Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 24, 2017

Goat, appreciate the 4 hours you didn’t have to spend with Rat.

In that case, The Rump is intelligentish.

That’s a load of f-ish.

Any of my fellow Latter-day Saint users of GoComics familiar with “Mormon Standard Time”? https://www.mormonwiki.com/Mormon_standard_time

No wonder Goat is grumpy. Drinking coffee ALL day will do that.

It’s very flexible, like a rubber band in a slingshot.

PBS: home of the four-hour ish.

Ish…Kabibble.

Being an “ish”-ish sort of person myself, I tend to be misunderstood by those who think three o’clock, say, means three o’clock.

What I don’t understand is how everybody but me apparently knows precisely how long it takes to do everything a person needs to do, in order to arrive someplace, however far away, wearing the proper amount of the right attire, bringing the appropriate food, tools, gift, or whatever the occasion requires…. at the exact moment requested.

It’s not only something of which I’m incapable…..

it’s black magic, I tell you, and I’m suspicious of it.

And yet, Goat, you were still waiting when Rat did finally get there. Do you live in that diner?

This is very RAT-ish………..What would the Crocs do ?

Just like people who comment on all things political are expert-ish.

What is goat doing spending 4 hours in a bar?

This is what they mean by “Trumpish”? Buys you a lot of something, though it isn’t very desirable.

Sorry Goat, Rat is right-ish.

This ish too much to take! (—Said Goat after waiting four hours at the bar and doing what one does at a bar for four hours….)

I try never to be punctual. I wouldn’t want to start a trend.

“Dependsh on what the meaning of “ish” ish…"

My son’s marching-band director used to refer to “Libby Time” (Libby being the band director’s name). “2:00” meant 2:00. “2:00 Libby Time” meant 1:45. And if you arrived at 1:50, you were late.

Rat is lazy-ish.

xxx

My wife used to be notoriously late getting out the door to go to church. One Saturday, I set all the clocks in the house, including her watch, 15 minutes ahead. The next day, we were “late” getting out the door, until I showed her the clock in the car, which I had not reset. She was less than thrilled, and made me promise to never do that again.

If my family is planning something at 4:00, we have to tell my sister 3:30. Then maybe she will be there by 4:00. My other sister and I always arrive early because we can’t stand being late. My aunt once said, “When your sister dies, the minister will say ‘the funeral can start when Linda gets here’”.

My wife will wait for you at the appointed time for 5 minutes, then she’s out the door.

It’s very flexible-ish