Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 01, 2022

You’ve only got one driver anyway.

Oh wait, you probably also want a chauffeur to go with that Bentley

Real Reality – get used to it.

♫ Oh Lord, Why don’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz? ♪

My friends all have Porches, I must make amends…

Misspelled Porsche. Woops!

“What do you call having only one car?”

I call it “Fortunate to have a car at all.”

It would seem that Danae has her own pony. She’s doing better than most girls. What more does she need or want?

“I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.” —Helen Keller (1880-1968) American author and disability rights activist, blind and deaf since before age 2

Bentley, the poor man’s Rolls-Royce.

Darn. And I was hoping for a small glimmer of growth from her. But then again, she was exactly who she is and the punchline didn’t dissapoint.

I have seen Third World poverty most of my life. Poverty in the USA would be considered opulence by their standards. But I have had friends here who grew up in poverty. It is more violent here. It’s just an observation.

I was out walking in my neighborhood the other day thinking how amazingly well-off I am. My wife and I have a two-bedroom condo and two cars. We can eat out at will and go on vacation at least once a year. It seems almost unimaginable to me that anyone could not be happy with that. Well, maybe a family with a lot of kids, and even then, I grew up in a family with 6 kids and 3 bedrooms, so it wouldn’t take a lot more.

Ha! That’s funny.

Perception is reality …

Reminds me of “Crazy Rich Asians”. Before I saw it I thought it meant “Crazy Asians who are also rich”.

you call that being a U.S. tax payer while every other mouth with endless babel, dodges their tax bill, we keep the U.S of A. functioning right out of our wallet.

I don’t watch Lifestyles of the Rich and Stupid. I wonder why anyone cares.

Bentley: A really pricey VW.

“Wealthy” can be relative, but I think most people know when they are not.

The only TV program to make me feel truly envious was Treehouse Masters. I really didn’t give a hoot about the stupid treehouses, I just wanted to know how these people could afford such an absurd luxury.

I watch very little TV and I’m happy about it.

Remember, no matter how good you have it, somebody else has it better.

It’s like the little girl in the AT&T commercial who was happy to get a lollipop until her brother got a bigger one. She immediately remarks, “That’s not fair!” That’s probably a valid reaction for a 7-year-old child.

Unfortunately, the commercial is aimed at adults and not at grade school children. Unfortunately, adults agree with it.

The uncomfortable question is “Why is it not fair?” Or do you just accept that it is unfair without questioning it.?

Hey, guy, she may have a point. Like, where’s your truck? A guys got to have a truck. I’ve got a car, an EV no less, and a truck. So, who’s in poverty, now man?

There’s nothing like a Rolls!!! Not even a Bentley!!!

You are poor if you can’t afford a yacht big enough for a helicopter to transport your Bentley.

Read the history of Lady Nora Docker.

Does he have a wife?

Allowing yourself to be emotionally vulnerable? He says that to a kid?

Commenters dislike Luann or Tiffany or Caulfield, etc. Danae is my least liked character; although, I admit she pleasantly surprised me a few days ago. Fortunately, I like almost all the other NS characters.

A colleague of mine gave his daughter a car for her 17th birthday, a very nice 4 door sedan in excellent condition. She was keenly disappointed, called it a “granny car”, said she could never face her friends. So he kept the car for himself; as for the ungrateful baggage, nada.

Diane is such a great character of Wiley’s. I often wonder if she represents his belief of what the mindset is of a republican. I believe many republicans see her has an entitled liberal. It is all a matter of perspective and Wiley does a great job highlighting our perceptions daily.

Needs are really very few. Wants a bit more. Be happy needs are met and quit complaining.

Prossche…Psorzch…Psoriasche…Prosciutisch… souped-up VW.

I know you recycled this one, but it’s still good and it still applies.

It’s called “reality”, Danae, and most people experience it. You’re not above it.

There is a pretty good chance that if people could only own one home, the housing shortage would end quickly. There are 1.7 MILLION unoccupied houses in Florida alone.(Be sensible, trolls, I’m not picking on Florida, there are plenty of unoccupied houses in California, as well)

Bentley…Bentley…rings a bell with Deep Purple’s Perfect Strangers, but looking up the context, the previous two lines are inferred PG13. Doesn’t bother me but I’m just daring someone to call me out if I use it.

Oh, Richard, you simply must take that job.

The Countmobile is a Mercedes cabriolet. No kidding.

I live in a comfy neighborhood. Well established, one acre lots, clean and quiet. No HOA or zoning. Even so, we’re the poor folks on the block. Two cars but older, no RV or camper, no boat, no satellite dish. Somehow we manage… Seriously, I feel very fortunate.

I’ve never understood those “Real Housewives From So-and-So City” shows when none of them ever did a lick of housework in their lives.

And Dusenberg’s usually sell for over one million dollars at auction.

Dad should have known better.