of thing; he's found
> through experience that his money can get him whatever he wants. But,
> obviously, that won't include getting to home plate with Luann. (And
> wouldn't that be a felony, anyway? Elwood sure acts like he's over
> 18.)
In his first appearance in the strip, he was a freshman, and Luann is
apparently not a freshman anymore (a sophmore?) which would make him ~1
year younger than Luann, or even 2 years younger if he skipped a grade
somewhere along the way (not uncommon for super smart kids).
Also, the reason he has a chauffeur drive him everywhere is because,
like Luann, he's not old enough to drive yet.
http://comics.com/luann/2005-03-25
jc
aemeijers
no sign of her actually driving recently.
JC Dill
> ISTR she passed her driver exam this year, although there has be almost
> no sign of her actually driving recently.
Oh. I must have missed that during a busy week when I didn't keep up
with my comics.
jc
cryptoguy
> http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009/9/24&name=Luann
>
> Apparently Elwood is practiced at this sort of thing; he's found
> through experience that his money can get him whatever he wants. But,
> obviously, that won't include getting to home plate with Luann. (And
> wouldn't that be a felony, anyway? Elwood sure acts like he's over
> 18.)
As argued elsewhere in this thread, he probably isn't much different
in age from Luann, regardless of how he acts. Even if he did score, it
would be, at worst, a misdemeanor:
From Wikipedia, for California (where evidence suggests the strip is
set):
"The age of consent is 18, with a misdemeanor if the minor has 3 or
fewer years of difference with the major. Penalties increase if the
minor is under 16 and the major is above 21 or if the minor is more
than 3 years younger."
Luann and Elwood could even marry in CA, with parental consent.
pt
Antonio E. Gonzalez
I don't think he meant the underage sex part so much as the money
for sex part . . .
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Boy, if that were illegal (at least as presented in this context), the jails
would sure be full.
Paul Ciszek
In article <h9j0ai$pr6$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
Wingnut <throwt...@rottenspammers.com> wrote:
>
>"Antonio E. Gonzalez" <AntE...@aol.com> wrote in message
>>
>> for sex part . . .
>
>Boy, if that were illegal (at least as presented in this context), the jails
>would sure be full.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30017
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Paul Ciszek
In article <92a25e0c-1b38-4de9...@o21g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
So, if two kids the same age have sex in California, a misdemeanor has
been comitted. How do they decide who is the perpetrator and who is the
victim? Let me guess, gender. But what if the two kids are of the same
gender?
Wasn't there a case in California where two 17-year olds were having
unforced sex in a car, got caught, and since rape is such a serious
crime the male half of the couple was charged as an adult?
>Luann and Elwood could even marry in CA, with parental consent.
Since there is little evidence that Luann will ever be much of a
wage earner in her own right, I suppose her parents might believe
that they were doing the best they could for her by letter her
marry this guy for a few years, and hopefully get a good divorce
settlement out of it later.
Wingnut
"Paul Ciszek" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> In article <h9j0ai$pr6$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Wingnut <throwt...@rottenspammers.com> wrote:
>>
>>"Antonio E. Gonzalez" <AntE...@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> I don't think he meant the underage sex part so much as the money
>>> for sex part . . .
>>
>>Boy, if that were illegal (at least as presented in this context), the
>>jails
>>would sure be full.
>
> http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30017
>
Evan Kirshenbaum
> In article <92a25e0c-1b38-4de9...@o21g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
> cryptoguy <treif...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Sep 24, 6:13�pm, Wayne Farmer <use...@endymionsystems.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009/9/24&name=Luann
>>>
>>> Apparently Elwood is practiced at this sort of thing; he's found
>>> through experience that his money can get him whatever he
>>> wants. �But, obviously, that won't include getting to home plate
>>> with Luann. �(And wouldn't that be a felony, anyway? �Elwood sure
>>> acts like he's over 18.)
>>
>>As argued elsewhere in this thread, he probably isn't much different
>>in age from Luann, regardless of how he acts. Even if he did score,
>>it would be, at worst, a misdemeanor:
>>
>>From Wikipedia, for California (where evidence suggests the strip is
>>set):
>>"The age of consent is 18, with a misdemeanor if the minor has 3 or
>>fewer years of difference with the major. Penalties increase if the
>>minor is under 16 and the major is above 21 or if the minor is more
>>than 3 years younger."
>
> So, if two kids the same age have sex in California, a misdemeanor
> has been comitted. How do they decide who is the perpetrator and
> who is the victim? Let me guess, gender.
Both are guilty. California Penal Code section 261.5
http://tinyurl.com/6rz0
<URL:http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?
section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=261-269>
Whether both would be prosecuted, of course, would be another
question.
> But what if the two kids are of the same gender?
Both or neither. It would seem to hinge on the definition of "sexual
intercourse". There doesn't seem to be a blanket definition, but in
the section on "sexual exploitation of a child" (311.3), it's spelled
out as
Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital,
anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or
opposite sex or between humans and animals.
On the other hand, in section 289.6, "sexual intercourse" is
contrasted with "sodomy" ("contact between the penis of one person and
the anus of another person") and "oral copulation" ("copulating the
mouth of one person with the sexual organ or anus of another person").
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