Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 22, 2014
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December 23, 2014
Transcript:
Duke: Listen, Andrews, I still don't see where I fit in! Jim Andrews: Then let me come to the point. Your mission, Duke, is to get to "Dipstick," our operative at the Ahvaz oilfields! It's a vital mission, Duke. With the cooperation of an insider like him, we'll be able to get the oil moving out of Iran again! Duke: Let me get this straight. All I have to do is fly to Ahvaz and make a pay-off? That's the whole gig? Jim Andrews: At the completion of which, you will be $100,000 the wealthier, as per our agreement. Duke: I like it. Simple, safe... Jim Andrews: Good. Now I have here some color swatches for your parachute...
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
Duke, if it was simple, they wouldn’t need you.
Sportymonk over 9 years ago
Color Swatches for his parachute? Don’t get it.
meillered over 9 years ago
I was afraid there wasn’t going to be a Christmas themed strip.
Blood-Poisoning Vermin over 9 years ago
L.W.P., that should be “if it were simple.” In addition to this being a forum for civil exchange, it is also one in which the subjunctive is respected.
dutchs over 9 years ago
By Duke’s standards, this is simple. There’s one where he plots to get Honey out of China by crashing a barricade, shooting it out with guards on the Tarmac and stealing a plane. Done it a thousand times, he says.
davids.comments over 9 years ago
One would almost think Jeff and Joanie adopted the Red Rascal from Duke.