Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 29, 2016
Transcript:
Danae: Hmm... Hey, I was just wondering...why are bluebirds blue? Joe: Because they mostly eat blueberries. It's their best defense against cats. Danae: Oh. Wait... What? Joe: Well, as everyone knows, cats hate blueberries so their color lets all cats know that they're full of blueberries and then cats leave them alone. Kate: ! Danae: Umm... Hmm... Finally! Something that makes sense!! Kate: Her future therapist will be secretly thanking you for providing steady income. Joe: *sigh* Ok, ok...but I just couldn't resist. Danae: Hey...will eating blueberries turn me blue?
Kymberleigh over 8 years ago
Only if you’re a character in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, Danae.
feverjr Premium Member over 8 years ago
Well you can turn orange by eating too many carrots….
Bilan over 8 years ago
It looks like Danae’s been shampooing with them (while Kate’s been using the carrots).
cripplious over 8 years ago
The juice can stain your skin if you eat enough and dont wash
Varnes over 8 years ago
Or cockatiels…Rose breasted grosbeaks? Tufted titmouse? How do THEY feed? And what are those birds with the red heads called again? Hey, just riffin’….A little blue comedy, for all ya’ll tonight…………
Varnes over 8 years ago
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot! The red breasted nut hatch is just the cutest little thing…..
Varnes over 8 years ago
BTW, A very bleautiful rendition of a bird Mr. Miller….
chassimmons over 8 years ago
Wiley Miller’s stuff does appear to owe a certain amount to Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes, sometimes. Calvin’s father would do this.
Varnes over 8 years ago
Sorry to hog all this space, but.I…….Awe Dang, here I go again again….I think I need therapy..Maybe Bruno, too…..
oddhack over 8 years ago
It’s up there with Calvin’s Dad’s explanation of things like bridge weight limits and sunsets.
Acworthless over 8 years ago
Actually, there are some birds that get the pigments in their feathers from what they eat. That’s why flamingos are pink and cardinals are bright red.
artinbloom over 8 years ago
To feverjr – yes, eating too many carrots will turn your skin orange – not a deep orange, but still orange-ish.
magicwalnut Premium Member over 8 years ago
No, but they WILL turn your poop blue…..
e.groves over 8 years ago
I spotted a Cardinal eating one of my tomatoes.
dabugger over 8 years ago
All these years drinking blue berry juice didn’t make me a blue nose. But did get da blues in the night. So Danae will have something to look forward to; an Kate will probably be correct. But poor Dad will regret the day he made one two many cute tricks.
1953Baby over 8 years ago
C’mon, sis, Danae will NEVER got a therapist on her own. . .may be court-ordered. . .
azktryg over 8 years ago
Napoleon wondered if Elron is one of Danae’s heroes?
alangwatkins over 8 years ago
No Danah, it only works on feathers.
nosirrom over 8 years ago
WOW, that explains my red nose. Too much red ale?
ladylagomorph76 over 8 years ago
My Dad told me that if I put salt on a bird’s tail, it couldn’t fly. I spent a full day trying to sneak up on a bird with the salt shaker.
zenguyuno over 8 years ago
Calvin’s father also does quite a bit of warping of Calvin’s young mind. (I refer to Calvin & Hobbes.)
iantheevil over 8 years ago
I know someone who turned orange from eating too many carrots, and my son’s bum turned blue from too many blueberries when he was a baby so why not?
djhaisell Premium Member over 8 years ago
Like she needs his help needing a therapist.
Al Nala over 8 years ago
El Ron? Wouldna be surprised.
g.iangoodson over 8 years ago
Mahonias’ have black berries and yellow flowers. They are loved by blackbirds. Mr. Blackbird has a black coat and a yellow beak. I have seen a male teaching his chicks about mahonia berries. True.
Mary McNeil Premium Member over 8 years ago
Wait til she sees an Indigo Bunting !
azktryg over 8 years ago
“I wonder if one of her heroes is L. Ron Hubbard. Napoleon certainly did.” My comment was on the sequence of the sentences. At first glance it seems that Napoleon is making a comment on L. R. Hubbard. Elron may have been a fair-to middlin’ sci-fi writer, but he was a questionable theologian.