Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 14, 2013
March 13, 2013
March 15, 2013
Transcript:
Woman: *hee-hee* I guess $10 is a fair price to get what I need for motivation. Danae: Yes it is. Woman: Well, what I want to do is... Danae: Let me guess...lose 10 pounds. But I'd say you need to up that goal by at least 15 more. Woman: I was going to say, write a novel. Danae: Oh...then you need to drink a lot, 'cuz the best writers were drunks. That'll be ten more dollars please. Lucy: Can we stop now?
Destiny23 over 11 years ago
I’m surprised Danae hasn’t driven her father to drink!
firedome over 11 years ago
um…he has been shown having a drink with his brother now and then…
happy pi day!
Randy B Premium Member over 11 years ago
Danae, that’s not a good motivation.You’re motivating them to find a way to shut you up.
emjaycee over 11 years ago
I believe her last line is a reference to a quote attributed to “Papa” Hemingway: “Write drunk. Edit sober.”
bluskies over 11 years ago
Why quit while you’re ahead? Test your limits!
jreckard over 11 years ago
I think Lucy needs a motivational speaker – her protests are too feeble – maybe a Clydesdale snide sale.
roctor over 11 years ago
Telling people they look fat is being a motivational speaker.
emptc12 over 11 years ago
Until the last few decades, it could be said that all of the American Nobel Prize winners for Literature were alcoholics, or at least very heavy drinkers. The exception was Pearl Buck. Correct me if I’m wrong, II think that streak stopped with Saul Bellow..If you’ve ever tried to write while drinking, it’s amazing how wonderful it seems while you’re doing it, and how idiotic the output is when you read it later. .Kurt Vonnegut wrote (through one of his characters) that for a writer, drinking only seems to help; and it only seems to help for the first half-hour..There are many opinions about this, and about writing while on drugs, or in religious ecstasy. I wonder how much of art and literature has done in that condition.
Beleck3 over 11 years ago
lol, Danae will find out how much $10. is worth to mad as hell people. how much damage it can do to such “motivational” speakers, can it motivate them to beat the life out of them. fat, drunk or not. lol
Varnes over 11 years ago
In several of his writings, Vonnegut claims he nevr wrote while drunk….I don’t think sipping a beer would count but, drunk?…God luck with that!
dabugger over 11 years ago
Obviously the phrase ‘out of mouth of babes’ does not apply to one precious little Danae……
Rickapolis over 11 years ago
Doesn’t Danae know that she will end up living in a van down by the river…
sarah413 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Reminds me of the character from the book The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince). The character was the drunk and when asked why he drank, he replied to forget. When asked what he was trying to forget, he simply replied “forget why I drink.”
Mickeylacey over 11 years ago
never use the internet while drinking!!!!
pcolli over 11 years ago
Spouting one’s own opinion is NOT motivational speaking.
geneboecker over 11 years ago
insults should be free!
Boise Ed Premium Member over 11 years ago
This week’s strips seem to be an economic updating of Lucy’s advice stand in Peanuts.
bransom over 11 years ago
Except that she’s right! Who knows, maybe that lady WILL lose 25 pounds and become a great novelist! You ALL missed the boat again – as usual!
Caddy57 over 11 years ago
2 things for Danae to consider #1 is it worth upsetting the masses #2 Is it worth upseting her Father?
westny77 over 11 years ago
$10.00 for insults. Little Lucy horse looks embarrassed