Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 27, 2009

I know the feeling, but once you are up there, there is only one way down.

I once heard it remarked (of plane travel - but the sentiment still applies) “When all’s said and done, it’s better to be down here wishing you were up there, than be up there wishing you were down here”.

Point of view is everything.

What, no release bindings?

I see Lucy’s point. Humans recover from broken legs, horses don’t.

Watch that next step. It’s a doozy.

Anyone else put in mind of Calvin & Hobbes? It seems to remind me of them almost panel to panel!

WHAT HAPPENED TO HOMER? I thought he was going to be here for sundays.

Does Bill Waterston know you’re ripping him off, Wiley?

You know how protective he is of his characters, period,

I shudder to think what he thinks of anyone thinks of doing his running gags..

Don’t do it Lucy! Talk about your painful sports!

Yeehaw! Go for it!

ben, you’re correct. point of view is everything. it’s either the bar stool or the floor…pick one, once you’re there it doesn’t really matter anymore. what’s all this rip off stuff? great minds think alike. enjoy the toon and quit looking for ways to “rip” into people. if that’s all you do, your outlook on a day is enough to make me “gag”.

Love Wiley’s Lucy and Danae. I know I’ve asked my horse to do some pretty stupid things.

This type of comic predicament has been around long before Calvin & Hobbes. Nobody is ripping off anybody else.

If originality was easy every one would be Picasso.

Good one Wiley!

Actually, horses tend to plunge right in, where a mule will hesitate for consideration- but most ill effects are from the stupid human tricks.

Excellent story and artwork!

The advantage mules have is that they can see their feet, and pick their steps. Horses have to trust their human to look out for them.

I bet Cow and Boy never had these problems.

You can get a horse to do a lot of things, but I don’t know about skis. Teeter totter, yes, eventually, things that don’t move, trailers, but I don’t think skis would be easy, and yes, this is exactly the way they think things look.

@ McMillan: Actually horses can recover from broken legs and go back to a limited usefulness. The trick is, it is an EXPEN$IVE proposition that can take more than a year. Were it my horse though, you’d be, er, dead on. I don’t have that kind of $$$$$$, no matter how much I love her.

It is more expensive because it’s more difficult. Horses can’t lie down and mend they have to be “slung” and it takes an awfully long time to heal. Constant checking by a vet, many antibiotics, etc. So Lucy better not break her leg! Looking at the real size of the mogul I don’t think their is much chance of a break.

Come ‘on now…euthanasia’s an acceptable result! Nothing ventured, nothing gained (or completely lost)!