Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 31, 2024

Was the Concorde still in use when this strip first came out? If so, Zonker could get to Malibu in almost no time! And if Jimmy Carter could live to be 100, that “mentor” could still hit the waves at 87!

So am I, what’s that got to do with it?… oh yeah, I can’t swim.

Stranger things are happening, for example, attorney John Morgan called Trump a genius.

When did Zonker become so stuffy? Even if it is dangerous, what better way for an ol’ surfer dude to go out than catching a wave?

Master answers: "So …?

The Ol Surfer Dude I remember would’ve said that more like, “Worry not, chipmunk. Getting married I am not.” Etc. Guess it’s because 87 he is.

Age is only a number! I went skydiving on my 80th birthday this past October! I promised myself back when I originally quit jumping out of perfectly good airplanes at age 40, that I’d jump again when I was 80. I did … and unassisted, I might add ( he said boastingly ).

The good Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise, I plan to do it again when I’m 90!

He’s probably already done Mavericks

Banana George didn’t take his last ride until he was 93.

youtube.COM/watch?v=kBI7i6kZc_M

If Ol’ Surfer Dude was 87 in 2002, he’s pushing 110 now (if he didn’t already hit it). Righteous!

(I hope Trudeau didn’t bring back this arc because he’s going to kill the character off on some upcoming Sunday.)

LOST CHArACTERS——The “little ghetto kid” Mike tutored in the first two years of the strip.The one who ordered “a nice,light Chablis ’62”??

As an octogenarian I’ve had to give up snorkeling because if I go down just five feet my head feels all funny.

“Doesn’t sound like a hard ‘no’ to me, bro’.”

:)

Hang ten baby, I doubt Zonker can stay practical for more than a second anyway, no short term memory ! ;-)

For a little cross-promotion here on GoComics, I encourage everyone to look at today’s entries by Mike Luckovich and Rob Rogers. Both feature appreciations of the late Jimmy Carter. I always admired him as a guy who absolutely had his priorities straight. Once, when asked in an interview what he considered to be his most outstanding accomplishment, being elected President or winning the Nobel Peace Prize, he answered “Having Rosalyn agree to marry me.”

A woman was about to be accosted by some uncouth fellows but they ran away when she shouted “FIRE! FIRE!” Folks came from all directions and asked where the fire was.

She explained there was no fire.

Well, why had she shouted that?

Because nobody would have come had she shouted “RAPE!” she explained.