Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 21, 2024

Lots of great events happened by accident—like the person who dropped an egg and invented omelets! :-D

Kinda like the cartoon DEXTER’S LABORATORY, where Dee Dee would ask, “What does this button do?” before pressing it and launching a cataclysm.

Ther’s a word for that: Serendipity.

All three of the principal figures in today’s strip have long noses and pointy chins, and two of them sport shades, yet none of them are Duke! Boggles the mind, don’t it?

I didn’t think America would break so easily.

To borrow from Foghorn Leghorn, “That boy is about as sharp as a pound of wet feathers.”

None of this is classified? Like he can just go chatty-Kathy with any old host national warlord?

“Push the button, Frank!”

Sounds like a line from “Dumb Ways to Die”!

“I wonder what this red button do?”

The button labeled “LAUNCH”? Gee, go figure.

The red button that says “Don’t push under any circumstances”

“What happens if I press this button?"

“I wouldn’t—”

“Oh.”

“What happened?”

“A sign lit up, saying ‘Please do not press this button again.’”

I hope he doesn’t get a medal. Those are usually reserved for those who do something extremely brave (and arguably stupid), which saved the lives of others. I listened to many a commendation presentation. They wanted us to know such efforts were appreciated but also what they could have cost the hero. Many were awarded posthumously.

Speaking of the CIA, The Wall Street Journal reports that their gift shop has a “pink-and-white striped baby onesie that says, “The Result of an Undercover Operation””.