Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 10, 2021

There are Trappist monks who beat you to that trademark.

And we all thank you for it, Rat.

How nice of Rat staying away from other people and keeping em away from a rat infestation.

“No man is an island” the song says, do not know about rats!

No Rat. It’s other people who stay away from you.

Let’s keep Rat away from other rats also, he might reproduce.

Try it with ‘Corona Blues’, a low groaning sound that never ceases.

Sir could you describe the trademark in question ?Would it be a no symbol with a picture of a rat inside ? … Croc Power !

…wouldn’t that be a patent?

Rat is desperate….the isolation has finally hit home!

That’s pretty dumb logic.

My town has Norwegian warf rats.8inch body, 6 inch tail. Only gaurd duck and Darth Brady can win

opus also killed.

No man is an island unless we are talking about the Isle of Man.

I have to admit that I’m no longer adhering to the totally random and unscientific social distancing of 6-feet BS. I’ve gone back to my normal comfort distance of 10-feet. :)

“How did you get this number?”

I subscribe to it.

Sorry Rat, this is my jam, yo.

Isn’t usually Earl catching heat for something he did in Opal’s head?

Confused usage. “tradeMARKs” are visual, thus the word “mark”.

Can I get a trademark on “not-hugging?”

Give it up, Rat. You aren’t the only anti-social character around. No trademark for common dysfunctional traits….

Sorry, prior art.

You didn’t perfect it either

Pretty sure he means patent and not trademark. Unless he’s going for the mark “Staying away from other people.”

Rat doesn’t even know it but he is doing his part in slowing the virus :)

That would be a business process patent, not a trademark.