Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 30, 2011

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    comicgos  almost 14 years ago

    The vulture is mighty SCARY!

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    rayannina  almost 14 years ago

    Not as scary as the long drop past the vulture!

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    wmbrainiac  almost 14 years ago

    daaaang, that be DARK philosophizing!

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    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.

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    thirdguy  almost 14 years ago

    Might as well JUMP!!!

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    GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Go ahead. Jump. Calvin would, if Hobbes doesn’t sidetrack him with hot cocoa.

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    brick10  almost 14 years ago

    The “fast way” means there will be time to go back and do it over.

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    JudyCuddy  almost 14 years ago

    And I was simply thinking bathroom………………..

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    Charles Brobst Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    THIS is the unvarnished TRUTH!!!

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    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.

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    i_am_the_jam  almost 14 years ago

    Toward where?

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    dandrew55  almost 14 years ago

    Life is like that, treading water or going up or down.

    (He says this as he is paddling).

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    peter0423  almost 14 years ago

    Absolutely superb.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    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?

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    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.

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    Dirty-Charisma  almost 14 years ago

    Dads hair finally went grey.

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    ChazNCenTex  almost 14 years ago

    Life is a carnival, two bits a shot. — The Band

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    Trebor39  almost 14 years ago

    Danae, after the long drop, that vulture gets its due.

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    Dtroutma  almost 14 years ago

    When treading water, keep an eye out for sharks.

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    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?

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    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…

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    peter0423  almost 14 years ago

    “Life is six to five, against.” — Damon Runyan

    And not even Danae can get around it.

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    ReaderLady  almost 14 years ago

    If only it were that easy…

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    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.

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    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?

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    annamargaret1866  almost 14 years ago

    Escher

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    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.
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    bmonk  almost 14 years ago

    Old sign for repair shop:

    Fast. Good. Cheap. Pick any two.
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    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.

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    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.

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    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…

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