Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 13, 2025

Who let Calvin on the roof of that building? (according to his comic’s page, looks like he was practising to do this with smaller scale models since January 9th last week!)

At least the carrot missed him…

That is one heck of a snow fall…

As emojis became more and more popular, the phrase ‘spell it out for you’ slipped from favor and was relegated to the past.

That’s Frosty the Avalanche.

Looks like it was drawn out for him. If it had been spelled out it would have said: “Caution, falling snowman zone”.

Why, what was he supposed to do?

Frosty wanted to trip the guy, but without legs he had to tackle him instead.

From the nearby meadow, came the snowman that mugged Parson Brown, to steal his identity.

Suicidal snowmen have become a problem?

But is this event covered by insurance?

it is hard to read and look up. Too much energy involved.

is there a kid at the top of the building with a stuffed tiger?

Another good reason not to live in the city.

There are no words for this.

He didn’t read the sign on the roof.

“March 2020.. data collected by the U.S. Department of Education in 2012, 2014, and 2017… found that 130 million adults in the country have low literacy skills, meaning that more than half (54%) of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level, according to a piece published in 2022.” Guess which half of the population that describes.

Very literal sign. Gives clear info. Other signs read STOP or YIELD but don’t give an explicit reason. : )

Considering that he fell from a good height, that snowman held up quite well.

Demonstrates that attention to detail, and sound building practices, make for a superior product.

It looks like Frosty came off the top rope on his candy a$$.

Who says they are becoming more popular? I can do without them. Nothing beats a “GET OFF MY LAWN” sign spelled out in all caps.

Must be D.C., they’ve been snowing us for years.

And for some, even that wouldn’t be good enough…

If you don’t understand words and you don’t understand pictures, you’re hopeless

Maybe use “let me draw it out for you”?

The National Archives is looking for people with a hard to find skill set- those who can read cursive. Even rarer, we mature folks who can write cursive!

For those who prefer things written out and lament the use of illustrations, I invite you to join me in trying to assemble this piece of furniture that arrived with written assembly instructions but no accompanying graphics. I’m sure the Chinese ideograms will be all the info you need to succeed.

Sometimes they are in denial even when you do spell it all out.

Calvin’s been up to his old tricks!

I’ll bet that most of the people reading this wouldn’t know what to make of the black letters ARRÊT, DETERNER, ΣTAΣH, or FERMARE on a white rectangular sign, but if those very same words appeared in white lettering on a red octagonal sign, you wouldn’t need to know what language they were written in to get the messsage. Imagery cuts across language barriers.

Caution! Dangerous when snow is falling!

What…are they in Moscow?

Putin out his hits…..

Beware of falling snowmen ! ;-)

I say give ’im the electric chair!

Another one that made me actually laugh out loud! lol!

Hallelujah, it’s raining [snow]men?

CSI needs to hurry before the evidence is gone.

I would not expect a falling snowman.

So sad. Why did the snowman have to commit suicide?

I become hyper aware when I see signs that say Caution, Stop or Yield especially if I’m riding my bicycle, you’d be surprised how often those signs are ignored. I’ve seen school buses with the Stop sign displayed and some idiot on the other side of the street on a non divided road ignore it. Hello Driver’s Ed 101.

I never thought the Leopards Eating Faces Party would eat my face.

Cartoon physics. The snow person didn’t shatter on impact.

Bumpidy bump bump, Bumpidy bump bump, look at Frosty go!

As someone once said to me (rather cynically, I thought), “Do you believe everything you read?” just as he drove through a ‘Stop’ sign.

I guess there wasn’t any magic in that ole top hat he wore.

now if the deer would start crossing the road where the signs are we would be a lot safer