Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 22, 2010

Maybe…

Don’t blame the executioner.

It’s nothing to lose your head over. Oh, whoops.

I like a nice close shave without the nicks and cuts of a blade.

Well, maybe I’ll like it better next time. Oh, whoops.

Just a little off the top, please.

You all have lost your heads.

LOL!—Love it.

Heads… you lose!

Thanks Wiley!

”Thanks for the prompt, friendly service! I’ll recommend you to all my in-laws.”

Hey, Wiley! What’s happening with the cottage in the woods. What’s in there? Why is the door blocked from the outside? Don’t leave us hanging!! Inquiring minds need to know.

Can that executioner take care of the spammers?

“A tisket, a tasket, a head in the basket, it cannot answer any questions that you ask it!”

Such as why are there no WMDs for spam?

Don’t be too tough on the respondents, they’re the ones sticking their necks out.

Talking about the spammers only encourages them as you acknowledge their existance. Flag them WITHOUT comment.

An excellent idea “waitingman”, just flag, flag and flag some more.

Reminds me of a timely joke: A priest, a soldier, and an engineer are sentenced to die for speaking out against the king. They are to face the guillotine! The priest is asked, “do you want to die facing up, or facing down?” Priest says “Up, of course, i want to see heaven, where i am going”. Problem is, the blade won’t fall. He’s innocent cry the spectators, and the priest is set free. The soldier, same question. I’m not afraid to die, i shall face the blade. Same thing, blade won’t fall and the crowd demands his release. The engineer is placed in the guillotine, face up like the others…..”Oh, I see the problem! Bring me my tools!”…… (I used this to illustrate to my wife how we technical people think.)

It chops! It slices! It dices! and if you order now, we will include at no extra charge (S & H) a head basket.

Uhhmm, Gee, I really appreciate how well sharpened you keep that blade; Why, I can hardly feel it……… ahh never mind

Okay, boyo. From Sir Walter Raleigh: “This is sharp medicine; but it is a sure cure for all diseases. What dost thou fear? Strike, man, strike.”

I’m sorry, I lost my head with that comment.

Thanks for keeping the blade sharp?

If “nice” suggestions DID kill them, it would make YOUR job redundant, wouldn’t it?

Would it really make a difference to the condemned? Would they get a duller blade? A pillow in the basket for their decapitated head?

packratjohn, thanks for the joke. I’m going to pass it around to my friends.

A dull blade doesn’t cut as cleanly. It is said that some of the people Henry VIII executed got dull blades and it took several attempts to off them. Not pleasant.

Back in the days before the Guillotine, most nations used an axe (or a sword) for some executions. If you paid extra, the executioner would sharpen the axe for you. Both Thomas More (ex-Chancellor of England) and John Fisher (Cardinal and Bishop of Rochester) were sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered (don’t ask), but both sentences were commuted to beheading. It was less painful, less gruesome, and considered more honorable.

Let them proudly hang my head high!

Let’s see, they say that the head live on for a few seconds after. So when they hold it up for the crowd to see, wouldn’t there theoretically be time to make a goofy face just to haunt their dreams?

RE: packratjohn. And that, boys and girls, is how Dilbert met his end…

Joe, that’s not a non sequitor, that’s irony.