Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 25, 2010
Transcript:
Captain Eddie: The only way to protect the Ekert is fah us to find the anti-Ekert befah the enemy does... Kate + Danae: OK... how do we start? Captain Eddie: Fahst, get the Ekert away from people so he can get small enough to hide... Danae: OK... then where do we hide him? Captain Eddie: Hmmm... it needs to be somewheah they'd nevah think of lookin'... a place that's deceptively obvious... and I think I know just wheah that is... To be cliff-hangingly continued next month!
freeholder1 about 14 years ago
Hide and se-ekert?
hawgowar about 14 years ago
Next month?
invisifan about 14 years ago
Why am I thinking … a shed in the woods?
Sisyphos about 14 years ago
Oh, no! A cliffhanger! Without food for a month, the Ekert will waste away down to merely large. Could the secret hiding place be something like Area 51?
magnamax about 14 years ago
No doubt; Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon.
GROG Premium Member about 14 years ago
I’m thinking back where Danae first found him….but that would be too easy.
Next month is less than a week away.
ImaginaryFriend about 14 years ago
lets see, a church, naa the Ekert would continue to grow there. Any K-Mart store, closer but there is still the possibility for discovery. It as to be the library.
nibor6 about 14 years ago
Why not put a dress on it, and disgiuse it as a ‘Democratic Telephonist”.
cdward about 14 years ago
I’m guessing a shed in the woods near Danea’s house with a little 2x4 holding the door closed.
twj0729 about 14 years ago
Not in our township library, it’s a very busy place. The Ekert would grow fatter hanging around our library.
RonBerg13 Premium Member about 14 years ago
@ImaginaryFriend…
A church! No way - the Ekert would grow to be as big as the world in no time flat!
And have an upset stomach to boot!
cls8688 about 14 years ago
next month?!?
DesultoryPhillipic about 14 years ago
^^ It certainly won’t be either one of your houses! Nor mine, I suppose.
Frankr about 14 years ago
Next month is less than a week away
aerwalt about 14 years ago
Wiley, you devil, you.
Justice22 about 14 years ago
I won’t take a breath until next month!
Ermine Notyours about 14 years ago
The offices of any recently closed newspaper springs to mind.
dsom8 about 14 years ago
Can’t hide him here, fo’ sho’.
“hangaliciously”! LOL!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 14 years ago
Well next month IS just a week away! (What happened to summer?) I hope Wiley doesn’t mean the END of next month!
Allan CB Premium Member about 14 years ago
Dry … don’t put it past Mr. Wiley … he IS a “wiley” character. :D
I think Ekert will be takin’ a flight … into Space and the ISS
mirthiful about 14 years ago
I thought library at first too… but ours is pretty hopping these days and thanks to the budget crunch… the library closings are causing all kinds of negative spewage… the Ekert would be quite full. How about where people vote next month? There’s definitely not enough people going to go.
milano99 about 14 years ago
How about the zoo?
Destiny23 about 14 years ago
I’d love to know what he’s smoking in that pipe – it’s very expressive!
Tomorrow’s strip: Apparently Danae has been talking to Calvin’s Dad… :o)
Nelly55 about 14 years ago
love the twists and suspense!
Go Wiley!
lazygrazer about 14 years ago
How ‘bout the Vatican??
Defective Premium Member about 14 years ago
Since he went extensive periods of time between the first part and the second part, then the second part at this part, it’s entirely possible he means the beginning of winter!
W6BXQ, John about 14 years ago
Area 51
There really is an Area 51. Go to Google Maps and put in “Area 51”. It is in the Nevada desert. Zoom in on the satellite view. Very interesting!
comicsgeniusguy about 14 years ago
O MY GOSH! ANOTHER MONTH LONG CLIFF HANGER!!!!!!!!!!! SOMETIMES I HATE YOU WILEY!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT’S JUST LIKE “WHO SHOT J.R.” ALLL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGG
marvee about 14 years ago
My first thought was church. Fewer people go, but you can’t say no one goes. A seminary or monastery might be even fewer. But NO evil thoughts? Anywhere there are people there will be some.
marvee about 14 years ago
Maybe a “ghost town”.
Trebor39 about 14 years ago
Gotta know, gotta know, gotta know!
Oakwood13 about 14 years ago
How about Mars 4.5
Can't Sleep about 14 years ago
One thing is for certain - they have to keep the Ekert away from any place having an election.
Exposure to just half an hour of TV campaign ads would make the Ekert the size of Oklahoma!
Hoomi about 14 years ago
@magnamax. Maybe Lady Callahan’s? Everybody there always seemed to be in a VERY good mood…
dtut about 14 years ago
Fishing with Cap’n Eddie?
artisanx about 14 years ago
Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon was destroyed by a Pony Nuke a couple of decades ago. (Pony Nuke: A Nuclear device with a small explosive yield, Kiloton range.) Jake Stonebender and the Gang are now sharing drinks and swapping stories at Mary’s Place located somewhere in the Florida Keys. Side note; Spider Robinson, GET OFF YOUR bleeep AND WRITE SOME MORE STORIES!!! Thank you.
Dapperdan61 Premium Member about 14 years ago
Oh I hate these cliffhangers
pbarnrob about 14 years ago
Looks like back in the woods again, with the critters, at least until he can fit in the secret shed again. But would he cooperate?
Will Rogers quote; “I love a dog; he does nothing for political purposes.”
Where’s Lars when we need him?
Spider: Has Virginia found any more unfinished Heinlein for you to work on, perhaps? That’d be wonderful!
policelimit Premium Member about 14 years ago
Cliff-hangaliciously?
vldazzle about 14 years ago
If it completes the cycle and goes to the shed in the woods, doesn’t it become “the Neverending Story”?
treered about 14 years ago
back to the same shack? why not? Ms Freneau hid the whiskey in the stove after Mr Eckland looked there! (see Father Goose).
hildigunnurr Premium Member about 14 years ago
church or vatican - uh no? Few places the ekert would get fatter, I’m afraid…
MatureCanadian about 14 years ago
How about Slip F-18, Bahia Mar, Fort Lauderdale? Sadly it isn’t used anymore.
truthinlies about 14 years ago
Congress is the answer! It follows that all that comes from the hill is emptiness and therefore much like outerspace. This vacuum would be the perfect place to shrink the Ekert to a truly hideable size. And since The Hill is much like a black hole and Wiley would not need a 2x4 to keep Ekert in place.
kaystari Premium Member over 12 years ago
why not just stick him back in the shed?????