A public service announcement from someone who watches reality ghost shows: Ghosty ghosties and things that were never human (shudder) can leave scratches through clothes and heavy bedding. You can try to go back to sleep with those spiders in your bedding.
I sleep on my sides or Sleep Paralysis will come for me. I also never pull sheets over my head because that insinuates that I am dead and people will carry me off into the morgue.
My ex-sister-in-law always had to sleep with HER ears covered following a nightmare in which a wolf bit one off. Me? I’m fine. Well . . . maybe except not having legs dangling over the edge of the bed. Then again, doesn’t EVERYone know how unsafe THAT is?
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
Are Mr. and Mrs. Pastis having problems?
hariseldon59 almost 5 years ago
With Rat around, getting stabbed is a distinct possibility.
Bilan almost 5 years ago
He only does that on days he runs a bad pun.
sirbadger almost 5 years ago
If you drink coffee and use your cell phone at the same time, the which hand rules can change.
Kaputnik almost 5 years ago
I put my coffee on the right, and I hardly ever get stabbed.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Never got stabbed after retirement and I always handled my coffee from the right .
Nachikethass almost 5 years ago
I make sure I cover my ear – spiders may go in!
rekam Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I always have my cup on the right since I’m right handed.
Gent almost 5 years ago
We never leave any food uneaten. We’re afraid Goldielocks may come n steal it.
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
Hey now, you can’t put anything past those ghosty-ghosts!
Purple People Eater almost 5 years ago
I have a right shoulder and a left shoulder. Do some people also have a front and back shoulder?
Breadboard almost 5 years ago
Stephan your hair looks a little purple today….. Croc Power !
wrd2255 almost 5 years ago
Don’t be stabbin’ Stephan. We need this strip!
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I’ve never heard of either of those superstitions. Did Pastis make them up for this strip, or are there really people who follow them?
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Who’s Steph gonna call? GHOSTY BUSTERS!
Ellis97 almost 5 years ago
How has this guy not called pest control?
walstib Premium Member almost 5 years ago
As I write this I’m doing my usual morning routine, coffee on the left and mousing through GoComics with my right hand.
walstib Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Off topic, Stephan’s rally cap didn’t work for the Twins last night, oh well, what else is new?
Plumbob Wilson almost 5 years ago
In the corporate world, you must cover, but not your shoulder.
rhpii almost 5 years ago
Everyone leads such interesting lives. I try to cover up because I might get cold.
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
Never hang arms and legs over the edge…yikes!
rshive almost 5 years ago
Actually never thought about it. But I’m right-handed and put my coffee on the right —now that I started looking.
Display almost 5 years ago
Ever see the Night Gallery episode about the earwig?
marilynnbyerly almost 5 years ago
My coffee cup, right now, is on my left side so I can use my right hand to scroll through the comics.
marilynnbyerly almost 5 years ago
A public service announcement from someone who watches reality ghost shows: Ghosty ghosties and things that were never human (shudder) can leave scratches through clothes and heavy bedding. You can try to go back to sleep with those spiders in your bedding.
codedaddy almost 5 years ago
What is a back shoulder? Is there a front shoulder?
zeexenon almost 5 years ago
Also Demodex folliculorum, of course. They crawl out of our follicles at night to have sex on our face.
NWdryad almost 5 years ago
Hey Rat, it’s a habit Pastis acquired when he was a lawyer.
jonnytest almost 5 years ago
I can recommend a good psychiatrist who can help all y’all with your delusional paranoia.
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
StevePappas almost 5 years ago
Don’t split the pole.
knight1192a almost 5 years ago
Actually, he knows you’ll try to stab him in his sleep, Rat.
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
My blankets keep the boogey-critters away from me!
neatslob Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I don’t care about my shoulders, but never sleep with your feet off the edge of the bed. Something could reach up and grab you around the ankle.
StarBeak almost 5 years ago
I sleep on my sides or Sleep Paralysis will come for me. I also never pull sheets over my head because that insinuates that I am dead and people will carry me off into the morgue.
Sisyphos almost 5 years ago
Oh-ho! Cartoon-Boy is superstitious (many Greeks are, is my observation).
Of course, I always try to sit with my back to a wall when I eat/drink out. No back-shooters, ya know? Remember old “Wild Bill” James Butler Hickok….
CalLadyQED almost 5 years ago
“Back shoulder”?
pc368dude almost 5 years ago
My ex-sister-in-law always had to sleep with HER ears covered following a nightmare in which a wolf bit one off. Me? I’m fine. Well . . . maybe except not having legs dangling over the edge of the bed. Then again, doesn’t EVERYone know how unsafe THAT is?
NeilCopeland over 4 years ago
Left shoulder, right shoulder, I’ve only got the two.