Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 16, 2015
September 15, 2015
September 17, 2015
Transcript:
Rick: So you're marrying for shelter, eh, Alice? Alice: Yup. We've already picked out a very cozy SRO hotel room. Rick: So who's the lucky guy? Alice: Elmont. Rick: Elmont? Elmont from Lafayette Park? No kidding! Really? I'll be darned. Well, you could do a lot... lot... Alice, Elmont's deranged. Alice: So's the whole idea, ducks. But I"m getting old for the street.
BE THIS GUY about 9 years ago
Elmont considers himself misunderstood.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 9 years ago
For a homeless drunk, Alice is remarkably clear-eyed.
ErpinBurp about 9 years ago
Clock missing in panel 3. Spoon appears in coffee cup in panel 4. Papers in foreground of panel 3 are rearranged.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 9 years ago
Zebras leave hoofprints. This does not prove most hoofprints are made by zebras.
Gokie5 about 9 years ago
Either the clock is stopped, or they’re talking mighty fast!
CasualObserver about 9 years ago
Some folks are the authors of their own fate and some have their fate thrust upon them. In either case it’s hard to lift oneself up by ones bootstraps when one is barefooted.
Dragoncat about 9 years ago
Nothing says a long, happy marriage more than having a deranged husband.
cripplious about 9 years ago
We met Alice as a barfly where Zonker worked.
kaffekup about 9 years ago
Who are you to say what the “Old Testament God” approves? The God who said to protect the orphan and widow, and leave the edges of the field for the poor?Or the God who says “Believe in me or roast in hell for eternity”?