Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 28, 1998
Transcript:
Alex: Kimbolina, do you think we should have watched our costs more carefully? Kim: Well, that's hard to say, Alex...sometimes only having a small loss is bad. Your backer will just eat it and move on. But if you have a big loss, he needs to recover it, so his only hope lies in carrying you until you succeed. Alex: Oh...so that's why Uncle Bernie will come through again? Kim: Yup. In a way, he has no choice. Bernie: Mike, I'm cutting you off. Mike: Kidder! Kidder!