Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 18, 2012
Transcript:
Kate: Uh... what's that, Danae? Danae: A hula hoop... It was Gran'ma's favorite toy when she was a kid. Kate: Oh... show me how it works. Danae: 'Kay... Kate: Poor Gran'ma... Danae: I think this explains her why her generation gre up to be so angry about everything.
The#1BoiseStateFan over 11 years ago
Kids, iPods,iPhones, TV’s, Computers, I use those, but not much.
pouncingtiger over 11 years ago
Kids these days have no imagination with non-electronic contraptions.
Linguist over 11 years ago
Danae is probably right. Maybe that’s why I’m an old curmudgeon. I was never any good with that #^*&$@ thing !
Can't Sleep over 11 years ago
This one had me laughing out loud – because it may be right!Really, did YOU ever try to make one of those things work? When you’re Danae’s size (as I was, a hundred years ago), it does not work. Ever. No matter what you see on TV.Come to think of it, remember how commercials used super close-ups to make things look HUGE and then when you bought them, they were an inch tall?Hmmm, Wiley, you may have figured out the whole generation!
alviebird over 11 years ago
I’m glad I left my coffee in the other room.
Odd Dog Premium Member over 11 years ago
Yes bravo & thank you
Varnes over 11 years ago
Who’d have thunk it?
einarbt7 over 11 years ago
I wonder if we will get angry and bitter about everything too.
roctor over 11 years ago
Failure is a cornerstone of being a kid.
Manhunter808 over 11 years ago
Alexikakos = fun link, thanks. Hula hoops were fun, and pretty good exercise. Just because some people couldn’t get the hang of them is no reason to put them down.
FUNG1 over 11 years ago
Good ’toon today .. Again! Thanks.
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
kids today have so easy. but, then again, the older generation always say that they had to walk to school with 6 feet of snow on the ground, barefoot, and etc..
Beleck3 over 11 years ago
yes, that was wonderful. talk about a generation gap. lol
emptc12 over 11 years ago
Back then, the 14-year-old girl across the street could spin three hula hoops at one time, plus do a yo-yo in each hand. Believe it or don’t. And that girl today is …
GalleyOar over 11 years ago
Maybe the batteries need to be replaced to make it work..
cdward over 11 years ago
Now try this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=ztXmzMvSXZ0
bagbalm over 11 years ago
How do you turn it on?
sandramackin over 11 years ago
I literally laughed out loud when I read this cartoon today! I was one of many of my friends who was good at the hula hoop, but sure couldn’t do it today. I didn’t realize it took skill to do it because it just came so easily when I was a kid. But my mother=who was a master at everything it seemed to me= never could work it and that is what gave me such joy at the time!
Nighthawks Premium Member over 11 years ago
well, you have to put the batteries in it.sheez!
dabugger over 11 years ago
are the hippy days gone? was it happy? is it all gone?…….
come on, say just a little something…..
kittenpah over 11 years ago
All of our grandkids have those electronic noise boxes, but when they come to spend the weekend with us, they always go to the toy closet and get out the wooden train set and spread it out on the floor.
dddiego over 11 years ago
Everything comes pre-imagined nowadays.
Vonne Anton over 11 years ago
Whatever you do, Danae…DON’T STEP OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE! Hurry up, Katie, say the mystical chant!-“Hula, hula, bobba-low-aKeep this girl from being Yoda…”-Or something like that.
Tetonbil Premium Member over 11 years ago
Hula hooping seems to be alive and well in some areas of the country much to my recent surprise. One of my old girlfriends from high school is very much into, “hooping” for fun and fitness.
I'll fly away over 11 years ago
It would be fun to see their grandma (Flo) show them how to use it. Captain Eddy, hmm, maybe not so much.
baileydean over 11 years ago
… it’s good exercise! I could “do” the hula hoop, loved the super ball, a toy (I can’t remember the name of) that had a ring around one ankle that we twirled a thing around and jumped over with the other foot. It was fun. My favorite, though, was my pogo stick… I could do several hundreds (literally) of jumps on that thing.
baileydean over 11 years ago
Danae has no hips… and she isn’t very… hip.:ºJ
Perkycat over 11 years ago
Love this comic. Oh, by the way, is there an app…..
Linda Pearson over 11 years ago
Had a hula hoop as a kid and your right, it was fun. I got pretty good at it then grew up and stopped. My great granddaughtger has one and cant make it work. I can’t either ’cause the waist is gone.
baileydean over 11 years ago
“…They’ve grown old, but stopped growing UP.”
-They’ve started growing OUT???
BluePumpkin over 11 years ago
Ha ha, I was just wondering how many of us adults spend any amount of time outside or exercising our imaginations . . . or if we’re in front of a tv or a computer in our free time. It’s easy to point the finger at someone else and forget that we’re probably not living up to our own standards.
burleigh2 over 11 years ago
Darn kids… thinking everything will be automated… probably yelling at a door for being “broken” if it doesn’t open for them… ;-)
freeholder1 over 11 years ago
Hula Hoops were huge because of the exotic place called Hawaii where lovely young women moved their hips and hands to tell a story. A lush wonderful friendly island s chain best known for Pearl Harbor until the HH and Jack Lord got a hold on it. Move those hips, Dano.
Rickapolis over 11 years ago
Danae, you’ve got to shake that thing.
angusdad over 11 years ago
it did take a while to get the hang of them, but eventually we got it down.
roctor over 11 years ago
Don’t ask me.Ask Danae.
Varnes over 11 years ago
You know what I think about a woman who can do the Hula Hoop well?…What a waist…….
lindz.coop Premium Member over 11 years ago
So right!!
Caddy57 over 11 years ago
Just wait,after Danae asks where the batteries go, “Gran’ma” will grab it and SHOW her how to work it like a teen ager.I crack up when I picture it:)
jbarnes over 11 years ago
my nine year old is quite good with a hula hoop…they have them in gym class
frankj2502 over 11 years ago
A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs or neck.Usaully best done by them who are in fine shape!