Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 05, 2012
Transcript:
Duke: We've been over this, Trff! I'm not hosting your putsch planning ops! I don't want to find an IED in my mailbox! And by the way, your co-conspirators look pretty sketchy to me. Don't be surprised if they flip on you! Trff: What are you on about? My followers are fiercely loyal! Duke: If you say so. Just throwing it out there. Trff? These men would die for me! Cronie 1: (Whoa. How's that?) Cronie 2: (Back up, boss.)
One thing that’s never been explained to me sufficiently: Why is Trff still rooming with Duke? Heck, Duke has never hesitated in throwing people overboard before. Even if by some miracle Trff were to get back his Swiss bank accounts money, Trff doesn’t seem to me to be the grateful type. I really can’t see any advantage for Duke to keep this loser around, so what’s going on?