Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for July 09, 2010

That wasn’t nearly as sinister as I thought it would be, unless more is coming.

“When the Red Sox beat the Yankees, tis like a morn in sprng.” “When Stienbrenner’s bums are losing, you can hear the angels sing.” “When the Yankees go and strike out, all the world is bright as day.” “And when the Red Sox beat the Yankees, sure it’ll steal your heart away!” (And yes I AM a Red Sox fan, even when they weren’t winning)

Congress would be another option.

Go to any city who didn’t get LeBron James

Being a Yankees fan, I feel a little guilty. NOT!!!!!!!!!

A Yankee fan? I didn’t know there were any left.

how BIG is ekert going to get ?

this will be another story line.

Negative attitudes and irrational fears? Sounds like Washington D.C. to me.

At least the Red Sox win once in awhile. If you really want to enjoy futility, go to Wrigley Field.

Feeding off Danae wasn’t enough?

Like the bumblebee, those wings are doing the impossible even before Ekert pigs out at Fenway.

I have a simular problem at supper times.

He is already in America, he doesn’t need to go anywhere else.

Go anywhere Left wing Liberals congregate. Negativity is abundant! D.C. would be a great start.

Hey! What a let-down. Something tells me Wiley had something else in mind, then decided discretion was the better part of valor.

The story line is a let down, if that’s the end of it. But, the comments on this board yesterday made it worth while.

Sheik as a lifelong Cubs fan, I think it’s fair to say that Ekert would have a better meal at Fenway. Cubs fans always have hope in the face of all contrary evidence.

Sheik–Ekert would find little to feed on at Wrigley Field. Cub fans have no expectation of winning, and so feel no anger or frustration when the team loses. In fact, a winning team might disrupt the precious Zen state that develops after spending a sunny summer afternoon guzzling beer in the bleachers.

nancy pelosi would be a staple for it.

Umm, is today a game night at Fenway?

How much does a Fenway, Frank?

I am betting they all decide Ekert must be locked up again - what would a world without anger or angst be!

puddleglum1066 said, 41 minutes ago

Sheik–Ekert would find little to feed on at Wrigley Field. Cub fans have no expectation of winning, and so feel no anger or frustration when the team loses. In fact, a winning team might disrupt the precious Zen state that develops after spending a sunny summer afternoon guzzling beer in the bleachers.

That ‘precious Zen state’ is called “pohoda”, the Czech equivalent of nirvana or satori that you get from drinking just the right amount of beer. It was Anton Cermak’s great legacy to Cubs fans, even though he was a South Sider.

In that case I hope Ekert multiplies like a tribble until anger and angst are vanquished.

Send Ekert to Toronto … the Leaf Fans could be very easy to find! LOL

THEN (and I’ll do this FOR Wiley) send him to Afghanistan and Iraq, North Korea, The Gaza, and other .. geeze, we need a few Ekerts!

The United Nations would be a good place. They are always preaching doom and gloom. Hanging out with Al Gore and other global warmists would also be a good place.

I know Wiley, that the strip was written & colored ?2-6 weeks ago? didn’t know of Lebron’s choice to move to Miami. This is Cleveland’s heart ache, closest chance for a major league title since ‘48. The only title was baseball then or ‘64 for football before the leagues combined. Never for basketball.

Lebron who?

I’m loving this story line, glad it’s going to continue

Wiley, totally unexpected turn of events, made me laugh out loud. Although Allen V was right he could have used the Toronto Make Believes……

LOL Amen, ,aircraft-engineer! :)

Darn. I would’ve sent him over to Fox to the Glenn Beck show.

That cuts deep, Wiley. Not saying it isn’t true, mind you…

Ekert couldn’t handle D.C.

At the risk of getting political, I would have sent him to Keith Olberman. He hates everybody, even Chris Matthews isn’t as bad as him.

I apologize Wiley, I just had to throw that in there! And I was worried this was it! Can’t wait to see what you have in store!!

no, he should really go to Cleveland right about now

as long as he doesn’t need to visit Netherlands on Sunday night I will be very happy. Oranje Boven! (ih&p)

Negative attitudes and irrational fears?

Sounds like he’ll be going to the editorial cartoons!

any state or federal court in California.

Lord I swear to you that someday

God is just testing the Nation with a couple of accidents.

If you really want to talk World Cup, Ekert needs to go to England. If they ever win it, the Brits will spend the next two weeks talking about the flaws in their side and how poorly they played during the Championship game. But that’s probably not going to happen anyway.

If you really want to bloat Ekert, take him to the Black Hole and mention Al Davis.

How about FOX Noise?

Ekert should start at the following places: the White House, Michael Steele’s house, Bobby Jindal’s, Rush’s, Mitch McConnell’s, John Boehner’s, Detroit, the home of any patriot militiaman, the state of Arizona, the Rio Grande border. Ther are just too many places to name.

World Cup, that’s the ticket. Those vuvuzelas provoke lots and lots of negativity to feed on.

Or,,,Danae’s geek friend has a time machine - he could send Ekert to Lubyanka in the heyday of the Cold War era.

When it’s time to get him/it back into captivity, send Ekert to Chicago: Cubs and/or Bears. Those fans are so unable to see the writing on the wall/scoreboard! There are no negative feelings there.

Ekert will slim down in no time!,

Actually, it sounds like he would be right at home in middle America or anyplace where any of US live.

I’m losing faith in Danae and this strip very quickly.

Where’s Cap’n Eddie when you need him?

LordDogmore….what are we gonna’ do?

He needs to be inside those internet tubes coming out of Wiley’s studio into GoComics and then on out to all our computer screens. Just as long as he doesn’t eat the puns.

let him loose on the teabaggers!

How about Philadelphia? Those fans would boo Santa Claus!

Red Sox fans come by pesimism with good reason -

I’ve yet to figure out how Youklis could hurt his leg stepping into a batter’s box.

Has anyone else forwarded this to Dennis & Callahan?

Ekert is not going to go hungry so long as he maintains contact with humans. and, if he fed on positive feelings, the same would apply. we do run the gamut.

Am I the only one wondering where Ekert may have been before being locked away? Did he cause ‘The Summer of Love’? Was he locked away in December of ‘69?

“Negative Attitudes and irrational fear”?

Send him to Fred Phelps’s Westboro Baptist Church. He’ll have a never-ending smorgasbord of hate and looniness.

I grew up watching Cubs games with my Mom on WGN television and I’m still a bit loyal to the Cubs–except where the Cincinnati Reds intervene. I moved to the Cincinnati area with my husband over 30 years ago and they’ve grown on me. Plus, they’ve had some winning seasons. However, I still have a soft spot in my heart for the Cubbies.

Dear Wiley–I like the way this arc is going (not that it matters what I think.) Your comic is a pleasure to read!

Remember, this guy is from New England (everyone talks with a Maine accent) so he has to tell every joke on the Red Sox. But it really applies more to Philadelphia fans, and especially Phillies fans, who boo everybody and everything.

And, as many people above have so appropriately commented, it applies especially to right-wing talk show hosts and various other politically pure ideologues - from Sierra Club to Naral to small government - low-tax people to libertarians, etc

I was about to cringe at the thought of it going political, but I was glad to see you took it to a more important place: baseball. (Now if only some of the other commentators would remember that baseball is closer to life than politics is. (Are? I never know if politics is singular or plural….))

Just for fun, I heard about an octopus in Germany that has picked the winners of all the games so far. It has picked Spain for the champ and Germany for third place. If this comes to pass, you heard it from the octopus first.

But even if Spain wins, I think Ekert wouldn’t find that great a meal in the Netherlands – they’re pretty laid back.

Wiley- good to hear! Not a sports fan but growing up and spending most of my life in various Chicago ‘burbs, I know that other cities are far more negative - as Wrigley was well attended while other losing teams had empty stadiums (I see that suff in the news).

When the Red Sox play the Cubs in the world series, the sun, moon and stars will turn to blood, the sky will be rent like unto an old garment, and the federal government at the ends of the earth will behave in a sensible and prudent manner. Then the end of days has come.

The book of Poppa, chapter 6, verse 66.

Forgot to mention the “anti-everything” control freak mentality of organized religion.

Distilled down to it’s simplest, Ekert should go to wherever anyone that disagrees with the commenter resides/works/plays.

Busy guy. Way to earn a lot of frequent flyer miles for Ekert.