I speak with my brothers for 5 minutes each every Christmas, That’s about how long it takes for me to run out of things to talk about as my life is very monotonous. The rest of my extended family i see at funerals every few years, if I see the notice that someone died. I haven’t been part of the family in almost 30 years and I have never figured out why.
All I can say is you can pick your friends, you can pick your seat at the show, but you CANT PICK YOUR FAMILY! My fathers side, including him were mean and hateful people! Is there such a thing as a “mean gene”? Well they certainly had it!
I learned that in my early 30’s. People I’ve known who explained why they fell out with their entire family and most, if not all, of their friends were the very people I didn’t care to interact with because of their personalities. It dawned on me that it wasn’t their family and friends with the problem….it was THEM! Now when I meet someone and they start telling me their life story which involves falling out with everyone they’ve ever known (it’s always the other people’s fault…never their own), I know to not become friends with that person. It wouldn’t end well if I did.
BE THIS GUY over 3 years ago
Must be really hard being the only sane person in your family and circle of friends and acquaintances.
alasko over 3 years ago
Goat better take a DNA test to prove that he isn’t related to rat.
BasilBruce over 3 years ago
Goat, just walk away from Rat and go get yourself a Nutty Buddy.
Concretionist over 3 years ago
I recall one of my marching band friend’s mother saying of his marching: “Oh look, everybody’s out of step but Leroy!”
B UTTONS over 3 years ago
FINALLY Rat is cutting off his family nuts.
marilynnbyerly over 3 years ago
Every one is crazy but me and thee, and I’m beginning to wonder about thee.
Caldonia over 3 years ago
There are people who actually have to do this, because all of their family are abusive jerks. It’s a strange world.
Baarorso over 3 years ago
How do you define NUTTERS, Rat? That’s what I’D like to know!
Breadboard over 3 years ago
No man is an island but Rat Is making a "GO " for it ! ;-)
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago
If I’m not a “nutter” then the world is in trouble.
iggyman over 3 years ago
A “nutter” good strip today!
Aladar30 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Dunno Goat. We are taking about Rat’s family here.
Sanspareil over 3 years ago
My birth family, Mom, Dad and 2 brothers are all dead!mom and 1 brother mostly sane, Dad and 1 brother, sane for certain amounts of time!
My wife’s family, some dead, mostly sane, some are geniuses! A couple are clever but manipulative backstabbers who I have learned to avoid!
c001 over 3 years ago
Good self-awareness, Rat.
theincrediblebulk over 3 years ago
I speak with my brothers for 5 minutes each every Christmas, That’s about how long it takes for me to run out of things to talk about as my life is very monotonous. The rest of my extended family i see at funerals every few years, if I see the notice that someone died. I haven’t been part of the family in almost 30 years and I have never figured out why.
hariseldon59 over 3 years ago
Suddenly I have a craving for Nutter Butter cookies.
Acworthless over 3 years ago
Goat should put those horns to good use, become a Nutter Butter, and take Rat out!
akachman Premium Member over 3 years ago
Hang in there, Rat. You’re not alone.
1953Baby over 3 years ago
The whole world’s mad but thee and me. . .And I’m not sure of thee!
[Traveler] Premium Member over 3 years ago
Every family has a nutter, and if yours doesn’t, it’s you.
Ellis97 over 3 years ago
Rat probably has hundreds of relatives. It’s gonna be a long list to make.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 3 years ago
Well said, Goat. Or Pig with horns, whatever you are.
g.p.hardy over 3 years ago
Nutter is a common surname in parts of the UK. My stepchildren were Nutters until I married their mum. They couldn’t wait to take my surname.
Iseau over 3 years ago
No problem everyone in the family has done the same. It saves a lot of money on birthdays and Christmas also.
rugeirn over 3 years ago
I think of “nutter” as British idiom. So is he a British rat? Or is Pastis British?
artegal over 3 years ago
If you meet an a**hole in the morning, you’ve met an a**hole. If you meet a**holes all day long, you’re the a**hole.—Raylan Givens, Justified.
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
All I can say is you can pick your friends, you can pick your seat at the show, but you CANT PICK YOUR FAMILY! My fathers side, including him were mean and hateful people! Is there such a thing as a “mean gene”? Well they certainly had it!
Goat from PBS over 3 years ago
Yeah… I’m the nutter. At this point, I have learned to subtly disagree with Rat so as to not get concussed.
rpmurray over 3 years ago
Explains why Rat’s family never comes to visit. They’ve already crossed the nutters off their lists too.
Linguist over 3 years ago
Life would be very boring indeed if it weren’t for the nutters in my family. As it is, every day is an adventure!
CaveCat87 over 3 years ago
They’re not the nutters, Rat, you are. (Also, how are you supposed to bold and italicize words?)
Buckeye67 over 3 years ago
I think it’s safe to say that rat’s family has a similar opinion of him. So it runs in the family.
Nate Wright (Mischief God) over 3 years ago
Don’t worry rat you’ll fit in well, you’re another nutter.
txmystic over 3 years ago
Soooooo many nutters around….
unfair.de over 3 years ago
Rat is the first individual I know that sticks his pencil under his ear.
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 3 years ago
I learned that in my early 30’s. People I’ve known who explained why they fell out with their entire family and most, if not all, of their friends were the very people I didn’t care to interact with because of their personalities. It dawned on me that it wasn’t their family and friends with the problem….it was THEM! Now when I meet someone and they start telling me their life story which involves falling out with everyone they’ve ever known (it’s always the other people’s fault…never their own), I know to not become friends with that person. It wouldn’t end well if I did.
bunrabbit99 over 3 years ago
i’m beginning to think this rat fellow is never wrong.
Bilan over 3 years ago
Didn’t Trump patent that method? Ostracizing anybody that disagrees with him.
knight1192a over 3 years ago
They’ll be so thankful to hear they no longer have to hear from a nutters like you, Rat.
Natarose over 3 years ago
Takes one to know one Rat!
kaffekup over 3 years ago
Rat reminds me of one of my very favorite jokes.
A wife calls her husband: “Watch out on the way home, dear, some maniac is driving on the wrong side of the highway!”
“One? There’s hundreds of them!”
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 3 years ago
If you look for the nut in your family tree and can’t find one, maybe it’s you.
mfrasca over 3 years ago
The defining characteristic of a personality disorder.
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
I can sympathize with Rat, to a degree. But not all my relatives are “nutters.” Not quite all….
ASaneMan over 3 years ago
When you’re at a poker table and you don’t know who the sucker is…