Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 11, 2014
Transcript:
Bob: Ok...I may have put on a few pounds lately. It's a normal part of aging as our metabolism slows down... You just need to pay attention to signs of things getting out of hand and make the adjustments. Joe: You mean signs like a collapsing barstool? Bob: That could just be a sign of a factory defect. Joe: Right...
Observer fo Irony over 9 years ago
That guy is starting to look like Nixon.
Varnes over 9 years ago
I think the color person got Bob’s lime wrong….
keenanthelibrarian over 9 years ago
I know exactly how poor old Bob feels …
Packratjohn Premium Member over 9 years ago
So that’s why Mr. Miller went to lower case, to make room for a certain expanding waistline.
Arianne over 9 years ago
When it comes to making excuses, Bob’s raising the bar.
dabugger over 9 years ago
Poor Bob, gotta pay attention to a weight and balance situaltion before the cafe has to replace a bar stool.
steverinoCT over 9 years ago
My office chairs tend to do that. I’ve found that they make “fat boy” heavy-duty extra-wides now (I used to just drill a hole through the piston and put a bolt there to hold it up).
Raider Red Premium Member over 9 years ago
I sense a disturbance in the force. Some recent strips have been using lower case lettering in the dialogue balloons. At first it appeared random, but checking back I see that it’s only in conversations involving Joe, Bob, Flo, and/or Cap’n Eddie. Hmmmmm . . .
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
@ Observer fo irony and Bdaysuit: We’ve been through this before with Bob. According to Wiley, he was based on Dabney Coleman.
dflak over 9 years ago
Isn’t Bob a lawyer? So should we be in for the bi-monthly “trial of the century?”
Ernest Lemmingway over 9 years ago
Please leave the cheap jokes to the cartoonist.
CougarAllen over 9 years ago
The way I remember it, he is modeled after someone Wiley knows who just happens to look like Nixon.
watmiwori over 9 years ago
Well, okay — he’s a cross between Dabney Coleman (moustache) and Richard Nichtssohn (no moustache)