Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 22, 2011

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    Orion-13  over 12 years ago

    Love the mix of fantasies…Santa and Global Warming, together at last! It’s like Shrek where you can mix them all together and enjoy the fun.Orion

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    Creniere  over 12 years ago

    Cue ominous music…

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    chireef  over 12 years ago

    orca’s are benevolent critters

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    my_discworld  over 12 years ago

    @Captain Guy If Wiley isn’t telling a story with a political stance, I’ll be very very shocked indeed. That’s sort of his whole shtick.

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    wilb44  over 12 years ago

    Maybe it will be Caption Ahab that will save the day.

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    Ida No  over 12 years ago

    Funny, no one ever said that describing physical realities HAS to reek of political agendas. Reality – the ice caps are breaking up. Reality – houses are being foreclosed and people are losing their jobs. Why is it “politically correct” to deny that these are happening?

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    artybee  over 12 years ago

    Orcas are benevolent? Tell that to the seals!

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    jreckard  over 12 years ago

    Nanook Cornelius lures the shark up on the ice, Hermie (the only elf that did not have pointed ears) pulls the shark’s sore tooth and persuades the shark to put the star on the … no, the shark noses the deerberg back to the sleigh.

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    digitig  over 12 years ago

    I do wish Wiley wouldn’t try verse, though…

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    roctor  over 12 years ago

    Nice headboard Dogsniffer.

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    alxcorp  over 12 years ago

    Is this story about Jonah? Problem solved!

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    rockngolfer  over 12 years ago

    Even the Koch brothers’ paid scientists say man made global warming is real.

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    Thehag  over 12 years ago

    Isn’t that the whale that swallowed Captain Eddy ship and all?

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    The Life I Draw Upon  over 12 years ago

    HEY GUYS!

    DROP the GLOBAL WARMING thing okay!

    I believe in Global Warming and you are getting on MY Nerves

    GET A LIFE!

    This is suppose to be only funny. WILEY said so himself several times. Quit acting like you are too dumb to get the hint.

    If you annoy enough people, then no one will listen to you or anyone else when its time to be serious.

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    ChazNCenTex  over 12 years ago

    What? To verse you’re averse?

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    Spamgaard  over 12 years ago

    Reindeer meat is pretty tasty…

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    baileydean  over 12 years ago

    Wiley… your gifts are appreciated. Thank you.

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    dfowensby  over 12 years ago

    i sure hope he drops this thread on monday.

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    swobo Premium Member over 12 years ago

    It’s just a fin, take a swim!!

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    DavidGBA  over 12 years ago

    Shamu?

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    mikie136  over 12 years ago

    artybee said, about 8 hours ago

    Orcas are benevolent?Tell that to the sealsand the trainer at i think it was seaworld

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    thirdguy  over 12 years ago

    Thank you Wiley. I am enjoying this Christmas story and the verse you have created to tell it.

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    treered  over 12 years ago

    if he looks really thoroughly thru that bag, he might find the PT boat I wished for when I was 8 (after just seeing PT 109) and never got… :)

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    Dtroutma  over 12 years ago

    I still see Eddie rising like a Phoenix, or maybe Tucson, from the depths to save the day! Too bad we have certain “conservatives” in Congress and notably on the House “Natural Resources Committee” totally dedicated to the destruction of the environment for corporate profit, and attempts to debunk AGW for pure, out and out greed.

    I’ve swum with the sharks, and the orca, barracuda, gators and crocs, our fears are rarely based on facts, and our troubles are brewed by political hacks.

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    Varnes  over 12 years ago

    Fin? Did you mean Finn? Are we sure they’re not in Marquette and that isn’t Lake Superior? They have lots of Finns up there….Not very ominous, though. They’re actually very nice kinda cool. They like to get naked and sweaty in saunas and slap each other with fur branches…Sometimes they’ll bold out of the heat and belly flop in a big snow drift….You’ve got to admire people like that…

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    dalehamilton  over 12 years ago

    Will Eddie, cat & boat be puked out by the whale, just in time to save Christmas? And to amaze Flo once again with his one of his most fantastic yarns. ♫♫ Merry Christmas to all.

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    BaconBoyCamper  over 12 years ago

    Maybe not a shark or an orca….Maybe a ship’s keel?Eddie just might be around…

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    baileydean  over 12 years ago

    Maybe it’s because he’s good… ya think?

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    baileydean  over 12 years ago

    “What about the Holocene maximum?Lasted from 7500 to 4000 years ago,polar bears did not go extinct.Or during any of the other warm periods in the last 10,000 years.The so called northwest passage was open a couple of weeks this year if you can really call it open with icebergs bigger than most houses floating around.http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/”

    .There are — I believe — fewer polar bears now… at the start of this warming, than there were then.

    __Care to differ?

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    sacqueboutier  over 12 years ago

    Hmmm…. My comments don’t seem to appear here. I post them, and they mysteriously disappear a few minutes later.

    Can you say “censorship”? (I knew you could.)

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    Captain Guy  over 12 years ago

    Whaa? Um…what are you on about? I’m pointing out that this COMIC is not about climate change or anything political, it’s about a Christmas story that people commenting WANT to make political. So I’m a little lost as to what you’re attempting to bring up?

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    reynard61  over 12 years ago

    Unfortunately, these days EVERYTHING is political. From the moment you wake up in the morning to the next moment you wake up in the morning, politics is a (usually negative) part of your life. The main difference now is that you or I, individually, have far less influence on the course of events than, say, Grover Norquist’s Americans For Tax Reform or the Koch Brother’s Americans For Prosperity.

    “Money doesn’t talk, it screams obscenities” – Bob Dylan

    To which I would add: “And now it can scream them directly into your ear 24/7/365 without letup because the Supreme Court says that it’s Free Speech.”

    Welcome to The New Normal. Get used to it.

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    bluskies  over 12 years ago

    Interesting. I saw your comment on the I-google version of the site with a time stamp of 2:57 PM, and was going to reply right after responding to Sacqeboutier, but as you say, now it’s gone. Guess maybe he has a point; damned if I can see a problem with language or anything else that would justify deletion of your comment. Somebody up there doesn’t like you guys, and this might just put me on the waiting list for your club. BTW- great artwork. About the only thing I could carve with a chainsaw is my leg.

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    baileydean  over 12 years ago

    No.

    __Maybe more people just like what this author has to say… and how he says it. Ya think?

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 12 years ago

    i don’t know if its sucking up. but it is nice when the author answers back.

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    baileydean  over 12 years ago

    “Dogsniffmas said, 4 minutes ago@bluskiesIt often takes time and patience for me to post a comment, but it doesn’t take them long to delete one. I know when I make a comment worthy of deletion, and the comment I made here was not one of them. I don’t know why anyone would flag it (other than it seems that someone is following me around waiting for the chance), and again, I don’t know why I got deleted. Not to worry! I move on, sure to have more fun. Sure to be deleted again.”

    .I have no idea (or way of knowing) what your comment was… so I have a hard time making a relevant comment to your deleted one…

    Do you assume it was Wiley who nixed you? I would find that very hard to believe.

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    bluskies  over 12 years ago

    As I said, I couldn’t see it either. Soldier on, sir! Your absence would be surely and sorely missed. (Not sucking up to the author of the comment.) BTW, your 2:57 post, while not here on this listing, is still at the top of i-google’s as of 7:45PM)

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    x_Tech  over 12 years ago

    (sucking up) Liked your shark and that turtle is outstanding. Now if I may;@WileyI’m really enjoying this arc but the suspense…

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    baileydean  over 12 years ago

    ““What do orcas eat?’“Whatever they want”Sharks fear orcas. When orcas eat sharks it’s more than just the fins.”

    __So they ARE greener and “meaner”… right?

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    jim.bullard  over 12 years ago

    So where is Captain Eddy? Is he going to wait until the last minute to come to the rescue?

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    baileydean  over 12 years ago

    BTW: I am not an A$$ kisser, but I do really like/love this strip. Take that as you will,

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    bluskies  over 12 years ago

    @Dogsniffmas:I apologize if my repost of your post was an overstep, but it was right in front of me and I think others on the site deserve to know what has been removed and whether or not it was arbitrary or the comment was somehow offensive. Meanwhile, thehag and Dale Hamilton have introduced another possible angle to the storyline…

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    reynard61  over 12 years ago

    I haven’t seen any reliable evidence to suggest that they’ll do otherwise. I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see whether they can finally throw off their ideological blinders and shackles and start voting for their own interests rather than those of their Party.

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    Hunter7  over 12 years ago

    FINALLY got to the end of the comments. tired. that was a long walk and some of the comments should have been on a short pier. .enough of that. NEXT!.8 tiny reindeer floating away on the ice. (yes, I counted them)And that’s not Shamu, Free Willie or Nanook – I think @Varnes called him Fin. While others speculate that its a shark, not an Ocra..Being from the West Coast and having a hockey team with an Ocra on their jerseys…… That is an Ocra that Santa is seeing. Can tell by the wonderful drawing by Wiley on the shape of the fin. (yes, that was a hug for artwork – to point out there is a difference in fin shapes between shark and ocra and that is an ocra shaped fin).,,,,, and there is only one Fin I know of …. He has a mohawk and is the hockey team’s mascot. I’m told he bites. Hard. But loves children. .I am enjoying this Christmas tale. Averse to verse? No way! Lovin’ it!! More please!

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    baileydean  over 12 years ago

    “algore will show up with his sold carbon credits and save the day!”

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    “algore” you pathetic bore… really? Sheesh!

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    chami9539  about 12 years ago

    seriously …. Reindeer can FLY

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