Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 28, 1974

Transcript:

Czar: What is this request? Aide: It is a request for five gallons of gasoline, your czarship. From this woman! It seems her son ran out of fuel while driving on the Ohio Turnpike. He's had to live in a hot shoppe restaurant outside Akron since late November. Czar: The proposed allocation is worthy. I will sanction it. Woman: Oh, bless you, sire! Czar: My signet ring and hot wax! Aide: At once, sir! Woman: Sniff...