Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 03, 2017
January 02, 2017
January 04, 2017
Transcript:
Man: I know what you're going through, pal. My industry's rife with hoods! You can't believe what they do to horses! Duke: Horses? You in racing? Man: Pet food. The business is owned outright by the Kansas City mob. Geez! How could I tell that to a total stranger? Hey, you're not wired, are you? Duke: Totally... but thanks. Man: Could you cut me down? I got a train.
BE THIS GUY almost 8 years ago
That third martini gets the lips moving.
Dean almost 8 years ago
Will there be a horse head on the pillow next to him when he wakes up tomorrow?
Linguist almost 8 years ago
I think this ran about the time of the big scandals in the pet food industry. Some canned dog foods were made, of course, with horse meat ( and still are, to the best of my knowledge ).
One of the leading brands at the time, KalKan, was found to be using kangaroo meat. There was a great hue and cry over this from animal lovers worldwide.
Apparently, is was o.k. for Fido to consume Old Dobbin along with his Kibbles & Bits but not a marsupial from the family Macropodidae, considered by many Australians, a pest !
Pointspread almost 8 years ago
Just be sure to ask “When it was alive, did it neigh or did it moo”.
Malcolm Hall almost 8 years ago
A week with Duke is a good week indeed.