Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 21, 2014
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September 22, 2014
Transcript:
"Ker-ploosh. Woo-hoo! Way to go, sir! Awww right! Yes! You da man!" Man: I'm uploading it now on Youtube! Who are you going to challenge? Man 2: Best ice bucket challenge evah!! Man 3: Thanks for your support, sir! Flo: Please tell me you let them know it was just yawr daily lobstahman's hangovah bath... Eddie: Oh, I thought everyone knows that.
Two things…first, this cartoon was done several weeks ago when the “ice bucket challenge” was at its peak. I figured by the time this ran it would have pretty much run it’s course, but hoping it wouldn’t be completely irrelevant. Such is the nature of long lead times in Sunday comics.
Second, California is in the midst of a RECORD drought state-wide. Don’t dismiss it as not being as bad as some other time. There has never been a worse drought encompassing the entire state since records have been kept (hence the term, “record drought”).