Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 29, 2022

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    C  about 2 years ago

    The clock would be good for kindling

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    rmremail  about 2 years ago

    the coocoo clock.

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    rmremail  about 2 years ago

    Just because the wife feels guilty if she isn’t doing some chores is no reason for him to be a workaholic.

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    Bilan  about 2 years ago

    What part of “retirement” doesn’t the wife understand? Bu then I guess she does understand.

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    sirbadger  about 2 years ago

    Beans would get him half off his butt.

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    Enter.Name.Here  about 2 years ago

    Its a “Drive you coo-coo” clock!

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    suv2000  about 2 years ago

    He doesn’t need a clock for that he has a wife

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    RLG Premium Member about 2 years ago

    That’s what what ‘smart’ watches are for.

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    Imagine  about 2 years ago

    Either they both have a great sense of humor or they are soon to be divorced.

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    Asharah  about 2 years ago

    I’m currently job searching, I want to get off my butt

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    hariseldon59  about 2 years ago

    For some reason this reminds me of the android version of Harry Mudd’s ex-wife in Star Trek.

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    Mediatech  about 2 years ago

    Switzerland’s contributions to civilization; unethical banking, and the cuckoo clock.

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    Alexander the Good Enough  about 2 years ago

    For decades, I worked hard (enough) so that I could retire and be quite perfectly useless. I’ve achieved my goal. And I saw this coming decades ago, too. Women were getting militant about demanding more “help around the (her) house.” The solution was simple. Don’t have a woman hanging around the house. I eat what I want, come and go as I please, and hire, and pay very well, someone to clean my house when it gets to the point where >I< think it needs it…

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    PraiseofFolly  about 2 years ago

    As long as it’s just newspapers he’s reading, he will eventually finish and get up. Once he is hooked on the Internet, it will be as if he’s glued to the chair.

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    Space_cat  about 2 years ago

    Oops! It fell in the fireplace!

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    sandpiper  about 2 years ago

    She is trying to separate him from exactly what he had been working toward for umpty years. Wonder what he would be doing if their roles were reversed?

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    unfair.de  about 2 years ago

    Time to get and stay unwound.

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    morningglory73 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I’ve witnessed too many husbands go to seed after retirement. Post retirement plans of travel, fun and exercise gone out the window because of inactivity. My sister couldn’t get her retired hubby to do anything and it shortened his life.

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    keenanthelibrarian  about 2 years ago

    Funny. Since retiring, I haven’t been busier. But then again, I don’t have the equivalent of that cuckoo clock.

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    WDemBlk Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Hope everyone in Florida & the other states are okay after Ian.

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    dflak  about 2 years ago

    I read this as I wait for my data to be ready so I can continue with my workday.

    I like to exercise my brain with problem solving. That’s the main reason I work. I’ve convinced a company to pay me to do it.

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    Chris  about 2 years ago

    where’s me hammer!

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    HOTLOTUS1  about 2 years ago

    well if it sounds like his wife, he probably can’t hear anyway

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    Wizard of Ahz-no relation  about 2 years ago

    there are commercials for a jesus clock that tolls the hours by james earl jones reading scripture. I like to imagine that around 2-3 am ‘james’ slips off script a little and someone it woken to “You are part of a rebel alliance and a traitor”

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    monya_43  about 2 years ago

    The wife is obviously enjoying the gift.

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    oakie817  about 2 years ago

    most excellent

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    Nala the Great  about 2 years ago

    I got a clock for the 25th anniversary on the job. My co-workers said it was the perfectfor me because it never worked and neither did I! I still have it and it still doesn’t work. But twice a day it’s perfectly on time!

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    Redd Panda  about 2 years ago

    I could live the rest of my life with no vacuum cleaners. None.

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    jconnors3954  about 2 years ago

    Automated nagging as opposed to cloned nagging?

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    David Illig Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Sounds like my Apple Watch.

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    CrazyLady Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I am surprised no one mentioned that the clock was the wrong time based on how many times it chimed. It should be 4 o’clock and not 2 o’clock. :/

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Yo, koo koo bimbo. Retired!

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    GreenT267  about 2 years ago

    And then there is the woman who worked a full time job for 30 years, raised several children, and retired at the same time as her spouse. She doesn’t just sit in an easy chair boring herself with ball games and solitaire. She had her ‘but’ list ("I wanted to do a/b/c . . ., but couldn’t because the kids had soccer practice/I volunteered at the school/I traveled with my job/they needed a scout assistant/they needed a parent to go on field trips/etc.) and she proceeds to go down that list. She tries basket weaving (the old joke) and pottery. Pottery is fun and soon she is making pottery pieces to sell for charity. She takes her grandchildren to various activities and teaches them to swim and goes with them when they go on vacations. Her retired spouse (their grandfather) stays home (he doesn’t like to travel) and sits in his easy chair reading the news and playing cards online and at the local club. He feeds the pets. What about the house, the dishes, the laundry? They wait til she returns. And people chide her about the state of his health and criticize her for not taking better care of him.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Maybe Phil could reprogram it to say “Ding! Time for a Nap … Ding! Time for a Nap”.

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    Linguist  about 2 years ago

    Curse you Wiley! My wife saw this and now wants to know where she can buy a clock like that!

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    198.23.5.11  about 2 years ago

    There’s a clock that gives 12 different bird calls for the hours of the day.

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    ElwoodP  about 2 years ago

    In my old age I’ve learned how to deal with annoyances like this.

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    paranormal  about 2 years ago

    I’d be throwing balls at it…

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    Drbarb71 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Where can I order one??

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    preacherman Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Now, that’s a good reason to buy a pistol.

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    ROSTERM3  about 2 years ago

    Pull!

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    mindjob  about 2 years ago

    I wonder if cuckoo clocks have evolved with time. Maybe they have digital versions with Siri’s voice

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    cbs1947  about 2 years ago

    That’s such a cozy little corner. I wouldn’t want to get up either.

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    kathleenhicks62  about 2 years ago

    Time for the trash man!

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    Dianne50  about 2 years ago

    I have a watch that every so often says, “Get up and move.” But it says it even when I’m already in motion so I tend to ignore it.

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    Lola85 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I think that, when a person retires, he/she should do what ever makes him/her happy. If that means sitting all day and reading or watching TV, that’s fine. If it means staying very busy, that’s fine, too.

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    Ray Helvy Premium Member about 2 years ago

    At my house, that clock might survive the first “chime”, but it wouldn’t survive the second. My wife can ask me to do something, but “honey-do” lists telling me to do a bunch of things on days off get ignored. Asking politely works much better for me than a “demand list”.

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    AZ Chuckler Premium Member about 2 years ago

    It’s 2 o’clock but he’s getting four "get off your butts! …bonus nags?

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    cyndefrizzell  about 2 years ago

    Why would it ding 4 times when its 5 to 2?

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    mistercatworks  about 2 years ago

    The graduation gift says, “Get a job. Get a job. Get a job.”

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    MFRXIM Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Each person in the house is responsible for stuff that needs cleaned or maintained, regardless of gender .

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