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1. about 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   If it’s what they were talking about in the previous strip, it’s “I Want You”, off of Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde album. They got the lyrics a bit wrong, but since the caller’s supposed to be Jimmy Carter, it’s probably an intentional goof.

   And Thudpucker’s right: it’s a really dumb song.

2. about 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   The strip that shook the comics world …again. I think this was the first time a popular comic strip had shown two people in bed, naked & post-sex.

3. about 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   Hey…“Alice”? Is this the same woman who turns up homeless in the later strips?

   It’s scary how relevant these older strips still are.

4. about 5 years ago on Bloom County 2019

   I know Steve’s a jerk… but stealing $400 from Sam’s mom?? Money that she specifically earmarked for Sam? That’s…wow. That goes beyond jerk & straight into heartless, disgusting asshole.

5. about 5 years ago on Bloom County 2019

   Words from The Future: you poor, poor boys ain’t even begun to plumb the depths of it yet….

6. about 5 years ago on Bloom County 2019

   I learned to type just as electric typewriters took hold. I wasn’t taught to put double-spaces after a period, either, and my high school was a very strict, high-standards one that focused on college prep. However, it was a standard requirement if you submitted your writing to publishing markets; I still have old formatting requirement sheets from various short story mags that state to use the double-space.

   So…it’s something that came from publishers in the pre-ebook era, which BB would’ve known & had beaten into his head.

7. about 5 years ago on Bloom County 2019

   Prescient.