This isn’t the Doonesbury brother I remember. What ever happened to the one from the ’80s, the punk-rocker-turned-condom-salesman? Why did Trudeau drop him?
I remember the Christmas my Mother went to jail for assault, my Father to the hospital as the victim, and my brother and I temporarily to my Great Aunt’s house. Got to ride in a police paddy wagon! Ho Ho Ho. Can you say “dysfunctional family”? I knew you could.
Wait a minute. I recall Mike being from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Not often you could drag a tree home to Tulsa behind a snow machine. He’s pulling his brother’s leg?
So the only options are make pennies a day or the sex trade. Do Nikes still go for $125? Glad we’re getting those cheap clothes on somebody else’s labor.
Children shouldn’t be working, the parents should earn enough to raise the child. Thankfully, we have laws in this country against employing children. Sadly, we don’t have laws against American companies exporting jobs overseas. Opening China was Nixon’s revenge, it is too bad that he did not live to see it.
BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
We should all have Christmas memories like that.
thirdguy over 10 years ago
it would be an improvement!
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 10 years ago
Good times
billydub over 10 years ago
This isn’t the Doonesbury brother I remember. What ever happened to the one from the ’80s, the punk-rocker-turned-condom-salesman? Why did Trudeau drop him?
billydub over 10 years ago
His name was Sal. http://doonesbury.slate.com/strip/set/5
skiffywriter over 10 years ago
Mike’s younger brother was Ben, who, when he went punk, started calling himself Sal (short for Saliva iirc).
Yngvar Følling over 10 years ago
The last I remember of him was years ago when he sold contraceptives under the alias Dr. Whoppee, but it’s clearly the same guy.
stlmaddog5 over 10 years ago
I remember the Christmas my Mother went to jail for assault, my Father to the hospital as the victim, and my brother and I temporarily to my Great Aunt’s house. Got to ride in a police paddy wagon! Ho Ho Ho. Can you say “dysfunctional family”? I knew you could.
sbchamp over 10 years ago
You might be…
Carol69 over 10 years ago
Old Dad wasn’t the first person to shoot down aChristmas tree with a shotgun, a 12 gauge.
JeNagVaz over 10 years ago
Ahhh, memories of a dysfunctional family…. What is “normal” anyway?
montessoriteacher over 10 years ago
You have to learn to appreciate the small stuff. This morning I found out our local bagel shop will be open Christmas morning. Made my day.
Steve Parmelee Premium Member over 10 years ago
How, exactly, do you manage to blow off JUST “a” toe with a freakin’ shotgun?
tcreole over 10 years ago
Kim’s an orphan who was adopted by American white folks. Don’t know if they’re still around, but they’re not in Vietnam.
ankerdorthe over 10 years ago
Night Gaunt 49: The tragic Christmas tale is from Gremlins I. In Gremlins 2 Phoebe Cates starts out on another traumatizing tale, but gets interupted.
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
Before Benji got into the Sal Putrid phase and condom sales, he was an eager-beaver preteen wanting to become a medical doctor.
DavyG over 10 years ago
Wait a minute. I recall Mike being from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Not often you could drag a tree home to Tulsa behind a snow machine. He’s pulling his brother’s leg?
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 10 years ago
“You’re a week early with the solstice, aren’t you?”-It’s never too early to wish others well.
BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2011/02/01/oklahoma-city-is-shut-down-okc-snowmageddon/
kaffekup over 10 years ago
So the only options are make pennies a day or the sex trade. Do Nikes still go for $125? Glad we’re getting those cheap clothes on somebody else’s labor.
route66paul over 10 years ago
Children shouldn’t be working, the parents should earn enough to raise the child. Thankfully, we have laws in this country against employing children. Sadly, we don’t have laws against American companies exporting jobs overseas. Opening China was Nixon’s revenge, it is too bad that he did not live to see it.
Chuck about 5 years ago
The question is what happened to Mike’s sister who visited him at Walden and was hit upon by Mark?