Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 07, 2021

Get out of here, Ed.

If it weren’t for Ed, there would be many more dues-shirkers.

Mike, it looks like JJ did you a favour…

Go whiz into the wind, Ed.

It gets better, Mike. Hang in there!

Yeah, yeah, wah, wah, pay yer class dues. :-)

There was always that one dip spit in the chat room.

I have to say, Ed’s role in this strip is hilarious.

Back in those days you could make a word bold type?

In other news, it’s a notable anniversary today:

 2020-01-07 • Presidential Daily Brief: “Analysts concluded [coronavirus] could be a cataclysmic event.” • Trump did nothing.

2020-03-11 • WHO declared a global pandemic.

2020-04-15 • Trump suspended US funding of WHO.

 2021-01-07 • US coronavirus deaths: 370,071 (52 weeks after PDB; 7117/week)

For comparison …

1941-12-07 • Pearl Harbor attack: 2,403

2001-09-11 • terrorist attacks: 2,977 (5 weeks after PDB warned Bush about it)

Korean War (33,686) + Vietnam War (58,220) + Afghan War (7,970): 99,876

WW1: 116,516 (83 weeks for US; 1403/week)

WW2: 418,500 (195 weeks for US; 2146/week)

Civil War: ~620,000 (213 weeks; 2911/week)

Spanish flu: ~675,000 (~117 weeks; 5769/week)

WHAT class dues? Who the hell pays class dues??!!

I paid my Class Dues. Back then it was called Student Loans.

I’ve never heard of “dues” be required of alumni.

Lovers never leave for the reason given. Often they don’t know themselves. I only had one “honest” lover.

After a week of “phone-tag”, she finally told me. “I’m just not in love with you anymore.”

My response was, “OK, that I can understand. It was all this mystery that didn’t make sense.”

Ed may be a pain, but he’s what every organization needs.

50 ways to leave your lover.

No, he would rather discuss it in bed. Naked. Sweaty snugglebunnies!

It will take a few years for Mike to realize what an Enormous favor Uncle Stupidhead just did him.