Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 01, 2010

Run, Joe! RUN!!!!

Quick, Joe! Leave NOW!

Joe is dead meat.

Word Up.

Just answer all the questions wrong if you want to get out now, Joe - or make a run for it.

DON’T JUST RUN! GET INTO WITNESS PROTECTION!

Oh, come on guys…I think she’s cute. Not to mention practical. Romance shmomance…….BTW, I told you she took the salt and pepper shakers and the napkin holder to their favorite booth.

In panel one, what is that behind the napkin holder? A wall? Where is it in the other panels…? Are they pictures from a ferret cam?

OK, it could be the floor, so I guess it’s one of those booths that are open on both ends…..haven’t seen too many myself…

Dracip, have you ever heard of “Artistic License?” Give Wiley a break!

On second thought, he might be testing you…… You never know.

I agree Running seems to be the best game plan!

I like the different angles instead of the same scene over and over again. Keep up the good work Wiley!

Romance can come after the wedding…. oh wait, the kids. Romance can come after the kids are in college.

Happy New Year Wiley !

It’s a shame Brenda is gone.

It’s too late to answer all the questions wrong. She Has Decided! It’s just her way of making him realize that they need to get married. . Unless she decided the other way, and this is her way of telling him to get lost…

AAaaarrgh!! Why can’t people just say what they mean?!

Alley Oop and Joe, both of them had better start running, quickly and fast.

It’s that 8 letter swear word again.

suicidal?

Aren’t we rushing into this?

oh come on….. I think they’re a great match…. I’d marry her myself if I wasn’t already married to my own red-head.

The New Arranged Marriage - the bride does the arranging.

what’s question #2? come on, come on, come on, plllleaseeee.

Hey guys, the marriage will never happen. It would ruin the cartoon. It may happen when Popeye marries Olive Oil or Mickey marries Minnie?

Sounds like a good idea, much like making transportation arrangements before drinking. once you start it’s too late to make rational decisions that could affect you the rest of your life.

Just say no and walk away, you owe her nothing.

I think Victoria wants Joe to make the commitment real good but Joe has hardly made the commitment for his second marriage. Eh!

I thought Sadie Hawkin’s Day was February 29. Joe just needs to adopt the mantra: ‘I need more time to make up my mind’. I plan to have that engraved on my tombstone.

Gotta admit, I love the idea Mr. Wiley. You’re work is of the best in the business. Danae locking horns with her step-mother is a scenario that has great possibilities. Does/Will/Could the step-mother come complete with a pet?

look at all the baggage…..and you want a pet?

Slooowwly he turns…step by step…

Yes, I would like to see a pet. Something Danae could warm up to, perhaps a snake?

Excellant, parethed. gave me a chuckle.

a snake? she already has an imaginary horse. let’s not muddle the situation. NIAGARA FALLS………

…..Slloooowwly I turned, Step by step, Inch by inch!!!!!!

Victoria is an extremely insecure woman who wants to control Joe - and will never admit she is wrong, until it is too late. Joe just wants to please - and likes what he sees at this point in time. But what he fails to understand is the old saying “Women marry men, expecting them to change (ie, change to “something” better); men marry women expecting them to stay the same. This major difference in their starting points is the beginning of the end……………………………

These are only 2 of the practical questions that one has to ask oneself as early as possible, to avoid years of drama and trauma with a person whose relationship style, needs and goals are simply a mismatch.

Unfortunately, as reflected in our national divorce rate, the public is about as comfortable with applying practical questions to marriage prospects as they are with explaining the facts-of-life to their children.

Perhaps Victoria’s questionnaire will make him think about how easy and natural it was to get-along with Brenda.

This questionnaire is a lot more sensible than the ones in most magazines. It doesn’t make sense to pretend there won’t be disagreements. My wife and I decided before getting married that we would work through any problems we had instead of giving up. Too bad my ex didn’t look at it that way. Instead of working things out she just left. I’m interested in seeing how this story arc ends up.

“Run Joe, run. It’s a trap!”