Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for July 30, 2010
Transcript:
Man 1: No new reports, sir... The Ekert must've gone into hiding. Man 2: ...Or someone is hiding it from us... Man 1: Analysis of the pattern of niceness outbreaks leads back to a town in Maine near the containment shed... Agent Stromoski here is going in undercover. Man 2: Undercover... In Maine? Man 1: Oh, for the luva... Stromoski! Go get a flannel trenchcoat! Stromoski: On my way to L.L. Bean now, sir... Meanwhile, back at Megaconglomecorp...
AKHenderson Premium Member over 14 years ago
That should be “On mah way” - get the accent right, Stromoski!
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
I’m guessing Stromoski is ex-KGB?
myming over 14 years ago
^ good guess…
pbarnrob over 14 years ago
Or trained as a double/triple agent with something like the Secret Team…
ksoskins over 14 years ago
As long as you’re at L.L. Bean, pick up some waterproof boots.
harrietbe over 14 years ago
Stromoski won’t have to look very far. Ekert will be busting out of his hide out any minute now.
*Hot Rod* over 14 years ago
You’ve got to be cruel to be kind, in the right measure.
Cruel to be kind, it’s a very good sign.
alan.gurka over 14 years ago
Seems like the Ekert could have come from the mind of John Lennon in “Imagine”:
Imagine all the people, living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer …
And there are a lot of other lines from his song that would also apply.
Potrzebie over 14 years ago
won’t the power of Ekert nullify anyone that get’s close?
twj0729 over 14 years ago
It’ll be interesting to see what happens when agent Stromaski tangles with Danae!
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
Will he be over-run by flannel when he gets to Maine?
Ursula A Kehoe Premium Member over 14 years ago
I’m thinking that Stromoski might be Cap’n Eddie in disguise?
comicsgeniusguy over 14 years ago
Ex-KGB Agent Stromoski, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to go to the mall and enter Detective Coat Emporium to acquire a flannel trench coat. Then, as the mission continues, you must go to northern Maine and find out the location of the Ekert (Ekertus Pachydermus Nicenus). You must not fall under it’s grasp, but you shall tranquilize it and surgically remove the part of its brain that has been causing all the trouble, the ssenecin lobe. Shall you fail this mission, The Ekert will destroy all of the mainstream commercial nihilism, competition, and common sense in the world! (Although, the hippies would be happy) THIS COMMENT WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN 30 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Head of Megaconglomecorp, OUT!
The Old Wolf over 14 years ago
Emergency! Everybody to get from street!
MatureCanadian over 14 years ago
comicsgeniusguy: Hilarious take-off on IMF.
Wiley, wonderful facial expressions as usual. I agree with Mr. Big however, how does one go “undercover in Maine?”
Banjo Gordy Premium Member over 14 years ago
This is the most relevant satire yet from the drawing board of Mr. W. Miller. The Ekert Story should be made available in a publication. I can’t wait to see Wiley’s explanation of the name Ekert. how ironic the Ekert is visualized as the GOP mascot.
ottod Premium Member over 14 years ago
Philosophy, politics, or whatever… I’m just blown away by the concept of a flannel trenchcoat – and the idea that it would fit in anywhere.
lewisbower over 14 years ago
SHEIK Don’t make fun of L>L>Bean boots. At the very beginning, L>L> Bean had an idea for boots. He advertised, received 80 orders, manufacturer and illed those orders. Half came back as defective. He honored his guaranteed and started what was to become one of Maine’s largest businesses. Yankee ingenuity, Yankee honesty, and yankees getting beat by the Sox. Isn’t New England the greatest.
JanLC over 14 years ago
As far as I know, the only way to go undercover in Maine is to hide under a blanket. I’ll ask my brother in South Portland, though.
Justice22 over 14 years ago
The only thing he needs to fit in is the accent. I’ve seen everything as far as apparel in Maine. Seasons don’t matter even but the business suit -overcoat would be out of place at Flo’s. Joe’s brother is the only tie I’ve seen there.
kpduty over 14 years ago
@The Old Wolf - funniest movie ever. Maybe the Russians ARE coming. My money is still on Danae.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago
oldwolf ROFLMAO!!! That is such a GREAT movie!!!
comicsgeniusguy over 14 years ago
Thank you, Mature Canadian.
rvonluchen over 14 years ago
It occurs to me that the obvious way for the ekert to reproduce is that when it gets big enough it explodes breaking down into dozens of little ekerts.
Good thing there is no chance of it getting that big.
Kaytebb over 14 years ago
A flannel trench coat? That genuinely made me giggle Wiley. :D But wouldn’t that be a little more Seattle-ish? I’ve never been to Maine, maybe we Seattle-ites would fit in well there. hehe.
ellisaana Premium Member over 14 years ago
A flannel trench coat would be a Mackinaw…no, that’s a different northern state…the one with the overalls.
cdward over 14 years ago
Long as I can get my red flannel Bean shirt, I don’t care about trench coats. But can you get an Ekert in flannel?
keenanthelibrarian over 14 years ago
I don’t know what everyone’s on about. I didn’t recognise him, so his disguise works, dunnit?
treered over 14 years ago
how did they get it into the shed in the first place?
Barbaratoo over 14 years ago
Hey, doesn’t anyone know about Renys? http://www.renys.com/
You can get whatever you need there!
reynard61 over 14 years ago
And here I thought that KGB was a radio station in Odessa, Texas…