Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 30, 2009

I’m growing a bit weary of the “Zipper the perpetual undergraduate” arc…

I really hope this is leading up to his expulsion. I have no problem with the “perpetual undergraduate” theme, but at least uncle Zonker had drugs as his excuse for being so brain-addled.

The thing I really dislike about Zip is just that. He has Zip for personality. He seems to actually think he’s RIGHT!

Don’t worry txmystic, Zipper’s about to become a dropout.

pschearer, Zipper could always use the excuse “mum was on drugs when she conceived me, and during the month before she detected herself pregnant–the drugs had a permanent effect on my development,…” (if he could actually articulate it of course).

Notable that Zipper fails to notice the irony of assuming that college professors are about challenging assumptions.

@prasrinivara:

I think expulsion from Walden, given its lax admission standards, would actually be a funny turn to this story…he’d probably be convinced that Alex can hook him up with an admission to MIT…

And you make a good point about his methods…he’s stating his case against “gotcha” by playing “gotcha”…

Humormehere – That’s the thing about people who are always so profoundly wrong: They ALWAYS think they’re right.

Am I just having deja vu or did this series run last year leading up to the U.S. election?

ChapeauNoir - It’s definitely a repeat.

Zipper is definately thinking outside the box here, problem is, his bubble is about to pop.