Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 05, 2016
January 04, 2016
January 06, 2016
Transcript:
Zonker: $23 million! Mom, are you sure there hasn't been some mistake? Honey: That's certainly a remarkable lottery prize, sir. Zonker: Mom, I want you to have half of it, okay? No, no, I absolutely insist! 50%! Honey: That's very generous of you, sir. Zonker: What? No, mom... no. Honey: I just hope it all works out for you. Zonker: Okay, 60%, but that's my final offer. Honey: They say money can really change people.
$23 million was a lot more then than it is now. Being a millionaire was really something; now it’s chumpchange.
’Course half of it will go to taxes, hopefully his half, not hers.