Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 17, 2000
Transcript:
Mike: I must have been crazy to let Alex buy for the site. We now look like the world's biggest e-junkyard! Kim: Yeah, well, that may be, but I just crunched the numbers, and after only three months, we're already making money. Mike: Sweetheart? You can order the defective poodle skirts! Alex: Thanks, daddy.
The skirts might not be that bad an idea. “Defective” in clothing can mean something very minor.
I worked at a boys’ home back in the early 90s. Starter donated 200 NFL team jackets to us. What was wrong with them? ONE of the drawstrings for the hood was missing the little plastic bit at the end that holds the string together. A small piece of scotch tape and no one could tell.