Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 03, 2021

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    eastern.woods.metal  almost 3 years ago

    When he pulls on the rope, does he go up or does something come down ?

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    sirbadger  almost 3 years ago

    How much does a ghost weigh? It might be easy.

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    saobadao  almost 3 years ago

    He has to CLIMB the rope just as he tortured so many kids in his gym classes!

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    GreasyOldTam  almost 3 years ago

    Wonder what’s in store for engineers?

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    Ken 2049 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    There’s an iron at the end. Kevin’s helping Peter today & this guy was mean to cats.

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    Concretionist  almost 3 years ago

    God is an Iron. Based on the fact that a felon is one who commits felony.

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    Ryan B Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Does it smell like a gym up there?

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    wallylm  almost 3 years ago

    There should be a whole series of these kinds of toons for different jobs (my suggestion for the Peloton personal trainer: a gate to heaven that’s powered by a stationary bike that requires 100 rpms of pedaling for an hour to open).

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    Cornelius Noodleman  almost 3 years ago

    Reminds me of the time they let me ring the church bell.

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    PoodleGroomer  almost 3 years ago

    The ropes are gone in my old schools’ gyms. They were for readying graduates for military service. Instead of climbing on cargo nets they now fly them in in helicopters and rappel in or land and let them off.

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    AnnChovie  almost 3 years ago

    Got me again Wiley! Thanks

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    TampaFanatic1  almost 3 years ago

    Saint Peter should also make the PE teacher do the full “Presidential Physical Fitness Test” and score in the 90th percentile to get through the Pearly Gates, else back to a purgatory full of pull ups, shuttle dashes, sit ups and long distance runs…..

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    The Old Wolf  almost 3 years ago

    “We don’t want no quitters in here, bub. Go big or go downstairs!”

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    sandpiper  almost 3 years ago

    Mentioned before. New gym teacher was buff – and rough. Yelled, pushed, harassed. Ironically, his last name was Comfort. 3 years later he joined the FBI. Probably didn’t like it much. No swat teams in the 1950’s.

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    SusieB  almost 3 years ago

    Climb that rope!

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    LawrenceS  almost 3 years ago

    If it’s Catholic Heaven the length of the rope reflects the number of sins the gym teacher would need to atone for on the way up (see purgatory). Know one HS teacher whose rope would be miles long.

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    Imagine  almost 3 years ago

    The irony is it goes on forever.

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    Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Did he move the reception area to a different place than uzual, or is Gym Teacher climbing up the rope just to climb back down again?

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    Ignatz Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Isn’t that just purgatory?

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    dot-the-I  almost 3 years ago

    To the Gym Teacher: Attest to your presidency of the Led Zeppelin fan club.

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    ArtyD2 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    God’s finger

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    Masterskrain  almost 3 years ago

    Was there EVER a more totally useless exercise in sadism then being forced to try to climb that damn rope??? My solution was simple. I’d look up at it, then look at the coach and say “Just give me a zero, I’m not killing myself for nothing!”

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    Gen.Flashman  almost 3 years ago

    In Jr High we would have a gymnastic unit and we would be tested on in front of the class on each piece of equipment: parallel bars, horse, balance beam… which made climbing the rope an after thought.

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    Alverant  almost 3 years ago

    Maybe it goes to Super Heaven.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Okay, blow the whistle and lets just see what happens. I got 5 that says he doesn’t make it over 10’.

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    distortion  almost 3 years ago

    We are called Physical Education teachers…and I practice what I teach. Or at least I did before I retired.

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    Redd Panda  almost 3 years ago

    It’s obvious, God has a sense of humor, she gave men nipples, right?

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    noeste119 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    As a retired elementary school teacher , your story breaks my heart. That PE teacher had serious problems.

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    mourdac Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    And the clock is starting now….

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    tygrkhat40  almost 3 years ago

    There were many things I did in gym class, but I never had to climb a rope.

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    Masterskrain  almost 3 years ago

    Maybe there is an ACME anvil on the other end of the rope…

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    Redwing80  almost 3 years ago

    1957, middle school, So. Cal. . P.E. as it was called. Our gym teacher, WW 11 jarhead. You were ladies!

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    robhanold  almost 3 years ago

    The sadist descends to his proper place

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    Twocat  almost 3 years ago

    Lurch mysteriously appears – “You rang?”

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    preacherman Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    I remember often seeing that rope in the gym, but thankfully, I was never told to climb it.

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    198.23.5.11  almost 3 years ago

    STORY ABOUT W.C. FIELDS—-

    He once hired a butler with a huge physique who came from Germany and belonged to a Tumereverin(exercisecult).He hung a couple of “rings” in the garage and worked out on them.

    One day,the rings detatched from the ceiling and“he took a wrenching header into a pile of old furniture”.

    As he lost consciousness,“he heard hoarse,manaiciallaughter coming from a darkened corner of the garage”.

    Fields had named that particular butler “The Chimpanzee”

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    mindjob  almost 3 years ago

    Since I’m going to hell, all I have to worry about is walking down stairs

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    sandflea  almost 3 years ago

    Up ya go, tubby.

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    christelisbetty  almost 3 years ago

    AKA: “The Revenge of the Nerds”

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    Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    I well remember climbing those gym ropes every day. And I’m grateful for the resulting fitness.

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    Stan McSerr  almost 3 years ago

    Maybe God hired Kevin from Home Alone to rig the climbing rope. it might be tied to a bag of cement.

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    willie_mctell  almost 3 years ago

    Fear of heights always inhibited my rope climbing. I only got stuck a couple of times. The physical part wasn’t that hard but the panic attack was hard to deal with.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 3 years ago

    Once you get your new body it will be a snap to do. Everyone will be the same age and look like Olympians. Also no one will recognize another.

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    guyjen2004  almost 3 years ago

    Can’t recall if it was middle school or high school, but I got up the rope okay. Coming down, with the rope serpentined around my right leg an over that foot, you could use your left foot on top of the right foot and rope to act as a brake, except I thought I could do that and not hold on with my hands so tightly. Wrong! By the time I had gone the rope was slimed with sweat and with me not grabbing as tightly as I should, I slid down most of the way, resulting in a lovely rope burn on my right calf. It eventually got all scabby, which grossed out the girls, so I guess there was a silver lining. Oh, there were girls! So it was middle school. I went to an all boys high school. By then I wouldn’t have been so pleased to gross out the girls :)

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    franki_g  almost 3 years ago

    Maybe Heaven is high enough up that there’s no gravity so… no problem! I suspect God is much nicer than we give credit, just like kids think parents stop them from doing stupid/harmful stuff b/c they’re “mean”.

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    Impact55  almost 3 years ago

    At my high school you had to climb to the top, hold on with one hand and slap the wooden rafter to prove you made it.

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    mikeywilly  almost 3 years ago

    Poetic justice, can the beer gutted gym teacher do what he derided thousands of skinny kids for not being capable of?!?

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    boltjenkins1  almost 3 years ago

    We never had a rope hanging from the ceiling

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    MarshaOstroff  almost 3 years ago

    I don’t recall this rope climbing activity in P.E., but I do remember that I really hated that class since I had no athletic skills or interests at all. I usually got a “C” for trying most terms, which often kept me off the honor roll. Luckily, none of my gym teachers were the monsters some of you have described in this thread.

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  almost 3 years ago

    For me Heaven would be an awfully dull place for I am sure most of my best friends are going to end up elsewhere.

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    keenanthelibrarian  almost 3 years ago

    Doesn’t look like any gym teacher I’ve ever come across ..

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    bakana  almost 3 years ago

    If he can’t reach the Top of the rope, that Hole in the clouds right underneath it leads straight to Hell.

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    DaBump Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Oh, that cursed climbing rope! This makes me feel like Marvin the Robot when he saw that giant sign…

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