Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 19, 2022

The hell you will, no choice for you

What happened to the two missing souls

Okay, coffee break is over, back in your holes…

Robert Frost offering a Fire and Ice choice?

Another strip from 2018,  comment carefully, lest you be chastised for mentioning something current.

Old fishermen never die……. They just smell that way.

The hell of it is that they only catch politicians, lawyers, and bank executives.

It is coming our way, whether we like it or no!

In Canada we get small villages of huts on the lakes and some rivers. Paradise, baby!

Here in northernmost Maine they’re still ice fishing on the lake in front of my house. Not nearly as many when the season opened in January, but the ice shacks have to be gone in two weeks.

In order to be effective, Hell must be at least as bad as the Department of Motor Vehicles.

At least he has a choice. Many people don’t. And that’s before they slip these mortal coils.

I’ve always said I’d rather be too cold than too hot because I can always put more clothes on but I can only take so much off.

Best ever is taking the ol pick’em up with the camper top on the ice. Rescue doesn’t even try to get the truck any more.

It can be a long, hellish day on the ice if the fish aren’t biting. But the there is always schnapps. Probably not available in purgatory.

I prefer Limbo. At least I can take up dancing there

He’s not exactly being touted for one of those senior communities that are filling our mailbox with offers, but the choices seem the same.

The problem with being a kid going with Dad & his friends icefishing, is they had booze and you had lukewarm chocolate.

there is the famous joke: How much do you have to hate your wife to like ice fishing?

Theological meteorologists have discovered that Hell isn’t hot — it’s 36 degrees Fahrenheit and raining.

The ninth circle of Hell.

Obviously Wiley’s not familiar with ice fishing in Minnesota, the Dakotas, etc. Guys outfit “shanties” with heaters, stoves, TVs, etc.

At least with the fire and brimstone you get cooked fish falling from the sky…

Not so sure about this … according to Laura Nyro … ’’it’s crazy cold way down there’’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCvwDjgKPoc

Why does everything cue up a song? Dunno.

At first I thought this was some dubious meme about First Peoples, but it’s just a bunch of “fishy” guys doing what they love (away from their spouses).

hah!

Heard about some young fellows who decided to go ice fishing on a reservoir. No one else was out there, so they had a great time skidding around on the ice in their pickup. Finally decided to get to the fishing, made a hole in the ice and discovered that the level had dropped and it was quite a long way to the water. Pickup driver offered the others a ride back to shore, but they said no thanks they’d rather walk.

Who, in their right mind…….

I used to live in Cleveland, OH. The Coast Guard monitors the ice thickness on Lake Erie, and tells the local fishermen when it is safe to go out on the ice. They also tell when ice fishing becomes too dangerous. Almost every year some people decide they know better. The section of ice they are on will break off and they start heading for Canada. The Coast Guard will fly out, pick them up, leave their truck and equipment. When they get to shore they are presented with several papers: A bill for the rescue, a citation for fishing beyond the close date, another citation for polluting the lake with their pick up, a warning that failure to retrieve their pickup will result in arrest and jail time, the contact info for several lake salvage operators. Even in the 90’s the total bill would be $10,000+, and that doesn’t count the cost of a new truck.

Unless I get a fishing cabin with big screen tv, pool table and sauna I’m not going ice fishing.

What would Eddie choose?

Mr. Lightbringer, may I remind you that Hell is defined as “any place causing severe torture or misery”. You should be quite happy here.

Ice fishing at its finest…

♪ Dere’s a place dat I go

♪ When da world’s deep in snow

♪ Buy some bait, grab my pole

♪ Head out to da wishin’ hole.

Guys On Ice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erL3-yml_lY

Need to get an ice house with a stove so you can stay warm and get drunk while fishing

I’ve noticed that the Norse mythology had a Hel (no, that isn’t a misprint) that was cold, while the mythologies from the warmer areas had a hot place of punishment. I’ve wondered if that was because the Norse couldn’t imagine it getting hot enough to be uncomfortable, while their southern equivalents couldn’t believe it could get that cold.

In a “normal” Winter, Lake Champlain, between VT, and NY freezes over, and there are always vehicles on it. It’s become such a common practice that the ice has been designated a " State Highway," with a maximum speed limit of 50 mph (the limit for State Routes, in VT). So, someone out horsing around on the ice, or speeding across the lake can be ticketed, if they exceed 50 mph, or even cited for careless, and negligent driving, if they are out doing “donuts,” or other such activities.