Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 21, 2010

Wow! I’m sad to note that most lawyers I’ve encountered are right up there with Bob on their self serving rationalising skills. I wonder what would happen if Lackey No. 1 were to accidentally walk through those cords running from the MegaConglomo Console?

Bob the Lawyer? The Anti-Ekert? Convince me!

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(You’re welcome.)

Turning the other cheek, actually means, justifiable homicide? Cannot speak for you lot, but it is a piece of cake. ;D

So, should we “turn the other cheek” with all these spammers? It would be justifiable.

I just went through the arc, and, well, I have a question (should’ve asked it yesterday, perhaps): why is Ekert spelled this way when the Cap’n speaks, and not “Ekaht”?

Maybe I missed something :) (and maybe this was asked before, and thus I will keep my peace).

In any case, to paraphrase Wiley, I am wonderingly waiting for the outcome.

k.

algurka, when it comes to spammers, don’t turn the other cheek unless you have a bad case of gas.

I know, hide him in the Supreme Court.

Ok, forget the pumpkin thing. Wiley is just non-religious enough, to hide the Ekert in a hollowed out Bible. Right in plain sight, right in the courthouse with all the lawyers.

Are Pro-bono lawyers and public defenders excluded from the survey?

woo hoo! I guessed a while ago that it was him! Do I win a car or something? Now we just need to figure out what the vessel in plain sight would be. Something the lawyer guy would overlook

Good Point, Kossuth. Ekaht it is. lol

Hidden in plain site…hmm…sacred vessel of nature…hmm…

Where is Angela Lansbury when you really need to solve a good mystery?

Bill, good one! Yeah, I turn the other cheek, just not either of the ones on my face…

@kossuth, Bdaysuit

Cap’n Eddie is speaking with a heavy north-eastern US accent.

If you are from the US: think “Harvard” = “Hahvahd”, “Boston Yard” = “Boston Yahd”. “Dear” = “Deah”, “There” = “Theah”, etc.

“Ekert” = “Ekaht”. :)

If you are not from the US: the stereotypical way to represent the speech pattern of someone from the North East US (especially, Massachusetts, Maine, etc.) is to substitute the “rrrr” sound with the “ahhh” sound. There are other changes - and Wiley does a great translation - but the giveaway is usually the rrrr-to-ahhh.

@c0dem0nkey - I believe the point that kossuth & Bdaysuit were making was that they would expect the exact translation that you are mentioning, but the accent is not being used when Capn Eddie says “Ekert”.

Ladyhawk, I was going to say the same thing.

Bdaysuit and kossuth observed: If the spelling reallly is “Ekert”, we would expect Cap’n Eddie to say (in his strong “Down East” accent) “Ekaht”; but he doesn’t! Wiley is pretty accurate in his transliteration of the Down East accent, and Cap’n Eddie is consistent in saying “Ekert,” so this cannot be a slip of the pen.

Here’s another thought: In Boston “Kahreah” (pronounced like “Korea”) is one’s occupation; that is, a career. On the other hand, “kahree-er” (pronounced like “career”) is a nation in Asia, that is, Korea.

So, is the real name perhaps “Ekaht” which the “Down-Easters” pronounce “Ekert?”

Good call, Richard. I volunteer!

Doppelspammerflaggen!

Some homicides are justifiable

Awrighty then, Bob gets upgraded from a typical corporate mouthpiece barfly-hack to The Anti-Ekert! He always showed such inborn promise, with his silly sheltered cocktail and Nixonesk blockheaded paranoia.

The sacred vessel ubquitous, yet a 1,000-year secret. Something in plain sight. What could it be? Plastic supermaket bags. Naw, they haven’t been around 1,000 years. Not printed Bibles, as the printing press was invented less than 1,000 years ago, I think. Statues, idols. The Ekert could hide in a sculpture or statue. Maybe at the Getty. Or trees. Build him a treehouse.

The victim brought the crime on himself when he told the defendent to turn the other cheek. Little did he know the defendent had a dual personality and the defendent’s good cheek was facing the victim at the time of the unfortuntate comment…

Sacred Vessel, ancient, plan sight? Gota be a BEER bottle!

Turn the other cheek, and eat Twinkies first.

The comic and the comments reminded me of this old ethical problem:

A lawyer charged a man $500 for legal services. The man paid him in cash with crisp new $100 bills. After the client left, the lawyer discovered that two bills had stuck together – he’d been overpaid by $100.

The ethical dilemma for the lawyer:

Should he tell his partner?

Didn’t know he was a republican.