Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 05, 2021

That “shot” is only effective for a few hours.

It doesn’t work well.

I thought the inoculant came in a pint serving.

Rat’s “inoculation” is a double shot of absinthe.

I somehow think that Rat’s “shot” involves libations.;-D

They ought to have something like anger management for people who make others angry!

Rat, you are “other people”.

I’ll ask my doctor for that.

What kind of shot is it?Pellets? Rock salt? buckshot?That will have a, uh, impact on how long it lasts.

Ignorance disclaimer: I’ve never handled a gun of any type & not sure of what actually CAN be loaded into a shotgun

So, cyanide it is, then?

For that to work on Rat it as to be a healthy dose of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) or perhaps some LSD suspended in a saline solution…..

A better shot would be of whiskey.

I want it!

What vet does he go to?

Good I expect no more nasty misanthropic comments from the most obnoxious character in the strip.

I wonder if there would have been a visit from the Comic Strip Censor if that doctor had covered his nose with his mask?

Stupid doctor has his nose out.

Rat went to Dr Feelgood.

Give me your best shot

Show me what you can do

With everything I’ve got

There won’t be a round two

That’s odd – for all this vaccine talk in the last few months and of course years and years of getting flu shots, I have not heard the word “innoculated” since standing in line for a german measles shot in the early 70’s (and those air guns HURT).

Not sure I’d trust a doctor who doesn’t know how to put on a mask.

Not even the Dr covers his nose.

For some of us, it comes in the form of chocolate. It’s hard to get mad at someone when you’re eating chocolate.

Is it really safe to ingest alcohol that way?

Medical science is a long way from that . . .

That’s your doctor’s car. And he can’t be ticketed, because M.D. plates.

Mask over the nose, doctor.

Don’t need needles, Rat. That’s what medical marijuana is for!

I wonder what the side effects are……

So….they found a way to inject beer into him intravenously?

Not much of a doctor wearing his mask under his nose.

I fear there’s limited hope/ for this sad little misanthrope./ Other people are hell/ but they’re Heaven as well: /poor Rat needs to broaden his scope .

Rat must be hiring himself out as a lab rat. He gets all kinds of experimental drugs.

I love those shots.

You must have your mask over your nose, DOCTER.

Wow! He must be looking at my old Bell Telephone Laboratories ID with two Parker pens in my pocket protector.

The shot is only sold on the black market.

McCallans does the trick for me. No MD needed.

People saying “hoi” instead of “hi” is also super annoying

I had my patience tested. I’m negative.

I’ll take one!

Oh, if only….

For some reason, I’m now hearing the song “In the Year 2525” in my head.

Vote for Ratatouille 2 here, featuring Rat!!!!

Hell is other people.

Shot or no shot, Rat remains a carrier!

The doc is wearing his mask to test that shot. It goes OVER the nose

Zoloft is injectable now?

Why is the needle in for so long, I would be like OWEEE.