Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 23, 2016
Transcript:
Joanie: $4.5 million? That doesn't work for us. How about 4.1 on a 15-year schedule with COLAS? What? No... that won't do. Zonker: We're wasting valuable time here, Counselor. Let me give it a shot... Joanie: Um... Mr. Dupuis, my client would like to talk to you personally... Zonker: Dupuis? Harris here! This isn't an Arab bazaar, mon ami! All I've got is $17 mil cash! Take it or leave it! Done. See, you just have to be forceful. Joanie: Oh, Zonker...
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
Welcome back to poverty, Zonker.
kwanza_30303 over 8 years ago
Easy come, easy go.
FlapHappy over 8 years ago
I’ve done that.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 8 years ago
For sure Zonk will never be “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Yngvar Følling over 8 years ago
I thought he had enough money left to buy a viscountship, or did he get that some other way?
unclebob53703 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Someone that dumb shouldn’t be rich anyway…they might run for president or something
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
A fool and his money …………..
rlcooke over 8 years ago
I take back what I said a few days ago about Zonker driving a hard bargain. So, he rejected an offer of 10 million and offered 17 million instead. Zonker, you’re supposed to start low and move UP when you are buying.
Riff Gibson Premium Member over 8 years ago
… well this explains where all his money went …
For a Just and Peaceful World over 8 years ago
We have made progress since this arc was first published because if Duke had been put on eBay, Zonker could have just pushed the Buy It Now button.
jakko1 over 8 years ago
How much longer will this “retrospective” of old strips go on? I missed the beginning and any explanation that GT might have made. Is he in retirement or something?
summerdog86 over 8 years ago
Ahhhh! I’m sad now! All I can think about is how much fun being filthy rich would be.
Malcolm Hall over 8 years ago
jakko1 — are you doing a bit of trolling perchance?
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 8 years ago
Zonker Harris: “The Art of the Deal.”
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 8 years ago
A fool and his money…
lindz.coop Premium Member over 8 years ago
Yup!! You just have to be forceful when you are giving all your money away.