Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 24, 2014

Grouse, Isn’t that a game bird? Isn’t grousing what you do when you hunt the above game bird? I didn’t know you could do that in a bar.

No, grouse is the past tense of grace.

And it’s an ISIL free zone??

Grace, as in a prayer at meal time? In a bar, while hunting birds… for two hours a day.

Hey, change the name of the bar from “Bob’s” to Mayhem; just add Idiots and alcohol. Charge a cover and it should be better than ‘Pro Wrestling.’

Must be an upscale fern bar if hey get to grouse. Most places us commoners visit, you only get to crab, complain and gripe.

Q: Why does your political platform have that pole on it?A: We are the party that will make it rain money.

It is kinda funny, because, these days, it’s unlikely that it would happen…

@Alexikakos Great photo, but even though I’m Canadian, when I see a bird like that, I’m still thinking of the US Thanksgiving this week, so being demanded to be SERVED has a hilariously different meaning, especially for turkeys!!!

I thought Grousing Hour is when you sit around sipping Scotch.

How do you get grouse? Not enough exercise? Or did I miss that subject in economics? Can it be removed surgically? Is it part of the political pandemic?

BTW, Grouse are sneaky little birds with a nasty sense of humor.

You’re out hunting, see a flock of them, and they immediately scurry through the brush and over that ridge about a mile away.

Then they sit a cackle while watching you fight your way uphill through that chest-high interwoven bunch of thorn bushes.

When you reach the top, and bend over to catch your breath, they effortlessly glide to the valley below.

That’s why they taste so good, despite the lead pellets, when served up with the morels you picked along the way.

None of the candidates I voted for got elected. It’s nice to know I’m smarter than a majority of the voters.

and the bartender says -———

that make 2 of us, ‘dflak’thank you

I love the light above the garage bin….so the racoons can see what they are having for dinner and maybe rats!!!!

Odd how the post election grousing hour is 2 hours long… kind of like politics after all.

I once got a memo about one of my students, informing me that he had been convicted of grouse sexual behavior….That poor grouse….

An hour’s not long enough for current grousable topics.

I drink to forget… why would I want to drink with complainers? Isn’t Grousing or venting what this Web comic is for?

How about a brace of partridge?

Malort is even worse.