Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 13, 2010

So am I.

Me too!

Ok crew, I’m saying it: He’s Dotty!. (Wait for fireworks!)

Well at least Eddies rambling stories are entertaining.

Buttahnut squash, Noth -Eastah, Sunday Mahnin tahm change. It should be obvious.

All Eddie has to do is plant the seed…

Shades of Pogo!!!

I hope he never does learn.

Looking forward to this one, WM.

We have met the enemy and he is us.

I figured that if he was going to ask, he wanted to hear a big bowl of blabber. that starts with “It stahted when a Noth-Eastah suddenly blew in”

GREAT COMIC!

Can’t wait for this arc!

I love butternut squash!

I still think Eddie is one of Homer’s lives…and Pauly???

@cdward–

It’s Saturday. More than likely this is a one-off.

You don’t need to hear the story, let your imagination (or Cap’n Eddie’s) fill in the blank.

Put on another pot of coffee, Flo….gonna be a long windy day.

I was thinking the squash might be a metaphor for Victoria. When am I gonna learn? But then maybe it is.

Wiley: You don’t know Pogo’s regular (monthly) reference to “Friday 13 come on xday this month”?! (Or are you just ignoring Joe Doty?)

Dogsniff: Okay, try to follow along now.

“Friday the 13th falls on a Saturday” was a recurring gag from the classic strip “Pogo”.

glslightning picked up on it right away, and so did richard: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” – a famous Pogo quote.

It’s tacky to criticize someone’s typing, self-defeating to dismiss a gag just because you don’t get it, and boorish to slam a fellow poster on a personal level…glass houses, and all that.

time to splice the main brace. tell me more or shut up and listen. creniere, thanks for yesterday.

You have to be of a certain age to remember Pogo, but these times cry out for his return. Someone channel Walt Kelly, please!

Evidently, Wiley and I don’t read Pogo. Thanks for the clarification and .. I’m not eating butternut squash today.

Not only stay away from butternut squash, but, more importantly, avoid the topic of butternut squash…

“Shades of Pogo!!!”

look up Pogo by Walt Kelly . http://en.allexperts.com/e/p/po/pogo.htm. the was a running gag about friday the 13th being on some other day

note the one line “Often, Kelly would suddenly drop in a non-sequitur of sorts with throwaway one-shot gag strips that didn’t follow the regular continuity.

one of the most famouslines was “We Have Met The Enemy And He Is Us”

“We Have Met The Enemy And He Is Us” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pogo-EarthDay1971_poster.jpg

Squash..ICK…UGH… Blah… Squash bad . Capt Eddies storeis might be ture…. he knew Lars after all…..

Help! I have a butternut squash in my kitchen! What should I do?

“Noth” - isn’t it “Nath”? It’s great to have a strip with Maine-iacs!

But I like butternut squash!

BIG PINK MOM said,

“Lot of nits around here today.”

…and nit-pickers.

@ Ji2m…about Cap’n Eddie, fully agree, both interesting & amusing…looking forward to the unfolding. Squash seeds cooked under the broiler with a touch of salt are really a nice snack–if your blood pressure can handle the sodium!

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it

Not only is Friday the 13th on a Saturday this month, but it falls on October 164th! (I think.)

(Sorry… couldn’t resist the Pogoisms…)

Twas the 13th of march and all through the bar…

It was a finger of speech…

Dogsniff: A capital R in Richard – you’re right. Thanks for the correction, and apologies to Richard…no slight intended. :)

SCAATY 423: Perfectly stated. That applies to so many.

Dogsniff said, about 8 hours ago

Hey Doty, it’s a character, not an character and if the 13th falls on a Saturday, then it’s Saturday the 13th. Not that it matters. I’m waiting with baited breath for the day when you say something pertinent or funny. Come on Doty, you can do it!

Um… if you’re going to pick at other people’s grammar/spelling/usage, please note that the expression is “bated breath”.

people who live in grass houses shouldn’t stow thrones…

SCAATY 423 & Dogsniff: Not if you’re e e cummings! My perfectly stated comment (above) refers to your “tacky, self-defeating and boorish” commentary.

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” -–Aldous Huxley

Wiley, you may find the following interesting, as a very good summary of Walt Kelly and Pogo. You will especially, I think, enjoy the story about the Providence Journal editor and Kelly. The ending, unstated here but relayed by Kelly himself in “Ten Ever-lovin’ Blued-Years With Pogo”, was that Pogo was moved from the comics page to the Editorial page “Where it belongs” according to the editor.

//blog.timesunion.com/comics/date/2008/10/

I strive to be like Eddie.

Yep, I also thought about Pogo. Friday the 13th came on Saturday this month.

In Maine it’s called a Nah-Eastah, not a Noth-Eastah. Cap’n Eddie should know that.

Ji2m….the bait is hunting for the fisherman.