Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 18, 2015

Why did the pig cross the road? To get to the other sty.

Why did the chicken press the placebo button? To get to the other side…

Piggin’ and grinnin’.

Nobody thinks those things work, right? I can stop four lanes of rush hour traffic just by pushing a button at my convenience?….Okaaaaay…..

IIf you’re wondering then stay and see on Stacy.

And for the record, you really can’t have too many pigs playin’ banjos…

If it wasn’t for the pig, the chicken would have to cross unaccompanied.

I thought the saying was ‘when pigs fly’? Not when pigs jam…

I’m guessing the happy piggie and chickie are escapees from some fast food restaurant that serves bacon and eggs for breakfast…

The chicken is crossing the road to get away from the banjo playing pig because he saw “Deliverance”.

So what’s with the pig?

at least the pig is not wearing lipstick.

Squeal like a pig!

It looks like Bacon and Eggs on the hoof to me.

Once and for all; the chicken crossed the road to prove to the possum that it can be done.

a lady walks into a bar with a banjo playing pig….the bartender says you cant come in here with that ugly creature…the lady says don’t put down my pet pig like that…the bartender says …look lady I was talking to the pig…and that’s why the chicken crossed the road..

There’s a residential neighborhood near me that had a poultry farm years ago, and when it closed down they just turned all the birds loose and their descendants (chickens, but also guinea fowl and peafowl) now lounge around the neighborhood and on people’s lawns..Drove through it a couple of weeks ago and some rooster was taking its sweet time in front of me getting from one side of the street to the other..When it reached the lawn on the far side, I got out of the car, walked over to it, looked it right in the eye, and demanded “Okay, I give up! WHY?”

The difference between being involved and being committed is like a breakfast of bacon and eggs…..In that, the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed….Red Green…..

Have you seen the little piggies in their starched white shirts?

Who is “Stacy” that the street is named after?

I love watching those that think, pounding on the button it will change just for them…Hey Stupid have you ever heard of a timer.but It’s ME, ME!

I think the pig’s there to provide the background music as the chicken weaves, bobs, and dodges past drivers who disregard the signal.

Mmmmmmm. Ham ’n eggs.

For all the folks claiming the button doesn’t work, that’s highly dependent on location, most don’t (or simply activate the walk signal when the light changes normally) but there are some that do, mostly on intersections where the main street is on constant green unless triggered by either a car pulling up on the side street or someone pressing the button.

Chicken and porky accompaniment

I got run over by a chicken once: small group from someone’s yard out in the road; the rooster was herding them back (didn’t know they did that) and one, blind or dumb or something, wandered straight into my waiting car: bonk! I had to get out to make sure there weren’t any I couldn’t see in front before proceeding.I also once got run over by a deer: the advantage to small cars. He cleared the roof, but kicked both sides in passage, leaving dents.

Why do the comments get doubled…or tripled even sometimes on here?

The street name makes me wonder if the pig’s name is Stacy Petrie.

Wiley really hit a high note on this one. Makes my fingers itch to put this to song on my 5-string banjo.

What? Nobody sees the political implications? I am shocked!

Why did the dog cross the road? He was stapled to the chicken.

Why did the pig serenade the chicken crossing the road?

Um, hate to inject realism here, but when I was a kid visiting my granny’s farm, a broiler-size chicken hopped into the pig sty to score some of the hogs’ yummy eats . . .

The street sign should read “Highway 61”

Some of these comments are better than the comic! Thanks, folks.

This may be the answer: http://banjopigs.blogspot.com/

What is a chicken? What has she got?If not herself, Then she has naught.To cluck the thingsShe truly feelsAnd not the squawksOf one who kneelsThe record showedI crossed the roadAnd did itMy way.

Swine playing banjos… what better reason to cross the road?

wait until he sees the flamingo with the yoyo

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So, nobody likes banjo music?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8WC7H2ZJMw

If that isn’t enough star power for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQIJuu3N5EY

Look! A Bacon Banjo!

DukeDoug, I sometimes post three in a row and that’s the way they show up on my screen, until later when all of a sudden there are some in between them….Meowlin, excellent!

Near us, the button controls whether the “all lights red – all walk green” phase of the cycle is displayed. If there are no people, the lights just change for the cars. If the button is pressed, there’s an extra step in the cycle.

Reference multiple posts:

In the case of your own posts, (as with Varnes) reload (refresh) the page before hitting “Refresh Comments”.

I have no idea if this is what’s causing the permanent multiple posts. Reloading the page usually make them disappear.

The chicken’s name is Pearl. She’s going first.

To Wiley, in case you drop in to read these comments, something is wrong with your Sunday comic on ArcaMax.

The chicken is involved, the pig is committed…

“SQUEAL LIKE A PIG!!!”DUELING BANJOS

The pig’s not crossing, he’s busking. Why does the chicken cross the road? To get away from the pig playing the ukulele.