Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 19, 2010

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    Sisyphos  about 14 years ago

    They say the Great Velvet Rope was impenetrable; but it was becoming frayed….

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    ksoskins  about 14 years ago

    The most important part of the Great Velvet Rope is Guido the Bouncer, who manages access.

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    Frankr  about 14 years ago

    Could it be seen from space like the wall?

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    keenanthelibrarian  about 14 years ago

    Probably stopped as many “barbarians” as the great wall ever did.

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    GreenJade  about 14 years ago

    Is that guy a bouncer ? Doesn’t look like one though.. Maybe he is wainting to get in ??

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    -Saint-  about 14 years ago

    or perhaps he wants to get out..

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    gjsjr41  about 14 years ago

    Where’s the usher?

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    HowieL  about 14 years ago

    All in all we’re just another rope in the wall!

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    wicky  about 14 years ago

    This was before the hordes of lounge lizards invaded. GREAT ONE WILEY!!!

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    Ursula A Kehoe Premium Member about 14 years ago

    He’s just hoping for a Cougar to help him get on the list!

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    ytrebil77  about 14 years ago

    Hey, don’t we have one of those too? There really is nothing new under the sun.

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    cls8688  about 14 years ago

    what ever happened with the ekret?

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    dvoyack  about 14 years ago

    Sorry, no barbarians are on the list…

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    Plods with ...™  about 14 years ago

    Sneaky, geling almost looks like a real post.

    Flagged!

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    Nelly55  about 14 years ago

    ^sure did…….got ‘em

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    jrcarter53  about 14 years ago

    Still there and not flagged. Guess they are going to let him stay? I flagged him again.

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    david5992  about 14 years ago

    I wonder how many flags have to be raised before the sysadmin does something?

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    freeholder1  about 14 years ago

    The Maginot Line worked almost as well at keeping out enemies. Must have been a French Chinese that desgined this as well. :-)

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    freeholder1  about 14 years ago

    The cries for ekert abound, Yet, if he gave everyone rosy thoughts Wiley would be out of business

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    rotts  about 14 years ago

    spammerflaggen!

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    dfowensby  about 14 years ago

    ekert: i have a sneaky feeling the ekert will make a monumental comeback somewhere near the first tuesday in november. i also guess the lameness in that thread hasn’t been bludgeoned to death yet, so it may be a shoe-in. don’t know if i can find any pins & needles to sit on ‘til then.

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    dflak  about 14 years ago

    Actually the Maginot line worked, in a way. The Germans didn’t attack it. They simply went around it though neutral Belgium (as if neutrality stopped them the first time) and then through the “impenitrable” Ardennes. The French didn’t think they’d come that way in 1940. The Americans made the same mistake in 1944.

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    lazygrazer  about 14 years ago

    A few well-placed “NO TRESPASSING” signs would’ve saved China alot of time and money…

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    puddleglum1066  about 14 years ago

    Frankr: actually, astronauts report that the Great Wall can’t be seen from space–see: http://www.snopes.com/science/greatwall.asp

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    treered  about 14 years ago

    ah! got the flag to work! 1036 pdt

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    Spyderred  about 14 years ago

    What I don’t understand about the spam in these is that there doesn’t seem to be any software shield, even against replacement of the same spam by the same spammer name after it’s been flagged and removed once.

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    Can't Sleep  about 14 years ago

    “Attila…Attila… No, I’m sorry, you’re not on the list.”

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    Wiley creator about 14 years ago

    That notion of being able to see the Great Wall of China was something made out of whole cloth by Robert Ripley for his “Believe It Or Not” column/cartoon. People swallowed it because they thought everything he published was validated fact.

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    GreenBikeGuy  about 14 years ago

    Wrong, Wiley: the truth is that the wall can be seen from ORBIT, not from the moon (where you can barely make out Asia). It was simply distorted in later tellings.

    Trying to knock down a hero doesn’t make YOU a hero.

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    magnamax  about 14 years ago

    Don’t we share one of these with Mexico?

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    NightOwl19  about 14 years ago

    Not sure anyone’s trying to knock down any heroes -

    The Great Wall of China is a pretty amazing man-made structure in terms of length and durability through history (although parts of it are currently being restored). I’ve been to one part of it, and was very much struck by how beautiful it was, set against the equally beautiful landscape; it was a pretty memorable day for me.

    But it is very thin! Saying that it is too thin to be seen from space is not insulting it in any way. (It is perfectly sized for its intended function as a wall.)

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    CoBass  about 14 years ago

    @GreenBikeGuy Re: Great Wall of China from space

    Did you read the Snopes reference posted earlier?

    If you don’t believe Snopes, maybe you’ll believe NASA itself? (Please note that the photos in the article where taken with powerful telephoto lenses or are radar images, and are not what the naked eye sees.)

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    policelimit Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Maybe he’s waiting in line at the bank and the teller has yet to ask, “May I help the next customer?”

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    CliffG.I.Woes  about 14 years ago

    Just like the fence in the South West & Mexico…

    Same effect.

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    W6BXQ, John  about 14 years ago

    GreenBikeGuy,

    Did you read the Snopes link page? If not, please do. Here it is again: http://www.snopes.com/science/greatwall.asp

    And of course, the NASA link

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