Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 11, 2019

Suicide sidewalk is the name, survive Bert’s books is the game.

It’s also 2nd degree assault, at the least.

Bert’s the “big bopper”, let’s hear a tune.

Probably the closest any of them will get to a book.

Must be a heavy book like “War and Peace” (1225 pages the first published edition)

A librarian gone bad.

Another conservative intolerant old freak.

Yet another reason e-readers will never entirely take over the market.

Where are the bodies?

I’d put my book book down and ride the board if I could, but it’d be my last ride.

That’s gonna smart.

Puts a whole new twist on “throwing the book at them”.

Another proof of the impact of a good book on the unwary.

Lasts about 30 days. You know, a Book-of-the-month club.

LOL. Well played.

Non Sequitur is a great strip, but this one reminds me of how much I miss Ballard St.

That’s what should be done to loud motorcycles!

Huh. Do kids still skateboard? I thought they were all turning their minds to mush playing video games ;) . . .If a kid’s playing outside, I’d give him/her all kinds of room. . .

Sidewalk suffering.

Does that work on the electric scooters?

I am reminded of the 1932 movie, “If I Had a Million,” in which a dying millionaire gives away his money to random recipients — the WC Fields episode in which he uses his million to get bad drivers off the road.

I still want s leaded cane.

Here. Read this, sucka

Wellllll, if they don’t notice the skateboards littering the area… Situational awareness prevents many problems.

I don’t see many kids skateboarding on the city streets, but there are loads of them in our parks, where they have all sorts of ramps and challenges built especially for them. Our city even has a large BMX course, for those cyclists who like the jumps and bumps.

What isn’t shown in this comic is all the damage done to public and personal property by the irresponsible boarders, all those signs trying to bar it didn’t go up for nothing…book club ’em, grandpa!

Bert’s just jealous. If he could, he would.

I never use this unless I mean it – and I do today. LOL!

I’m a Wiley Miller fan but wish he had rejected this one.

Wiley, you gotta do one about hipsters riding a scooter eating avocado toast!

Skateboarding is not a crime

No. I wouldn’t hit anyone with a book-on-a-stick. I’d toss it to you. But only when you’re ready to read it.

After reading these comments I now know why.

And in the winter, the bookclub reverts to snowboarders.

I always did like to keep the ideas of “book club” and “book-club” alongside each other in my head. Nicely done.

The Wiley Bears could give him lessons in clearing away the Evidence before your Next Prey arrives.

He is simply educating them about alternative enjoyable activities

He just wants to set up a stall selling second-hand skateboards.

What problem does he have with skateboarders?

I’d rather see kids getting exercise outside than staring at a screen inside. Leave the kids alone.

I say, more power to ya Bert.

I have no objection to kids skateboarding. However, like everything else, there is a time and place for it. On a public sidewalk, in a parking lot that is in use, or on the city street is neither the place or time. The same is true of the electric scooters. Both should be restricted to bike lanes or skate parks or private property, with stiff fines for violations.

Speaking of which (bike lanes), who told bikers that it’s OK for them to violate traffic laws? I drive often in downtown Minneapolis. Bike riders there routinely come to a red light and just keep on going, expecting drivers of even the biggest vehicles to see them and stop for them. What is with that? Other than stupidity, of course. But I guess the most insistent of them get Darwinized. It’s sad, though. Ruins several peoples’ lives. Then too, there’s the bikers who ride up on the sidewalks to go around stalled traffic … and not careful of people stepping out of business doors. They go full speed on the sidewalks, depending on it that no one will catch them.

As for motorcyclists, most in our area (Spring Lake Park) keep the revs down and have decent mufflers. However, we have several main streets that are frequented by riders from other adjacent towns, and those most often exhibit the “Look at ME!” complex of redlining their engines and removing whatever stock muffler was on their bike when they bought it. Many drive-through pick-’em-up truck drivers do the same. Personally, I think there should be a Federal law that (a) requires ALL internal combustion engines to be muffled to a national maximum loudness, and that carries severe penalties (like permanent impounding and recycling) of the vehicles and equipment being used by scoff-laws. It should grant a 1-year grace period to all engines manufactured before the date the restriction becomes law, but that year is to allow the owners time to meet the noise limitation requirement.