Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 24, 2014

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    BE THIS GUY  over 9 years ago

    True love.

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    James Sabo  over 9 years ago

    Toggle seems to have matured a bit in this strip— I guess it has been a while since we last saw him.

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    Graham  over 9 years ago

    I learnt to deal with these pesky phones over fifty years ago when I started work. During a conversation I was having with my older, more experienced colleague, one of the phones in the office rang and I went to pick it up but he said, “leave it; if it’s important they’ll call back but if it isn’t, they won’t.”

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    Crabbyrino Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Geez…no more landlines…only cellThis to me…a personal hell.

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    dtyler99  over 9 years ago

    How 2010. Sheesh.

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    Pocosdad  over 9 years ago

    When you’re having dinner with someone, just turn the stupid thing off!

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    montessoriteacher  over 9 years ago

    Once you become a parent, you will keep your cell phone nearby, just in case. This doesn’t mean you have to be glued to it. It is just available. Welcome to parenthood in 2014. This has been my world since having a child in 1997. Don’t forget, they are parents now, even if the kids are home with the babysitter.

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    nyssawho13  over 9 years ago

    I am sooooo ready for Alex to get a new, more grown up hair style!

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    Godfreydaniel  over 9 years ago

    @gleebRomantic dinners (and new parents NEED the occasional date night!) kind of require wine. Tequila wouldn’t suit the mood at all.

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    Timothy Madigan Premium Member over 9 years ago

    i’d say if that’s the case, why is it on the table?

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    Blood-Poisoning Vermin  over 9 years ago

    Note that this past week’s Flashbacks included a couple of strips whose punchlines were the landlines’ static location.

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    Carol69  over 9 years ago

    So, Toggle grew up in a trailer park, son of a single mother. Enlisted in the army. Wine drinker? What is this, Italy ?

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    Sort of an elitist opinion and you may want to thank the soldiers that keeps us free and safe.

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    Hunter7  over 9 years ago

    I love the phone conversation. Everything can be ignored. Except if the babysitter calls. .. Just don’t call the babysitter. (unless you’re going to be longer than expected)

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    BE THIS GUY  over 9 years ago

    @Travis BickelWow! For once, you and I are on the same side. Grew up in a blue-collar section of Brooklyn. I have drank my share Budweiser, but I have also drank my share of Cabernet Sauvignon. I also have drank my share of scotch, bourbon, vodka…

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    Gokie5  over 9 years ago

    “So, Toggle grew up in a trailer park, son of a single mother.”Yebbut, his dad was a member of Mötley Crüe. Not to say that this outfit was the soul of elegance, but the members probably had some smarts to get where they were.

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    kauri44  over 9 years ago

    While I’m not saying denizens of trailer parks wouldn’t drink wine I think Toggle’s mother lost their house (to foreclosure?) while he was deployed, and then moved to a trailer park. He didn’t grow up in a trailer.

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    sookiestackhouse  over 9 years ago

    I like the Sunday comic but how much longer are we going to have 70’s reruns during the week. I read Sunday, go back one day to see if it’s still going on and move on to something else.

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    BE THIS GUY  over 9 years ago

    @DHG…and will continue to drink.

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    Doughfoot  over 9 years ago

    ‘TELEPHONE n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.’ - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary (1906).

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    kaffekup   over 9 years ago

    Well, it did change the dynamic. It’s all they’re talking about.

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    loves raising duncan  over 9 years ago

    That’s sweet!

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