Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 27, 2024

Classic!

And man, in his pride, created God in his image and likeness

I have a tee shirt where the black Knight from Monty Pythons movie of the Holy grail encounters Gandalf on the bridge of khazad Dum.A total impasse!!

“God is an iron” which is a direct parallel to the reasoning that tells us a felon is one who commits felony.

Those whom the gods would destroy, they throw under a train.

Well it was all meant to roll down to the bottom again. Good luck to both of them – they’ll need it.

Sisyphus deserves it. My sympathies are with the little engine.

Does the story require that the rock has to roll down on the same side of the mountain?

That’s not Thunder you hear … it’s the Golden Laughter of the Gods!

could be a wacky smashup of a Disney ride and a Spielberg movie.

I suspect being a god is boring, so they have to create some sort of entertainment. Right now it’s a hurricane; see how the fools scurry like ants! Meanwhile in the middle east, they’re playing a particularly nasty version of chess.

When you wake up you’ll feel like you’ve been run over by a train, with a boulder as a bonus. And then, buried under the medical paperwork, for the rest of your battered and bruised life.

What might happen next?

Not touchin’ this one.

“When Greek gods and children’s book editors go pub-crawling together.”

Maybe Sisyphus will be able to talk the train into forming the first Railroad Express service and haul the rock for him.

The Gods must be Crazy Train

there have been those days, sigh

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

A ‘literary snowballs chance’ of happening!

New Thomas the Tank Engine episode: “Between a Rock and a Tall place.” It’s peak!

Greek mythology meets first grade reader.

All gods are invented by a small group to scare and control the masses. Always has been. Rome has just managed to run the scam for longer than anyone. Go ahead, smite me, I dare you.

The Little Engine that Could SUCCEEDED.

sissyphus—-well==a rolling stone gathers not much of nothing

For all his flaws, God bless Werner Herzog.

Ha! The definition of struggle.

The train actually could but Sisyphus was literally doomed to fail. Fortunately, he can probably outrun a train, if he can outrun a boulder. :)

The story of Sisyphus says that the rock was rolled back downhill whenever he got close to the top. Maybe Thomas was the reason.

I will bet the man is grateful for those iron rails that reduce friction, as well as those handy steps.

I never knew that train tracks could double as a ladder

To quote Indiana Jones, "That’s usually when the ground fall out from under you ! " ;-)

I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could

And soon, Sisyphus will know why Zeus suddenly decided to add steps for his convenience.

Now that’s what I call “extreme training!”

“The taste of the gods for irony is well known.”

Yep … Pure “cheek,” no doubt … ;)

They are all SOBs of the lowest sort. And their fan clubs are worse.

Sisyphus needs a better union.

Aside: How can you tell a chemist from an electrician?

By how they pronounce “unionized”

Oooh, I like this. Sisyphus versus the Little Engine That Could. :-D