Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 05, 2021

Darwin award pending

Looks like a haunted house. Is this the Nightmare Before Christmas?

My son is 39. At Danae’s age he would have tried this for sure

Danae is welcome to do it, but not her horse! She won’t come back from that.

I remember Operation Giant Slingshot…

Live and learn…if you survive.

Dad SAID “it feels like flying AT FIRST, but it’s all falling”. Danae heard what she wanted to hear. Which is normal for far too many people, not just kids.

PS: Even old-style parachutes can be guided as you fall. The Ram air types and wing-suits actually do let you glide, even upward if you have enough momentum.

And when they hit the ground, are they landing or crashing?

Gliding, then falling with style! (To Infinity…)

His glasses don’t seem to be on his ears.

When Danae says There’s nothing to worry about,

it’s like a redneck saying Hold my beer and watch this.

Maybe she can aim for the Wiley Bear’s cave!!!

It’s the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts

I liked this the first time I read it. :) Someone must have been on holiday.

OK, Lucy, now would be a good time to grow wings like Pegasus.

That’s not flying. That’s falling with style.

I tried to be Superman with a towel and a safety pin for a cape…didn’t work out too well.

Danae is taking a page from Calvin’s book, but she didn’t read the whole thing.

You should definitely consult with Calvin and Hobbes first

WHY doesn’t her father have grey hair?!?

I didn’t realize Danae was old enough to have anyone hold her beer.

If there is a pond out there somewhere, are they falling into the water or diving into the water?

That would be flinging.

Things must have been a little “too quiet”.

Let’s hope Lucy can stick the landing…

Looks like a Calvin and Hobbes thing.

Lucy in the sky – -

I am impressed she can get to the peak of the roof. You go girl.

Twang-then-Thud!

One physics lesson coming up…or down.

Only in the comics can a miniature percheron and a little girl climb tall trees and hook up huge rubber bands. In an alternate universe she becomes president

It’s not the falling, it’s the sudden stop that gets you.

Talk about slinging horse manure…

Talked to a woman who learned to parachute. As I am totally lacking in courage, I never considered jumping out of an airplane. She said the learning process was great and then came to the first solo jump. The parachute wrapped around her when it deployed, something called a “May West” I think she said. While falling toward the earth, she remembered how she’d been told to take care of this problem, unwrapped the chute and deployed the reserve, landing without injury. She said that was her last jump.

LUCY ! Just say neigh !

The fall is great, its the smash you gotta worry about

I can’t really ridicule her. She won’t do it again. Whereas when I was that age, once was never enough.

Glide ratio is the important metric. :)

Why would he think she is doing homework?

Science marches on. In the 1700s some guy dropped cats from a balloon to see if they’d land on their feet.

Is Danae in the sling with the horse? Or is she just flinging the horse?

I think she missed the “at first” qualifier

It’s not the gliding it the abrupt stop

When we lived on base in Massachusetts the road to the back end of the base was separated from the housing area by a 10 foot fence. We cautioned our son, “Do NOT climb over the fence.”

One day we saw him on the other side. When we asked him why he disobeyed us, he said that he didn’t climb over the fence; he went under it.

No, he did not grow up to be a lawyer.

Once on Hollywood Squares, Charlie Weaver was asked, How high should you be before jumping out of an airplane? His answer? About two or three days of steady drinking should do it.

I want to try one of those “wing suit” thingies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingsuit_flying

It’s the velocity at landing that matters…

Don’t worry she is a co star, nothing will happen to her. Will be back in future episodes.

aaaaaaaaaaaand, her “flight” path is directly over the cement walkway, NOT the friendly pile of leaves…

(senses a cartoon with a story worthy of being continued)

Its the sudden stops that hurt.

Maybe she’ll run into Calvin midair. Seems like something he’d do…

Danae, yet again, going where angels fear to tread …

Gliding, plummeting, pretty much the same thing.

It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.

The house does look Addam’s Familyish. I’m thinking of the comics, not the tv or movie versions.

Bette learn to fly fast, Lucy!!