Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 19, 2010
January 18, 2010
January 20, 2010
Transcript:
Toggle: Am I in trouble, Dr. Shiply? Professor: No, no, I just wanted to check in with you, Leo... We have highly motivated students here, but like most community colleges, we lose many of them - for all sorts of reasons... everything from financial pressure to commute time to immigration issues to domestic abuse to the circus. But you're okay? Toggle: Yes. I... I... the circus? Professor: Long story. It was a better fit for her.
twinsnake_coatl over 14 years ago
Okay, I really want to know where he met Leo’s mom.
davers12 over 14 years ago
i’m thinking he met her at small claims court, after she hit his car or something.
llong65 over 14 years ago
i’m thnking since his special interest in Leo,,,,,is he his Dad?
Dkram over 14 years ago
Circus Smirkus, probably.
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babka Premium Member over 14 years ago
oooooooooooh!
the plot thins……
jestrfyl over 14 years ago
Running away with the circus happens often in Sarasota FL. It’s a viable alternative to reality!
alviebird over 14 years ago
My mother ran off to join the circus in about 1954. She rode an Indian motorcycle in the Motordrome and worked in the Sideshow. That’s where she married my dad, who was the star stunt rider in the Motordrome. (He died before I ever knew him, in an auto accident). She quit when she found out I was coming. I tell people that’s why I’m so dizzy.
RinaFarina over 14 years ago
I guess, knowing Trudeau, it is a reasonable assumption to think that whoever ran away to the circus is someone we already know from the strip. Or maybe even someone we will meet in the future, which would be less exciting.
But linking his cast of characters is his specialty. Toggle is now connected to Alex, B.D., the black guy whose name I forget (we met him earlier, before Toggle came along), the producer of the GPS recordings (I don’t think I ever knew his name in the first place), and maybe a few more I have missed? Anyone care to add to the list?
Potrzebie over 14 years ago
Rina, the black guy? The Sarge in Toggles unit? That’s Ray. I sure miss him. HE’s been deployed for five years at least.
ChukLitl Premium Member over 14 years ago
I remember a strip, possibly a Sunday, where Ray came home. Then we didn’t see him for a while. Now he’s back yonder (Iraq, Afghan?) I live in a Marine Corps town, re-redeployment happens. I think the last batch went to Okinawa.