Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 26, 2020

Wiley does the dailies in black and white. Some one else does the colour

What clashes with beige??

Hey dear lady – his manor, his pallor.

He’s been palely loitering ever since you had him in thrall.

Somehow… I envisioned the Therapist sending them home with Grease Paint and telling them to color the other person to their desires. The out come should be one of three… dirty sheets, laughter, or they kill each other. The odds are pretty good!

Is she sure he’s still alive? Is his name Bernie?

My wife complains of being in confinement with me… She loves me, but 24-7 for months becomes excessive. Wonder if divorce rates will go up at the end of the crisis like bankruptcy rates (and depression is already going up).

Amazing the things that irritate is when we have nothing to do but ponder stupid stuff

Try a white mask

The orange pallor clashes in the Presidency.

Get out of the basement and get some sun.

Covid-19 Blues – a growing side effect and maybe just about as dangerous to the health.

One HAS to maintain one’s standards. . .

Second only to the complaint that “he breathes”.

Pallor in the Parlor! Oh, my!

It probably isn’t the pallor so much as the lack of movement. Most complaints I’ve heard from friends and relatives have been about the frustration of working around a spouse/partner who just sits there doing nothing. The spouse who normally takes care of most things in the house is still doing all that—still has a routine to follow. The spouse who normally goes out to a job (or to play golf, fish, have coffee, etc.) doesn’t have his routine and hasn’t figured out a new one. The spouse/partner who spends most time in the home seems much more able to think of home-based projects to do.

Her voice clashes with his ears. What can we do about that?

Reminds me of the comment I overheard several months ago. “If I have to stay in quarantine with my husband for six months, it won’t be the virus that kills him…”

Look at his shoes.

I clash with the furniture, but with my cunning wits I always prevail.

It’s the therapist that seems to clash with the decor.

Just no come-back from that, is there?

For me, beige even clashes with beige.