Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller

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Carmy said, 2 months ago

Reality bytes!
ejcapulet said, 2 months ago

I love that horse!
DevXIII said, 2 months ago

Coming from a stuffed horse, that’s kinda rich..
Gweedo Murray said, 2 months ago

No. It’s a live midget horse.
marjancek said, 2 months ago

I thought it was a pony
pouncingtiger said, 2 months ago

This younger generation needs a reality check.
nonsequitous said, 2 months ago

”This younger generation needs a reality check.” – pouncingtiger

Hey, it wasn’t the younger generation got us in the mess we’re in today.

My money’s always on the kids. They may be young and foolish, like I was in my misspent yout’, as were countless others, but at least they’re still able to learn.

Unlike some politici- er, some people I could mention, if this weren’t A Comic Strip Blog Run By A Certain Very Strict Person.

regards,
olderbutstillBouncingtiGGer
nonsequitous said, 2 months ago

”No. It’s a live midget horse.”

There are actual miniature horses. Not shaped like Shetland ponies, thinner – proportioned like full sized horses. Grow to be about 3’ tall. I saw a new-born one once. About the size of a small house-cat. Perfectly formed horse. Most amazing animal I’ve ever seen.

Er, no offence, Lucy. Yer bee-yoo-tiful!
Hugh B. Hayve said, 2 months ago

That’s a weird coincidence, I’ll be working with miniature horses for the next three days.
nonsequitous said, 2 months ago

Everyone who’s enjoying this week’s strips should hie themselves to www.despair.com. Darkest humor on the web, present company excepted.

Especially on the topic of the week. To wit:

Here’s a poster I made on their DIY page, using their own graphics and text available on tee-shirts, coffee mugs, calendars, et cetera ad getrichquick.

http://sites.google.com/site/sequiturianfreezone/art-gallery
dreamer1986 said, 2 months ago

Lucy
Lucy is a talking pygmy Clydesdale who, like Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes, plays the silent observer most of the time. Lucy was introduced in the July 11, 2003 strip, in a storyline that had Danae and Kate going to a summer horse riding camp. At the end of the summer, Danae became good friends with Lucy and took her home. Danae, and occasionally Kate, are the only ones who can talk to Lucy, and all three of them are fully aware that the conversations only take place in their imaginations.
Desultourist said, 2 months ago

It was the Martians, remember? http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2009/06/13/
Tanya said, 2 months ago

nonsequitous, love the artwork… :)
Richard said, 2 months ago

Great move Wiley!!!
Potrzebie said, 2 months ago

I often find quite ironic that morning show dj’s on popular bubble-gum radio stations are probably the same age as the kids parents.
nonsequitous said, 2 months ago

nonsequitous, love the artwork… :)

Aw, shucks … thanks.

Here’s one I did from a tee-shirt I saw and a jpg I found on google.

Warning: bad word, grownup word, so kids, don’t tell your parents you’re clicking here, because you’ve never heard this word before, ever.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

http://sites.google.com/site/sequiturianfreezone/you-kids-get-off-my-damned-lawn
grapfhics said, 2 months ago

And we did not have to call: Obviousman
cdward said, 2 months ago

“This younger generation needs a reality check.”

Actually, it’s older guys like us who twitter more than the kids. They do it some, but it’s the middle-aged folks who are the real Twitterheads.

nonsequitous, I LOVE the Despair website! Now I’ve got my Christmas shopping handled!
cdward said, 2 months ago

Desultourist, I’m not a genius (in so many ways), so I can’t look at your link. Sigh.
Takiniteasy said, 2 months ago

Gweedo,
When I was a little kid my uncle told me Roy Rogers was a midget (back then, in the middle ages, it was ok to use that term) and that Trigger was a Shetland pony. I actually believed that for a year or two.
MurphyHerself said, 2 months ago

nonsequitous, Ditto what cdward said about the website. LOVE it. “Christmas shopping handled”…..what a great idea.

And now I realize I have to drop Facebook :)

As always, Wiley, great strip.
cleokaya said, 2 months ago

I love Danae’s look when reality sinks in.
dasandman said, 2 months ago

as one of said reality challenged people, I thank you for acknowledging our existence. although since there are millions of people using these social tools made by the reality-challenged, we’re probably not that deficient after all…

Great Strip, Wiley!
somebodyshort said, 2 months ago

Lucy is a midget clydsdale ( sp ? ). Exactly how you get a midget clydsdale is beyond me.
dsom8 said, 2 months ago

I would have said the RICHEST social retards. Such is the check on reality.
ArthurAllen said, 2 months ago

You get midget clydesdales the same way you get jumbo shrimp.
kpduty said, 2 months ago

Who’s more reality challenged, the one that creates the program or the one that uses it?
brewwitch said, 2 months ago

Danae & cognitive dissonance….priceless.
NonSequiturbuf said, 2 months ago

It’s not social-networking … it’s social-hibernation
NonSequiturbuf said, 2 months ago

It’s not social-networking … it’s social-hibernation
yyyguy said, 2 months ago

most of it is much ado about nothing. or as my brother said, “Stop updating me about your stupid farmville! I don’t care and I don’t want to hear it!”
CKO86 said, 2 months ago

“Great Strip, Wiley!”

Are you kidding, dasandman? Wiley’s comic is an endless parade of misanthropy and male-bashing… and his charming little “retard” comment in today’s strip demonstrates a major insensitivity towards the mentally challenged.
Burgundy2 said, 2 months ago

I don’t mind most of the social networking or whatever, except when I’m stuck in line somewhere and the guy behind me is doing the “cell yell”.

But, when I see someone texting while driving, not THAT is reality challenged.
the GhostPony said, 2 months ago

Twit: –noun Informal. an insignificant or bothersome person.

I give you that “twitter” is just an extension of the above.
BIG PINK MOM said, 2 months ago

CKO86- “an endless parade of misanthropy and male-bashing”? Then why do you bother?
Catherine Moore said, 2 months ago

Being the ornery old cuss I am, I’m posting this on my Facebook page.

I agree with yyyguy for the most part and expect I’ll dump the fool thing soon.
chasm_b said, 2 months ago

What happens when your reality check bounces?
yyyguy said, 2 months ago

you get to live out your dreams?
R_Noonan63 said, 2 months ago

what does that say about Us who read These Strips on line????? I don’t care Reading the Strips and Coments makes my Day.

Even my Darkest days are made better reading these Coments
bunnyface (bmonk) said, 2 months ago

Reality is overrated…

@openminded, might CKO86 bother because it’s better than no interaction at all? Might CKO86 be a troll, or a geeky “social retard”? Just speculating…
Wildmustang1262 said, 2 months ago

Danae, gotcha! lols!
artybee said, 2 months ago

Oh, like Danae is going to say “mentally challenged.” People have gone way overboard on P.C. (Please excuse the mention of the P. word, Wiley!)
MatureCanadian said, 2 months ago

I knew I didn’t Twitter for a reason and find Facebook a real pain in the butt! I am not a nerd! Hooray!

Nonsequitis, fabulous site. Thanks.

Ghost Pony - Galloping Twit of the Year?
For those unable to open nonsequitis link, just copy it onto a memo to yourself or an email by highlighting it and right click on your mouse. Email this page should appear very near the top of the screen that comes up. Send it to yourself at your normal email address.

Wiley, Thanks again for your marvelous take on life.
nonsequitous said, 2 months ago

”nonsequitous, I LOVE the Despair website! Now I’ve got my Christmas shopping handled!” - cdward

Doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to figure out that successful Christmas marketing strategy. To attract buyers who hate Christmas shopping, put up a website full of really cynical stuff. Then send someone like me to a website that attracts cynical readers of a very popular cynical comic strip.

I only wish I hadn’t volunteered to do it for free.

Deck the malls with advertising
Fa la la la laaa la la la laaa
‘Tis the time for merchandising
Fa la la la laaa la la la laaaaaa
– Stan Freberg, Green Chri$tma$, 1958
nonsequitous said, 2 months ago

”Are you kidding, dasandman? Wiley’s comic is an endless parade of misanthropy and male-bashing… and his charming little “retard” comment in today’s strip demonstrates a major insensitivity towards the mentally

Socially, CK, not mentally, socially. There’s a difference. Next you’ll be complaining about auto mechanics when they speak of ‘retarding’ the ignition timing.

challenged.” – CKO86

And yet, here you are. Reading. And … commenting.

Slow day on the whatever-else-it-is-you-do-besides-pearls-before-swine front?
Ushindi said, 2 months ago

nonsequitous: I put a buck in the jukebox and NO MUSIC. Please refund my dollar - thank you.
Wiley said, 2 months ago

” Wiley’s comic is an endless parade of misanthropy and male-bashing…”

Guilty as charged. What’s your point?

As far as the word “retard” goes, well… nonsequitous already answered that for me (thank you). I highly recommend checking a dictionary before posting outrage over a word.
Coffinsurfer said, 2 months ago

For all of you thinking that using the term “retard” or “retarded” as a joke/insult when meaning mental illness had better wise up really quickly. President Obama just signed the Defense bill into law and added to this was a nice amendment that added homosexuality to the “protected” list As well as classifying use of language attacking anyone who is mentally disabled or physically disabled…a federal felony and is now considered Hate Speech. This means that Mr. Willey can be prosecuted if someone makes a big enough stink about today’s cartoon and he is not protected by the First Amendment as he is not a reporter. He has the right of free speech but he also has the right to take the fall out as words have meaning. My source on this is Agent Thomas from the United States Department of Justice in Washington DC. A complaint has already been filed about this with Universal Syndicate and so far over 2000 newspapers will be running apologies in tomorrows paper for printing this. And if you dont think something will come of this, guess again. Doonsbury also used a vile comment about retardation and the outcry grew so large that he had to make a public apology on his website and so did Universal Syndicate or get hit with a national boycott on all that Universal was selling until the apology was made. And Doonsbury is by far, bigger then Mr.Miller will ever be and if they can make him and Universal blink and back down..what chance does Mr.Miller have?
Joe-Allen "Joe" Doty said, 2 months ago

I have seen several miniature horses.

Because of the way Lucy is drawn here, she looks more like a dwarf horse. Her head and her hooves are not in perfect proportion to her body.
Coffinsurfer said, 2 months ago

nonsequitous said, about 1 hour ago

”Are you kidding, dasandman? Wiley’s comic is an endless parade of misanthropy and male-bashing… and his charming little “retard” comment in today’s strip demonstrates a major insensitivity towards the mentally

Socially, CK, not mentally, socially. There’s a difference. Next you’ll be complaining about auto mechanics when they speak of ‘retarding’ the ignition timing.

challenged.” – CKO86

And yet, here you are. Reading. And … commenting.

Slow day on the whatever-else-it-is-you-do-besides-pearls-before-swine front?

No nonsequitous, it is NOT ok., you are just blowing smoke and splitting hairs. Willey could have used “socially backword” or inept or a hundred other different ways to say this and get his point across. Instead he tries to use a cheap and disgusting shot at people who cannot fight back. Wanda Sykes and the rest of the characters that do the “dont use gay to mean stupid” PSA’s have ALL of them used “thats so retarded” in their acts. So I guess it is somehow ok for them to make fun of mentally disabled people but how dare you make fun of their lifestyle choice.
People like you and them are going to have to learn that words have meaning and if you intend to use them like this then dont be a bit suprised when some very upset people have an angry police officer cuff you and stuff you and then after the judge throws the book at you for using hate speech and violating federal law….then you can spend a while sleeping with one eye open to make sure that your cell mate does not want to get all touchy fealy with you in the middle of the night, or rename you his “mrs.”