Jerry Ford used to trip coming down airplane stairs, reviewing troops and most every other opportunity he could find. I guess you could say he was a real trip. [aghhh that was terrible.]
oh, those were the good old days of american invasion into third world countries…..no pesky insurgents with roadside bombs to deal with….
just go in, kick the poopie out of an overwhelmed opponent , scream “mission accomplished” and go home to the parades and ground kissing and everybody in the world can be shocked and awed by our military might…….
I’ll never forget when we invaded Grenada. I awoke to the shock of the morning’s news of the invasion. Shocked because, as far as I could tell there’d been absolutely no indication that we were likely to invade anybody.
My shock turned to confusion when they said that we’d invaded Grenada. At the time, I’d never heard of that small island nation, so my first reaction was, “Boy, the announcer doesn’t know how to pronounce Spanish, and why the h3ll did we invade Spain!”
I quickly came to the conclusion that this was a ginned up “war” to help Reagan’s standing with the American people, which wasn’t so great thanks to a recent, nasty recession.
I remember episodes of Saturday Night Live (back when it was worth watching) in which Chevy Chase imitated Ford by acting confused and tripping all over the place. Classic comedy.
As for today’s strip, those are rather high steps for someone with no visible legs.
kreole over 14 years ago
I thought penguins preferred Antartica ice over any soil…..
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
Several presidents have tripped trying to get out of military choppers. so why shouldn’t a short-legged Opus? Darned media putzs!
jrbj over 14 years ago
Jerry Ford used to trip coming down airplane stairs, reviewing troops and most every other opportunity he could find. I guess you could say he was a real trip. [aghhh that was terrible.]
ejcapulet over 14 years ago
Yes, jrbj, that was.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
oh, those were the good old days of american invasion into third world countries…..no pesky insurgents with roadside bombs to deal with…. just go in, kick the poopie out of an overwhelmed opponent , scream “mission accomplished” and go home to the parades and ground kissing and everybody in the world can be shocked and awed by our military might…….
crlinder over 14 years ago
I’ll never forget when we invaded Grenada. I awoke to the shock of the morning’s news of the invasion. Shocked because, as far as I could tell there’d been absolutely no indication that we were likely to invade anybody.
My shock turned to confusion when they said that we’d invaded Grenada. At the time, I’d never heard of that small island nation, so my first reaction was, “Boy, the announcer doesn’t know how to pronounce Spanish, and why the h3ll did we invade Spain!”
I quickly came to the conclusion that this was a ginned up “war” to help Reagan’s standing with the American people, which wasn’t so great thanks to a recent, nasty recession.
Sherlock Watson over 14 years ago
I remember episodes of Saturday Night Live (back when it was worth watching) in which Chevy Chase imitated Ford by acting confused and tripping all over the place. Classic comedy.
As for today’s strip, those are rather high steps for someone with no visible legs.
x_Tech over 14 years ago
Say, does anyone happen to know which country the US hasn’t invaded? Need to get that taken care of. tks CIA