Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 08, 2015
August 07, 2015
August 09, 2015
Transcript:
Goat: Hey, Rat, do you want to have dinner with the Smiths and me tonight? They're the ones who just got married. Rat: I can't. I never bought them a wedding gift. Goat: That's okay. Tradition says you have a years after the wedding to get them something. Rat; I know. So if I wait a year and a day, I don't have to get them squat. I'm big on tradition.
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
Did the Smiths’ invite Rat to the wedding?
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
Rat would probably have gone if they’d had an open bar.
knight1192a over 9 years ago
Never heard of that tradition. Must have been started by a newly married couple who got some bad gifts from people and wanted to not only return them but get those people to give them better gifts.
PICTO over 9 years ago
…And if they divorce before a year do I get my gift back?
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Wait. Was Goat going to pick up Rat’s check, since he invited him? Did Rat just miss out on a free dinner? (Forget the Smiths; they’ll surely forget Rat.)
mammamoonbeam over 9 years ago
Are the Smiths rats as well? Or goats? Or people?I’m confused…
Pointspread over 9 years ago
Yes.
Mike Parsons Premium Member over 9 years ago
But you’re small on the front porch, Rat.
Number Three over 9 years ago
I don’t know why but this strip amused me!
Real nice guy isn’t he?
xxx
lmonteros over 9 years ago
Etiquette says gifts are only mandatory at showers (because the purpose is to get gifts). Weddng gifts are not mandatory. I once got a gift for people I didn’t know (friends of the hubby’s, who couldn’t be bothered) after being told it was a small wedding (second for her) and thinking that they wouldn’t get many gifts. It was a HUGE wedding, standing room only, with elaborate gifts piled on a table in the back of the church. After waiting 45 minutes in line to get into the reception, we gave up and went home. So, folks, I am not big on big weddings OR wedding gifts.