Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 01, 2014
November 30, 2014
December 02, 2014
Transcript:
Bernie: Zonker, don't you ever worry about skin cancer? Zonker: Can't afford to, Bernie. If you think about it too much, you clutch. It's like a surfer worrying about wiping out, or a race car driver worrying about a blow-out. If it happens, it happens. Either way, a true champion keeps going. Like my friend I was telling you about. After he recovered, he went right back to training. The next year, he missed taking the Sonny Bono Open by only two minutes! Bernie: Two minutes? What happened? Zonker: Total eclipse. The guy just had the worst luck.
True! And you have to wonder where the tanning craze originated. 150 years ago pale skin was a desired condition in the USA as it indicated you didn’t have to go out in the sun — you had slaves to do that for you.