Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 07, 2011

A survivor.

Someone didn’t drink their Kool-Aid!

And that explains why there are still lemmings. Some of them are cheating.

Interesting Fact: Fewer people die of skydiving accidents than of all other causes put together.

Lemming think about this for a while, so I can understand it.

Larry’s a smart lemming.

Nebulous — um… if that’s a joke, it’s funny! Fewer people die of almost anything than of all the other causes put together.

Religions love sheep……and lemmings.

Nearly everything is healthier than smoking, unless you do it while you are skydiving!

… say the 2 who aren’t jumping off. Looks like the conservative plan for unemployment.

There’s an old Bedouin saying “Trust in Allah, but always tie up your camel.”

Well, considering lemmings don’t commit mass suicides as people have so incorrectly assumed for so long, perhaps this isn’t a bad metaphor for all religious people. The misconception is that all religious people are sheep. Hardly true, but once it’s in people’s heads, it’s hard to think of it any other way.

Collections were down when the main officecalled the franchise for refreshing.

cdward: Members are known as the flock,

Maybe Larry is the next step in evolution.

Well, looks like he genepool fairly rich.

Oh chute.

Yes, we are called a flock, he said sheepishly, but that is not so baaaaad.

Well, when life hands you lemmings . . .

It is amazing how many great ideas Wiley thinks up.

Maybe those lemmings read Paul Erlich’s population “predictions”?

They’re called the flock because they’re birdbrains!

Larry The Heresy Guy.

Maybe the one with the ‘schute realizes he isn’t being called to Rapture. And anyone reading this wasn’t, either. Nyah, nyah.

Larry is using his brain instead of falling for the global warming scam.

Interesting Fact #2: Those who have the most birthdays, live the longest! (go figure) lol

You see, best not to think about the fact that your religion makes no sense. What’s important here is a commitment to the FAITH. If you believe strongly enough, no amount of cognitive disconnect will deter you.

They should do like a bear I saw once, walked on all fours to the road then reared up (like these guys) saw the road and turned right around and ran back into the woods.

Larry made the Leap of Faith as called for. He just didn’t want to make the same landing. “Splat” was in his dictionary.

And Larry didn’t like the definition!

Remember what the shepherd said when he saw the tornado coming. “Let’s get the flock out of here!!!!”

The sheep eaten by the shepherd is just as dead as the one eaten by the wolf. The main difference is that one has been sheared first.

I love Larry! Thanks Wiley, I needed a chuckle.

Overlooking the fact that lemmings are “noted” for following the leaders in bodies of water to drown, it isn’t that initial leap of faith that kills them. The REAL smart ones are the ones wearing Mae Wests!! Larry probably has one under his chute harness as well. The true survivor “doubles down” on reality , and does NOT leave it all to “faith” alone!!

I’m reminded of the New Yorker cartoon “What Lemmings Believe” (Robert Mankoff), which shows a line of paired lemmings marching off the cliff and heading upwards…

Larry’s got the cutest smile on his face! Oh, and good one Nebulous….

Sometimes when I see preachers on TV, I think they are saying “Let us prey…”

Religions breed/produce lemmings.

bmonk, that’s right, in the bible, jesus is the shepherd and we are his flock… and wasn’t there something about not putting the lord to the test?

The old saying is, “Someday a lemming will fly”. Maybe this is as close as one can get. At least he is smart.

Love this one, Wiley! :D

Seems like everyone’s PRO! Where have the GENIOUS gone? This was a lot of responses to a daily…

Lemmings jump…So please don’t lump…The clever rodents…With the wouldn’t’s…Who jump the cliff…But never whiff…The deadly fall…That gets us all…For those who know…All scream “Geronimo”!!!!…

@nebulousricolau: the reason is obvious – far fewer people take up skydiving. Now, crossing the street – who doesn’t do that?

Larry planned ahead — so un-American (instant gratification)and so un-Christian (let God take care of it).

I really like the smile on Larry, Mr. Miller…..nice touch….

Rina — doesn’t matter. Unless one thing, like crossing the street, heart disease, or cancer, already causes more than half of ALL deaths, it isn’t going to cause more deaths than all other causes added together.

Hi Varnes — see, I made it to Non Sequitur, only a couple of years after I said I would.

@cdward: true. Sheep don’t go round worshipping zombies and ghosts, or fearing talking snakes or whisperers made from smokeless fire.

Hey! This was done decades ago by Gary Larson!