Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 04, 2015

And Rat calls Pig a moron . . .

I don’t know why Rat exists either, but I suspect it’s because God lost a bet.

I thought 4-1-1 was information. How many numbers do you need?

every day millions of people ask the same question … why does Rat exist?

Rat is only a figment of Pastis’ imagination

Ask Da Google.

The wonderful thing about that question is that there is no universally applicable answer. Our very facticity is the answer. Because our existence has intrinsic meaning only for us as individuals, we experience ourselves as the answer. So…I think I’ll celebrate my meaning by enjoying every moment.

@ F6F5Hellcat: So Rat should have called 2-1-1, then. Stupid rat. Let’s send him to Mars. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XR0gsw5YZ8M/VkU05veEBCI/AAAAAAAAhcQ/U9yOVMVU0Ys/s640/ship%252C%2BUFO%252C%2BUFOs%252C%2Bsighting%252C%2Bsightings%252C%2Balien%252C%2Baliens%252C%2BET%252C%2Brainbow%252C%2Bboat%252C%2Bpool%252C%2B2015%252C%2Bnews%252C%2Btime%2Btravel%252C%2Bsunset%252C%2Borb%252C%2Bking%252C%2B%252C%2Btomb%252C%2Bblur%252C%2Bdrone%252C%2Barizona%252C%2BTexas%252C%2Bninja%252C%2Bmars%252Cgod%252C%2B2213.png

Wow. An image that’s smaller than its URL. Try copying and pasting this: https://localtvktvi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/151126094519-nasa-mars-mouse-cheshire-cat-galaxies-daily-hit-newday-00002508-exlarge-tease.jpg

Actually I wouldn’t mind hearing the answer to that one myself

In some venues, 311 is the Police Non-emergency number. That might be good for Rat.I’m not sure what the number is for the Philosophy Hotline….

611 is also customer service for cell phones, which is appropriate since they replaced pay phones.

Where I live, 811 is the number to call before you dig.

You exist because you squared the circle and resolved the paradox, forcing your consciousness into physical form.Oh, and because you never listen.

If they still made phone books, they could have a page just for these numbers.

Rat exists because Steph gets paid for drawing him!

Is Rat being rhetorical here?

Well, you see Rat, when a boy rat and a girl rat like each other a lot…..

Dial 666 for that answer, rat.

pastis created him, but he’s all too real and walking around in a lot of people shaped bodies

A non-emergency number here in the UK is 111.

xxx

Rat exists to say the things most of us secretly agree with but are too polite to admit.

“What is reality?”

To be eaten by cat, rat. What else would you exist for?