Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 25, 2009
Transcript:
Toggle: Thinking of ask...asking Alex to visit. Worried she...she'll think I'm internet creep! B.D.: No, she won't...I'll get in touch with her and tell her what an outstanding individual you really are! I'll confirm that you're squared away, and that you keep your stuff together even when you're in a world of hurt! Toggle: Um...is that ro...romantic? B.D.: Trust me, son - I know women. Leave it to me.
cleokaya over 15 years ago
BD knows women?
margueritem over 15 years ago
Toogle, this romance may be doomed…
durtclaw over 15 years ago
Alex will know the truth
ehol Premium Member over 15 years ago
Yeah, sure … he knows women … yeah, of course …
… poor toggle …
CaptXpendable over 15 years ago
Gosh, what could possibly go wrong?
prasrinivara over 15 years ago
CaptXpendable, the one thing that could go awry is that Toggle could wind up back in mum’s trailer again.
NotFromIceland over 15 years ago
Any man who says he understands women … doesn’t.
briankblough over 15 years ago
I’ve been dealing with women for 1/2 century, and as Triumph (the musical group, for those who don’t know) says in “Ordinary Man” “The more I get to see, the less I understand” <:-)
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
Any man who says he DOESN’T understand women is telling the absolute truth.
JonD17 over 15 years ago
Stay out of it BD…. let it play out as intended
attyush over 15 years ago
Toggle’s love life ends even before it started.
txmystic over 15 years ago
doomed, I say, DOOMED!
prasrinivara over 15 years ago
I second doctortoon’s idea–let Toggle try (admittedly 95% chance of failure, and 5% of success–but the chances of success in not trying are ZIP, so…)!
As for BD’s comment on understanding women, the reality is that he understands them as well as I–the extent of which can be gleaned from the following anecdote.
An ex-Outlaw biker once prayed, and the Lord spoke to him that he would grant hin any one wish. The biker (who lived on mainland US) asked for a bridge connecting mainland to Hawaii, so that he could go there as he wished without paying for expensive tickets–to which the Lord replied “you’re asking for something which is selfish and uses much resources; pick another”.
The biker replied, “please explain women to me”, whereupon the Lord sighed and asked “do you want two-lane or four-lane?”.
longtimecomicsfan over 15 years ago
That’s weird - when I read BD’s line at the end, lightning struck and horses whinied outside the castle…and I’m in an office building!
Dtroutma over 15 years ago
Let’s hope durtclaw has it right, I met my “Alex” 40 years ago, she took what she got and is still here.
sfhayes over 15 years ago
Heck, I’m still hoping to meet a Toggle I don’t want to kick to the curb after being with him for 24 hours.
Sure, BD will screw it up, but I’m definitely in favor of him (Toggle) trying rather than not.