Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 01, 2019

So we can now call cans by their real name, Pidd’s.

Panel 3: Thank you, Santa Fe!

Was Wiley’s strip reinstated in the local paper?

I don’t want to know the story about the Edward Ible guy.

I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

does that make it a p-can?

YEA!! Dad gets one over. And a good one it was, too.

There is a little bit of truth in today’s strip. WARNING – History Lesson Approaching

In 1808, Peter Durland patented a tin-lined iron can for storing food. It could be opened with a hammer and chisel. 50 years later, in 1858, Erza Warner invented the can opener – for use with the newer and thinner tin-coated steel cans.

Amaze your friends and family with this little bit of trivia.

I think he did better than Calvin’s dad in this instance!

I knew the Pidd brothers. I think Vay was even dumber than Stu.

After all, English IS a real “Mutt” of a language, with roots in Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, and more…and that’s why so much of it makes NO SENSE whatsoever from a linguistic point of view.

Does Brad Pitt have a brother Stu?

A simple mind is easily distracted.

Can opener must have been invented by Edward (or Edwin) Ible then.

Isn’t that cemetery about the size of Kansas?

I love it when they have happy endings like this one! :-)

this isn’t too far off. the first canned food was invented by a frenchman in the early 18th century for military rations. it was a couple of decades until someone invented the can opener.

I worked with a guy that everyone referred to as “Stu”, which he hated and could not understand why he was called “Stu”. Once in awhile, someone would call him “Mr. Padassle” which of course he never figured out either since it wasn’t his last name. Poor Stu Padassle! He was truly clueless. Funny thing, I can picture his face but for the life of me, I can’t remember his real name.

Good diversion, dad!

She’s speechless from the Wonderful Logic of his joke.

Is Stuart a relative of Trump?

I mean, in a pinch, you can scrape the top of a can along a road to grind it down, and/or use a big knife. Inefficient, but it’ll work.

“YOU’RE WELCOME”?

On the other hand, it’s the most expressive language in the world with lovely words and infinite shades of meaning in them.

NO SENSE whatsoever from a linguistic point of view.