Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 20, 2015
Transcript:
Danae: Bok Choy Bok Choy Bok Ch Bok C Bok C Choy Bok Lucy: Ok...are you trying to be the most obnoxious person on the planet? Danae: No...I'm trying to find something to compete with the most annoying people ever. Lucy: Ok...whistlers, right? Danae: Yes! They're a plague that needs to be eradicated, so I need a weapon of counter-annoyance! Caption: To be insultingly continued.
Argythree about 9 years ago
Whistlers aren’t that annoying. Now, those folks who constantly hum off key…
Varnes about 9 years ago
I always ask whistlers if it’s a real song they’re whistling… , or if they’re making it up…They get point’s if they say they’re making it up…If it’s a real song they have to name it…
keenanthelibrarian about 9 years ago
I’ve heard it said that if the audience is whistling or humming the tunes from an opera as they are leaving the theatre, it’s going to be a hit.
flyertom about 9 years ago
Most annoying are those whistlers whose output sounds like a steam leak.
banks00wv about 9 years ago
I thought she was referring to politicians…
jreckard about 9 years ago
You can’t “bok choy” a happy tune!
Toonerific about 9 years ago
So it’s not Non Sequitur commentator’s then?
Aaberon about 9 years ago
Now THIS is a ukulele playing worth listening to: Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.
Plods with ...™ about 9 years ago
She’s probably jealous ‘cuz she can’t whistle.
dadoctah about 9 years ago
even more annoying than whistlers are… wait for it… ukulele players..I see your ukulele players and raise you: yodelers!
whiteheron about 9 years ago
When she gets older perhaps Danae will be a whistler’s mother.
Pointspread about 9 years ago
I’d say it’s a toss up between bagpipes & tin whistles.
WaitingMan about 9 years ago
Jon Bon Jovi
twj0729 about 9 years ago
Nope, none of the above…cell phones! It’s amazing to me how something can be, one and at the same time, a most useful tool and a large pain in the ass!
Oge about 9 years ago
Whistling, absolutely! Bagpipes, accordions and the others aren’t very pleasant to listen to but those who wander around unconsously whistling in a monotone are the worst.
Old Texan75 about 9 years ago
I cannot stand Country music. Especially the New Country.It is not musical at all, just noise. The best way to describe it is , CRASH—-THUMP, repeat. All the songs sound exactly alike. The guys all sing through their nose and the women scream. I usually can’t understand more than 2 or 3 words in a song. I agree with twypsi about cell phones. I love bagpipes. I’m some past 75, I wear boots and a hat, I work on a ranch and drive a pick up truck.
The Old Wolf about 9 years ago
This is tragic. I have always entertained myself with whistling; Roger Miller is my idol in this area. I guess my gravestone will read, “He annoyed everyone but the bagpipers.”
dabugger about 9 years ago
How ‘bout those while they work, study or vegetate? So, she doesn’t like. . . yes, hear it now. But then there are those in the dark or just afraid and much more… dilemma…hey Danae, what you started. . .
steverinoCT about 9 years ago
I worked with a guy who would absentmindedly sing “Carolina Moon”— just those two words. Over and over. I taught him “—keep shining,” and so now he does the four words. I myself am a whistler, so I guess we balance out.
Godfreydaniel about 9 years ago
Nobody put up a link to Don Robertson’s “The Happy Whistler”?
strictures about 9 years ago
Kazoos are the worst!
YatInExile about 9 years ago
She’ll shut up about bok choy if she ever has to eat some.
jahoody about 9 years ago
what about mouth open gum chewers…..smack, smack, smack.
goweeder about 9 years ago
“For me, bagpipes are the most annoying.They always sound ever so slightly off-key, and they always sound (to me) like somebody just died.
goweeder about 9 years ago
What annoys me the most of all is to start running a tune in my head after I go to bed, and not being able to stop it. (It makes getting to sleep even harder!)
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr about 9 years ago
What’s she got against James McNeill Whistler?
KEA about 9 years ago
hmm… i haven’t heard anyone whistling in ages. Hadn’t thought about it until now.
Al Nala about 9 years ago
The Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain plays the Theme from “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLgJ7pk0X-s
hippogriff about 9 years ago
goweederIt is “off-key”, it is in the pentatonic scale. Indian classical music should bother you even more, it has a 30+ scale within the octave, only five or six used in a given raga. To the developed ear, both can be great.
ladylagomorph76 about 9 years ago
People who sing “It’s a small worl after all!…”
Diane in comics land Premium Member about 9 years ago
I’d say nail clipping over whistling, but luckily that can’t go on as long as the horrible sound of whistling—even in tune it’s torture
timbob2313 Premium Member about 9 years ago
I unknowingly, whistled-very quietly- all the time and until someone at work finally told me that it was annoying did I realize I was doing it. Just a habit, that I had had for years
timbob2313 Premium Member about 9 years ago
I unknowingly, whistled-very quietly- all the time and until someone at work finally told me that it was annoying did I realize I was doing it. Just a habit, that I had had for years
timbob2313 Premium Member about 9 years ago
sorry about the double post, I do believe my computer has some malware
bmonk about 9 years ago
Danae can’t stand being less than the most annoying.
ThumperMcDuff about 9 years ago
Anybody remember Alec Templeton? If his whistling annoyed anyone he couldn’t tell from their facial expression because he was blind…plus he made a pretty good living at it because a lot of folks bought his records. I know…I’m kinda dating myself, but that’s ok….I’m glad I was around to hear Charlie Parker “live.”
Thomas & Tifffany Connolly about 9 years ago
It would be far more entertaining for her if you could just learn to hum along, only in a different key!
Tarredandfeathered about 9 years ago
Bok Choy.Sung to the tune: Rock Around the Clock ??
JP Steve Premium Member about 9 years ago
Remember, only bagpipes have a part of the instrument called a drone!
CCMMJJ about 9 years ago
This time I agree with her. The sound of whistling makes my ears bleed.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 9 years ago
“Damn a man who whistles!” -John Wayne
hippogriff about 9 years ago
timbob2313I think most computers have that double (or worse) posting malware. Just go back, click it open, scroll to the lower right corner, click delete, repeat as needed to leave only one, and resume normal activities.
KZFisher63 about 9 years ago
And, cue “Andy Griffith Show” theme in 3 … 2 …. 1 ….
Joseph Krois about 9 years ago
Funnily enough a neighbor recently got a puppy and tries to get its attention with the most annoying atonal whistling I’ve ever heard. It drives me nuts!
lindz.coop Premium Member about 9 years ago
I’m sure banjos would take the prize.