Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 02, 2010

Wow, looks like a SNAFU. The situation is really FUBAR.

wndrrthg, while I agree with the SNAFU, the FUBAR doesn’t fit this situation, they are coming to repair it. Now it does seem to fit Jeff’s situation.

aliwar es mechunga

An insane prediction:

Jimmy Thudpucker is so traumatized by this crash and so overwhelmed by Mel’s skill at repairing the chopper that he starts writing real songs again and dedicates his first number one hit in years to her!

Or is that just crazy?

I like Thudpucker falling in love with Melissa. Makes sense.

He seems like a good man, and a good man is hard to find.

wait: is Thudpucker the wrestler? or have I got the name wrong?

Thudpucker’s the ringtone king

“Rasslin” may be scripted, but anyone who’s seen a TLC (tables, ladders, chairs) match has seen some seriously hard landings.

Yep. The outcomes may be scripted, but the body slamming is real. In fact, I’ve heard of wrestlers cutting themselves to add real blood to the displays.

Watch the movie “Beyond the Mat” which is a documentary about professional wrestling and tell me that all those injuries are fake. These guys take a terrible beating for the appearance of realism.

Are you KIDDING us, Joe? Tell you what. Why don’t you practice the first, basic move they teach in pro wrestling training. Stand up, cross your arms in front of your chest, and throw yourself back on your shoulderblades?

How did that feel? Pleasant? Terrific. Now do that about twenty more times.

And that’s what they put NEWBIES through.

I predict Thudpucker and Roz, not Melissa.

And I think that professional wrestlers are athletes.

What’s wrong with Roz and the rassler?

Back in my younger days, I was a broadcaster on a PBS station out west, and did a show called “Meet the Wrestlers” that came on before the scheduled matches at the local coliseum. You can trust me when I tell you that the scars are real, the blood is real and the pain is real. It may be scripted, but some things are not…and they ARE athletes.

Pretty likely, Melissa and Jimmy never heard of each other, but that could be an interesting combo. Roz, on the other hand, just might be interested in the other two; hoo-rah! (so to speak).

Susan - I doubt there will be any surprise about a woman crew chief. Aviation is a great career field for women in the military. Heck, I’d be surprised if one of the pilots flying the bird that just went down wasn’t a woman. The days of the WAC’s are long gone, and most of the attitudes toward that thing too, thank goodness.

(rolls his eyes) I could write a long rebuttal, or just chalk this to one of the times Joe’s talking out of his ass.