Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 11, 2010
Transcript:
Rick: When are they sending you home, son? Jeff: As soon as I can be replaced, apparently... which means I've got to make myself irreplaceable. I may have to go rogue. Rick: You may have to what? Jeff: Y'know, like enterprise a unilateral mission. To get my cred back. Rick: Jeff! No! That's nuts! Jeff: Thanks for the support, Dad. Gotta bounce. Bye.
Steve Bartholomew over 14 years ago
Which is how we lost the war.
FriscoLou over 14 years ago
Jeff’s on the path for a rebound. Zipper would never be that resourceful.
I love the way he improvises under pressure. Jeff’s a self starting go getter, a risk taker creating his own destiny, for what it’s worth.
GrimmaTheNome over 14 years ago
Oh nooooooooo!
Jeff’s a self starting go getter, a risk taker creating his own destiny, for what it’s worth.
Its a misconception (especially popular in the USA) that a ‘can do’ attitude is invariably a Good Thing. For people like Jeff, for whom the term ‘SNAFU’ seems to have been invented, it really isn’t.
parethed over 14 years ago
And that destiny would be disaster…much like Afghanistan…
riley05 over 14 years ago
If only Bush were still President.
Then Jeff would be rewarded.
Hugh B. Hayve over 14 years ago
You go Jeff! And right now the Afghans are hiding all the sharp objects and loose I.E.D.s
Brer_Rabbit10 over 14 years ago
Grimma,
I think the acronym you meant was FUBAR.
peter0423 over 14 years ago
Baslim, I once had a boss whose expression was, “Are you sure this is the ditch you want to die in?”
(Great handle, by the way. A Robert A. Heinlein fan, I take it?)
babka Premium Member over 14 years ago
Anthony: I was going to say….this IS the parable of George Bush and his Pappy.
Potrzebie over 14 years ago
Hmm, Ricks expose can be titled “GOING ROGUE”?
randgrithr over 14 years ago
With a boss like Havoc this is about the only way he’d ever get anywhere.
Of course, whether this is a setup for the acronym known as BOHICA, remains to be seen.
The real screwups get covered up. Just ask John McCain. ;-7
swymore over 14 years ago
Hey “Joe” Doty. Every single day you comment on this strip. You DO realize it is a cartoon and not real. RIGHT??
zev.farkas over 14 years ago
Alphabet soup on today’s menu - yum! :)
Bill Case said, about 4 hours ago:
Grimma,
I think the acronym you meant was FUBAR.
IMHO, SNAFU and/or FUBAR fit Jeff just fine…
randgrithr said, about 1 hour ago:
…Of course, whether this is a setup for the acronym known as BOHICA, remains to be seen.
OK - i’ll bite - what’s BOHICA?
peter0423 over 14 years ago
zev.farkas: Ain’t the Internet cool? You can look up anything. :)
BOHICA - USMC origin - “Bend over, here it comes again.”
zev.farkas over 14 years ago
thanks, scaaty_423 - i think…
GrimmaTheNome over 14 years ago
In Jeffs case perhaps SNFUBAR even ;-)
Alabama Al over 14 years ago
It is a dark cloud indeed that doesn’t have some silver lining. If Jeff doest get iced doing something stupid, it will be (I think) before he reproduced, therefore improving the gene pool.
Justice22 over 14 years ago
I think Jeff is about to get lucky again — and not with a woman.
mjlew01 over 14 years ago
If your in a hole and you want to get out. the 1st rule is to stop digging.
jpozenel over 14 years ago
You can’t keep a good man down!
FriscoLou over 14 years ago
Jeff’s travails remind me more of Winston Churchill, than GWB. This is a minor setback in the path to glory and greatness. Single mindedness and determination should be enough to carry the day.
RinaFarina over 14 years ago
As to BOHICA, I just looked it up at the Urban Dictionary site (urbandictionary.com). I used to ask my nephew to tell me all the new acronyms as I came across them, but I haven’t had to do that for a while.
I still say that you can use the Internet to find answers to any question; the only question is, how much you can trust the answers…
FriscoLou over 14 years ago
At the end of the day I can see Jeff becoming the “Directorate” of the CIA.
They should build a new HQ, whether they need one or not and name it after him.The “J Redfern institute of Espionage”.
randgrithr over 14 years ago
I am sure there are those who find the “Jeff Redfern, CIA doofus” thread amusing, but the avoidance of the more unsavory issues swirling around the CIA - things like their complicity in heroin trafficking and torture - is distinctly un-Trudeau-like.
ransomdstone over 14 years ago
Thank you Babka. You nailed it. It is the story of Bush and “W”.
BigHug over 14 years ago
Commerce1943 I think Joe answered your comment. I don’t know any other way to interpret “do you think I’m that dense” as a no. We all have different personalities here and we get on each others nerves from time to time. That’s life. But why such hostility? Why dissect each others postings for hidden meanings? Why such anger when people don’t agree with us or have different viewpoints? We are not all the same and shouldn’t be the same. Biggest “problem” I see with Joe is his rambling. So what! If you don’t like it then skip it. It’s such a soap opera here.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 14 years ago
Not to worry folks!
Llywus over 14 years ago
It’s been quite a while since GT let one of the central characters die. Maybe this is a good time to lose another character.