Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 22, 2008

Good one.

Hmmm…not the first time it happened…

Even when clueless, Lacey had a dignity that endeared her to all.

Lacey was the cool granny that several of GT’s readers never had, she is greatlly missed. And its great to have her back, even in flashback mode.

Well said wndrwrthg, especially when compared to today’s version of clueless pols

Marg and Gweedo Thanks for saying something nicely. :-] I am a native American. Gweedo, My primary language are American Sign Language and English as my second language. Both are much different. I changed my avatar because Gweedo thought that my Siamese cat was kind of kitty and my screen name was horse. Well, two reasons for my screen name are wild mustangs that are so many in NV and my car “Ford Mustang.” As you read or heard about the wild horses that will be euthanasized in NV. I think that must be outrageously ridiculous. :-[

Wildmustang, I love your new mustang avatar. I thank the person that wrote yesterday and explained more about ASL. I learned a lot. I’ve heard about the wild horse killings, and I hate the thought of it.

Gweedo, I did see your second post and I see that Wildmustang took your advice about his avatar. Thanks for sticking up for him yesterday.

Wildmustang: Love both reasons for your avatar. Been trained as Ameslan translator, having a brother-in-law with a hearing handicap, and now many friends with the same. Bear with the foolish detractors, as they may feel justified. Once had issues with another e-mailer who neglected to capitolize ‘America’ and being in a patriotic moment, called him on it. He was called ‘Lefty’ because he lost his right arm in a motorcycle accident, and could therefore not press the ‘shift’ key and the ‘A’ key at the same time. WOW was that embarrassing when explained to me. Hang in there, girl, and when you get angry at these folks, think about the sign word for a$$hole, and laugh.

MUSTANG… OK! Facts misleading re: gender. Complete apology. Nothing changes about my previous post except to substitute ‘dude’ for ‘girl’.

Bob wrote: neglected to capitolize ‘America’   <heavy sarcarsm on> You fool! America has geen capitolized since the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. You blistering simpleton, not to know the difference between ‘capitolize’ and ‘capitalize’. Any moron… etc. etc. etc. <heavy sarcasm off>   Bob, thanks for being the teacher in the moment. Wildmustang, pay no attention to the pompous flamers. Over at Pibgorn, our revered Brooke McEldowney has commented numerous times over the years about the vitriolic hate mail he gets from readers should he ever deign to misplace a comma. In his Livejournal entry of August 17th, he stated (speaking of an unintentional mis-spelling):   “Some notes, however, contained abuse – thrilled, giddy, sneering, inevitable. Whenever I find an error in my published work, I tense my muscles and wait for the first petard from the reader who feels he has just hit the mother lode. I never understand the gratification this produces, but it is an undeniable phenomenon: abuse, sometimes ferocious, fulminating, cackling. It clearly purges somebody’s soul.”   So you see, you are clearly in good company!

CC: THX!

Rofl!

It was 1982, not 1986, but it didn’t really go that bad. Sure, she made gaffes, but they took it with humour and she still got along well with them as they explained a few things to her.

https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1982/09/06