Every deciduous tree in our yard is placed in a spot that doesn’t require raking. Now if I could place every blade of grass in a spot that didn’t need mowing. sigh
Okay, this is like the 30th comic that I’ve read this morning whose subject matter was ‘falling leaves’. Is this some kind of cartoonist conspiracy or are they strapped for ideas? Just wondering…
I want to add how great reading a comic in this format on an iPad is because you can view it one panel at a time leading up to the punchline. It makes for much better comic timing.
I took a break from the first raking of my back yard, by doing the last mowing of the front yard. I still have half the back to finish. Leaves I would mulch with the mower, but this is a bumper crop year for acorns, and they really give you a workout. I did 5+ hours yesterday, and am good for nothing but watching football today.
Thanks, HDSnoopy. That’s precisely why I designed my Sunday editions in this format 10 years ago, as it simply reads better, whether you’re reading it in the paper or online.
I used to have a neighbor (God rest your soul Jack) who manicured his lawn only to see the prevailing winds blow leaves from across the street into his yard while he stood in the middle of the street cursing and shaking his fist at the trees.
I would use my little rider with bagger attached to go across the street and mulch and pick up as many leaves as I could and put them on my and another neighbor’s gardens. -To anyone who does this, remember to add some lime too to neutralize the tannic acid in the leaves.
If Wiley reads this board, why can’t they give him administration privileges so he can delete the spam? And why can’t the spammers sell real things we can use, like the leaf guard?
I don’t have iPad and I read online and the paper but I have always loved the Sunday format !
Enjoyed the back-story note Wiley.
Hey “momazilla”…. for many years I am “mumzilla” to all my family and friends in Japan. I am a mum and I love Godzilla.
I live in the southwest too…. Arizona !
I’ve got an evergreen in my yard. Guess what? The neighbor’s tree to the North of me dumps it’s leaves in my front yard when the wind blows. And it’s 20 to 30 ft from it to my front yard!!
I have no trees in my yard. The neighbors however have two large trees which hang over the fence onto my property. Thus, I get to rake, or mulch leaves depending on my mood. I also get to trim branches so they don’t hang over the garage or wind up in the electrical service lines at the back of the house. I don’t complain too much because the trees provide shade for my patio, and keep it cool during the summer.
i concur with the lawnmower treatment. the “mulch” layer will kill off the grass, and i won’t have to mow the lawn all summer!
yay! problem(s) solved! cheaper than mowing with RoundUp, too.
This reminds me of a Billy Connolly joke about prescription car windscreens “so you never need worry about forgetting your glasses”… Silly enough to be funny but plausible enough for people to try and find where to buy them!
Wiley, patent this idea while you still can!!
Wiley, even on my large screen PC I like to scroll down for a good one like this. Here in AZ, my leaves fall on gravel so I generally blow them together and put in compost- and I moved here because no snow and year-round flowers ;-)
I’m sure the piles of leaves will make it easier for the neighbors to blow their snow back into his yard. An autumn-winter yin-yang haiku! But who’s counting?
No Republicans, no democrats…
No ultimate agenda to appease…
No Ekert, no Conglomerate rats…
Only the falling of the leaves…
Such a simple and sane life to lead…
Without the need for awful mistakes…
Why then require the righteous to bleed…
When we’re all in the same state…
Clever, but how did the guy go from standing on it, to being under it? there was no hole for the platform to go around him as he is cranking it up!! CONTINUITY WILEY!!!
black_knight15_au almost 14 years ago
I gotta get me one of those!
Sisyphos almost 14 years ago
A leaves-umbrella that dumps in the other guy’s yard for every tree!
rayannina almost 14 years ago
I have five trees in my backyard. Where can I get several of these?
cleokaya almost 14 years ago
Every deciduous tree in our yard is placed in a spot that doesn’t require raking. Now if I could place every blade of grass in a spot that didn’t need mowing. sigh
Can't Sleep almost 14 years ago
Don’t know which I enjoy more - the gag or how Wiley tells the story! Great art - Great gag!
madKanga almost 14 years ago
My wife would not let me rake the leaves - she says they add “rustic charm” - I think she might buy our neighbour one of those!
smizzlybob almost 14 years ago
I enjoy raking leaves. It’s very theraputic.
Hugh B. Hayve almost 14 years ago
Okay, this is like the 30th comic that I’ve read this morning whose subject matter was ‘falling leaves’. Is this some kind of cartoonist conspiracy or are they strapped for ideas? Just wondering…
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Raking leaves never bothered me, but snow shoveling…..
momazilla almost 14 years ago
Hey Grog, Move to Texas, now matter how bad the weather gets here, we don’t have to shovel it. Bail it out manbe but not shovel.
babbie Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Hey Wiley: where can I get one of these?
I'll fly away almost 14 years ago
Ronco could buy the rights to market these. He’d be a billonaire in no time.
Ursula A Kehoe Premium Member almost 14 years ago
There’s always a good wind to blow the leaves down the street: you just have to wait long enough.
twj0729 almost 14 years ago
I love it! What a great idea! I’m sure the neighbors don’t think so, though!
ImaginaryFriend almost 14 years ago
Ok, i hate to do this but…
I bet he borrowed tools and money from his neighbors to build this device. I am sure he promised he would solve the leaf problem.
Does this make him a democrat or republican?
Calvin Nelson Nelson Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Fabulious!
I want to add how great reading a comic in this format on an iPad is because you can view it one panel at a time leading up to the punchline. It makes for much better comic timing.
steverinoCT almost 14 years ago
I took a break from the first raking of my back yard, by doing the last mowing of the front yard. I still have half the back to finish. Leaves I would mulch with the mower, but this is a bumper crop year for acorns, and they really give you a workout. I did 5+ hours yesterday, and am good for nothing but watching football today.
Wiley creator almost 14 years ago
Thanks, HDSnoopy. That’s precisely why I designed my Sunday editions in this format 10 years ago, as it simply reads better, whether you’re reading it in the paper or online.
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
mamazilla, I live in Texas now. But I didn’t have a choice in where I was born & raised.
Justice22 almost 14 years ago
I used to have a neighbor (God rest your soul Jack) who manicured his lawn only to see the prevailing winds blow leaves from across the street into his yard while he stood in the middle of the street cursing and shaking his fist at the trees.
I would use my little rider with bagger attached to go across the street and mulch and pick up as many leaves as I could and put them on my and another neighbor’s gardens. -To anyone who does this, remember to add some lime too to neutralize the tannic acid in the leaves.
RadioTom almost 14 years ago
With the umbrella, why not just top the tree, though?
I admit I did almost fall out of the chair laughing when I got down to the punch-panel….
Ermine Notyours almost 14 years ago
If Wiley reads this board, why can’t they give him administration privileges so he can delete the spam? And why can’t the spammers sell real things we can use, like the leaf guard?
MurphyHerself almost 14 years ago
Man, the spammers are out in force today.
Great toon, Wiley. We don’t rake our yard–the leaves self compost.
will4life almost 14 years ago
AWSOME!!!
Yukoneric almost 14 years ago
HMMMMMMMMMMM would save me firing up the tractor and mulching………..
milano99 almost 14 years ago
I need one of those for my pool. The pool is a magnet for every leaf from every tree within 50 yards.
Dtroutma almost 14 years ago
Both of my neighbors have these devices. I have fibromyalgia and don’t “rake”, but do have a lawn mower that mulches… fortunately.
falcon_370f almost 14 years ago
Too bad that reality gets in the way. The wind blows almost constantly in autumn, and will sweep leaves under that contraption with ease.
kirbey almost 14 years ago
I don’t have iPad and I read online and the paper but I have always loved the Sunday format ! Enjoyed the back-story note Wiley.
Hey “momazilla”…. for many years I am “mumzilla” to all my family and friends in Japan. I am a mum and I love Godzilla. I live in the southwest too…. Arizona !
OLDDOG82 almost 14 years ago
from the looks of the contraption i dont think it would work as shown
cbrsarah almost 14 years ago
I’ve got an evergreen in my yard. Guess what? The neighbor’s tree to the North of me dumps it’s leaves in my front yard when the wind blows. And it’s 20 to 30 ft from it to my front yard!!
MisngNOLA almost 14 years ago
I have no trees in my yard. The neighbors however have two large trees which hang over the fence onto my property. Thus, I get to rake, or mulch leaves depending on my mood. I also get to trim branches so they don’t hang over the garage or wind up in the electrical service lines at the back of the house. I don’t complain too much because the trees provide shade for my patio, and keep it cool during the summer.
AladdinSane almost 14 years ago
ATTACK OF THE LEAVES!! Film at 11
alan.gurka almost 14 years ago
Wiley, You’d better get a patent on that great idea. This way, if you quit your daytime job, you can coast on the royalties this baby will pull in!
hopeandjoy2 almost 14 years ago
What a plan….better than running your riding mower in circles and mulching.
dfowensby almost 14 years ago
i concur with the lawnmower treatment. the “mulch” layer will kill off the grass, and i won’t have to mow the lawn all summer! yay! problem(s) solved! cheaper than mowing with RoundUp, too.
weasel_monkey almost 14 years ago
This reminds me of a Billy Connolly joke about prescription car windscreens “so you never need worry about forgetting your glasses”… Silly enough to be funny but plausible enough for people to try and find where to buy them! Wiley, patent this idea while you still can!!
vldazzle almost 14 years ago
Wiley, even on my large screen PC I like to scroll down for a good one like this. Here in AZ, my leaves fall on gravel so I generally blow them together and put in compost- and I moved here because no snow and year-round flowers ;-)
mjmsprt40 almost 14 years ago
Be vewy vewy quiet. We’re flagging spammers!
HowieL almost 14 years ago
I’m sure the piles of leaves will make it easier for the neighbors to blow their snow back into his yard. An autumn-winter yin-yang haiku! But who’s counting?
MatureCanadian almost 14 years ago
Brilliant! Thanks for the laugh Wiley. I agree with the posters, you should patent this idea!
Joseph Krois almost 14 years ago
No Republicans, no democrats… No ultimate agenda to appease… No Ekert, no Conglomerate rats… Only the falling of the leaves… Such a simple and sane life to lead… Without the need for awful mistakes… Why then require the righteous to bleed… When we’re all in the same state…
Off-The-Wall almost 14 years ago
I think you are my neighbor. Bring back my saw and cordless screwdriver now.
MartyMartian almost 13 years ago
When can we get back to the ekert storyline. I’d really like to see how that plays out. It’s been a while.
kaystari Premium Member over 12 years ago
Clever, but how did the guy go from standing on it, to being under it? there was no hole for the platform to go around him as he is cranking it up!! CONTINUITY WILEY!!!