Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 30, 2016
Transcript:
Goat: Hey, Rat. Welcome to my cocktail party. Can I get you a beverage? Rat: Dude... Talk like a normal person. Goat: What do you mean? Rat: You don't have to say 'beverage.' Just say 'drink' and stop being a hoity toity fatface. Goat: Can I get you a libation? Rat: Curse your snooty fat face!
BE THIS GUY almost 9 years ago
Rat you and Goat are wearing ties. You should have seen this coming.
Sherlock Watson almost 9 years ago
Offer him some “liquid refreshment,” Paris — I want to see his head explode.
Bilan almost 9 years ago
Next panel, Rat gets very furious when he finds out the party is too classy to stock beer.
x_Tech almost 9 years ago
Aye, Goat, I’ll have a wee dram of Scottish Dew and a pint of the dark.
juicebruce almost 9 years ago
I’ll have a glass of Port…………Thanks !
Sandfan almost 9 years ago
Anything other than a beer and a shot is hoity toity and snooty to Rat.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I worked with a guy like that. Instead of saying he was hungry, he would say that he was famished!
Egrayjames almost 9 years ago
Rat seems upset….offer him a “hot beverage”. I’ll have a Red Bull and a Jaeger bomb!
txmystic almost 9 years ago
I think he meant “May I procure a potable for you?”
Sisyphos almost 9 years ago
I do enjoy seeing Rat apoplectic. Maybe he’ll have a stroke, and his head will explode, Sherlock Watson….
StCleve72 almost 9 years ago
Rat wearing a tie is like putting lipstick on a……hey, where’s Pig?
kaffekup almost 9 years ago
“Would you like a serviette with your libation, Rattus Norvegicus?”
nosirrom almost 9 years ago
Rat, just ask for a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and your cares will be gone.
cindyorch almost 9 years ago
get over yourself rat…nobody likes you or your kind.
KEA almost 9 years ago
“drink” is ambiguous – it may refer to any beverage, but lots of people would interpret it as alcoholic.
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Don’t get him started talking about taking his “morning constitutional”.
Shimmery Mermaid almost 9 years ago
… could be A LOT worse, tho … he could have offered him “Dewshine”.
http://allday.com/post/7203-teens-die-after-mixing-mountain-dew-and-racing-fuel-in-a-desperate-attempt-to-get-drunk/
heatherjasper almost 9 years ago
I think I would act like Goat to some people, particularly my family, to annoy them. It seems my sort of style.
Number Three almost 9 years ago
Why the heck did he invite Rat?
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peabodyboy almost 9 years ago
I’ll have a wee crusheen of your best poteen, ye ould bollix..
abbybookcase almost 9 years ago
i’d like a libation, too. make mine a double
knight1192a almost 9 years ago
Come now, Rat. Just how many people throw a cocktail party anymore unless their either sophisticated or trying to act sophisticated. He already got you twice when he welcomed you to his cocktail party and then offered you a beverage.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 9 years ago
In this part of the world it’s illegal to advertise that alcohol is to be served at a private function. Means a lot of beating-around-the-bush on posters for office parties etc. — Goat’s euphemisms get a lot of work!
dukeallen almost 9 years ago
Nothing that calls for a tie can be fun.
mwproto Premium Member almost 9 years ago
May I