Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 16, 2013

Actually, according to Book of Genesis the Almighty gave Noah rather explicit instructions on what to build.

I always liked Bill Cosby’s “Noah”.

Noah should hang onto it, in case he is ever challanged to a race, by Oxford, or Cambridge!

but, speed is life.

Click here to listen to Cosby’s Noah’s Ark routine.

He kayaked too fast.

That’s not the best way to pack a derm.

usually one of my fav but this is just a big FAIL

Ya jus’ cain’t please ever’body.

An Ark and a herding operation. How impossible is that?

Guess that makes me small and dimwitted! (And proud of it!)My Dad passed away last year. As part of my eulogy, I mentioned our having listened to Cos, and how he taught me about real humor.

Argh! Pun!

Get out the old dictionary.

Yeah, you’re the genius. Where’s your comic strip so we can read your perfect success EVERY day?

…and as the religious zealots in our own country do their best to lead a charge back to the 1st century, I can think of no greater or more important subject. If modern people don’t start to grow up and understand the differences between myth and reality, then the future is in danger, grave danger. As a dad and someone who could become a grandfather, this concerns me. Why doesn’t it concern you?

Whooops. They got reversed.

with 200 MPH a close second

@jreckard: That’s the best one going by far.

Noah here is unclear on the concept: who needs speed when there is nowhere to go?

Or this….http://www.gocomics.com/comic/explore/1613757/6

Actually Bill Cosby was a very funny man until he got his degree and tried to make his routines educationa.

“I’m going to make it rain for 100 days and 100 nights.”.“I’ve got a better idea: Make it rain for 40 days and 40 nights and wait for the sewers to back up.”.“Riiiight.”..—one of my favorite vinyl records!

This story has so many holes in it, even children see through it. One question they ask, “What about all the other people who owned boats??”

You’re gonna need a bigger boat.

Definitely not enough cubits.

Falcon Crest was way better than the Crosby show.Yes Noah u need a larger boat.

For those too young to remember, one of Bill Cosby’s first monologues was a conversation between God and Noah in which Noah after receiving all the instructions on building an Ark asks God the question that I posed.That’s what I was alluding to. Sorry, if I was being too obscure with my humor, for some of you.

Possibly…. were it not for Cosby’s many other timeless routines.

Riiiiigggghhhhtttt"

Actually, an ark is a box and the instructions gave length, width, height, materials and then how to waterproof it.

Personally, I thot it was a funny joke.

It is funny…-Now for some pedantry: Gen. 6:20; 7:9, 15: Apparently Noah did not herd any animals. The Bible states they “went in” to him. In other words, God herded them. He could do that if he is God.

It does seem that it was a rather large ship if a cubit = 18 inches then 40 cubits =720 inches OR 40 feet…with multiple decks, but I seriously doubt all the animals on board could "hold it " for 40 days and 40 nights….which would explain the other reason Noah spent so much time on the main bridge in open air looking for “signs”.

@Alabama_Al — So what guy ever reads or follows the instructions?

My favorite Cosby routine was the one about the giant Chicken Heart! I listened to that when I was a kid. At one point the Chicken Heart was eating up the New Jersey Turnpike. The scary thing for me was that the turnpike passed about half a mile from my house. I also liked the bit about getting his tonsils out. “Ice cream, I’m gonna get ice cream…” Oh yeah, god is fake.

Not me Man — I’ll just watch!!

Since everyone is talking about it, here is Bill Cosby’s Noah skits on YouTube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMH_uVu2Acs…GOD: I want you to build an ark.Noah: Right! What’s an ark?GOD: Get some wood, build it, 300 cubits by 80 cubits by 40 cubits.Noah: Right! What’s a cubit?GOD: Let’s see, I used to know what a cubit was….…Noah: Right! Who is this really?

Noah! How long can you tread water?

Not so much lies, which would imply moral intentionality, as the collected pre-scientific ignorance of middle Eastern goatherds and rapacious priests in the period from about 1000 to 500 BCE. The liars are those who nowadays try to pass its pronouncements off as literally true.