Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 24, 2009

Count your blessings, Melissa.

They are in the same AO, so it might happen.

No, not Melissa and Jeff, please.

“There is a lady sweet and kind/ Was never face so pleased my mind/ I did but see her passing by/And yet I love her till I die.”

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Setebos that is way too sad. My heart is broken.

I don’t know Melissa and Jeff. Why do Toggle and Jeff look so much alike? I applaud our troops and vets. GT, this is boring.

Whew! That was a close one Melissa. I guess you don’t have to be in the line of fire to dodge some bullets.

I wonder - if Jeff HAD remembered his mission, would they have met? If not, is that last line relevant at all?

I forgot that everyone was forgetting something last week.

Last chance at romance there, Lil’ Duke. Oh, and your 5-o’-clock shadow’s approaching midnight.

Susan001,

Recessive genes are a @!#&!

Joe, that’s hardly what happened with Melissa. Her therapist and the group were her help, and she feels strong enough to do what she loves again. Just because you lost your love of the military doesn’t mean anyone who does is broken.

If you pass by the flightline at any base, you aren’t straying. You are there for a reason. Notice the hint: APACHES. Guess the CIA is going to do something nasty with them.

My guess, and it is only a guess, is that they are or will be somehow invilved in the same mission.

And if they do interact in some way or other, maybe, just maybe, they can help each other grow a little bit…

So do Melissa and Jeff have a relationship history?

How do we know that they would not find happiness together? It is sad that they have missed their chance to meet, yet those circumstances are all too real.

…hmmmm…

For Baslim: “Let the sweet fresh breezes heal me As they rove around the girth Of our lovely mother planet Of the cool, green hills of Earth.”

@Setebos, let’s see how much I remember of this song (I remember the tune perfectly, but I can’t type it in) - I know I’m missing part of the next line:

her something something something smiles her gentle voice my heart beguiles beguiles my heart, I know not why yet will I love her till I die.

Cupid is winged (2 syllables) and doth range her country so my love doth change but change she earth or change she sky yet will i love her till I die.

Thanx for reminding me of this song.

Well, I did what I should have thought of in the first place, and googled it. There are several more verses, several different interpretations by several different people… but still a lovely song. I hadn’t thought of it in ages.

Its obvious that Trudeau is trying to set up a situation. Lets see how this plays out.

True, Jeff is an idiot…but most of us were at one time in our lives. Maybe Mellisa has the key to change his life…

There has been speculation that the blind tramp (the name escapes me), who penned “The Green Hills of Earth,” & Baslim the begger, were aliases used by Lazaras Long. He’s probably the pilot in the chopper.

This is exactly what happens to people who wear sunglasses all the time.