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July 27, 2006
After You, My Dear Alphonse or No, No, After You Dear Gaston
[NOTE TO READERS: In order to fulfill an obligation to our syndicated network - the world wide web - this entry was written 3 weeks ago, when the storyline was about Winslow's sexual identity. One day, when technology allows the rapid transfer of information between points far and wide, it might be possible to write up a same-day critique, but until that time, the audience is kindly requested to bear with us. The author assumed that this theme would continue for quite a while, to deal with all the subtle nuances that we expect from Prickly City. Enjoy.]
We've learned that no longer will Winslow, the comic strip embodiment of all the follies that the Democratic Party deals in, allow his bready manliness to be cast on the water, only to watch it float away and never return again. From henceforth he shall not be soft, but hard! What light through yonder window doesn't break, Winslow will break, because that's what macho men do. Like General Sherman, if nominated to kick ass, he will not run; he will stand tall. Furry. Smelly.
Eventually, however, he will flip-flop, and glom onto the latest fad. He will stray from the agenda of his pal Carmen, and she will castigate him for his dissent. For as she well knows, dissent is a terrible thing. Like when her protestants dissented with the teachings of the one holy catholic and apostolic church and formed their own religious community. Or when the American colonies disagreed with the impositions placed upon them by the British and formed their own constitutional republic. Or she can speak of how, as a young woman of color, opposition to "separate but equal" policies was not in the best interest of the country. Gotta give those conservative Protestant Americans credit, they sure know what they're talking about when they're talking dissent.
Comments
According to Ted Stevens your post probably got caught up in the dump truck traveling through the tubes that make up the internets.
As for today's strip, if you have the opposite plans of someone else does that mean you don't have any plans at all? I don't understand Stantis's logic.
Posted by: The Furnace at July 27, 2006 11:04 AM
Ted Stevens - I loved that guy on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Too Close For Comfort. Unfortunate that he's repressed about his sexuality, akin to Strom Thurmond & racism, because the looks he shared with Jm J. Bullock could melt the ANWR.
Posted by: Sacki at July 27, 2006 11:17 AM
