Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 01, 2010
November 30, 2010
December 02, 2010
Transcript:
Man: Good news, honey... thanks to years of living within our means, diligently saving and making safe investments, we can finally afford to die. Phil continues his reign as the king of attainable goals.
@kreole: cats are weird. It’s probably playing Cat Chess with the other one. The rules are mutable so don’t ask. It’s probably winning, losing or sleeping.
You can always afford to die. It may just become your survivors’ problem affording to bury or cremate you. Best bet: snitch on the mob. They’ll dispose of your body free of charge.
^ So you are in the 1/2 of one percent who will be hit by the inheritance tax? Otherwise it will be only local taxes and poor planning that taxes your estate.
There’s always the option of donating your body to science - that doesn’t cost anything, but you gotta make sure they’ll take you! Another great entry for the Death Cartoon Collection at The Family Plot Blog:
http://thefamilyplot.wordpress.com/category/death-cartoons/
@Perfesser: Being There wasn’t the first thing that came to mind, but a marvelous take nonetheless! The TV remote aimed at a mugging in progress was priceless…
Two guys were at the funeral of one of their close friends. The man had been very, very successful. Quite frankly, he was rich. They stood looking him in his coffin for a long time. It was made of the finest mahogany with intricate patterns of ebony and mother of pearl drifting through the finish. The opening was trimmed with precious gems of many colors. The inside was lined with mink fur. The one guy looked at the other and said, “Man, that’s livin’”
My cat does not run from the vacuum cleaner. I can come up to her pretty close. But if looks could kill, my vacuum cleaner would burst into flames…(I love the word vacuum, because you get to use two “u” s right next to each other.) Phonetically, they both have slightly different sounds, and make for a word that has 2 and a 1/2 syllables.
Wiley, My “dining room” is my TV, office and workout room, while my “living room” is my library, art gallery and setup for trips or meetings. I live in the kitchen and dining room during the day, and only spend sleeping hours upstairs- other 2 rooms upstairs are “storage”.
Varnes, I recognise you from other sites. I will be participating in Sheriffs new site for Luann comments. and my own email is my name @cox.net although I’m considering a change to Direct TV -been with Cox many years.
rayannina over 13 years ago
You’re king of the hill now, Phil!
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
The irony of life.
kreole over 13 years ago
What’s with the cat on the counter facing the wall?
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
Phil, bearer of Good News! What will Mrs. Phil have to say about his calculation?
mickchump over 13 years ago
And while Phil told his Honey They were good with their money Sometimes it’s great to know Nothings left when you go
ranulf over 13 years ago
@kreole: cats are weird. It’s probably playing Cat Chess with the other one. The rules are mutable so don’t ask. It’s probably winning, losing or sleeping.
x_Tech over 13 years ago
Phil finds that his calculations go awry when the Mrs. asks about provisions for the cats.
@kreole: Why, is there something different about that cat?
Crabbyrino Premium Member over 13 years ago
@JohnnyD: The children never send them photos–especially infuriating since Mr & Mrs sent them to college and now they don’t write and don’t call.
Allison Nunn Premium Member over 13 years ago
The cat is watching a blank TV I guess, but that said it is an excellent, thought provoking comic, as usual. Thanks Wiley!
wicky over 13 years ago
Wiley, you are the greatest.
ses1066 over 13 years ago
Phil, your Honey would much rather you doing something more practical, like doing the vacuuming like you are supposed to be doing already!
Potrzebie over 13 years ago
WAIT!!!!! Perfesser PsShearer has yet to chime in to ejdukate us unlearned progressives as to why Wiley is biased against business!
Wiley creator over 13 years ago
No, Potrzebie. This displays my obvious bias against cats! Or dining rooms…
alan.gurka over 13 years ago
You can always afford to die. It may just become your survivors’ problem affording to bury or cremate you. Best bet: snitch on the mob. They’ll dispose of your body free of charge.
mirthiful over 13 years ago
I’ve sensed your hatred for dining rooms for years now. :)
odeliasimone over 13 years ago
Yeah, hopefully you already bought your funeral too since the inheritance taxes will eat up anything that might have been passed on down to your kids.
Justice22 over 13 years ago
^ So you are in the 1/2 of one percent who will be hit by the inheritance tax? Otherwise it will be only local taxes and poor planning that taxes your estate.
GailRubin over 13 years ago
There’s always the option of donating your body to science - that doesn’t cost anything, but you gotta make sure they’ll take you! Another great entry for the Death Cartoon Collection at The Family Plot Blog: http://thefamilyplot.wordpress.com/category/death-cartoons/
jump4joy over 13 years ago
It’s all we can aspire to now…
thirdguy over 13 years ago
Potrzebie: I literally laughed out loud!!
MysteryCat over 13 years ago
Homage to George Booth? Need more cats.
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
Two cats, no worries about a funeral. Mrs Phil will just leave them in the house when she splits to Cancun with what Phil has saved.
Hoomi over 13 years ago
I’m not going to die until I can afford to do so properly, which means, I’m probably going to live forever.
pbarnrob over 13 years ago
@Perfesser: Being There wasn’t the first thing that came to mind, but a marvelous take nonetheless! The TV remote aimed at a mugging in progress was priceless…
treered over 13 years ago
if they couldn’t afford to die, would they be prevented from it?
combick_reader over 13 years ago
Amen to that. Actually I am surprised that no-one has put in any anti-religious jibes yet.
Varnes over 13 years ago
Two guys were at the funeral of one of their close friends. The man had been very, very successful. Quite frankly, he was rich. They stood looking him in his coffin for a long time. It was made of the finest mahogany with intricate patterns of ebony and mother of pearl drifting through the finish. The opening was trimmed with precious gems of many colors. The inside was lined with mink fur. The one guy looked at the other and said, “Man, that’s livin’”
Varnes over 13 years ago
My cat does not run from the vacuum cleaner. I can come up to her pretty close. But if looks could kill, my vacuum cleaner would burst into flames…(I love the word vacuum, because you get to use two “u” s right next to each other.) Phonetically, they both have slightly different sounds, and make for a word that has 2 and a 1/2 syllables.
vldazzle over 13 years ago
Wiley, My “dining room” is my TV, office and workout room, while my “living room” is my library, art gallery and setup for trips or meetings. I live in the kitchen and dining room during the day, and only spend sleeping hours upstairs- other 2 rooms upstairs are “storage”.
vldazzle over 13 years ago
Varnes, I recognise you from other sites. I will be participating in Sheriffs new site for Luann comments. and my own email is my name @cox.net although I’m considering a change to Direct TV -been with Cox many years.
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
@kreole, the cat is having a “time out”.