Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 04, 2014
Transcript:
Man: You again? Rat: Sir, this time I have an actual disability that prevents me from working with other people. Man: What's that? Rat: I can't stand idiots. Man: Oh, that I could stay home for that. Rat: Just pay me 'til they go away. Rat applies for disability
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
Wow — this mean I’m disabled too!:I’m gonna get one of those special parking stickers right now!
Ida No over 10 years ago
Or pay me until I go away…Either one’s good.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 10 years ago
And that, my friends, is why I don’t shop at Walmart.
jreckard over 10 years ago
Reminds me of the story of someone who asked a large audience “Raise your hand if you’re an above-average driver” and everyone raised their hand.
cyberguy over 10 years ago
Unfortunately for Rat, the claim that his ‘disability prevents him from working with people’ really dooms his cause: he could just work away from people. There must be jobs that would place him in the middle of nowhere with no contact with the outside world…that would prevent any contact with idiots.
tfreim912 over 10 years ago
Frazz gave a shout out to Pearls today! Another resolution blown!
Partyalldatyme over 10 years ago
I worked in a call center. Every day, as I was leaving for work, I said goodbye to my wife with, “Farewell! I go to speak with idiots!” People who thought they could fax cash. People who didn’t know how many socks came in a pair. People who thought if they mailed their order form on a Sunday afternoon that they’d have their order on Monday. People who had to look at a piece of mail they had received to find their address. People who were mad at us because the order they placed with our competitor was screwed up. Rat, I hear you.
PICTO over 10 years ago
I find it hard to be on the same planet as the mayor of Toronto.
doublepaw over 10 years ago
I always wondered why they put handicap parking right by the front door of a store, and put the cart return spots way out by the back of the lot. Guess they just want those people to dump them by the door.
doublepaw over 10 years ago
I see also that in a national poll, 96% of the American people consider themselves above average in intelligence.
Kaywest over 10 years ago
They’re all bastards, rat.
WCLamb over 10 years ago
@doublepaw – That would explain why our politics (pResident, CONgress) are as they are. Too bad they don’t know they’re wrong!
#hobbes over 10 years ago
“I play on a team of IDIOTS”-Tom Brady on this season’s Patriots
I Quit over 10 years ago
A lot of you don’t seem to understand the difference between handicapped and disabled.
Number Three over 10 years ago
You’re the idiot in my book, Rat.
xxx
celeconecca over 10 years ago
I WISH it were that easy to get.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 10 years ago
@celecca if you have the right lawyer, I wouldn’t doubt it. Nice slam at the large amount of fakers miking SS disability. And yes the majority of people on disability deserve it. Just have to weed the fakers out of the mental and back pain complaints.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 10 years ago
I have an appointment with Social Security next month. I hope I don’t meet anyone like Rat!
H P Hundt Premium Member over 10 years ago
Think about Alpha Delta’s reply and enjoy it.
rgcviper over 10 years ago
OK—since no one has commented on this yet (surprisingly) …
The line of “Oh, that I could stay home for that” in the last panel isn’t making much sense to me.
Ambydextrous over 10 years ago
For once I 100% agree with Rat
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
If I were the SSA guy, I’d call the exterminators. Just sayin’….
alantain about 1 year ago
He does have a disability! He was born without a moral compass.