Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 20, 2015

Those are his formal overalls.

You can see how old this strip is. Today’s graduates don’t have any appointments to see anyone other than the debt collector…

BD knew better. He went for his interviews wearing the helmet. That way the interviewer would think he’d count toward their affirmative action quotas.

last panel: knife transforms to spoon, toast pops up with the handle still down

clothes make the man

It is funny how the list of “good, stable” companies has changed over the years. Today the list would be Apple, Google, Facebook or a start up nobody has heard of yet.

I got married in a crisp pair of overalls, with white shirt, black tie, and polished two-tones. Zonker, a year or two later, is clearly paying tribute to my sartorial elegance.

I see Zonk was breadboarding some circuits.

And it’s ‘NORTHROP.’

People tell me “Dress For Success!” I have had success. Now I dress for comfort and ElectroStatic Discharge, ESD. No plastics, no wool within a meter of the bench…

B.D. would have gone in wearing a suit but would have forgotten to remove the helmet. (still so strange to see him sans helmet in present day). Mr Zonker Harris is attired in his best Sunday overalls. And the interviewers better notice that they are clean and ironed.(I don’t recall if he gets any nibbles)