Most of the rest of us just play the blues. Or sing along. Whiskey helps. (Not the blues, nothing but time helps that. Whiskey helps you ignore how badly you sing along.)
Having a comfy chair to sit on your lazy Wise Ass (on the Hill) playing the victim is very popular in some segments of contemporary American society. You know who you are…
Unpopular opinion: depressed people are the most self-absorbed, self-obsessed people on Earth and need to learn to look outside of themselves instead of constantly asking themselves “what did I do wrong to deserve this miserable life?” But, then again, misery loves company and what they really want to do is drag everyone else down with them.
I wish that the Crocs could get their own spinoff strip. I really miss them (and am honestly very tired of All Rat All the Time…). Remember when there were full arcs about the Croc family?
Not when your hemorrhoids begin acting up. Would you like a doughnut? Don’t forget the true reason for the defeat at Waterloo which ended Napoleon’s rule as Emperor of the French.
Patis is one of the laziest cartoonists around. Panels 1 & 4 are the same, as are panels 2 & 3, with one showing just a tad more than the other. Just different speech balloons.
If I feel depressed about my inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred, I just listen to “Time” by Pink Floyd.
BE THIS GUY about 3 years ago
This will give Rat something to look forward to when he gets up in the morning.
Gent about 3 years ago
Life. It’s such a Rat race.
Wilde Bill about 3 years ago
You think the comfy chair is a good thing, but wait until they come after you with the soft cushions.
Templo S.U.D. about 3 years ago
okay then
BasilBruce about 3 years ago
If Rat doesn’t like Life, he should give it to Mikey.
Concretionist about 3 years ago
Most of the rest of us just play the blues. Or sing along. Whiskey helps. (Not the blues, nothing but time helps that. Whiskey helps you ignore how badly you sing along.)
DennisinSeattle about 3 years ago
Rat, no one gives a rat’s @$$.
Imagine about 3 years ago
Sure, blame life. That won’t get you anywhere.
Johnny Q Premium Member about 3 years ago
Don’t expect Rat to care when life does YOU wrong!
Gent about 3 years ago
Life is cruel. Each it day it take you closer to death.
Caldonia about 3 years ago
Goat seems pretty over Rat. Sad.
unfair.de about 3 years ago
I didn’t expect that. Where’s the Spanish Inquisition?
syzygy47 about 3 years ago
Rat, I care. I really do. See, I brought the “World’s Tiniest Violin”, passed along from my mother.
iggyman about 3 years ago
The world is your oyster, how you shuck it is up to you!
juicebruce about 3 years ago
When I come home Cold and Tired , It’s good to warm my bones beside the fire ….
GROG Premium Member about 3 years ago
Cry me a river.
Troglodyte about 3 years ago
No one cares only because it’s you, Rat. Don’t take it personally…hahaha
cornshell about 3 years ago
He should try Twitter.
dadlivonia about 3 years ago
That is OK – Rats don’t live that long
pontiac59 about 3 years ago
In German, Mein Kampfy Chair?
cornshell about 3 years ago
Nooooo! Not . . . the comfy chair!
Ichabod Ferguson about 3 years ago
Do some charity work for sick kids and you’ll realize how lucky you are.
Masterskrain about 3 years ago
So, Rat really IS a Republican…
Count Olaf Premium Member about 3 years ago
Having a comfy chair to sit on your lazy Wise Ass (on the Hill) playing the victim is very popular in some segments of contemporary American society. You know who you are…
Ignatz Premium Member about 3 years ago
I opened the comments just to see how many Monty Python references there were, and I was not disappointed.
Ellis97 about 3 years ago
Rat hasn’t been the same since Pig’s sister left him.
MollyCat about 3 years ago
He’s not expecting the Spanish Inquisition …..
Call me Ishmael about 3 years ago
Still recovering from a big surgery. Death seems no different from “pre conception”. Not so bad.
YippiKiAyMofo about 3 years ago
Unpopular opinion: depressed people are the most self-absorbed, self-obsessed people on Earth and need to learn to look outside of themselves instead of constantly asking themselves “what did I do wrong to deserve this miserable life?” But, then again, misery loves company and what they really want to do is drag everyone else down with them.
Let the scathing comments commence…
Bruce1253 about 3 years ago
Rat has nothing to complain about, his life is actually rather cushy, especially in his chair. Others however. . .
“You load 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause I can’t go
I owe my soul to the company store. . ." – Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford
Zebrastripes about 3 years ago
RAT is having a pity party…and Goat is right…nobody cares….
pheets about 3 years ago
Life is awesome, full of choices… we don’t get to be/do anything if we dead..
InuYugiHakusho about 3 years ago
In a way, life did everyone wrong. Some more than others.
Goat from PBS about 3 years ago
That chair will decay and break after a while.
RobinHood about 3 years ago
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.
kaycstamper about 3 years ago
It doesn’t matter, your back will still hurt.
KEA about 3 years ago
“You don’t want to work; you want to live like a kingBut the big, bad world doesn’t owe you a thing” — Eagles
kauri44 about 3 years ago
I wish that the Crocs could get their own spinoff strip. I really miss them (and am honestly very tired of All Rat All the Time…). Remember when there were full arcs about the Croc family?
Rat about 3 years ago
And there he sat for the rest of his days.
Dianne50 about 3 years ago
“What’s tough?
Life.
What’s life?
A magazine.
Well how much does it cost?
It costs fifteen cents.
But I only got a nickel.
A nickel? Oh, oh well that’s tough."
Spence12 Premium Member about 3 years ago
A government-supplied chair.
zeexenon about 3 years ago
Not when your hemorrhoids begin acting up. Would you like a doughnut? Don’t forget the true reason for the defeat at Waterloo which ended Napoleon’s rule as Emperor of the French.
Ellis97 about 3 years ago
He’s just waiting for pest control to come after him.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 3 years ago
When the world ends, I want a comfortable front row seat. And popcorn.
Ginny Premium Member about 3 years ago
That is so sad.
Lana M. about 3 years ago
Patis is one of the laziest cartoonists around. Panels 1 & 4 are the same, as are panels 2 & 3, with one showing just a tad more than the other. Just different speech balloons.
As Bruce Shopsky liked to say, “Croc Power!”
A bit more diversity wouldn’t hurt… (:
Bilan about 3 years ago
Nobody mentioned that the alternative to what Life gives you is even worse.
DaBump Premium Member about 3 years ago
“I started a joke, which started the whole world crying But I didn’t see that the joke was on me…”
Sisyphos about 3 years ago
Rat, the eternal optimist, sees the bright side of his predicament…
Swirls Before Pine about 3 years ago
If I feel depressed about my inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred, I just listen to “Time” by Pink Floyd.