Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 04, 2010
Transcript:
Victoria: #5: Decision making... how should we handle it? Joe: Uh-oh. OK... I have to admit that I'm quite a traditionalist in this area of marriage. Victoria: Oh... really? So you're fine with being on a need-to-know basis? Joe: Hey, who am I to question the natural order? Victoria: More bonus points for reality-boy!
LordDogmore almost 15 years ago
She doesn’t want a man, she wants a neutered lap dog. I predict this will end badly for Joe.
jnik23260 almost 15 years ago
No wonder Danae likes her!
palos almost 15 years ago
Astonished that others don’t think that Joe isn’t playing Victoria. Answering each question as he thinks she wants to him to respond.
I don’t recall, but has Victoria ever met Danae? Perhaps the hidden card up Joe’s sleeve.
rushman3x almost 15 years ago
Baloney. Palos, the correct phrase in this situation is: “When you hear hoofbeats in the park, don’t think zebras.” In other words, the most obvious thing is usually the correct one. And, that is: Joe is a wimp. If he had any guts, he would have told her, “You don’t want a man, you want a ventriloquist’s dummy, and I am so out of here!” But, he won’t because (this is typical of him) he doesn’t want to hurt her feelings. Or, he’s just scared to death of what would happen if he stood up to her. He’s just the feminazis’ favorite man.
kreole almost 15 years ago
Hey Palos—I thought the same thing, that he may be playing Victoria. If so, what’s the point? Maybe Joe does have a card up his sleeve. Heading for the waterfall…..
randayn almost 15 years ago
Second marriages represent the triumph of hope over experience.
kreole almost 15 years ago
It’s the “Spider and the Fly” going on here……
Wildmustang1262 almost 15 years ago
Sorry I don’t know a lot about the marriage. I prefer to be a single till I die anyway
ronaldmundy almost 15 years ago
hey, we did three already, where’s #2?
MILLARDGUY almost 15 years ago
NO WAY..JOE… NOT FOR YEW
Varnes almost 15 years ago
There’s a lot to be said for being single. Although I wouldn’t mind being married if we could live in separate places….
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
poor people sleep in the same bed lower middle class people live in separate beds Middle class people live in separate rooms Rich people live in separate houses Super rich people live in separate time zones The Bible says that God loves the poor.
ronaldmundy almost 15 years ago
ah, he only gave them one bed. does prayer bring the rest? how’d we get this far from the questionnaire?…and where’s question #2?
DolphinGirl78 almost 15 years ago
Question #2 was on Saturday’s strip…
Allison Nunn Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Victoria and Joe are both enjoying this interaction. He knows about the way these questionnaires go, and the fact she mentions “bonus points” means that it is a pre-done one from some women’s magazine, not that she is actually thinking up the questions. And she has met both Danae & Kate way back when she first arrived.
pearlandpeach almost 15 years ago
this will last only until Danae finds out she can’t get around Vicotria either… yesterday someone said they liked Brenda better..me too.
TheDOCTOR almost 15 years ago
I think Brenda was cuter. Where did she go?
sydtaki almost 15 years ago
Isn’t Victoria the city cousin of Brenda, here to run Brenda’s shop while B. is gone traveling?
dsom8 almost 15 years ago
At least nobody’s concerned about the missing salt and pepper shakers and the napkin holder.
John Burt Premium Member almost 15 years ago
What happened to question 2 or is part 2 of question 1 counted as 2?
Justice22 almost 15 years ago
Smart guy that Joe. Victoria will decide he is too good to be true and forget the marriage.
mikdeeps almost 15 years ago
When I was single My pockets would jingle.I wish I was single again.Words to an old song—Words to live by
GROG Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Oh you’re right, Dear. You’re always right.
billdi Premium Member almost 15 years ago
joe may be a wimp but he’s a pretty smart wimp here: he thinks fast with a response to a ridiculous and dangerous question (“uh-oh”) that leaves it up to victoria to determine exactly what “traditionalist” means.
MatureCanadian almost 15 years ago
I think the whole point is cynicism about marriage. Yeah Wiley, the last of the true great cynics!
David_J Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Wow. That’s not going to be a marriage, it’s going to be a dictatorship.
LynneH almost 15 years ago
Run, Joe!
Potrzebie almost 15 years ago
wait! He needs Danae there to find the loopholes!
fredbuhl almost 15 years ago
The loophole is securely around his neck, or his … . well, you know.
Trebor39 almost 15 years ago
Marriage: a fusion confusion.
ossman52 almost 15 years ago
Lewreader, does it say anything about their matrimonial state, gender or plans for offspring? Or are they just loved because they’re more likely to turn to a deity?
Dapperdan61 Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Are you sure you want to ace this test ?
bmonk almost 15 years ago
Doctor Toon said, about 8 attributes ago
“You have to love a woman with a sense of humor.”
I think Joe has shown more of a sense of humor than Victoria has to this point.
wicky almost 15 years ago
Someone should tell Joe about the free milk and a cow.
parethed almost 15 years ago
Be afraid…be very afraid…I still am…
Varnes almost 15 years ago
Complain about it or fight it, but that’s the way most marriages turn out in the long run…The man’s the boss, until she pulls rank…
pbrown280c almost 15 years ago
I have never known or met anyone named Vicky or Victoria that was a nice person. This story arc reinforces my experience.
Siberman almost 15 years ago
Anyone consider the possibility that Joe is setting a trap for his daughters’ future step mother ?
HowieL almost 15 years ago
The salt and pepper shakers ran off with question 2. The napkin holder is in the witness protection program. Nothing to see here…move on.
lindz.coop Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Oh my aren’t the men all nervous. You go Victoria!!
MartyLikeIts1991 about 3 years ago
Wasn’t #3 Question making?