Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 29, 2012

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    doc white  almost 13 years ago

    And this is leap year.

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    thirdguy  almost 13 years ago

    At least we have the Olympics to look forward to!!

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    Ida No  almost 13 years ago

    I don’t get it. What resolution? The suspense is killing me! Is this a plot by Wiley, or what? Maybe it’s just that he’s too deep for me.

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    wilb44  almost 13 years ago

    Urdan Dictionary says a Dirt Nap is to die or be dead. My goal is no dirt nap today. When I break the resolution// me and St. Peter will be talking.

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    wilb44  almost 13 years ago

    My smart butt cousin from the city, says when a drive by shooting happens, they say the victim took a dirt nap. ( I have got to stop drinking with him.)

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    Ida No  almost 13 years ago

    “dirt nap” – “to be buried 6 feet under”, “to be dead”. If Phil retired at age 65 and has been making the same resolution for 27 years since then, that makes him 92 now, and running on borrowed time. $10 says that he breaks it this time. (Wiley is not allowed to accept this bet.)

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    roctor  almost 13 years ago

    Dirt naps usually happen while making other plans.Keeping his resolution hard work.Good luck Phil.

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    Bill LaRocque Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Mr. Miller’s characters are beautifully drawn and tell a story all by themseves. Classic.

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    Randy B Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    “No dirt nap” is implied in all my resolutions. No deep plots (@Three Steps!), just high aspirations.

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    GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    I’m glad someone explained it. I’ve never heard of that expression before either

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    APersonOfInterest  almost 13 years ago

    Raymond Chandler called it “The Big Sleep” … heard it called “Big Dirt Nap” sometime back in the early 60s … by a morbid young lady in one of my art classes. She was the first person I ever met who might have become known later as a “Goth.”

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    EDinWAState  almost 13 years ago

    A Dirt Nap…. Ah that sweet slumber under the green sod that brings peace to an otherwise hectic existence. Seems that Bernie is just as successful as Phil at avoiding the eternal sleep. His inner resolute must be working better.

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    dalehamilton  almost 13 years ago

    From our Google friend:dirt nap – to be dead

    Where’s grandma? Taking a dirt nap.

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    TexTech  almost 13 years ago

    I’m way younger than Phil but I am with him on one point. This election year is making me at least reconsider my options about keeping on keeping on.

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    rockngolfer  almost 13 years ago

    I never heard that expression before either.It is kind of like looking at daisies from the flower side rather than the root side.

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    Dtroutma  almost 13 years ago

    “Dirt nap” is older than dirt. Cremation avoids the dirt, but not the inevitable. Death is just Nature’s way of telling you to slow down.

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    Defective Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    I guess Dirt Nap came from mobster origins. I guess I’ve seen too many mobster movies? (er, no…) Either that, or I have an imagination and can figure out what sleeping in the dirt means. Thankfully, I haven’t slowed down that much mentally.

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    hcr1985  almost 13 years ago

    it’s an even bigger challenge since there seem to be debates every other day!!

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    wtfwtf  almost 13 years ago

    Just a Nap? Or Eternal Sleep? I’m close, and sort of looking forward to finding out.

    I’m thinkin’, “Like snooze, Babe.” But damned if I know.

    Just starting to remove the sod.

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    Jules934  almost 13 years ago

    What happened to the Ekert?

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    Hunter7  almost 13 years ago

    Dirt Nap. There’s a first. So I re-read the strip. Enjoyed how old the guys looked and then the light bulb came on..Though everyone’s comments helped confirm Phil resolve not to go to that long sleep of death. .Things we learn from the comics… go slam sand and now Dirt Nap. .

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    craigwestlake  almost 13 years ago

    When one is buried they are taking a “dirt nap”…

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    hippogriff  almost 13 years ago

    In case anyone doubted, we proved The Parrot Sketch didn’t exhaust the list.

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    cheney439  almost 13 years ago

    ENOUGH ALREADY!!!! I READ IT AND IT SUCKED! NOW GO AWAY.

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    mackiewhite  almost 13 years ago

    Love this!

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    jimjohnston071559  almost 13 years ago

    I will make this my yearly resolution as well. The one time I break it, I won’t be around to feel bad about it.

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    bmonk  almost 13 years ago

    “In a few months people will start making a different kind of resolution: what to give up for Lent. I solved that one decades ago by giving up religion.”

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    But I don’t start by asking what to give up. I start by asking what I can do to help others (=give alms), and to pray more — and only then ask what I need to do to make it possible (=fasting, or giving up). Much healthier and more positive.

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