The money trail beckons to the great dick
His sleuthing will surely turn the trick
A transaction here or a transaction there
Tracy will give them all his best stare
Where oh where has all the cash gone
It’s vanished like the night before the coming dawn
One hundred million in cash would be a lot of fun
In hundred dollar bills it weighs more than a ton
In gold it is more than twice that weight
So look for someone who’s had a hernia of late
A pile of cash in one hundred dollars bills
Eighty four cubic feet is what it would fills
Not an easy sum to carry in a bag
In fact it would be a considerable drag
A trifle point that we are not to see
So let it be a secret just between you and me
Just where this story is doomed to wander
Is something that is really hard to ponder
So I’ll just sit back in my chair and crack a big smile
Knowing that this story is going to take a long while.
Flight Suit said, “It appears Tracy’s knees are on backwards.”
There’s a Science Fiction movie, “The Arrival” (and “Arrival II”) where the aliens had knees that were hinged to function both ways… something like “double jointed”.
marguerite, how do you know about king cakes? I thought they were only for us NOLA types.
And yes, I agree with your pronouncement about what it looks like.
Where there’s money there’s a motive. And where there’s $100,000,000 there’s a truck (or bullock cart) to bandy it about, and possibly a compactor to crush it into a more portable size, and some other kind of machinery to reconstitute it later.
A detective would go to the bank and ask if they got the license number of the truck or bandy, and get a description of it, and ask which direction he was going when he left with the money, and whether he said anything about why he was withdrawing $100,000,000 and what he was planning to do with it, but …
Well this is a BRAND NEW development — Tracy has found a - “MOTIVE”
Finding one has been a problem ever since the the final clash with Anja Nu and a conversation with Johnnny Nothing when the latter told Tracy he was a “DUMB COP”. Read his question again -
CougarAllen said, “A detective would go to the bank and ask if they got the license number of the truck or bandy, and get a description of it, and ask which direction he was going when he left with the money, and whether he said anything about why he was withdrawing $100,000,000 and what he was planning to do with it, but …”
Mr. 3D didn’t go inside… he withdrew the money from the atm. $100,000,000 in twenties!
Okay, that makes sense. One ATM wouldn’t have $100,000,000 in it, but Naperville is a good size city with many ATMs, and he could go to other cities if necessary. So, he transferred $100,000,000 to his checking account, then hitched up his bullocks and bandied his ATM card around the city from one ATM to another until the bandy was loaded with 5,000,000 twenty dollar bills.
A detective could trace his route and that might indicate where he was going with the money. The banks won’t give any information without a court order, but even without any evidence of murder or a positive DNA identification of the corpse I think a judge might well issue a warrant just for a missing person investigation.
Of course that’s mere speculation; there is no detective investigating this case. :(
marguerite, how do you know about king cakes? I thought they were only for us NOLA types.
And yes, I agree with your pronouncement about what it looks like.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 13 years ago
Sure. Mr. 3D provided his wife with all his business transactions on a regular basis.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 13 years ago
Is that a Gummy Bear earring?
margueritem over 13 years ago
Looks like an upsidedown plastic baby from a King Cake, Bill.
margueritem over 13 years ago
Now this story is getting nowhere! I’m so happy that’s it’s Tuesday, and another new panel is here!
Kiba65 over 13 years ago
Story?????!!
mrbribery over 13 years ago
What happened to the money he withdrew?
Well half of it went for hookers and blow, and the rest was just frittered away…
FLIGHT SUIT over 13 years ago
It appears Tracy’s knees are on backwards.
wndrwrthg over 13 years ago
The money trail beckons to the great dick His sleuthing will surely turn the trick A transaction here or a transaction there Tracy will give them all his best stare Where oh where has all the cash gone It’s vanished like the night before the coming dawn One hundred million in cash would be a lot of fun In hundred dollar bills it weighs more than a ton In gold it is more than twice that weight So look for someone who’s had a hernia of late A pile of cash in one hundred dollars bills Eighty four cubic feet is what it would fills Not an easy sum to carry in a bag In fact it would be a considerable drag A trifle point that we are not to see So let it be a secret just between you and me Just where this story is doomed to wander Is something that is really hard to ponder So I’ll just sit back in my chair and crack a big smile Knowing that this story is going to take a long while.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 13 years ago
Flight Suit said, “It appears Tracy’s knees are on backwards.”
There’s a Science Fiction movie, “The Arrival” (and “Arrival II”) where the aliens had knees that were hinged to function both ways… something like “double jointed”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JRwahO8eIc
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 13 years ago
How would you like to have the job of washing that window? And don’t even mention cleaning the drapes!
veldy over 13 years ago
His knees may or may not be on backwards, but if they aren’t, he should be wearing a skirt
WaitingMan over 13 years ago
It seems the alien is bursting out of Tracy’s chest in panel 2.
MisngNOLA over 13 years ago
marguerite, how do you know about king cakes? I thought they were only for us NOLA types. And yes, I agree with your pronouncement about what it looks like.
linsonl over 13 years ago
Flag spammers! Reading this is more fun than reading Dick Tracy!
CougarAllen over 13 years ago
Where there’s money there’s a motive. And where there’s $100,000,000 there’s a truck (or bullock cart) to bandy it about, and possibly a compactor to crush it into a more portable size, and some other kind of machinery to reconstitute it later.
A detective would go to the bank and ask if they got the license number of the truck or bandy, and get a description of it, and ask which direction he was going when he left with the money, and whether he said anything about why he was withdrawing $100,000,000 and what he was planning to do with it, but …
-Cougar :{)
sydney over 13 years ago
Well this is a BRAND NEW development — Tracy has found a - “MOTIVE”
Finding one has been a problem ever since the the final clash with Anja Nu and a conversation with Johnnny Nothing when the latter told Tracy he was a “DUMB COP”. Read his question again -
http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2010/07/13/
OldTracy over 13 years ago
Was it a mafia hit that broke Tracy’s knees?
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 13 years ago
CougarAllen said, “A detective would go to the bank and ask if they got the license number of the truck or bandy, and get a description of it, and ask which direction he was going when he left with the money, and whether he said anything about why he was withdrawing $100,000,000 and what he was planning to do with it, but …”
Mr. 3D didn’t go inside… he withdrew the money from the atm. $100,000,000 in twenties!
PreciousRoy over 13 years ago
you could arrange these panels in any order and it would still make as much narrative sense.
this is not a compliment.
CougarAllen over 13 years ago
Okay, that makes sense. One ATM wouldn’t have $100,000,000 in it, but Naperville is a good size city with many ATMs, and he could go to other cities if necessary. So, he transferred $100,000,000 to his checking account, then hitched up his bullocks and bandied his ATM card around the city from one ATM to another until the bandy was loaded with 5,000,000 twenty dollar bills.
A detective could trace his route and that might indicate where he was going with the money. The banks won’t give any information without a court order, but even without any evidence of murder or a positive DNA identification of the corpse I think a judge might well issue a warrant just for a missing person investigation.
Of course that’s mere speculation; there is no detective investigating this case. :(
-Cougar :{)
margueritem over 13 years ago
MisngNOLA said, about 4 hours ago
marguerite, how do you know about king cakes? I thought they were only for us NOLA types. And yes, I agree with your pronouncement about what it looks like.
I’ve read about them. :-)
Groundzero over 13 years ago
“Please Mrs, D’Buckworth–I’ll do anything you say..Just don’t stab me with that chin of yours!”
In the middle panel DT looks like a space alien wearing a tutu.
billdi Premium Member over 13 years ago
what bank even has $100m in cash laying around for some homeless-looking guy with a butterfly tattoo to withdraw?
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 13 years ago
billdi said, “what bank even has $100m in cash laying around for some homeless-looking guy with a butterfly tattoo to withdraw?”
The Butterfly Bank for the Homeless has a billion in cash.