Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 15, 2013
Transcript:
Toggle: Alex... I... I... make living w-w-with musicians. Some are w-w-women. What you worried about? Alex: What do you think? I'm worried that during the long hours working in the studio, Skye's music becomes part of you... Then you go on tour with her, and as the world falls under her spell, so do you, and I never hear from you again! Toggle: Wow. We... we doomed. Alex: You'd think. But one day, the band comes to Paris, where I've moved with the babies...
The Nihilist over 11 years ago
Get this gal some therapy and meds — stat!!
Bret Maverick over 11 years ago
She’s gone nuts.
reyigo over 11 years ago
If only Step Mom would join her in Motherhood. I know, I’m evil.
Alabama Al over 11 years ago
Fairly well has it all mapped out.
AKHenderson Premium Member over 11 years ago
Alex has a story there – time to hit the keyboards and crank up Kickstarter! (Or Red Rascal’s literary agent.)
luckylouie over 11 years ago
Jeez, I’m glad those days are over for me. Here’s a scenario when my wife was carrying our first one:Me: (coming in the door from work) “Hi, honey. How are you?”She: WAAAHHHH!!(I’m thinking, “Oh my Gawd, miscarriage”) “What’s wrong? What happened?”“You don’t love me anymore because I’m fat and ugly and pregnant.”“Aw, that’s not true. What made you think that?”“What you just said.”“Huh? I said ‘Hi, how are you.’”“Yeah, but it’s the WAY you said it!”
thesnowleopard Premium Member over 11 years ago
Seriously, Alex. Shut. Up.
ChocolateLady over 11 years ago
I think Alex should learn to jump to the end of her imagined scenarios and then she’ll be able to chill out!
BillH77 over 11 years ago
Sheeze, it sounds like Alex was doing some weed with Zonker to come up with this strange line of thinking.
lisapaloma13 over 11 years ago
Hormones.
rpmurray over 11 years ago
“You don’t love me anymore because I’m fat and ugly and pregnant.”“Well, now that you mention it.”
Darsan54 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Get that woman some ice cream! STAT !!
rasalom over 11 years ago
At least she has it all thought out in advance.
Charley007 over 11 years ago
I WISH this strip was about Zonker! Where the heck is Walden Puddle?!
steve menemelman over 11 years ago
Toggle needs to introduce Alex to Skye’s wife.
babka Premium Member over 11 years ago
imagination, sef-fulfilling prophesies & a culture of celebrity-worship & trophy wives, easily discarded
DavidGBA over 11 years ago
and moans.
ROLtheWolf over 11 years ago
It’s time for hubby to lay the loving on his girl. She needs it bad.
kaffekup over 11 years ago
Actually, that joke was “How do you make a hormone?” about 50 years ago. And please don’t shout.
kaffekup over 11 years ago
This reminds me of my own wife (who is not pregnant): go straight to the worst possible outcome. Without the happy ending. Whatever is happening now can only get worse and will go on forever.
cbscribe over 11 years ago
I love Alex’s flights of fancy. This made me laugh out loud.
Coyoty Premium Member over 11 years ago
She watches too much E!
booktrout over 11 years ago
twins?
jbj777 over 11 years ago
Leo is doing a great job. More admiration for the strong character GT has brought to life.
Dragoncat over 11 years ago
SOMEBODY GET HER A TYPEWRITER!!!While Jeff struggles to create more war porn, Alex could be creating a fresh new batch of mommy porn.EAT YOU HEART OUT, FIFTY SHADES OF GREY!!!
Rickapolis over 11 years ago
And you can name the babies ‘Jules’ and ’ Verne’.
lmonteros over 11 years ago
The end of this story is that, like her mother and grandmother, Alex will run off to “find herself” and leave hubby with the babies. Except for Lacy and Kim. Trudeau’s women are self-centered and unlikable.
JP Steve Premium Member over 11 years ago
“We’ll always have Paris…”
Astolat over 11 years ago
… Marc Bolan, Kurt Cobain, Freddie Mercury, Brian Jones, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison, Sid Vicious,
Michael McKown Premium Member over 11 years ago
Keep smiling, the insanity will pass in time.
The Orange Mailman over 11 years ago
Hah! Great punch line.
route66paul over 11 years ago
It isn’t just musicians, it happens to a percentage of people that make a lot of money and do not know what to do with it or how to handle being famous.
andrew_c over 11 years ago
< joke> Apart from the ice cream, sounds like the recipe for keeping a cat happy :) < /joke>
Newshound41 over 11 years ago
The survivors are in Paris, helping Alex with the kids.