Everybody keeps saying that “not dying” is an impossible answer. Nonsense! There have been maybe 108,000,000 people on Earth since modern man evolved. There are just under 8,000,000 people alive now.
That means that, on average, each person has a 7.4% chance of living forever.
I used to kind of like Big Nate. I am a man of not totally peccable taste.But my main reason for posting is this reminds me of a joke that’s been going around. It sounds like something Steve Wright would say, but I dunno:“What’s my big goal these days? To live forever.So far, so good.”
The true secret to living forever is to find a job you hate, a spouse who fights with you constantly and have no hobbies. Every day of your life will last an eternity.
BE THIS GUY almost 2 years ago
That plan is working so far.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Easy to say.
BasilBruce almost 2 years ago
Chico Marx once said that the best cure for insomnia was a good night’s sleep.
Concretionist almost 2 years ago
And for petesake don’t dye tied!
Bilan almost 2 years ago
W.A. misfired on that one. Everybody already knows about that. The secret is in how not to die.
LilPeruna almost 2 years ago
Oh gee! Thank you Captain Obviass!
ronaldspence almost 2 years ago
that is a wise ass!
Alexander the Good Enough almost 2 years ago
Recently, my SiL asked me how I manage to stay so cheerful all the time. “Easy!” I says. “Don’t be sad!”
Caldonia almost 2 years ago
I wish I knew why it is I can’t stand that ass. But I just can’t, lol.
sacas almost 2 years ago
Big Nate > Pearls Before Swine
blunebottle almost 2 years ago
Keep breathing as long as you possibly can.
Doug K almost 2 years ago
Is Rat okay? If anyone else would tell him something like that, he would use his bat on their head.
ChukLitl Premium Member almost 2 years ago
It help to get up every day, at least to pee.
Kveldulf almost 2 years ago
Everybody keeps saying that “not dying” is an impossible answer. Nonsense! There have been maybe 108,000,000 people on Earth since modern man evolved. There are just under 8,000,000 people alive now.
That means that, on average, each person has a 7.4% chance of living forever.
pokeystick almost 2 years ago
I used to kind of like Big Nate. I am a man of not totally peccable taste.But my main reason for posting is this reminds me of a joke that’s been going around. It sounds like something Steve Wright would say, but I dunno:“What’s my big goal these days? To live forever.So far, so good.”
iggyman almost 2 years ago
Can’t argue with that!
iggyman almost 2 years ago
My father used to work for a funeral director driving a hearse, asked how he was doing he would always say “Still riding in the front”!
Sephten almost 2 years ago
WA has been reading Jane Eyre.
Count Olaf Premium Member almost 2 years ago
However, there’s nothing wrong with dying because no one has complained yet. Well, no one that it happened to, personally.
Purple People Eater almost 2 years ago
As obvious as that logic seems, I’ve never heard anybody say that when they interview really old people (100 or older) on the news.
Ellis97 almost 2 years ago
Rat, you only have five years to live, so that advice won’t matter, either way.
Chris almost 2 years ago
how does one not die then…
[Traveler] Premium Member almost 2 years ago
So far, so good
daveoverpar almost 2 years ago
Works every time.
Windfall35 almost 2 years ago
That’s my strategy…so far its working…
Zebrastripes almost 2 years ago
Can’t argue with that….
YippiKiAyMofo almost 2 years ago
Holy carpe diem! I never knew it was so easy!
theincrediblebulk almost 2 years ago
The true secret to living forever is to find a job you hate, a spouse who fights with you constantly and have no hobbies. Every day of your life will last an eternity.
Goat from PBS almost 2 years ago
That sounds like an answer I would give.
SusieB almost 2 years ago
Can’t argue against that
rshive almost 2 years ago
They climbed THAT hill for THAT answer?
raybarb44 almost 2 years ago
How do you insure not dying Oh Wise Ass?….
Mel-T-Pass Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Spock: “Logical; flawlessly logical.” Also, well, yeah?!
Call me Ishmael almost 2 years ago
Easier said than done/
But I’m hoping to be the one/
Who proves that it can/
And so far my plan/
Is visibly second to none.
Joan Tinnin Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Finally! The truth! Bored with the questions put to very old people. The why’s.
stamps almost 2 years ago
If I told you I’d have to kill you.
bookworm0812 almost 2 years ago
Wasn’t this the comic the other day?
michael3114 almost 2 years ago
His dung pile just keeps getting taller.
marilynnbyerly almost 2 years ago
The older I get, the more I realize it’s quality, not quantity of years. Being in a coma in a rest home for years is not the way I want to go.
Ed The Red Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Can one have impeccable logic while sitting on a peak?
christelisbetty almost 2 years ago
I’m going to live forever…or die trying.
Eric S almost 2 years ago
Oh great wise ass on the hill, what is the secret to enjoying comics? “Not reading works by Stephen Pastis” O_O
Another Take almost 2 years ago
“Good night and don’t forget to tip your sherpas”
F-Flash almost 2 years ago
The comments are better than the strip itself, so which came 1st?
knight1192a almost 2 years ago
Not what certain individuals claim, that’s for real.
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 2 years ago
Sure his name isn’t Captain Obvious?
The Orange Mailman almost 2 years ago
But people who live a long life also die.
franki_g almost 2 years ago
As it is Rit.
Accept the color of your garments
Do Not Dye
Sisyphos almost 2 years ago
The Wise Ass has degenerated into a banal blowhard. It must be from breathing that thin air up on the mountaintop….
_lounger_ almost 2 years ago
I’m always happy to see the great wise ass is doing good
dpflyer1 almost 2 years ago
No one gets outta here alive.
AndreasMartin almost 2 years ago
I certainly died a bit reading that.
Swirls Before Pine almost 2 years ago
PBS fans > BN trolls