Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 28, 2015
Transcript:
Duke: Any messages for me while I was gone, Honey? Honey: Yes, sir! We got our first job! Duke: We did? Honey: Yes, sir. A gentleman by the name of Diaz wants you to go out to some freighter tonight and pick up a small parcel he's expecting! Duke: Hot damn! This is it, Honey! We are going to clean up! Honey: He figures it won't take more than a half hour, so I quoted him a price of $35. Duke: You what? Honey: As an introductory rate. He seemed very pleased!
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
Good to see Honey taking initiative in keeping the customer happy.
cripplious over 9 years ago
Package running at rock bottom prices will kill Duke
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
I love it. Completely innocent and clueless Honey, whose borrowed money is backstopping this whole venture, subverts Duke’s plans at the outset. $35 for a 1/2 hour of work seems a very reasonable rate.
thirdguy over 9 years ago
They could burn that much in fuel.
gaebie over 9 years ago
She is a very good communist but lacks a lot in being a capitalist.
Defective Premium Member over 9 years ago
They’ll probably eat most of that up in fuel. And that’s accounting for the lower fuel costs back then.
Pointspread over 9 years ago
High finance…
barister over 9 years ago
absolutely died laughing.
caligula over 9 years ago
A boat that large doesn’t leave the dock without burning $50 of maintenance and fuel, even then $35 wouldn’t cover a half hour outing.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 9 years ago
Give Honey a break, despite being based on an economic theory, Communists were poor at economics.(Partly because the economic theory was so flawed.)
KnifeSmile over 9 years ago
The issue is that she thinks they’re actually doing fishing trips. Her lack of knowledge of fuel prices does surprise me a bit, though. You’d think she’d been in America long enough.