Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 21, 2012

I thought about dating Catherine-Zeta Jones, but then she ran off and married some old fart. Speaking of old farts- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GT!!!

Cricket? Is that the insect or the British colonial pastime? I’d love to see Zipper married to a spiny-legged insect of medium size.

My problem is when someone I think about dating thinks about dating me.

No girl, no job, no ambition – if Zipper’s rich parents weren’t paying his tuition he’d be a BUM!

I like where this strip is going.Hey, go ask Uncle Zonker for advice.

I’ll chip in, but I gotta say… that guy is kind of Steinbeckian. There’s already another Donate on his site for his mom’s house fire. I’m just hoping the coffin doesn’t get washed downstream in a sudden torrential rain.

P.S. here’s the link to Pab’s current crisis. LINK

These rich spoiled know-nothing kids are REALLY full of beans.

“I’m in love but I’m lazy…” the Beatles skewered guys like this a long time ago.

All you have to do is circulate, get some names…check for possibles…go thru the names and meet and see who’s good and who needs some time and warm up…pick and choose.

Warm some up slowly, some you can pick and eat, like ripe ready veggies or fruit…others need prep. Take a cooking course…and apply basics to prep. Bring to boil slowly, etc…

Lazy dumbums who spend more time with the hypnomachines…you know, also called eye-candy electronics? don’t mate much. Male and female alike. Just another stumbling block on Love’s True Path.

I find today’s strip to be a bit prophetic. I suspect, sadly, there are millions of idle, jobless, and dateless young men doing exactly what Jeff and Zipper are doing – wasting their lives, sitting around playing video-games and fantasizing. ’Unfortunately, this type of behavior, can sometimes spawn the sort of individuals responsible for the Aurora or Columbine shootings.

Pretty big jump to your conclusion there, Linguist. Gazillions of young men waste their precious lives in front of video game screens without ever shooting anyone in the real world.

The only way GT could’ve made this strip more current would be if the hapless duo were texting others while playing their vidoe games and not speaking to each other.

Zipper’s revelation is a relief! For a long time I’d thought he had deflowered Alex!

@Linguist,Understood.

Happy Birthday GT, and thank you for all the years of Doonesbury!

Zipper needs a girl with ink and attitude, Jeff needs one with attitude.