Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 23, 2014
December 22, 2014
December 24, 2014
Transcript:
Duke: Parachute? Me? Are you mad, Andrews? Jim Andrews: A small risk considering the stakes, Duke... May I just remind you that at this point, the only thing standing between our whole way of life and Armageddon is one 42-year-old balding bagman-- you! Duke: Andrews, have you ever hurled yourself out of an airplane at 30,000 feed? Jim Andrews: It's perfectly safe, Duke. Besides, the Iranian Air Force almost never patrols at night. Duke: Night? How am I supposed to find the damn target at night? Jim Andrews: You just follow the tracers. Look, Duke, I'd do it myself if it weren't for my back.
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction over 9 years ago
the tracers from the antiaircraft guns firing?Oh joy.
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
Duke is 42?Children, DON’T do drugs!
bama1fan92 over 9 years ago
Hunter lived to be 68.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
You know what else follows tracers?
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
‘… if it weren’t for my back." Yeah, he’s spineless.
StCleve72 over 9 years ago
Is he negotiating here for more $?
dutchs over 9 years ago
Classic Doonesbury. Rational dialog that builds to an insane climax.
Coyoty Premium Member over 9 years ago
“Your guide dog should be able to track the scent…”
“I’m jumping with a dog?!”
“You can’t expect her to operate a chute by herself.”
“Is there a burning roof and a dead grandmother somewhere in this joke?”
“…Who’s your source?”
kaffekup over 9 years ago
I just looked at yesterday’s strip to remind myself how prescient GBT was and is… and wondered if “Dipstick” knew “Curveball”…