Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 18, 2013

Throw her in the pond, and if she floats…

If she floats….then it means she’s made of wood?

But what else floats???

..a duck??

Wasn’t she hired because she looks like a witch?

Build a bridge outta her!

“And what do we burn aside from witches?”….

“If you drug them … they will sleep.”

This may not turn out well.

Ironic or sarcastic humor seems to miss its mark around here.Great answer, Nanny !

“…and what else floats besides wood?”

“Very small rocks”

What type of wood doesn’t float?

Natalie Wood

And so if she weighs the same as a duck?A witch!!!!!

In the words of the immortal Bugs Bunny; “They’re all witches”, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

“Swimming” or “floating” a witch involved throwing the suspect into water, with her left hand or thumb tied to her right foot, and her right hand tied to her left foot. The guilty would float, the innocent sink (perhaps because water would reject corrupt agents of the Devil.) A rope was tied around the suspect’s middle, to prevent the innocent drowning.(From http://faculty.history.wisc.edu/sommerville/367/367-131.htm about halfway down)

Watch out, Alex, she may run for the Senate soon, and you’ll lose your nanny.

I saw GT on Colbert last night. Great interview. It should be rebroadcast today.

But can she be carried by an African swallow?

I do wonder if she is just joking or is actually Wiccan

It was a fair cop…

Also makes for a really good episode of Blackadder…

“…it’s the only “religion” where women wield real power.”Not exactly true: there’s always atheism!

Take it Alex … doesn’t get better than that.

Any who claim to believe in tests for witchcraft should be tested themselves before they test others, and then burned at the stake just in case they cheated. Then the accused would be free of accusers and the world would be a better place

Athiesm is a belief there is no god.Most athiests are god-type specific, the “I don’t believe in a god who would . . .” nonbelievers.Most are athiests to the Thor-type god, the war-loving god, the let-children-suffer type god, the Loki- type god, et cetera..Others are nonbelievers in any kind of supernatural being: elves, demons, angels, wood sprites, gods, Lady Luck..Others believe in all of the above and anything else anyone proposes.

Wow, SkepticCal calling people narrow. My irony meter just broke.

I’m a bit puzzled about the response to this strip. Usually when there is any religion in a strip, the christian fundamentalists jump in to tell everyone that their religion is the only right one, and that their holy book is the true one. Now here is a strip which very clearly would be conducive to the quoting of said Holy Scriptures, to wit, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” (Exodus 22.18), and yet not a peep from the bible thumpers. Surely they would never shrink from boldly proclaiming their faith, theology and scriptures to the sin-darkened, secularized minions of Satan who frequent these comment threads, and might laugh at anyone who actually proclaimed a belief that witches are real, nor would they pick and choose from among God’s most holy commandments. So, why no response? Are they all out Christmas shopping? Or are they merely not casting their pearls before swine?