Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 25, 2018

Just don’t take the money.

He said “Please,” didn’t he?

Rat is a fairly mature aged rodent. What’s the chance he’ll still be around in a year to collect?

even before mentioning that stingy card, Rat sure did a sweet thing

First, the card did say Please. So it is optional.

Second, Bob could give rat the $125 next year with a similar card.

25% interest used to be considered “loan sharking”. Now it is just normal banking practice if you don’t pay you credit card off every month.

In other words, banking.

Pretty risky lending proposition at best.

>25% on a loan, <1% on a bank account. I miss usury laws.

Unless Rat’s got a coupla goons, forget about payback.

Leave it to Rat to turn something good into a scam !

Oh, and shame if something were to happen to those perfectly good knees of yours!

Of course

That’s a better rate than Capital One’s.

Loansharking? That’s better then many credit card rates. Loan sharks have to up their game

I knew it! Rat was being way too nice!

I think Rat just wanted to be hugged by someone.

25% annual interest is actually pretty cheap compared to what the legal loan sharks that advertise on TV charge.

Just give Rat $125.00 in monopoly money.

Loan Ratting doesn’t have the vicious tone that loan sharking does ;)

To bad Rat’s not a ranger. He could wear a mask and be called -—- The Loan Ranger.

He’ll also deduct it as a charitable contribution.

I just finished the first Pearls book and . . . yeah. The little guy hasn’t learned a dern thing!

The last panel may be the funniest thing I’ve ever read in a comic strip.

The Last Neighbor was a little too quick to embrace Rat (besides, it makes Rat look like a teddy bear). No payback, Last Neighbor! Let Rat eat his losses.

Of course, if Rat hires the strip’s notorious mercenaries, Li’l Guard Duck and his sidekick, Mr. Snuffles, that would be a different matter….

That was almost a nice Pearls strip

Maintenance fees, inactivity fees. This guy has a year to think like a banker. Rat better bring another hundred when he comes.

Rat would be great on Wall Street

Well, at the time of writing this, maybe not…