Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 25, 2010

And you can’t call them all Spot, either!

And they were all young when he put them in :D

I thought for a second she couldn’t count.

Giraffes are kosher? Who knew?

“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

Gotta have something to feed the sharks…

The 7 pair of polar bears was the doozy….he had to paddle all the way to the north pole, gather up 14 polar bears in his skiff, and paddle them all the way back. Oh, then paddle to Australia for the many species of kangaroos.

Not to mention the insects all over the world he had to gather up…..there are thousands of spider species to begin with……and some of the insects only live a few days which causes a problem when you’re adrift for 40 days and nights.

That’s a bit of a stretch, Mrs. Noah.

Giraffes are kosher? Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Next time I have some Jewish people over to dinner, are they gonna get a surprise meal!

I think the rule was “cloven hooves and chew the cud”. I suspect Giraffes would qualify; pigs do not.

she likes the girrafe

Woman thinking is flawed.

Can’t see the forest for the knees.

But he still didn’t take the unicorns!

Boat or barge, it would have to be one heck of a big ark to have even just all the mammals on it, let alone the rest of the wildlife! Especially if Noah’s wife was running things!

None of these are reticulated.

Cute is the worst justification for anything.

I read a story recently with a father helpfully explaining the fine points of Bible history to his inquisitive little boy, and he said that unicorns survived the flood. But at some point thereafter God commanded they be hunted down and killed because mankind was so sinful they didn’t deserve unicorns anymore.

I actually found an authoritative site which answers the question of whether giraffes are kosher: the short answer is “Yes”.

http://www.kashrut.com/articles/giraffe/

Noah’s wife flunked affirmative action class.

it’s a very well drawn and very cute comic, Wiley.

some people have way too much time and self-righteousness

I am reading a series of books that says aliens took the unicorns to another planet to protect them from mankind (who was hunting them to extinction due to the healing and aphrodisiac properties of their horns). It’s as good an explanation as any…..

“all sanity is lost.”

The real issue is: Where is Noah’s shovel, AND hard hat? (or at least an umbrella)

Thanks, Wiley. At last, Biblical explanation for the crazy cat lady I married! (from In-Genesis 9:11?)

If all those giraffes are brought on board, there will be no room for the unicorns, and we can’t allow that, now can we?

Don’t you people know anything about why there are no unicorns?

http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/theunico.htm

I suppose all this leads to the question of whether unicorns would be kosher. (Strangely enough, there are also authoritative writings on this point, but there doesn’t appear to be consensus.)

I had no idea that Shel Silverstein was involved with that song. Makes sense!

I find the strip and the comments fun and amusing. Nellie, did you think all the comments were serious? I think most are toungue-in-cheek. IMO, Anyone writing comments on any strip is wasting time (has too much time), but it’s fun! Wiley, would you prefer that we not waste time this way?

And now we know where Captain Eddie’s lineage comes from! Right @kreole?

An nobody got killed or eaten? – must not have been any humans on board.

Fritz – If “mankind was so sinful they didn’t deserve unicorns anymore” why didn’t God have mankind killed – why pick on the unicorns?

lindz.coop, I didn’t write the story, I’m just reporting what I read. The idea was that making the humans slaughter the innocent, beautiful unicorns would be a worse punishment for them than wiping them (the humans) out directly. Like a father punishing a child by making him burn his favorite teddy bear (I’ve heard of parents doing similar things). The toll on the unicorns themselves wasn’t taken into consideration…

The book was called “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!”, by Jonathan Goldstein.

I think unicorns are related to horses - definitely NOT kosher. Not how did we get to unicords starting from giraffes?

Coulda done without the mosquitoes, fleas and ticks, though…….Hey, if all the other animals in the world were drowned, wouldn’t they be bloated, floating and stinking to high heaven? BTW, how long did it take for the water to go away and where did it go? Sorry, I was schooled as a Catholic. I have issues…… and imprints of rulers on my knuckles….

Kosher? Even worse, all those giraffe are female!

Nowadays horses always get cast as unicorns in the movies, but the historical record suggests that they as closely resembled deer as horses. Long necks, sharp faces, some descriptions include cloven hooves. Can’t find anything which says whether or not they ruminate, though…

I didn’t need the link. I already knew that the unicorns were lost because they were hiding, playing silly games.

Thank for the chords though. Where’s my guitar?

Noah’s wife had Asperger’s Syndrome. No, it’s not in the Bible, but if you find the idea a bit intriguing, check out this video!

http://www.tkthorne.com/video.html

Noah’s wife had Asperger’s Syndrome. No, it’s not in the Bible, but if you find the idea a bit intriguing, check out the video at

tkthorne[dot]com !