Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 21, 2009

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    lissybear Premium Member about 15 years ago

    “the geek shall inherit the earth”

    i have that t-shirt 8-)

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    carmy  about 15 years ago

    It’s all geek to me!

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    nonsequitous  about 15 years ago

    The geek shall inher– wow, deja vu.

    You don’t think Wiley is getting his material from the folks that po-

    I have *no* sympathy for so-called addicts, to puns or otherwise.

    You see how easily it gets out of control. First a bad joke, then stealing bad jokes, the next thing, world domination. You see? You see??

    They choose their so-called “incorrigible” behavior, they can quit any time they really want to. You’ll never catch *me* stooping that low, nor incorriging anyone who does.

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    converses  about 15 years ago

    Jon Sequitur - I think Wiley writes a week’s worth of strips well in advance. I really don’t think he got that joke about the geek inheriting the earth from someone’s post on the Non Sequitur page.

    We are only seeing the strips in the time frame the syndicate allows - one day at a time.

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    nonsequitous  about 15 years ago

    I really don’t think he got that joke about the geek inheriting the earth from someone’s post on the Non Sequitur page.

    Are you sure? Well … I was thinking it would depend on which geek we were talking about but … okay. If you say so.

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    madKanga  about 15 years ago

    If I were to be pun-i-shed For every horrid pun I shed I’d go and find a puny shed In which to hide my punnish ‘ead.

    Not sure who wrote that (Ben Johnson?) - anyway, Jeffry better start looking for a shed.

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    DGooseE  about 15 years ago

    I knew those punsters were up to no good! LOL But wait a minute, think about it, given the state of the world today, they’re welcome to it.

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    pearlandpeach  about 15 years ago

    Yes, I read F&E every day. Wiley, this one is alittle lame.

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    GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago

    I love it. Din’t see it coming. If I could, I’d say the geeks can have the Earth - I’m moving to another planet as far away from here as I can get.

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    lewisbower  about 15 years ago

    The meek shall inhibit the earth.

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    Wiley creator about 15 years ago

    I thought it was pretty common knowledge about the lead time in comics, but apparently some folks are still unaware.

    All syndicated comics are done several weeks in advance. This series was done a month ago. It would be nice if we could do the comics on a more timely basis, like everything else in a newspaper, but editors want to have the comics long before publication.

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    kfaatz925  about 15 years ago

    Love it! :)

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    chairump Premium Member about 15 years ago

    A pun, being the lowest form of humor, is therefore the basis of all whit.

    Punsters Inc.

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    billrad  about 15 years ago

    I share Jeffry’s addiction. Twenty panels isn’t so long to set up a pun. I pretty much quit telling the one about the boy-foot bear with teaks of Chan and the one about the four-loaf cleaver and all the others because I took the reactions too personally. But seeing this strip and its reactions gives me the courage to attack our one-liner culture again. Of course I don’t get invited to parties, so I’m not sure when I’ll do it.

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    palos  about 15 years ago

    I’m venturing a guess that Danae will come to the geeks rescue and become Empress Danae. Everyone can now rise.

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    spok27  about 15 years ago

    Billrad: Don’t forget about the marijuana loving flock of seagulls. It’s said there was no tern unstoned.

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    cleokaya  about 15 years ago

    Weak geek seeks to pique a freak who seeks to speak not cheek to cheek.

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    grainpaw  about 15 years ago

    Then there was the henhouse haunted by a poultrygeist.

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    lazygrazer  about 15 years ago

    haha, good stuff Wiley and fans!

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    afeeney  about 15 years ago

    Jon Sequitor.

    Your incorrigment is an example of Shock and Ow!

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    MurphyHerself  about 15 years ago

    Keep it up, guys, these are FUNNY!

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    James Amodio  about 15 years ago

    That was a wonderful pun. really snuck up on me. Thanks!

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    JanLC  about 15 years ago

    My brother and my cousin are great punsters. It was like growing up in a pun competition. They were constantly trying to out-pun one another. (Still are) The rest of us learned how to react to that kind of humor - DON’T. Otherwise it just encourages them.

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    MatureCanadian  about 15 years ago

    I love it. Best pun in years! Walked right into it too. Can’t believe Digital Frog hasn’t come up with a retort yet!

    Love the puns people. Thanks for starting this Wiley. Great setup. Spok27 haven’t heard that one since the 70’s!

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    Wiley creator about 15 years ago

    Puns are best delivered from the blind-side. First the laugh, then the groan. Pretty hard to take life very seriously after that… at least for the moment.

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    maurovic  about 15 years ago

    Wiley, you ARE the best! Keep on punning!

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    lfanterickson  about 15 years ago

    I saw the geek inheriting the earth pun coming and was enjoying the setup. I usually pun instinctively, and enjoy when others beat me to them, thus I love reading the comments as much as the comics most days. We punny people are, indeed, encouraged by groans, and know some think themselves too good for them, so we try to sneak them in under the radar. That makes the victory complete!

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    cpb124  about 15 years ago

    If geeks are addicted to puns, then that must mean the patron saint of geeks is Piers Anthony and his Xanth books are their gospels>

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    bmonk  about 15 years ago

    chairump said, about 10 groans ago

    “A pun, being the lowest form of humor, is therefore the basis of all whit.

    “Punsters Inc.”

    I guess I’m halfway to being a wit, then…

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    cateymoore Premium Member about 15 years ago

    It’s not a really good pun until people start throwing things at you. That said, Wiley, you got that shaggy dog in under my radar. Congratulations.

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    pbarnrob  about 15 years ago

    Right up there in punistry with Piers Anthony is Robert Asprin and his MythAdventure series… And we must not forget Spider Robinson and the Callahan’s Place stories.

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    Varnes  about 15 years ago

    Jeeze, Joe, lighten up. No reason to get cross….Intelligent, well read people are the ones who use puns the most. They’re like mind candy. ….

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    firedome  about 15 years ago

    geeks inheriting the earth, eh? i don’t know…after all, we have to be wary of them when they start pulling scams on certain ursoids…in other words… beware of geeks grifting bears!

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    nonsequitous  about 15 years ago

    Puns are best delivered from the blind-side. First the laugh, then the groan.

    A truly horrible pun elicits a totally silent room, dropped jaws, and the victims’ faces going pale, the blood draining from them. Yessss…

    I’ve even been known to pun unintentionally, being unaware of it until people start throwing things at me. “Ow! What!!” Sort of a bizarre form of Tourettes. Now that’s the sign of a sick mind.

    If geeks are addicted to puns, then that must mean the patron saint of geeks is Piers Anthony

    Who? Spider Robinson. “Middle lamb, you’ve had a dizzy Bey!” “Very funny, but off topic.” “The topic was clearly Zion’s friction.”

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    lindz.coop Premium Member about 15 years ago

    Gak!! Isn’t the groan obligatory – even tho we really did find it funny?

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    TAZFAN  about 15 years ago

    Isaac Asimov wrote a short story in which the last line was:

    “A niche in time saves Stein!” Isaac probably liked

    Spider Robinson! ; - )

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