Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 15, 2012
Transcript:
Flo: The snow's really comin' down now. I bettah go cleah the walkway. Joe: I'll get it for you, mom. Where's the shovel? Kate: No, Daddy! Danae; We wanna see her superpower! Joe: *sigh* Flo: Thanks, deah, but it'll only take me a few seconds. Danae and Kate: Yay! Danae: Ready... here it comes... Kate: One... two... three! Danae: Whoa! That was a big one! When will we get your hot flash superpower, Gran'ma? Flo: In about fahty five yeaws, and trust me, you won't think it's so supah.
wilb44 almost 13 years ago
By the end of the day someone will be blaming this on global warming.
celeconecca almost 13 years ago
my friend calls them her power surges
DrJKnows almost 13 years ago
It certainly is global warmings . . about a billion of them :-) Apologies, that was lame :-(
tomclark529 almost 13 years ago
So, with the increase in the over 45 women, does this account for Global Warming?
The Life I Draw Upon almost 13 years ago
You’ve got a hot one there. Just call her the “Flash.”
Habogee almost 13 years ago
When read this strip, I said, here’s a Non Sequitor that they can’t politicize. You guys are much more creative than I gave you credit for.
kittenpah almost 13 years ago
My wife describes them as her “personal summers”.
Defective Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Not everyone born in Maine talks like a backwoods hick. Most of the people I know that live up here don’t talk like grandma does. It’s actually REALLY rare, and usually from older people. And I’ve yet to talk to anyone that says ‘a-yup’. Although I’ll say it on occasion just for grins. This is not to be confused with a Boston accent where most of them talk like that.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
“foom”…like it.
dabugger almost 13 years ago
Look out Kate an Danae not mess with someone ya might get melted too….
kuryakin almost 13 years ago
I also was glad to connect the dots between Danae and Flo, but I still can’t even begin to figure out what the image in the logo is supposed to be. It looks vaguely Danae-ish.
Kim Roberts almost 13 years ago
the inner child is playing with matches
Dtroutma almost 13 years ago
Been sending my spousal unit out for several years now to do this. Doesn’t clear the whole walk, but saves many swings of the shovel! Of course this year, we’re hoping tonight’s “storm” may be the first time to bring the shovels, or spouses, out this “winter”.
bluegirl285 almost 13 years ago
That ain’t the case with my dad but he’s wishing it was…
wicky almost 13 years ago
Hot flashes my eye, they are merely short circuts.
vanaals almost 13 years ago
I hear music. I envision a Broadway musical. “Menopause: The Superpowered Musical.” I see the cast, headlined by Elaine Stritch.
pnorman1 almost 13 years ago
Originally Joe Pyle, the father, was host of a NPR like radio show based in DC (at least I think it was in DC) so presumably he had worked hard to lose his “Downeaster” accent. The girls having been raised in DC probably would not have a New England accent to begin with. They moved back to Maine after his divorce and disillusionment with main stream media.
Sandlapper77 almost 13 years ago
I had heard the kids call Flo Gran-ma but thought that was an affectionate name like calling your Mom’s best friend Aunt-So and so.
Varnes almost 13 years ago
The art work in panels 3 and 5 are exquisite…
dkendraf almost 13 years ago
Any way you look at it, hot flashes are a damned nuisance!
hippogriff almost 13 years ago
My wife only had half a hot flash. She is still in it a quarter century later.
Yukoneric almost 13 years ago
My wife just hit me for laughing at this……………….
vldazzle almost 13 years ago
I’m lucky that I never had any of the oddities that other women have at any age, perhaps because I indulge my desires.
lindz.coop Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Me too and it doesn’t stop when you go off the meds — residuals.
Stephen Saintonge almost 13 years ago
My wife used to get them, but somehow she transferred them to me!