Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 18, 2009
Transcript:
Homer: I heard something in the woods behind me. My fear turned to surprise when I saw the tribe's elder silently standing there. It felt like he was looking through me. I said nothing, as one does not speak to the elder unless he speaks to you. Finally, he spoke... "You are lost." He pointed his ancient, gnarled finger toward a deer calmly grazing in a nearby meadow. "There is the eternal answer," he said. "Follow its path all the way back to you." I sat there hoping that if I stared at the deer long enough, the elder's words might become clear. I was wrong. I turned to ask if he could tell me more... but he had vanished. Why is wisdom always dispensed so cryptically?! Angel: That's an unknown you already know, Homer... Homer: See? There it is again!! Homer - the reluctant soul.
miniwidge about 15 years ago
If you know the unknown so that the unknown is no longer unknown but known, is it wisdom?
ya know?
Basqueian about 15 years ago
You gotta be kidding, Rummy was onto something?
keenanthelibrarian about 15 years ago
As Prime Minister Hacker said to Bernard -
“What don’t I know, Bernard?”
To which he replied -
“I don’t know what you don’t know, Prime Minister.”
(Yes, Prime Minister - BBC TV)
ronaldmundy about 15 years ago
So the ignorant appear stupid. Here we go again…….
wdgnas about 15 years ago
the supreme being hasn’t gone wireless?
comradecharlie05 about 15 years ago
How very Kosh. :-)
wicky about 15 years ago
Wet birds cannot fly at night.
mamarose127 Premium Member about 15 years ago
Fish. The answer is always fish.
FlashfyreSP about 15 years ago
42.
bmwk12ltc about 15 years ago
42 fish?
halavana about 15 years ago
42 fish texting to 24 wet birds flying at night
Ushindi about 15 years ago
I can’t fly at night, wet OR dry, but neither can fish, although they taste good when fried, but not 42, I’m pretty sure, or think I am, sometimes in the morning, anyway. I am an elder - don’t speak to me.
mancocapac about 15 years ago
Is he running Windows 7, or Snow Leopard?
myltlpony about 15 years ago
Kevin,
Have we met hitchhiking across the galaxy? As everyone knows the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42.
Dirty Dragon about 15 years ago
Sure, the answer is 42, but what’s the question??
lazygrazer about 15 years ago
“The Tribe Elder”—sigh—the good old days. It sounds so much more honorable than “the ol’ fart who lives down the street.”
myltlpony about 15 years ago
Dirty Dragon,
“DON’T PANIC” Take out your hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and all will be explained.
puddleglum1066 about 15 years ago
The dissertation on “unknown and known unknowns” was actually one of the few wise things Rummy said. What made him a disaster was all the things that seemed simple and straightforward, but were wrong (like “they’ll greet us with flowers…”)
Lawrence Stetz Premium Member about 15 years ago
How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man?
Ronshua about 15 years ago
” The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind ”
strodgers about 15 years ago
“DirtyDragon said, about 5 hours ago
Sure, the answer is 42, but what’s the question??”
To be or Not to be, That Is The Question.
yyyguy about 15 years ago
as Piers Anthony said about the Xanth books… “The increasingly mis-named trilogy…”
Trebor39 about 15 years ago
grazer, the “old fart who lives down the street” is legion, and we are The Tribal Elders who have wisdom that no one wants to hear.
YatInExile about 15 years ago
Many years ago, BC addressed the topic of reincarnation.
Q: What was I when I wasn’t what I am and what will I be when I’m not? A: You were what you were before you are what you are and you will be what you ain’t.
JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago
Now that’s starting to sound like Hacker and Humphrey!
“Yes, minister.”
MissNaomi385 about 15 years ago
I loved this one