Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 15, 2014
Transcript:
Boy: Ms. Caucus, is being on a waiting list really such a bad thing? Girl: Oh, hes! It's almost as bad as being rejected! You see, the anxiety builds up and up, and the pressure becomes unbearable as you wait day after day after day, wondering if you have any future, any career, anything to live for! Fortunately, some women have what it takes to persevere, to hang on, to hold their heads high no matter what the outcome!! Ms. Caucus is one such woman! Children: Yea!! Girl: You gotta believe!
BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
That’s the strangest motivational speech I’ve ever heard.
ladykat over 10 years ago
Yeah, and you have to go through the same torture to get a husband, too.
montessoriteacher over 10 years ago
She certainly has some precocious children at the daycare.
jeffiekins over 10 years ago
We don’t have leaders any more. We have followers who jump out in front of the others.
Ibballard over 10 years ago
Given that I am sitting on the waitlist for Duke’s MBA program this is not entirely heartening…
goweeder over 10 years ago
What a pompous thing to say. It’s like saying men are rapists, instead of SOME men are rapists.Not ALL women are interested in landing a “good catch” —they know the good catch will turn in ahumongous disappointment.
Michelle Morris over 10 years ago
I think she’ll be fine. :D
trollope'sreader over 10 years ago
I was 41 when this strip was first published. You have to be a woman of my generation to know how much Joanie Caucus was a hero to us.
kaffekup over 10 years ago
The quote I’ve most heard is “Women have to work twice as hard and be twice as good as men too succeed. Fortunately, this is not difficult.”
NCTom Premium Member over 10 years ago
This was 40 years ago! Time sure does fly when you have fun.
kaffekup over 10 years ago
Those darn women! They just want to control everything!(sarc)
lindz.coop Premium Member over 10 years ago
She also has a pretty good support group — Yay kids!!