Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 29, 2015

Sal can’t tolerate second-hand good manners.

Trip was raised to Ma’am and Sir everyone… must be from the South.

Sal flunked out of school, left home.Hes doing a comic strip in the south somewhere.

There’s nothing wrong with having good manners ! I brought my kids up to address people as Mr. and Mrs. So-and-So or if they were close family friend, Aunt ___ and Uncle ____. Please and thank you, and answering an adult with yes, sir or yes, ma’am were part of their basic vocabulary from the time they could talk. They still ( in their 40’s ) are extremely polite to everyone – as is my 20 year old grandson.My little Ecuadoran grandchildren are, like their parents, also extremely polite.And yes, I still open doors for ladies and hold their chair when they sit down and assist them when they put on their coat !That was how I was raised . In this age of rude selfishness, I thank my parents for teaching me how to be a gentleman.

Trip Tripler…. I’m beginning to side with Sal Putrid on this one.

Ha! I’m no Sal, but my first year at Oberlin (1976) was pretty challenging, too, rooming with a major flamer (and total socialite) ! I toughed it out…. Hey Bob Lazear, wherever you are, hope you’re doing great!

I like him!

STrange that in my newspaper is a different Doonesbury..Wonder why?

I think we last saw him at their mother’s funeral. He had ditched the Sal Putrid persona and went by Benjy again.

My, son you are awfully quiet there, don’t you like to make small talk? Well, m’aam, I am afraid I will f__k up and say something inappropriate.

Mike has a brother?And when he did appear first?