Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 21, 2011
Transcript:
Twas 4 nights before Christmas and Santa's spirits aren't high. Unless hitched to his sleigh, his reindeer can't fly. With his reindeer still trapped, a thought makes his teeth chatter, "without presents," he wondered, "Will Christmas matter?" "We have to go get them," said an elf who's named Bob. "We can't give up now, or we'll be out of a job!" That's when they grasped, with the reindeer afloat, that the task won't be easy, since they don't have a boat!
doc white almost 13 years ago
santa,have the reindeer fly over.
Bill Chapman almost 13 years ago
Capt. Eddie to the rescue!!!
Captain Guy almost 13 years ago
They don’t have a boat?
EDDIE!! WHERE ARE YOU???
Captain Guy almost 13 years ago
Yeah, yeah…but blueskies put it in better verse :-)
johncsi almost 13 years ago
Eddie! Eddie!
x_Tech almost 13 years ago
(WAG) That’s easy. Wiley.
Ida No almost 13 years ago
And people keep accusing Cap’n Eddie of having a weak grasp on reality. He’s the only one that has been able to figure out what’s going on all around us. I’ve always had faith in him. Him, and a couple pitchers of Flo’s egg nog.
tripwire45 almost 13 years ago
Christmas is hosed. Chanukah anyone?
Varnes almost 13 years ago
Bob seems to know what’s important in an economy that is still unbooming……
SCOTTtheBADGER almost 13 years ago
Carabou are actually rather good swimmers in even Arctic waters. They have a double pelt, with hollow hair on the outer layer, which insulates, and provides bouyancy. There is no reason why the deer are not swimming back, unless they are on strike, for higher pay, and better benefits.
Varnes almost 13 years ago
Doc, come on…NO POLITICS!!……Oh, wait……
APersonOfInterest almost 13 years ago
LOVE the overstuffed arm chair as the driver’s seat … thanks Wiley !!!! You da man.
wilb44 almost 13 years ago
Where is Mel Gibson when you need him???
Raygun almost 13 years ago
The reindeer can’t fly unless they are attached to Santa’s sleigh – from the first strip in the series
bmonk almost 13 years ago
Maybe Danae will get wind of the problem, and get so mad she solves it. Just thinking outside the box, to the least likely person.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Bob? or, bob?
Bender_Sastre almost 13 years ago
The Elves make billions of toys per annum, but they can’t slap together a boat 30 seconds?
glennbelay almost 13 years ago
…This has to be Captain Eddie to the rescue
puddleglum1066 almost 13 years ago
Indeed, Wiley made it clear that the reindeer are Santa’s engines, and just like the engines on an airplane can’t fly by themselves, neither can the reindeer..Which reminds me: it’s Bad Old Christmas Joke Time: Those of you who’ve already heard the one about Santa’s Christmas Eve visit from the FAA inspector may skip what follows….So it’s Christmas Eve, and the FAA inspector arrives for Santa’s annual airworthiness check. He walks around the sleigh and reindeer with his clipboard, checks the sled’s landing gear, the reindeer’s APU exhaust ports, Rudolph’s nose light, and so forth. Then he climbs into the sleigh for the flight test. “What’s that for?” asks Santa, noticing that the inspector has a rifle in his lap..“Well,” says the inspector, “I’m not really supposed to tell you this… but you’re going to lose an engine on takeoff.”
gerald9edgar almost 13 years ago
Well, they say fat guys float really well…
tigre1 almost 13 years ago
Eddie! Eddie! he’s our man! if he can’t do it…
jsprat almost 13 years ago
How about the Ekert? One allegedly fictitious character can aide another, can’t they? Or if the eight tiny reindeer all face Santa and simultaneously emit methane, they could jet themselves back PDQ.
dflak almost 13 years ago
Mandatory political comment: whose fault is it that they don’t have a boat: the Democans or the Republicrats?
Potrzebie almost 13 years ago
It’s going to be a flying saucer, very Non-sequitur!
Wiley creator almost 13 years ago
The only political drivel is coming from people posting here. There’s no political message in this series.
dfowensby almost 13 years ago
same for reindeer. they swim them island to island in herds. big deal, wiley. can you tell your crowd is getting bored with this thread, already? oh, i know! eckert and capn eddie! no, that was cringingly boring too. oh well.
bmonk almost 13 years ago
“How about this to be contrarian—-no Capt. Eddie to the rescue, you heard it here first!”
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Wasn’t I the first to posit someone else, namely Danae? (And, yes, in my mind, I was excluding Capt. Eddie.)
jolats almost 13 years ago
Enough with the global warming nonsense. It’s a hoax. I hate this garbage.
treered almost 13 years ago
isn’t there an inflatable raft in the bag? i know i asked for one of those once… never got it.. maybe he’s catching up on back orders?
treered almost 13 years ago
oh yeah, is that Bob from Accountemps? :)
dabugger almost 13 years ago
my grandaughter sez Wiley’s story is better than the old one…
tallcanofbeer almost 13 years ago
at least the deer are fat and hopefully they float … well reindeer jerky is good I hear , so lets not fret , we will just have a beer .
barron44 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
In the first strip of this storyline, it said that the reindeer can only fly when hooked up to the sleigh, so they can’t fly over to Santa.
Captain Guy almost 13 years ago
Yes, but ACC is disbelieved by the GOP who seem to have ADD and won’t STFU. It’s a real PITA. Just my POV.
alxcorp almost 13 years ago
May be, go to the original Christmas Spirit and ask Jesus to walk over the waters in order to rescue your mith
verdammte narr almost 13 years ago
I dunno, caribou aren’t that smart.
lin4869 almost 13 years ago
Wiley, knowing that you dislike political meanderings, it cracks me up how often you have to remind commenters. (I’m sorry.) I am very much enjoying your poetry and this arc. Thank you!
May you have a peaceful and welcomed holiday time.
Hunter7 almost 13 years ago
No boat! OH DEAR! Best call on Cap`t Eddie for he will be a deah and rescue the reindeah. .I`m soooo loving the poetry and story. (btw – for all you early posters – its now 9:27 pm Pacific – Happy Solsitice!)
Blossoming almost 13 years ago
And where are the plants to eat it?…
natureboyfig4 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
This storyline would work except for 2 inconvenient truths: 1. Santa’s reindeer fly. 2. Global Warming theory doesn’t.
:-P