Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 22, 2016
April 21, 2016
April 23, 2016
Transcript:
Joanie: ...and those are Duke's health certificates. I had them pouched over from France. Zonker: Good thinking, Joanie. Let's see here... his weight is 145... that's about right. Blood pressure is 20 over 30... good, good... Joanie: 20 over 30 is good? Zonker: It's normal for a zombie. They're pretty mellow. Aha! His dental s-ray! Yup, it's Duke, all right! Joanie: How can you tell? Zonker: His molars. That's old microfilm from his smuggling days.
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
mi·cro·filmˈmīkrəˌfilm/noun
a length of film containing microphotographs of a newspaper, catalog, or other document.“all those forms go on microfilm”
FlapHappy over 8 years ago
Mellow is the new dead.
AKHenderson Premium Member over 8 years ago
They call me dead and mellow…
Defective Premium Member over 8 years ago
do any young ones actually read this strip?
Linguist over 8 years ago
I love the fact that Duke’s health certificates were “pouched” over from France. Not faxed ! Not emailed ! Pouched !
It brings me back to the early 70’s when I had a job as an international courier, shuttling documents back and forth from the U.S. to Europe or occasionally Hong Kong.
I was flying on average twice to three times a week roundtrip to Europe.
The pay was very good, and the clients flew me First Class, but sitting on an airplane of 8 hours or more, turning around and flying back, gets old in a hurry !
Malcolm Hall over 8 years ago
I think the expression " to dime someone" is still used, but few people will be able to understand the origin without knowing that an anonymous phone call to the cops once cost a mere 10 cents.