Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 12, 2016
August 11, 2016
August 13, 2016
Transcript:
Lacey: My poor, sweet bird man. I should have been there, by his side. I might have been able to save him... Joanie: Lacey, he was seven miles from the nearest road. There wouldn't have been time. Lacey: I suppose you're right. If there'd been time, Dick would have struck one of his famous bargains with God. Jeremy: Dick struck bargains with God? Lacey: Jeremy, the man wasn 't sick once in 87 years. Jeremy: Hmm... that is a little fishy.
BE THIS GUY about 8 years ago
Pretty steep price for a bird picture.
Argythree about 8 years ago
I knew she was still in this sad frame of mind; Jeremy isn’t helping any…
Yngvar Følling about 8 years ago
But he did have the time to stagger up again and with his last bit of strength, press the camera shutter. I guess the picture was more important.
Jonathan Mason about 8 years ago
How do you bargain with a non-existent fictional character?
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member about 8 years ago
Jonathan. Easy, and you always get the best of the deal.
tulpoeid_ about 8 years ago
This is my favourite Doonesbury arc (the culmination of course having been the death, oh and the bargain with god). I guess the romanticism here just underlines the cruelty in all the rest of the stories.
Steve Dutch about 8 years ago
Being seven miles off the nearest road is pretty good for 87 years old.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 8 years ago
She’d have scared off the bird and his life’s goal would have been missed.
NWdryad about 8 years ago
Dick DID strike a bargain with God. He got that photo of the Bachman’s warbler, didn’t he?
Kip W about 8 years ago
Pascal’s Wager. As much as anything else, the deference given to this cowardly, calculating justification for conformity to the impossible convinced me religion was not for me.