Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 16, 2011

YOU LIE! I went to daisyd.com and it had nothing to do with Mike’s mom.

Alex seems less threatened by the granny that’s dead than by the granny that rooms with her and gives her nightmares.

I don’t see any mountains in the background of the 8 panels, Baslim, only more tomb structures, trees, & shrubs backed by the cemetery wall (panel 1) with cumulous clouds beyond. Seattle environs? Or not? Reader can’t tell. But neither is there anything to suggest Alex and Mike are in Oklahoma either. I mean, that’s a big trip from Washing State to Oklahoma State. Nothing suggests they traveled there. . . . .

LWP, what does “se nada” mean? “If nothing”? And if that’s what it means in English, then how does it relate to the discussion? I know very little Spanish, but all languages bear idioms that differ from a strictly literal, word-for-word translation. Example: “to kick the bucket” is an American English idiom meaning “to die”. How do you render that into Spanish? A strictly literal word-for-word translation just wouldn’t cut it. If you did, would it mean “to die” in Spanish? Unlikely.

Is www.daisyd.com the wrong URL?

Cougar An older woman who frequents clubs in order to score with a much younger man. The cougar can be anyone from an overly surgically altered wind tunnel victim, to an absolute sad and bloated old horn-meister, to a real hottie or milf. Cougars are gaining in popularity — particularly the true hotties — as young men find not only a sexual high, but many times a chick with her [expletive] together. “That cougar I met last night, showed me [expletive] I didn’t know existed, I’m goin’ back for more.” Source: Urban Dictionary http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cougar

The funeral was in Seattle, so that is probably where the cemetery is.

I’ll bet daisyd.com gets a lot of hits today.

@DT3 – I believe LWP meant de nada, which is Spanish for “you’re welcome”.

“de nada” can be roughly translated as ‘was nothing’ or ‘it was no problem’ . . . and thus . . . "you’re welcome’

I can’t believe he put in a bogus URL!

I don’t remember her funeral. When was that?

Anyone else think that Alex’s dress makes her butt look big?

It seems to me that Doonesbury has become more predictably political over the past few years. In the 70s and 80s, I got the impression—-as an occasional reader—-that GBT’s characters were involved in politics maybe one-fourth of the time. Now, half the strips refer to politics.Political cartoons like Doonesbury of course thrive on election campaigns. Instead of targeting party stereotypes or drawing elephants and donkeys, however, GBT deploys his satirical talent to highlight some aspect of the (Republican) enemy’s ideology.My prologue is meant to introduce the far-out conjecture that Alex’s discovery of her Granny’s electronic afterlife could be a spoof on Romney’s Mormon practice of baptizing the dead.The Texan minister who backs Perry called Mormonism a “cult.” Liberals, including Doonesbury readers, instinctively resist any attempt to interject religion into politics and we can’t take Perry or Bachmann seriously.But a liberal Jew can only feel revulsion towards a candidate who, as a Mormon bishop, took part in the project of baptizing victims of the holocaust. A religion that desperate for souls does sound like a cult.

Since “no se” is Spanish for “I don’t know” and “nada” is “nothing”, I read “se nada” as “I know nothing.” But then, I can’t claim to know much idiom, just bits of vocabulary.

Furthermore, after palin drome’s previous comment I went back to the strip to look for the quotation from “Twelfth Night”…

If baptism is an induction, it’s an insult to the unwilling. Not as bad if it’s just a blessing. John was offering a cleansing in the water, & said that his successor’s baptism in the spirit is the one that counts. Both were Jews.

palin, what’s your souce for extending Saturnalia as early as All Soul’s Day? Stricly speaking, it was established as a one-day feast on Dec. 17, but was later extended to 5 days. The Romans feasted Pomona as a harvest festival on November 1, and while that may have been co-opted into All Saints/All Souls, I don’t see that Saturnalia has anything to do with it. Some aspects of Saturnalia perhaps survive, but they’re associated with Christmas: the giving of gifts, and a social inversion whereby masters cater to their slaves (Boxing Day).

I have to join with those complaining about the bogus URL. Sheesh, at least register a URL and acknowledge that folks are going to type it in!