Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 18, 2009

Oh for the simple life of our ancestors - NOT!

When minimalism goes to far.

If I were to do that, my wife would be ecstatic .

This sums up my life. My wife hates clutter and wants to get rid of it all. Clutter is her name for MY stuff. Like George Carlin: Your stuff is bleeep, my bleeep is my stuff. The minute I die, she’ll fill a dumpster, right down to the family photographs. Gone, all gone. A whole lifetime of accumulation shot all to heck.

Barbecued rat anyone?

I’m no longer married. I get to keep all my stuff now. How sweet it is!

She even found time to make a nice wall painting. Wonder where she unloaded the dimensions of the house………

Hey! Wiley knows my wife! And apparently Artybee is married to my wife! Yes indeed.. Clutter=my stuff.

Artybee - if you have cildren or other relatives, or friends with common interests, give your “clutter” to them. They will appreciate it, you can still visit it, it will be preserved for the next generation and your wife will be happy which should make your life happier too.

Hi Honey! I’m home!

Downsizing R us.

You can’t take it with you.

No way would this wife get rid of her husband’s “stuff”! His is just as important as any of mine…. we’re both pretty good at the “pack rat” business….. and naturally when we do finally give something away we have not used in years…… we need it and have to get a new one :) Moving can be pretty interesting around our house, especially this last time when we moved to a house half the size of the previous one (children on their own)

I never married so I never stopped accumulating stuff. Problem is, I keep needing more space to put things.

We need a bigger place for our stuff.

what’s that she’s cookin’ there?—- is that garfield?

I don’t like anything extra. Just what I can fit in my car and go. No muss, no fuss.

Pull up a rock dinner is almost ready.

We just finished cleaning out my Dad’s “stuff”. Believe me, we are going to rethink what kind of stuff we save. We don’t want our son laughing about what we chose to save like we did over some of Dad’s “accumulation”. (Try half-full prescription bottles dated 1969)

I like the way that this woman thinks……

Antiques are over-priced “stuff”. The secret is to live long enough to sell it. Sadly, spouses don’t appreciate in value, or your intent.

What is next to go…the cave? Now you see it, now you don’t.

Well, I sure hope she left him the bathroom - none of this “in the woods” stuff - please! Taking your coffee and newspaper out to the bushes just isn’t the same.

Passing on a lifetime’s accumulation of stuff is actually parent’s revenge on their children.

That “stuff” may include a rare comic or toy. Or even an A. Lincoln signed letter dated on the day that he was murdered. Look it up, it’s real.

My guess is that the husband is the next thing to go.

but will it be his choice or hers?

If you want an eye-opener, pack-rats; go to estate sales every weekend. Especially the ones where you need gloves and a dust mask, and it’s several weekends just to dig through and get to all of it.

Some of them have made our pack-ratting look lightweight, and make us think about the narrowing aisles in our old house.

Hilarious comic. Terrific comments.

”Today’s treasures are tomorrow’s landfill.” - self discovery

BC13–Hey! That’s EXACTLY my problem too!!

Bill W

I’m sure we’re not the only ones. My boss is single…a couple years older and, yes, has has a bigger house than me.

@BC13 and billokc: i’m in the same (cluttered) boat, though i occasionally get rid of some things.

Lit the match and start to burn/engulf all of clutters, things and/or stuffs up to the ground.

I am a single person and I keep all of my stuffs at my home. I hate to throw the valuable things away.

THAT”S MY WIFE!!!!

that’s what my ex did…except she left with everything!!!

Yet a wife wouldn’t dream of getting rid of all the old shoes and clothing cluttering up both yours and her parts of the closset space would she?

If I can’t take it with me, I’m not going.

Think of all of the money you would save living like that!! Not to mention the possiblr outbreak of deadly diseases in there.

And the yetty! Don’t forget the yetty!

I thought the basement was where you throw extra stuff to never be seen outside again.

Wicky FTW, so far.

Um, y’all…. http://www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding/

I won’t be caving in to that whimsy.

I have my “man cave” where no one is allowed entry.