Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 27, 1977
September 26, 1977
September 28, 1977
Transcript:
Zonker: To begin with, you should all knwo that 50,000,000 cubic meters of earth were moved by the French! Yes, the French were the first to attempt the canal through Panama! But they failed! Badly! The company went bankrupt, and its desperate creditors turned to the U.S. for salvation! Kirby: Aha! The stage is set! Zonker: Right! In 1902, the company's acting director, one Philippe Bunauvarilla, arrived in Washington to strike a deal! Kirby: And what were his terms, Zonk? Zonker: Well, first we had to agree to cure malaria... Kirby: That seems fair!
