The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for March 01, 2015
February 28, 2015
March 02, 2015
Transcript:
Huey: Where are you running off to, Mr. Dubois? Thomas: Shopping! Oh I hope I make it there before all the good stuff is gone! Huey: Shopping?! At this late date?! Thomas: Please, don't remind me. I'm panicked enough already! Huey: Well, just don't forget the bottled water and the generators - those are the most important things. Thomas: What the heck kind of Christmas gifts are those?! Huey: Christmas?! Who cares about Christmas?! I'm talking about Y2K shopping! Emergency supplies for the coming calamity! How can you worry about Christmas with global catastrophe so imminent? Thomas: You want catastrophe?! If I screw up my wife's gift this year like I did last year, I will die!! Do you understand?! I will not live to see Y2K!!! I gotta get to Bloomingdale's!! Huey: Take it easy, man! So basically what you're saying is that the approaching shut-down of the world's economic and power systems is... Thomas: Nothing compared to the wrath of an unsatisfied wife on Christmas. Yes. Huey: (sigh) I guess there are just some things I'm not meant to understand. Thomas: Look, I think we all get frustrated with the commercialization of Christmas, but - Huey: Nope, I was talkin' about marriage, but this whole Christmas thing is pretty messed up, too, I guess...
Mugens Premium Member over 9 years ago
The last two panels are classic and to any married man so very true. They can run this series of strips anytime, I’m good with it.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 9 years ago
I didn’t remember that the Boondocks preceded Y2K. We’ve been int he 21st century long enough now that it’s already easy to lose track…