Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 09, 2016
January 08, 2016
January 10, 2016
Transcript:
Duke: So what's the first thing you're going to do with your dough, Zonker? Zonker: I'm thinking of taking a long vacation. Frankly, I'm wrung out. Do you know how hard it is, screwing off year after year, keeping your options open, enduring the laughter of friends while waiting for your ship to come in? Duke: It's been rough for you, hasn't it, boy? Zonker: How do you tell people that you just know you have a rendezvous with destiny? Duke: Don't get bitter on me now, nephew. Zonker: I won't... I just wish people had believed in me!
It seems to me that Duke is working Zonker as Mohammad Ali did in his encounters