Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 23, 2010

If the kid doesn’t watch what he says, he’ll be smokin’!

Cut out his tongue!

“Following the visit of CIA operative and driver, this region has experienced a suprising re-adoption of the full burkha”

Reminds me of a line from the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother”:

Persian! The new half-Asian!

(Yes, yes, I know…)

Which is I don’t watch that show at all. The characters on that program don’t always think what they say.

I heard that in Iran, market stalls sell racey lingerie! IT baffles the mind to think of maidens wearing that under their burkas!

Looks like Jeff’s going to wind up being lashed to a frame while the bride’s male relatives close in on him with sheep gelding knives …

Considering the locale, she’s probably smoking a hookah.

he’s gonna get her stoned to death if he compliments her, or notices she’s good looking

Susan001: Maybe her burqua’s particularly flattering.

Not surprising. American kids don’t understand basic courtesy in our own country. How can we expect them to understand the courtesies of another culture?

Jeff … if you cut his head off he wouldn’t be any dumber.

Lil’ Duke meets Afghan wedding party - this does not bode well.

Nah! Jeff will end up being the new bride.

Comments like “smokin’ ” and “stoned” in the same column make me wonder if there are a few hippies here. :)

How would he know? A traditional Muslim wedding has the bride sitting in a room or tent with all the other women guest, who sit around telling the bride that this is the high point of her life. Beginning tonight she’ll be in the thrall of her groom for life.

“I heard that in Iran, market stalls sell racey lingerie! IT baffles the mind to think of maidens wearing that under their burkas!”

Women in Iran don’t wear burkas. That’s in Afghanistan. These 2 countries are half a continent away from each other.

Women don’t wear their burkas in the home – just in public. The racey lingerie is for their husband’s eyes only.

burkas, potatoe sacks, hijabs, whatever they use to hide their looks.

I think Jeff was switched in the hospital.