Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 29, 2014

For $3,800, you can get a 1972 R75/5.

“What kind?The kind with two wheels and a sidecar…but that’s not important right now.”

Yup!

Nice illustration of what is considered important in a story being very dependent on the listener’s interests.

Vanpelt, yeah, it is kind of selfish… it’s called the ‘survival instinct’. Sometimes you’ve just got to do whatever’s necessary for your own survival as an individual rather than accept the annihilation of ego needed to continue in a destructive relationship. It’s akin to gnawing off the limb caught in a trap.

This is an old literary theme. Did anyone ever read The Awakening?

No one is mentioning the trauma that children go through not knowing one or both of their parents. Who brought JJ up in this comic strip?

If it was two college boys on a motorcycle, where would she sit? I guess they were on separate motorcycles. In a bad mood, because, without their best RB, the Gophers probably have no chance against the Badgers today.

I am reminded of the alternative “happy ending” to “The Dollhouse” in which the wife who has realized that her marriage is a hollow sham that is destroying her soul—is convinced to stay anyway by her husband hauling out their kids and (paraphrasing) “think of the children!” .Ibsen did not like this ending, nor did anyone with an appreciation of dramatic consistency, but the conservatives who hated downer endings loved it.

welcome to the fairy-tale world of Doonesbury.

Me, me, me. It’s all about ME.

“Both Einstein & Rousseau did the same thing, left their families.”.Hope that was intended as an observation rather than a justification.Smart doesn’t exclude selfish

@mabrndtMaybe, they did it this way.

But, this is how the 3 rode on a motorcycle.

R75s are gutless.

@Night-Gaunt49Smart people can commit immoral or amoral acts. In fact, good people in a moment of desperation can make amoral or immoral decisions.

I’m sorry, that’s pretty weak tea as a justification: “Didn’t know who I was and he was no help.”It would be more convincing if she went toward something, rather than just away from her own kids.I know people do it, but millions more dream about it while fulfilling their responsibilities.

@DavidHuieGreenClinton Caucus — and whoever else helped raise Joanie, Jr. — must’ve done somethings right. J.J. is in Washington because she was accepted to Georgetown.

@leftwingpatriotWhen I replied to @JP Steve, your reply to me hadn’t been posted, even though it appears right before mine (we probably hit the SUBMIT button at roughly the same time). I wasn’t ignoring it, it just wasn’t there. Thanks for the 2nd link.P.S. If you’re wondering why I didn’t use the Reply button for this reply, it’s because something about your hyperlink use broke it. I used to see that behavior when I preceded the first one with exactly 17 characters. But, if my counting is right, you preceded yours with 19. So, this is a new one on me.

lol