Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 17, 2012
Transcript:
Ray: So what's a for-profit Walden mean for me, man? B.D.: It means, Ray, that your courses will cost a lot more and your diploma will be worth a lot less! Ray: Aw, man. That's messed up! I better transfer out of here while my credits are still fungible! B.D.: Still what? Ray: It's a word I learned in econ today. B.D.: See? This place IS legit! King is crazy!
BE THIS GUY over 12 years ago
fun•gi•ble [fuhn-juh-buhl] Show IPA adjective Law . (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
And it is good see Ray moving ahead with his life.
The#1BoiseStateFan over 12 years ago
King IS crazy
Linguist over 12 years ago
It’s good to be King !
MiepR over 12 years ago
Very useful concept, fungibility. What is interchangeable, what is not? Let alone who.
Linguist over 12 years ago
True, but it’s a great old Mel Brooks line that I like to occasionally use.
DylanThomas3.14159 over 12 years ago
BD seems kinda, well, uh dumb, while by contrast Ray seems kinda, well, uh, smart. πBut BD is a good honest man with a kind heart. He realizes that Ray saved his life in Iraq during the “Gulf War”. And, when war buddy Ray needs help, BD is always there. πBD got the hottest babe, Boopsie, on campus at the time. Though he cheated on her in war service with a female officer, and Boopsie broke up with him over the affair, she eventually relented and they married in 1992. Only child a daughter: the precious Sam, brighter than a turned-on light bulb.
mrbribery over 12 years ago
fungible fungible fungible fungible fungible!
where’s my diploma?
DylanThomas3.14159 over 12 years ago
Fungible schmungible. Oil is fungible, GOPs R schmungible
Astolat over 12 years ago
As one of the ones who posts early on this strip (because of time differences), I’ll post the daily warning.
We have a regular troll on this strip, Guard SGT. He will bring every discussion back to TEA party and ‘birther’ issues.
We have tried in the past to reason with him, he takes no notice. If you ‘feed the troll’ by engaging with him, you will help him in his aim of disrupting normal conversation here..
So, please, let this be the first and last mention anyone makes on this strip today of, or in response to, Guard SGT. I thank you, and return you to your regular programme…
William Bednar Premium Member over 12 years ago
What’s the fuss? Walden is just going through a paradigm shift from “No students left behind” to “No students left”.
Blood-Poisoning Vermin over 12 years ago
“Walden. We put the Bull in fungible.”
Linguist over 12 years ago
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Idiotologies ! I love it. Thanks Sharuniboy for a coining a brilliant new, but absolutely perfect descriptive. I shall be adopting it in future use.
Potrzebie over 12 years ago
I bet guardsarge spend too much time at the VFW sucking down cheap beer and grousing about Democrats.
explorer543 over 12 years ago
@ Dylan Thomas pi
xCongratulations for you-know-what. xYou set a good example.
FriscoLou over 12 years ago
Two years! What’s Putin doing? FREE PUSSY RIOT!
marzipANn over 12 years ago
It’s like training a cat: Say “no” and change the subject when you disapprove; say “Yes!” and elaborate when you approve. This blog Has a lot of attention paid to those some find abhorrent, often more than to Doonesbury itself.
ocngopher over 12 years ago
Once a King always a King, but once a Knight’s enough
DylanThomas3.14159 over 12 years ago
Advice re trolls.πYes, Babygirl, from you and also from John Pike, who was a lot harsher than you. Thanx.
DylanThomas3.14159 over 12 years ago
“… when the troll ignores you …”πAnd when the troll attacks, you are also making the right points.
Dtroutma over 12 years ago
While a VFW VSO helped me first file my claim for disability, I can’t in conscience join the organization because you have to swear you believe in the “God of Abraham”. As a Buddhist, can’t really join. They ARE pretty right-wing in the membership, but not as bad as the American Legion (psycho “nationalists”).
DAV also supplies VSOs on a national basis, and do NOT require a religious test to join I strongly recommend folks needing help contact them.
REMF “guard” obviously needs some psychiatric help, but isn’t likely to seek it out, as he’s also obviously NOT “service connected”, well except maybe as a severe case of “blow hard”.
Mitchtheone over 12 years ago
BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
LMFAO at the fool birther…
DylanThomas3.14159 over 12 years ago
“Operation Wall Street kids”πOops, that’s “Occupy Wall Street kids”.
DylanThomas3.14159 over 12 years ago
O’Bomber’s a bummer,And Mitt’s not a ____.
J Quest over 12 years ago
Wow, I haven’t been reading the comments here for a while, but I’m astounded by how many people continue to play chess with this pigeon. In case you haven’t noticed, “sarge” is prone to knocking over the pieces, crapping on the board, then strutting around like the next grandmaster. I kind of feel sorry for the guy. He seems to spend an inordinate amount of time “guarding” the GoComics discussion pages. My guess is that he is a sad delusional little man.
DylanThomas3.14159 over 12 years ago
Not only am I clean, sober and off tabackey, but I can now read Sarge’s comments without feeling any urge whatsoever to answer.
puddleglum1066 over 12 years ago
When did Donald “People are Fungible” Rumsfeld start teaching at Walden?
basshwy over 12 years ago
I can hear an echo i a drum and it sounds like…….GuardSGT….GuardSGT……..GuardSGT……..GuardSGT……..GuardSGT……..GuardSGT….fading into the distance….like a fading fart in a zephyr……
explorer543 over 12 years ago
Saturday strip is online.
tomandtish_tom over 3 years ago
Hmmm.. but are they fungible? Last I remembered Walden isn’t accredited.