Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 07, 2011

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    GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago

    A survivor.

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    mirthiful  over 13 years ago

    Someone didn’t drink their Kool-Aid!

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    tis4kis  over 13 years ago

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

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    Nebulous Premium Member over 13 years ago

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

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    Allan CB Premium Member over 13 years ago

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

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    pouncingtiger  over 13 years ago

    Larry’s a smart lemming.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 13 years ago

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

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    kreole  over 13 years ago

    Religions love sheep……and lemmings.

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    thirdguy  over 13 years ago

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

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    Pro-Lick  over 13 years ago

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

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    x_Tech  over 13 years ago

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

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    cdward  over 13 years ago

    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.

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    roctor  over 13 years ago

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

    cdward: Members are known as the flock,

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    tripwire45  over 13 years ago

    Maybe Larry is the next step in evolution.

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    Colt9033  over 13 years ago

    Well, looks like he genepool fairly rich.

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    Brockie  over 13 years ago

    Oh chute.

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    Brockie  over 13 years ago

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

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    Kosher71  over 13 years ago

    Well, when life hands you lemmings . . .

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    rockngolfer  over 13 years ago

    It is amazing how many great ideas Wiley thinks up.

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    StoicLion1973  over 13 years ago

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

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    montycantsin2  over 13 years ago

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

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    Sandfan  over 13 years ago

    Larry The Heresy Guy.

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    CedarCircle  over 13 years ago

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

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    BloomCo  over 13 years ago

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

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    runninanreadin  over 13 years ago

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

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    Noveltman  over 13 years ago

    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.

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    ilsapadu  over 13 years ago

    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.

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    michael.p.pumilia  over 13 years ago

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

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    michael.p.pumilia  over 13 years ago

    And Larry didn’t like the definition!

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    thirdguy  over 13 years ago

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

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago

    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.

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    MatureCanadian  over 13 years ago

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

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    Dtroutma  over 13 years ago

    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!!

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago

    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

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    Varnes  over 13 years ago

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

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    Varnes  over 13 years ago

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

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    pouncingtiger  over 13 years ago

    Religions breed/produce lemmings.

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    treered  over 13 years ago

    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?

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    Iwa Iniki  over 13 years ago

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

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    lin4869  over 13 years ago

    Love this one, Wiley! :D

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    Joseph Krois  over 13 years ago

    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”!!!!…

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    RinaFarina  over 13 years ago

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

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 13 years ago

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

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    Varnes  over 13 years ago

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

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 13 years ago

    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.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 13 years ago

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

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    bbHhh  over 13 years ago

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

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    raameshgr  over 13 years ago

    Hey! This was done decades ago by Gary Larson!

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