At least she gets to open the doors first. It seems the doors are normally not marked and you don’t know what you picked until after you have stepped through it, and it locks behind you.
Wiley is taking creative license. Notice how the door on the left leads to stairs heading straight, but the door on the right to an immediate drop. But from the outside, that is where the door on the left should lead. Well drawn though.
@Palos & ZorkArk - check your eyeglass prescription; the doors are correctly oriented in all views with respect to each other. What throws you off is that the stairway supposedly should be visible - or at least the stairwell enclosure - in panel 4, theoretically, and it’s not. And long-term, even treading water is a losing proposition.
RadioTom you are correct. The fact that the stairs are not visible from outside the building is due to it being a metaphor, not an accurate portrayal of a real building. I still do not understand why the doorknob for the Fast Way is on the left instead of right side… never saw a knob IRL that way, ever.
Binary - that was my point about being left-handed.
Most doors will smack you in the face when opened with the left hand.
When doors open toward you, with the knob on the left of the door, they’re left handed - this holds true if they open away from you with the knob on the right, as in panel two.
Couldn’t she just lower herself onto the wire then leap over and grab the light fixture and then lower herself safely to the ground? I’m sure Danae has a little bit of a young Lara Croft in her! Don’t let other people’s perceptions rule your life!
comicgos almost 14 years ago
The vulture is mighty SCARY!
rayannina almost 14 years ago
Not as scary as the long drop past the vulture!
wmbrainiac almost 14 years ago
daaaang, that be DARK philosophizing!
lewisbower almost 14 years ago
I want an express elevator to the penthouse. The elevator here has two buttons, “down” and “sideways”. It’s all Ottis Redding’s fault.
thirdguy almost 14 years ago
Might as well JUMP!!!
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Go ahead. Jump. Calvin would, if Hobbes doesn’t sidetrack him with hot cocoa.
brick10 almost 14 years ago
The “fast way” means there will be time to go back and do it over.
JudyCuddy almost 14 years ago
And I was simply thinking bathroom………………..
Charles Brobst Premium Member almost 14 years ago
THIS is the unvarnished TRUTH!!!
ImaginaryFriend almost 14 years ago
At least she gets to open the doors first. It seems the doors are normally not marked and you don’t know what you picked until after you have stepped through it, and it locks behind you.
i_am_the_jam almost 14 years ago
Toward where?
dandrew55 almost 14 years ago
Life is like that, treading water or going up or down.
(He says this as he is paddling).
peter0423 almost 14 years ago
Absolutely superb.
ilsapadu almost 14 years ago
Life is a merry-go-round. Or a Ferris Wheel, whichever you prefer to repeat on. Sometimes it’s a roller coaster. Up down round and round.
palos almost 14 years ago
Wiley is taking creative license. Notice how the door on the left leads to stairs heading straight, but the door on the right to an immediate drop. But from the outside, that is where the door on the left should lead. Well drawn though.
ZorkArg almost 14 years ago
What’d ya want to bet Wiley is a “lefty?”
Even the door on the left is a “left-handed” door with the knob on the right side of the door
MatureCanadian almost 14 years ago
Love Dad’s response! “How well can you tread water?”
Thanks Wiley, love the art and the look on Danae’s face is just priceless.
runninanreadin almost 14 years ago
Would that be the analogy of a duck on the water? Cool, calm and collected on top - while paddling like the dickens underneath?
RadioTom almost 14 years ago
@Palos & ZorkArk - check your eyeglass prescription; the doors are correctly oriented in all views with respect to each other. What throws you off is that the stairway supposedly should be visible - or at least the stairwell enclosure - in panel 4, theoretically, and it’s not. And long-term, even treading water is a losing proposition.
Dirty-Charisma almost 14 years ago
Dads hair finally went grey.
ChazNCenTex almost 14 years ago
Life is a carnival, two bits a shot. — The Band
Trebor39 almost 14 years ago
Danae, after the long drop, that vulture gets its due.
Dtroutma almost 14 years ago
When treading water, keep an eye out for sharks.
my_discworld almost 14 years ago
The vulture is a nice touch. Also, is Danae’s dad’s hair finally white from all the stress?
S_T_F_U almost 14 years ago
It’s no wonder his hair has gone white. He has to deal with Danae, Kate, and Victoria. It’s a wonder he has any hair left…
peter0423 almost 14 years ago
“Life is six to five, against.” — Damon Runyan
And not even Danae can get around it.
ReaderLady almost 14 years ago
If only it were that easy…
puddleglum1066 almost 14 years ago
The Laws of Thermodynamics (seriously):
You can’t win.
You can’t break even.
You can’t get out of the game.
Justice22 almost 14 years ago
There is only one way down from there. That is the “First step”. The stairs only lead up. How did Danae get there in the first place?
annamargaret1866 almost 14 years ago
Escher
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
You forgot the one everyone forgets, puddlegum.
No matter how you may think, you also can’t make the rules. You can only discover them.bmonk almost 14 years ago
Old sign for repair shop:
Fast. Good. Cheap. Pick any two.Bittermelon of Truth almost 14 years ago
RadioTom you are correct. The fact that the stairs are not visible from outside the building is due to it being a metaphor, not an accurate portrayal of a real building. I still do not understand why the doorknob for the Fast Way is on the left instead of right side… never saw a knob IRL that way, ever.
ZorkArg almost 14 years ago
Binary - that was my point about being left-handed.
Most doors will smack you in the face when opened with the left hand.
When doors open toward you, with the knob on the left of the door, they’re left handed - this holds true if they open away from you with the knob on the right, as in panel two.
Joseph Krois almost 14 years ago
Couldn’t she just lower herself onto the wire then leap over and grab the light fixture and then lower herself safely to the ground? I’m sure Danae has a little bit of a young Lara Croft in her! Don’t let other people’s perceptions rule your life!
Oooooh, me aching head…