Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 22, 2014
Transcript:
Danae: Daddy...which one is smarter, people or horses? Ned: Oh, that's easy. Horses. Danae: What?! Horses can't build houses or go to the moon...all they do is eat and poop! Ned: Yeah, but which one shovels the poop? Danae: He says it's a toss-up. Lucy: Good enough for me, shovel-girl.
Argythree almost 10 years ago
Love that Lucy…
keenanthelibrarian almost 10 years ago
Danae, think of it as a project – you’re shovel-ready.
dadoctah almost 10 years ago
In the early ’70s, I lived for a time in a house with no indoor plumbing. Two feet of snow on the ground, if you had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, you had to bundle up, go outside to the outhouse and use that, and then bundle up again to come back to bed..Meanwhile, all winter long, the cats went in a box of sand not twenty feet from the wood-burning stove inside. And when it came time to change the sand, once again it was humans out into the snow..You tell me which is the dominant species.
Durandal_1707 almost 10 years ago
You know, that bed must be a mess in the morning.
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 10 years ago
The difference between being clever and being smart.Horses don’t need to be clever.
Hardthought almost 10 years ago
Aliens arriving from Arcturus IIImight think humans are slaves to dogs, going outside twice a day on a leash and cleaning their droppings.
AlnicoV almost 10 years ago
So just who domesticated whom.
AMarsh1 almost 10 years ago
My dog must think she is royalty. I feed her. She walks in front of me. Then I bag her poop and carry it around, only to finally hold the door open for her.
Varnes almost 10 years ago
Danae has the makings of a good PR person….or an editor…
pbarnrob almost 10 years ago
Which one feels the need to shovel?
markzwaan almost 10 years ago
There is a similar entry in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy concerning man and dolphins:“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man – for precisely the same reasons.”
fatchance almost 10 years ago
@ daDoctahI’m not sure I’m supposed to laugh that hard before daylight, but thank you.
Q4horse almost 10 years ago
Horses are wiser than humans. Do not confuse intelligence with wisdom.
jdkingbear almost 10 years ago
Yeah, Danae is back !! Been tooooo long.
The Life I Draw Upon almost 10 years ago
Poor Danae, at least you don’t have to follow behind donkeys and elephants for a while yet. Loved the dog and dolphin comments.
dabugger almost 10 years ago
But ‘shovel girl’. Gee, that’s seems a little mean coming from a special pal.
Cmlbx almost 10 years ago
Cats were worshiped as gods by the ancient egyptians, they have never forgotten this fact.
Quiet One almost 10 years ago
Yay! Danae is back. I was missing her alternate take on the universe.
neeeurothrush almost 10 years ago
i love danae’s profanity in panel 4
westny77 almost 10 years ago
Little horse has good hearing as well. Wonder if Lucy is related to Mr. Ed. Could be her Grand Father or Great Grandfather.
Daniel Quilp almost 10 years ago
A dog thinks, “My human provides me my dwelling place, takes me for walks, feeds me, rubs my belly, cleans up after me. He must be my god!” The cat thinks, “My human provides me my dwelling place, lets me out at night, feeds me, rubs my back, cleans up after me. I must be his god!”
K M almost 10 years ago
As Will Rogers observed, “You know, horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.”
Hunter7 almost 10 years ago
So Danae does all the grooming and care for Lucy. …. She might not like homework or school but Danae just might make a good stable hand.