# Excellent Doonesbury (Sunday) **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421 **Category:** Cafe Society **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421 "2012-06-17T13:17:46Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/1 "2012-06-17T13:17:46Z")
Today’s Doonesbury is worth a look, especially for us [menfolk.](http://doonesbury.slate.com/) ---
### Author: ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/2 "2012-06-17T14:22:13Z")
Context? ---
### Author: ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/3 "2012-06-17T14:42:33Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Context? His little girl is getting married. He had his mind on what tie he should ware and was taken off guard by seeing his daughter in her wedding dress. ---
### Author: ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/4 "2012-06-17T15:55:19Z")
How does he wear his eyeglasses \*below \*his nose? Is it so his nostrils can see better? ---
### Author: ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/5 "2012-06-17T16:02:58Z")
Man, oh man, how time flies. I remember when Mike and Zonker and me used to get high and talk about philosophy. And now… wow. ---
### Author: ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/6 "2012-06-17T16:11:32Z")
I read that comic while in the middle of listening to [Varúð](http://blog.minneapolisfuckingrocks.com/post/24540281456/video-sigur-ros-varu) by Sigur Rós. ---
### Author: ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/7 "2012-06-17T16:12:21Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > How does he wear his eyeglasses \*below \*his nose? Is it so his nostrils can see better? Salad bar style sneeze catcher. ---
### Author: ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/8 "2012-06-17T16:22:59Z")
He wears a nez-pince. ---
### Author: ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/9 "2012-06-17T16:25:14Z")
> [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > His little girl is getting married. He had his mind on what tie he should ware and was taken off guard by seeing his daughter in her wedding dress. It’s sweet for sure, but I don’t think that really makes it a great comic. Of course, the last time I read Doonesbury, Alex was being portrayed as nerdgirl jailbait, so seeing her getting married was definitely a surprise. ---
### Author: ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/10 "2012-06-17T16:38:40Z")
This whole week, with large parts of the original cast at the rehearsal dinner, has been great. ---
### Author: ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/11 "2012-06-17T16:59:15Z")
It’s sentimental, but it’s a lousy strip. And why is this particularly relevant to “menfolk”? ---
### Author: ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/12 "2012-06-17T21:18:48Z")
Wish my local paper hadn’t cut out the first two panels. Very appropriate for Father’s Day, though. ---
### Author: ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael) #### Post date: [June 17, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/13 "2012-06-17T23:10:25Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > It’s sentimental, but it’s a lousy strip. And why is this particularly relevant to “menfolk”? Not necessarily all menfolk, but certainly for those with daughters. ---
### Author: ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop) #### Post date: [June 18, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/14 "2012-06-18T00:19:30Z")
Very sweet. ---
### Author: ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill) #### Post date: [June 18, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/15 "2012-06-18T01:19:56Z")
I don’t understand, “Mike? You call?” I know that the guy is Michael Doonesbury, but what does “Mike? You call?” mean. She’s not addressing Michael, he’s out on the porch, so…? ---
### Author: ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar) #### Post date: [June 18, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/16 "2012-06-18T01:26:37Z")
She thought she heard her husband and is asking him if he was calling her name. Menfolk? Because marrying off your daughter is a wondrous and powerful moment for a father. ---
### Author: ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius) #### Post date: [June 18, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/17 "2012-06-18T01:27:14Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I don’t understand, “Mike? You call?” I know that the guy is Michael Doonesbury, but what does “Mike? You call?” mean. She’s not addressing Michael, he’s out on the porch, so…? He said “Hey, Kim” way back in panel three. He wanted (as many of us middle-aged husbands do) her opinion on the tie he was choosing. He then saw his daughter in her wedding dress and got all verklamphed. I understand. ---
### Author: ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool) #### Post date: [June 18, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/18 "2012-06-18T02:56:19Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > This whole week, with large parts of the original cast at the rehearsal dinner, has been great. I loved Alex’s toast to the two “strangely familiar” bartenders (her mom and stepfather, natch). ---
### Author: ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale) #### Post date: [June 18, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/19 "2012-06-18T03:33:08Z")
He’s still alive? Would anyone notice if he wasn’t? Count Curley Wee is more relevant than Doonesbury. ---
### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster) #### Post date: [June 18, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421/20 "2012-06-18T04:13:31Z")
> [@Lochdale](#): > > He’s still alive? Would anyone notice if he wasn’t? Count Curley Wee is more relevant than Doonesbury. **Lochdale** , coming into a thread to sneer at the topic and those discussing it is threadshitting. Don’t do it. Thanks, **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-doonesbury-sunday/625421.md?page=2)