Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 28, 2009

Well, some of those autographs will soon be worthless, or perhaps worth more

If the Lion would just pause for a second, he could grab the sword and seriously strengthen his chances.

my only question is which one has the better penmenship?

See, for some reason I first thought this was some sort of debate, with people handing the two their retorts. I was prepared to quote the third Futurama movie and stuff.

I love this one so much… even when I saw it for the first time… Great Friday pick… :)

The pen is mightier than the sword.

But the sword kills quicker.

ah, classic.

Hilarious.

The sword kills quicker, but the pain of the pen can last the victim a lifetime.

The pain of the sword lasts a lifetime also; it’s just a much shorter lifetime.

Cleo - but the lion *is* pawsing for a second…

Something sinister about that gladiator.

*DF* - Good one buddy.

MisngNOLA: are you a lefty? The Gladiator is truly sinister.

[BTW, gladiators faced gladiators, unwanted citizens (Christians and others) faced the lions.]

teddcadd said, 26 minutes ago

“MisngNOLA: are you a lefty? The Gladiator is truly sinister.

“[BTW, gladiators faced gladiators, unwanted citizens (Christians and others) faced the lions.]”

Usually, but not always. Some gladiators were trained to fight animals, IIRC. Not too common, but then there were always exceptions to Roman principles. It’s just how their law worked.

English legal tradition incorporates the exceptions into the law, so we tend to get terribly complex laws. Roman tradition has the law give the principles, and then the appropriate official gets to examine the specific cases and decide whether the law applies, or whether a dispensation is needed.

Oh, autographs. I thought they were voting to see who had to leave the arena… a true Survivor kind of thing. Guess I need to watch more TV.

I would want the lion’s autograph & I am human; I think?

What’s a sick joke?! Priceless! LOLs!

Aww, that’s cute. The dream of all those little kitties is to work in the colosseum someday…….

You never know, that lion might pull out a Desert Eagle and end the fight.

When I first saw this, I thought the spectators were lobby reps, giving each their talking points.

Crunkbot: True that.

But when I was a kid, I had two cats who would watch Wild Kingdom–but only when the subject was lions or tigers. Then they would plunk their little selves smack in front of the screen and watch every move, sauntering off during commercials and zipping back the moment the commercials were over. I swear they were taking notes on how to be BIG, TOUGH kitties.

Hero worship vs Martyr worship. A win-win situation for the fans.

Previous Sunday’s game: Lions 12, Christians 0

Next Sunday is a toss up, Mongo Christian will be on the field.

A pen stuck in the throat kills faster than a sword stuck in the foot.