Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 17, 2022

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    willispate  almost 2 years ago

    very funny Henderson, NOW GET DRESSED AND GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!!

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    Leroy  almost 2 years ago

    Maybe the canary worked out better…

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    wallylm  almost 2 years ago

    Sure, that’s all very old mining technology there, but you’d think they ’d come up with a better safety alternative for the canary in the coal mine.

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    sirbadger  almost 2 years ago

    Tunnel mining is better than strip mining, because the plants on the surface are still there. Tunnel mining call lead to small earthquakes 50 years later.

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    eastern.woods.metal  almost 2 years ago

    My eyes hurt

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    Erse IS better  almost 2 years ago

    LOL’d. Best laugh all day!

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    Kveldulf  almost 2 years ago

    This is not strip mining. As Sir Badger says above, this is tunnel mining.

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    Kveldulf  almost 2 years ago

    Why call employees “human resources” if they are not meant to be strip-mined?

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    Superfrog  almost 2 years ago

    Maybe they’re looking for exotic material?

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    Enter.Name.Here  almost 2 years ago

    Never a cave-in when you want one.

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    TonysSon  almost 2 years ago

    ♫ I’m singing sub-terrain, yes singing sub-terrain. ♪♪ What a glorious feelingAnd I’m happy again ♫♪

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    PraiseofFolly  almost 2 years ago

    Swinging while singing to a medley of Cole Porter tunes:

    Down in the Depths

    Ace in the Hole

    Something for the Boys

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    sandpiper  almost 2 years ago

    This one will go into the lexicon as a companion to airbrakes on a tortoise for worthless ideas.

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    LawrenceS  almost 2 years ago

    Brings a whole new meaning to strip mining.

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    David Illig Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Minor point: This Appalachian coal-miner’s son notes that this is not strip mining, but underground mining.

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    dot-the-I  almost 2 years ago

    “Oh, to work with Big Bad John rather than bad shorts Lenny.”

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    c141starlifter  almost 2 years ago

    It’s like sailors at sea, anything goes for a little entertainment.

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    Dobby53 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    My Dad worked in the coal fields all his life. Surface mining. Didn’t get Black Lung but had respiratory problems most of the time. Anyone that works in underground mining has my undying admiration. It may be ‘just a job’ to some, but it is dirty, back breaking work with huge health and safety risks. And just in case, here’s a link to a 1911 picture of a coal mining crew. That isn’t that long ago….https://imgur.com/Z9iOt7n

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    gorbag  almost 2 years ago

    Modern coal mining is mostly automated…

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    Carl  Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    If you consider the number of strip joints as you pass through WV is this the training plan or the retirement plan?

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Hey, lunch time is his time. What is to you. Just don’t shove any money into his underwear.

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    dflak  almost 2 years ago

    In the 1950s, the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn featured a certain central European ethnic group. My cousin went to a class there to learn folk dancing from that country. So this is not what I originally thought Pole dancing to be.

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    boydjb47  almost 2 years ago

    I little information on strip mining. In Eastern Ohio large areas were strip mined for coal. They have now been reclaimed. See The Wilds as an example. The water is safe and clean and thousands of acres are available for recreation and wild life refuges.

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  almost 2 years ago

    No one has a dollar?

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    1953Baby  almost 2 years ago

    Does this chick, by any chance, know Aunty Acid?!? This stunt seems to be something she could pull off with much aplomb. . .

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    Squoop  almost 2 years ago

    Reminds me of an old NonSequitur strip. This guy complaining of being congested while little cars were driving in heavy traffic all over his body. Wiley is king of merging the disparate.

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    Radish the wordsmith  almost 2 years ago

    Is this mine in Poland?

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    Count Olaf Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    FWIW, that isn’t a strip mine.

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    Jason Allen  almost 2 years ago

    Definitely not as good an idea as it might have been 100 years ago before mining started using so much machinery to do the work. The guys would have looked well fit from all the manual labor.

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    walstib Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    John Prine classic: ♪♫ And Daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where Paradise lay? Well, I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking. Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away> ♫♪

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    dadlivonia  almost 2 years ago

    oh, the inhumanity

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    FreyjaRN Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    This is happening because they mistakenly thought they couldn’t go to the nearest bar. It had the sign “No Minors Allowed”, and they exclaimed, “The United Mine Workers will hear about this!”

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    Steverino Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    This must be happening in Pole Land

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    paranormal  almost 2 years ago

    Cheap entertainment…

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    pathamil  almost 2 years ago

    Much easier on the dancer’s legs than the usual rough-hewn timbers…

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    mistercatworks  almost 2 years ago

    Of course, strip mining is done on the surface rather than underground. So, there would be more light for dancing. :)

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    watcheratthewell  almost 2 years ago

    Strip mining is not underground – - other than that

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    David P. McLaughlin  almost 2 years ago

    It is a good joke, but strip mining ISN’T underground in a tunnel.

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    mindjob  almost 2 years ago

    Wow, I can see I made the wrong career choice!

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    willie_mctell  almost 2 years ago

    Strip mining is a surface activity.

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    megerkey  almost 2 years ago

    I bet the miners would not complain if it was a female doing the dance.

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    AndrewSihler  almost 2 years ago

    I know I’m tossing into the wind, here, but that isn’t strip-mining.

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    ron  almost 2 years ago

    Strip mining is done from the surface, not from tunnels!

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    Can't Sleep  almost 2 years ago

    “I won’t stuff a ten in yer shorts, but I might throw a rock.”

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    Outrageous.Tom  almost 2 years ago

    They say things go crazy in the mines.

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    cmxx  almost 2 years ago

    This is why I never take a sip of coffee right before I click on a Wiley Miller cartoon.

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    Stan Corrected  almost 2 years ago

    Thanks to all commenters on keeping it light, for the most part! Got some decent, home-grown humor displayed.

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    keenanthelibrarian  almost 2 years ago

    Hey, baby, get it off! GET ITALL OFF!!

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    6turtle9  almost 2 years ago

    Nice to see one that is about being funny and humorous, instead of a gag heavily laden with agenda.

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    John W. Vinson Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    So is this comic approved for miners?

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    Mediatech  almost 2 years ago

    He’s only doing this until he passes his bar exam.

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    If you want real experience with miners, just watch a 5-year-old discussing with a 4-year-old sibling just whose toy that is.

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