Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 23, 2014
Transcript:
Danae: Ok, look at the history book and all the advancements people made...nothing about horses. Lucy: So? Danae: So that proves we're smarter than horses! Lucy: I see it's arranged by eras of war...any of them started by horses? Danae: Oh, shut up. Lucy: I'll take your chagrined silence as a change in position.
pbarnrob over 9 years ago
Hmmm; none started by dogs, either…
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
Semi-valid point, but ever seen two stallions in a bad mood?
Hunter7 over 9 years ago
Dolphins are pretty smart. So are poodles. Orangutans. Some apes have learned sign language. None have made structures or gone to the moon. That we know of…… ;)
Varnes over 9 years ago
Fairportfan2, yeah, I don’t know exactly what cats have been up to in the last few years, but if it involved war, it woudn’t surprise me….
nosirrom over 9 years ago
Horses don’t start wars.OTOH a Horse’s A$$ does.
Ernest Lemmingway over 9 years ago
Horse sense is something we humans could stand to learn from our equine friends.
Reppr Premium Member over 9 years ago
Horses are the glue that binds everything together.
Salinasong over 9 years ago
What about the Trojan Horse? ;)
dadoctah over 9 years ago
Something like seven billion people in the world now. Something like fifteen times that many who have ever lived.Twelve people have gone to the moon..We’re only a little bit ahead of horses on a percentage basis.
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 9 years ago
Horses know when the Kool-Aid is safe to drink.They can smell bad water and avoid it.They will follow a decent leader, though.
jreckard over 9 years ago
I think we’re confusing “smart” and “wise”.
Q4horse over 9 years ago
Horses are the foundation upon which human civilization was built.
Plumbob Wilson over 9 years ago
Human advancement and war go hand in hand – the rate of application for patents skyrockets during war. I think we have selectively bred ourselves to be very clever at killing each other, mostly by killing off those who aren’t particularly clever at it.
Kaputnik over 9 years ago
Unfortunately for the horses, they have been involved in most of those wars that the humans started. Now if they were really smart, maybe they could figure out how to run off somewhere while the humans kill each other.
felinefan55 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Wiley, do you have a twitter account? I tried searching & none came up. I had started to worry about you because I hadn’t seen you comment recently. I went back to Bob’s health scare and saw that you’d changed your avatar. I always look for Danae to see what you’ve said, & when I didn’t see her for so long I started to worry. Now I know to look for the doggie, but since I follow Bill Amend & Stephan Pastis over at twitter I thought I’d see if you had one too.Anyways Happy Holidays! & thank you for the laughter.
Rog22 over 9 years ago
I am an old farm boy. I know horses & they are not the lovable creatures most people think. They are dangerous at both ends and mean in the middle!
dabugger over 9 years ago
She is loss for words and not even horse. But Danae does try.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 9 years ago
I had llamas for years, and there wasn’t much I liked more than sitting outside with my morning coffee and watching them. They always came over to see what type of treat I brought them, usually bread. Not many more peaceful ways to start a day. To the best of my knowledge, they never started a war, either. Few spit-spats here and there, but that’s to be expected.
tired-one over 9 years ago
Apparently, meerkats are already closer to intelligent than raccoons,
jreckard over 9 years ago
Good grief! Based on the comments here, mankind is despicable (excepting the commenters, of course) and is incapable of doing anything smart. I’m sure glad we have this internet thingie that lets us bring self-flagellation to a new level.
susan.e.a.c over 9 years ago
None started by rocks, either, and rocks don’t poop on anyone’s food.
QuiteDragon over 9 years ago
“Cats were not.”Don’t know if they were actually used, but they have been imagined as weapons…
BibliOdyssey
hippogriff over 9 years ago
In “Arms and the Man”, Shaw has the antagonist’s heroism exposed as the the result of his horse having spooked and charged headlong into the enemy lines. The rest of the army followed, thus the horse actually won the victory.
gordol over 9 years ago
The same can be said about dolphins. And Douglas Adams already said it.
Varnes over 9 years ago
Night-Gaunt, Jahoody, speaking of intelligence, I guess I don’t wonder why cats wouldn’t put up with being war weapons…Oh, that’s right, they’re smart…
ShadowBeast Premium Member over 9 years ago
No other animal besides humans have started war, and that includes cats.
Varnes over 9 years ago
ShadowBeast, Some ants are at war 24/7/365 and more…..http://www.wired.com/2010/08/gallery-ant-warfare/all/
HowieL over 9 years ago
But isn’t the Earth the computer the mice built to answer the question of life the universe and everything?
Young Republican about 7 years ago
There was a war stated over a pig though.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859)
benjamineyal over 5 years ago
I mean, when horse-riding spread to parts of the world, it often displaced balances of military power and started wars.