Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 16, 2023

Suddenly, Chase realized he was dead and in hell and was going to spend eternity in Pago Pago.

Sounds like they’re in Ground Hog Day!!!

When I was a kid, I read that the name of that place is pronounced “Pongo Pongo”. Is that true??

Just to spell it out for the whiners, this storyline will last until Saturday (at least). If it irritates you, hey, don’t let any of the rest of us detain you. :-|

maybe one God condemned them and now another is sweeping them back for support

Of course they have to return to Pago Pago. Did anyone actually expect a happy ending?

Never been to Pago pago. Been to Oingo Boingo.

There’s never been a situation that couldn’t be made a little worse. I mean really, imagine Pandemic Pago Pago there, boo boo.

Poor Chase. A romantic entanglement that would have been better served at the local city hall.

when i was there 10 years ago, homosexuality was a felony, and intensely frowned upon by the community with discrimination and disgust (small wonder that native’s attitude). it’s illegal in many island nations. why did they pick there?

Interesting how everyone always misspells Pango Pango.

Pago Pago Pago Pago Pago Pago …

“By the way, does anyone here know how to fly a plane?”

And the in-flight movie is John Wayne in THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY

At least they know right away they’re going back, instead of being halfway home and the pilot discovering there is a mechanical problem with the plane, then going back and staying at the Radisson. The horror!

Dear Journal: This is Chase speaking, perhaps for the last time. I just want to say that I no longer fear Hell, because just as I thought I had escaped Pago Pago, Fate forces me to return.

Why is this happening? I just want to spend the rest of my life with someone I love. Is that too much to ask?

One more time!

Garry put square windows on the aircraft. The airline manufacturers stopped using square windows due to structural weaknesses. So there is a chance that the aircraft will never arrive at Pago Pago.

Google: airliner with square windows fatigue cracks at the corner of a squarish cabin window.