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 LoveJoyAndPeace almost 10 years ago
the tracers from the antiaircraft guns firing?Oh joy.
BE THIS GUY almost 10 years ago
Duke is 42?Children, DON’T do drugs!
bama1fan92 almost 10 years ago
Hunter lived to be 68.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 10 years ago
You know what else follows tracers?
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 10 years ago
‘… if it weren’t for my back." Yeah, he’s spineless.
StCleve72 almost 10 years ago
Is he negotiating here for more $?
dutchs almost 10 years ago
Classic Doonesbury. Rational dialog that builds to an insane climax.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 10 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 almost 10 years ago
I just looked at yesterday’s strip to remind myself how prescient GBT was and is… and wondered if “Dipstick” knew “Curveball”…