Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 17, 2010
Transcript:
Jeffrey: Hey, guys...what are you doin' out here? Kate: Trying to figure out why this shed is barricaded on the outside. Jeffrey: Well, don't forget Occam's razor. Kate: Uh...what's that? Jeffrey: The principle of the obvious answer usually being the correct one. Kate: Oh...so what's the obvious answer here? Jeffrey: That it's a portal to an 8th dimension parallel universe and opening the door would mean instant- of our- in a nano second. Danae: See? Ask a boy a simple question... Kate: Sorry. Caption: To be frighteningly continued!
WoodEye over 14 years ago
If she would just listen!
ksoskins over 14 years ago
Is Lucy going to show up next? What they really need is Captain Eddie to give an even more implausible explanation for the shack.
ejcapulet over 14 years ago
Oh dear, to me the obvious explanation involves a rabid pit bull. I do like his better.
lazygrazer over 14 years ago
I’m getting out of here while the gettin’s good….
cdward over 14 years ago
Girls, he’s giving you the answer! Listen! Only, I didn’t hear him mention a tardis….
Ursula A Kehoe Premium Member over 14 years ago
I’m impressed, Wiley!
Little Miss Tink over 14 years ago
This is reason for our last economic meltdown..no one listening.
grapfhics over 14 years ago
Oh, they listened, but to the wrong people.
wicky over 14 years ago
Typical broad, she no listen, ask a question but she no listen to the answer……bah!
Lyons Group, Inc. over 14 years ago
@Only Tink: Or the BP Gulf Oil Spill.
Potrzebie over 14 years ago
then the obvious answer is that there is something in there that shouldn’t be let out.
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
It makes more sense than Danae’s answer would.
thirdguy over 14 years ago
wait, if our entire universe is going to be annilated in a nano second, then, I really don’t need to cut the lawn today!!!!!
vexatron1984 over 14 years ago
They need an “extra” to go over and open the door for them. They’re always the first to die anyways!
DolphinGirl78 over 14 years ago
I’m curiously intrigued…
KEA over 14 years ago
or, just possibly, the door won’t stay shut by itself.
jhouck99 over 14 years ago
Or it could just be that someone leaned a board against a door…
JanLC over 14 years ago
vexatron1984: Just make sure the “extra” is wearing a red shirt.
GreenBikeGuy over 14 years ago
I hate people who invoke Occam’s Razor, but don’t understand it!
Really, I’m serious.
DrWimsey over 14 years ago
Actually, Occam’s Razor states nothing about what should be correct: Occam’s Razor simply says do not add explanations without need! That is, ASSUME that the simplest answer (one explanation) is correct until you demostrate that you need 2+ explanations.
JonD17 over 14 years ago
wonder if that is Cap’n Eddie’s outhouse
mizcraig over 14 years ago
vexatron1984 said, They need an “extra” to go over and open the door for them. They’re always the first to die anyways!
Then it’s gotta be a Black guy! As Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock and others say, “Oh, no! I’m not gonna go! Everybody knows the Black guy is always the first to get knocked off or eaten!”
aerwalt over 14 years ago
Woodeye:
I Like your EYE !!
Wildmustang1262 over 14 years ago
Sighhhh! Sheeeshhh! I could not read the message what Jeffrey said because Danae’s message covered on Jeffrey’s message. Sighhhhh!
papatotwins over 14 years ago
Glenn Beck is in there. For God sake, don’t open it!
treered over 14 years ago
3rd guy, actually the “end of the world date” de jour is May 21, 2011… Petey is still missing, maybe he sensed something…
benbrilling over 14 years ago
They COULD look in the window.
Testel over 14 years ago
No, Wiley; NO! That is not what Occam’s Razor means! Occam’s Razor states that everything being equal, the simplest answer is most likely to be the correct one. There are children who receive most of their education from the comics, so it is important that you teach correctly! :)
ChazNCenTex over 14 years ago
Wonder if I could photo shop Danae’s conversation balloon out of the way and read the rest of Jeffy’s statement?
HowieL over 14 years ago
From A.Word.A.Day:
Ockham’s razor or Occam’s razor
PRONUNCIATION: (OK-ehmz RAY-zuhr)
MEANING: noun: The maxim that the simplest of explanations is more likely to be correct.
ETYMOLOGY: After William of Ockham (c. 1288-1348), a logician and theologian, who is credited with the idea.
NOTES: Ockham’s razor states that “entities should not be multiplied needlessly”. It’s also called the principle of parsimony. It’s the idea that other things being equal, among two theories the simpler one is preferable. Why razor? Because Ockham’s razor shaves away unnecessary assumptions. Ockham’s razor has applications in fields as diverse as medicine, religion, crime, and literature. Medical students are told, for example, “When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras.”
Class dismissed. Quiz on Monday.
rob.bryanton over 14 years ago
LOL! I made a popular animation called Imagining the Tenth Dimension. I can’t wait to see where they go with this!
treered over 14 years ago
or howabout: K I S S, Keep It Simple Silly
okzack over 14 years ago
Is it overly complicated if the board is holding the door up and when it is removed the door falls down? Perhaps I’m too simple minded – a little like William of O
artisanx over 14 years ago
Everybody, sing along:
Do - DEE - do doo, Do - DEE - do doo, Do - DEE - do doo, Do - DEE - do doo…
Crewman_6 over 14 years ago
Could this have something to do with the Gravesytes?
thirdguy over 14 years ago
treered, if you are right, that means I gotta cut the bleeep grass!!
W6BXQ, John over 14 years ago
If they open a portal to the eight dimension, does that mean that the Red Lectroids from Planet Ten will be able to come through like they did October 30, 1938?
JP Steve Premium Member over 14 years ago
“Holy parsimonious persimmons, Batman!”
Thanks, HowieL – I’d always assumed Occam was an Arab scholar!