Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 26, 2009

and off to the land of dinosaurs and totally cool kids with chameleon tongues.

Except that they are all nerds…

Nerds are MUCH better company than a bunch of uncultured jocks…

Yes, besides who dosen’t like nerds?

What’s going to happen when she meets Lars’s friend who’s like her? I sense explosions …

Only 293,400,000 km (182,310,000 mi).

(note, I rounded/truncated to nearest thousand)

I foresee chaos… and the word oops being uttered.

Who sez they’re all nerds? Can’t judge a culture by one example.

So even Lars couldn’t disuade her from going. I smell trouble

All right. Now something is happening. Thanks Wiley. And deep down aren’t we all nerds?

I was apparently born on the wrong side of the sun.

Prasrinivara: only 293 400 000km ?? So what ? Who cares ?

I can sense that this will be an uplifting experience.

She actually asked permiswsion? I’m impressed, and surprised. (FUNNY strip)

Of course she asked permission. Would you leave the planet as a kid if your parents said no? Besides, Danae accepts authority - she just believes that if she can outsmart authority, it means that they acceded to her desires.

Nerds, geeks, goobers… they are the best people.

I don’t remember Lars inviting her yesterday.

???

Danae needs an invitation?

baslim_the_begger said, about 10 hours ago

“Note to Dad: be quicker on the uptake.”

That was often Calvin’s Dad’s problem also…

Yes, it’s a polish word used in MAD. I still think that Ordinary basil has visited this dino-world.

brewwitch, I know she invited herself yesterday, but Lars didn’t seem to like that idea.

Wiley, Is Lars the one that flew out of the drainpipe some time ago?

, Lars has mind control over Jeffrey.

I wonder why the ALF has no effect over Danea ??????

Agree with Chikuku. The Sun itself is 8 light-minutes away. An object exactly opposite the Earth in the same orbit would be twice as far away as the sun, therefore, 16 light-minutes. Wiley’s got this one right.

Aye, team!

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cabrobst said: ”I was apparently born on the wrong side of the sun.”

Me too!—That explains alot doesn’t it??

ALF? That was a funny show.

It may be 16.3 light minutes as the neutrino flies, but going through the Sun isn’t advisable. I’d multiply that by ½π.

I’m still Shvithing yiddish for sweating

^^ALF** ended

Via comedian Steven Wright: “So what’s the speed of dark?”

I thought “Basil” was from the Greek for “king”, basileus

dad has to pay more attention. when my daughter goes out, she has to fill out a five paragraph order….

treered,* you got that right! I have 4 daughters and I need to know EVERYTHING (phone numbers a must) before they go out.

Yeah, my son when on one of those trips. They travelled faster than the speed of light, and he got back before he left.

@Trebor,

There once was a lady named Bright Who could travel faster than light. She went off one day, In a relative way, And returned on the preceding night.

And then:

There was a young fencer named Fisk, Whose movements were exceedingly brisk. So fast was his action, That Lorentz Contraction Diminished his sword to a disk.

@Reynard61 The speed of dark is the same as the speed of light, just in the opposite direction.

@ChukLitl If you can figure out how to travel at the speed of light, I’m sure going thru the sun or anything else is not a problem. So, Wiley is correct.

Always confusing the elderly …..

Average distance Sun to Earth: 8.317 light minutes. Assume a close approach to Sun of 1 light minute (approx 12 million miles) and synchronous orbit of Mars 3.5. Travel distance = 16.75 light minutes. Wiley leaves them about 6 million miles short of their destination. Not that far in astronomical terms…..

Hey, its only 16+ light minutes away - might have to travel further to get there.