Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 26, 2015
Transcript:
Elmont: Okay, the boys and me is gonna take a turkey break, but don't go away! Man: Could I have seconds and thirds with my firsts, please? Woman: Not to worry. Today there's plenty. Mark: So you think hunger has increased dramatically in the last few years, Alice? Alice: Hey, the stories I could tell you, Merv! Richard Nixon: Hear that? I knew hunger was anecdotal! Pat Nixon: Yes, dear.
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
Enjoy the turkey Alice and Elmont..HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
(And to those of you not in the States, carry on with your Thursday as usual.)
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 8 years ago
the fact that anecdotes exist doesn’t mean statistical analysis doesn’t existThey’re just different animals..Of course, there’s hunger and there’s real hunger.I remember reading how Stalingrad ran out of rats as real hunger set in.Still pigeons around in America
Argythree over 8 years ago
The genuinely hungry don’t worry about little things like ‘cooking’.
Sadly, there are still too many folks in this nation camping out under bridges, in cars in the woods and so on, and among them are many disabled vets.
I wish I knew the right answers…
95448BOB over 8 years ago
Saint Ronnie loved anecdotes!
ladykat over 8 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving to all south of the Canadian border!
Linguist over 8 years ago
To all of you celebrating Thanksgiving, greetings from Ecuador:<p.FELIZ DÍA DE ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS !
For all the readers, let’s take a moment and give thanks for everything we do have.
Flash Gordon over 8 years ago
Gracias, obrigado, grazie, merci, danke schön, podziękowanie, ありがとう, ありがとうございます,
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 8 years ago
It was Reagan’s attorney general, Edwin Meese, who said that “Hunger in America is largely apocryphal.”
montessoriteacher over 8 years ago
Happy turkey day.
montessoriteacher over 8 years ago
A Reagan official once said ketchup is a vegetable in regard to school lunches.
montessoriteacher over 8 years ago
It is always fun to see the turkey pardoned, which was a tradition going back to Harry Truman.
Tarredandfeathered over 8 years ago
Yes. The Cops will charge you with Arson if you build a Cooking Fire..
nailer Premium Member over 8 years ago
Oh, and happy Thanksgving to all of you!
lindz.coop Premium Member over 8 years ago
To those two idiots, everything was anecdotal.