Comments on: Fear and Loathing on the Artery-Hardening Trail

By: Joanne Jacobs

Joanne Jacobs — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:34:55 +0000

I think Doonesbury’s series on B.D. losing his leg in Iraq and recovering from amputation has been touching. OK, not funny, but sweet.

I don’t mind him making fun of bloggers. He certainly made fun of commune dwellers in the old days, and of “radical young priests who can talk to the young.” It’s what he does. But the cartoon wasn’t funny. Pointing out that bloggers aren’t part of the media establishment is, well, pointless.

By: Kyda Sylvester

Kyda Sylvester — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 03:45:42 +0000

I don’t read Doonesbury. Was that supposed to be funny? Ironic? What?

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 23:36:08 +0000

Instructions on How to Clean The Toilet:

1. Put lid up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the bowl.

2. Pick up cat and carry to the bathroom.

3. In one movement, put cat in toilet and close lid. (You may need to stand on lid)

4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. (Never mind the noise, the cat actually enjoys this!)

5. Flush the toilet three or four times. (This provides the “Power-Wash.”)

6. Open the front door. Make sure there is no one between the bathroom and the front door.

7. Quickly lift the lid.

8. The cat will rocket out and streak outside where it will leisurely dry off.

9. Both the toilet and the cat will be sparkling clean!

Sincerely, The Dog

By: Stephen_M

Stephen_M — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 23:11:35 +0000

richard mcenroe, Well, at least Breathed escaped becoming hidebound ala Trudeau.

By: TedN

TedN — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:24:22 +0000

Buddy, Yes that’s it. The only open question left by the wording is whether it will include the watercolor sequences that were done specially for some of the later collections and did not appear in newspapers.

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:06:15 +0000

As in ó *sigh* “Woe betide the politically correct space barbarian…”

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:56:03 +0000

Stephen_M ó I liked his old stuff.

By: Stephen_M

Stephen_M — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:58:26 +0000

What? No Berkeley Breathed fans left?

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:47:29 +0000

I thought it was really tubular how he slipped it in that being anti means you got, like, brains and stuff (not like them others who are like, no idea what’s going down). Some boss stuff–i hope he’ll keep it coming!

By: erp

erp — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:33:46 +0000

Roger,

Much as I admire you and your blogging, not even for you will I look at Trudeau’s “comic” strip.

Haven’t for more than 25 years and don’t intend to start now.

However, should he write a strip in which he apologises for all the mis-information, lies, distortions, propaganda, etc. of his past output, let me know and I’ll check it out.

Until then, no can do.

Have a patriotic 4th everybody. It’s better to be a charming scoundrel than a pretentious prig.