#uncle duke

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Uncle Duke :: ‪@uncleduke1969.bsky.social‬

Thursday, 4:01pm:

"Still there." "Yep." "Looks blue." "It certainly does." "Wet too." "Totally." "See you next week?" “Count on it."

[never-was-has-been]

Uncle Duke says: The odds of being murdered in your own home by psychopathic waterfowl are low, but never zero.

[cantsayidont]

"As it often is in life itself, Mr. Duke."

In the mid-70s, DOONESBURY's Uncle Duke, a very thinly veiled parody of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, briefly served as U.S. ambassador to China during the Ford administration, in the waning days of Mao. In this February 1976 strip, he's at the Peking Opera House, waiting to see a new opera, SONG OF THE TIGER, which his host describes as "about a despot landlord who captures a wounded PLA platoon leader by tricking his trusting comrades." Then:

[moraloreldeservedbetter]

i have something controversial to say

if clay can be considered a tumblr sexyman then

SO SHOULD UNCLE DUKE FROM DOONESBURY

....AND HE'S NICER THEN CLAY

[palefirecheesecakeprod]

Remember the fresh prince of bel air? Well, this is my version of it

[marigrayson-speaks]

you should prank uncle duke. tie his shoe laces together or something lol

@dukethomas-speaks 👀

[bits-of-wit]

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"Aye, the sirens," says the lighthouse keeper, picking a bit of tobacco from his beard. "Some nights, when the wind is just so, I swear I can hear 'em singing." "What do they sing?" I prod him. A faraway look in his eyes, he says in a voice barely above a whisper, "Tubthumping."

‪Uncle Duke‬ ‪@uncleduke1969.bsky.social‬