Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 19, 2024

The majority of parents of school shooters always profess that they were unaware what kind of life their precious baby led, let alone never having been inside their bedroom to see how they lived!!!

Kinda like Bill Clinton saying he “never inhaled”.

So, another clueless parent it is.

weed grew in the bar ditches in western kansas. i finally quit smoking weed when i retired from the navy. 30 years ago. just not for me, anymore.

What they really want to know is if your prior drug use can be used by foreign agents to blackmail you into selling them classified information.

Keeps secrets well.

As Stephen Colbert noted, “Don Jr. likes the powder—also skiing!”

Well if his parents never knew about it that would be a point in his favor, wouldn’t it?

Besides, the CIA certainly has a history of drug use don’t they?

At least he knew enough to classify it as his “impression.”

He’ll quit when he’s about 40. Then it’s not fun anymore

He’d make a good future patsy, don’t you think ??? ;-)

I could picture my scrupulously honest 1950s father saying, “Oh, yeah, he must’ve had at least 40-50 aspirins in his life so far.”

Oddly enough, I have never used any of the “recreational drugs” which is surprising considering I was at university in the late ’60s. Once someone thought I was drunk and another time someone thought I was stoned. In both cases I was as straight and sober as a tent revival preacher at a Saturday night camp meeting. I figure, if I can get that high on life, why mess around with drugs. Plus, back then in Texas, possession of one seed could get you ten years in prison. A whole joint might be good for twenty years. That was also a disincentive.

Tried weed when I was in Korea. Since I didn’t smoke tobacco, and still don’t, never learned to inhale. Hence taking weed was a futile effort.

Maybe if we had never learned to laugh at things like this we wouldn’t have the problem we have.

Rick just wants the kid out of his house.

When it comes to drugs, isn’t ‘clueless’ redundant here?