Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 15, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  over 2 years ago

    Don’t forget Netflixosis.

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    Robin Harwood  over 2 years ago

    As long-term sufferer from both conditions, I sympathise with you, Rat.

    (And they seem to be incurable, as well. )

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    BasilBruce  over 2 years ago

    I think Rat’s just a La-Z-Boy.

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    carlsonbob  over 2 years ago

    Sounds like Anal Glaucoma. He can’t see his butt getting out of bed.

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    Ryan B Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Any rat just lying on a sofa should be dead.

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    Cornelius Noodleman  over 2 years ago

    He any relation to Andy Capp.

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    Packratjohn Premium Member over 2 years ago

    A sofectomy would resolve that problem, but the side effects may be worse

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    Kind&Kinder  over 2 years ago

    As the ancient comedians used to say, “He’s got dropsey and heart disease. Once he drops, he hasn’t got the heart to get up!”

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    SmallMeadow  over 2 years ago

    This is scary! The sofitis pandemic is spreading like wildfire and I haven’t had my shot yet!

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    iggyman  over 2 years ago

    A lot of Idontfeellikegoingbacktotheofficeitis lately!

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    iggyman  over 2 years ago

    A lot of that going around Goat!

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    nosirrom  over 2 years ago

    And chipscarfosis.

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    Sanspareil  over 2 years ago

    So Mr high and faluting Goat, what job do you have to laud it over the rat?

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    [Traveler] Premium Member over 2 years ago

    One of the side affects of the Covid lockdown

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    Ellis97  over 2 years ago

    His disability is Chronic Slacker Disorder.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Followed by a nap attack. Sounds like a plan to The Count. Minus the beer.

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    franki_g  over 2 years ago

    Years ago I took a class on medical terminology, and IIRC

    -osis denotes a condition

    -itis denotes inflammation

    so an inflamed sofa, often accompanied by a condition of beer and inflamed guzzle.

    I guess if my sofa was in flames, I’d guzzle something – but on my way out the door! (and that WOULD be an opportunity for a beer run!)

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    monya_43  over 2 years ago

    Problem with that is that one needs a job to have money to buy the beer.

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    kenwarnerfordictator  over 2 years ago

    A lot of people have Rat’s “disability.” That is why we are 20 trillion dollars in debt. Rat would make a good democrat.

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    SheMc  over 2 years ago

    Oh it has a name!!!

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    WaitingMan  over 2 years ago

    I have a chronic case of sofitis. However, being in my late sixties and retired, I do not see it as a disability. More of a lifestyle.

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    rshive  over 2 years ago

    Some disabilities are bad. Others, not so much.

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    tripwire45  over 2 years ago

    I suspect the pandemic left a few people with these ‘disabilities.’

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    YippiKiAyMofo  over 2 years ago

    Speaking of beertosis guzzleitis: TGIF! Let the adult beverages flow swift and strong!

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    HOTLOTUS1  over 2 years ago

    other side effects may include but not limited to, unemploymentitis, gamingia and sore thumbatitis

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    Gandalf  over 2 years ago

    The sofa is too uncomfortable…. I’ll take a good recliner…

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    Limited Edition  over 2 years ago

    These must be the only disabilities that are actually fun…

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    F-Flash  over 2 years ago

    20 mg of Sofabenzipin will cure that

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    aerotica69  over 2 years ago

    Almost as bad as lazboyitis combined with AnimalPlanetosis.

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    Snolep  over 2 years ago

    That disability also works for my “to do” list in retirement.

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    bhcaruso  over 2 years ago

    Thank you for using the correct form of " to lie". I was sure it was a goner; laid out in lavender, so to speak.

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    Zebrastripes  over 2 years ago

    There’s always an excuse….lame RAT!

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    petermerck  over 2 years ago

    Recently added to the list of ailments for medical Marijuana.

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    Goat from PBS  over 2 years ago

    There’s always the “work from home” option.

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    198.23.5.11  over 2 years ago

    Transfer Rat to THE DUPLEX.

    And as the old joke goes—“He’s half lion and half dragon”.

    The top half is lyin’ and the bottom half is draggin’.

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    raybarb44  over 2 years ago

    The two together can be devastating…..

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    CaveCat87  over 2 years ago

    Somebody needs to put an alarm in the sofa whenever Rat get ‘Sofitis’. That will get him up and more likely to find a job.

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    Seed_drill  over 2 years ago

    We would cynically refer to AWD. Aversion to Work Disorder.

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    SofaKing  over 2 years ago

    I have Teamsterus Retiritus. The symptoms are the same.

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    Bookworm  over 2 years ago

    Rat, my friend, id est bovem cacas!

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    marilynnbyerly  over 2 years ago

    I’m a bit more ambitious. I have retired-person office chair syndrome which tends toward paying solitaire while listening to YouTube on the home-office desktop computer.

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    John Jorgensen  over 2 years ago

    I’ve got sofitis too.

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    Eric S   over 2 years ago

    I have anxiety trying to look for work too, it stems from going through a large phone book or two’s height in applications, and being turned down or not even getting an interview on any single one of them. <>

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    donwestonmysteries  over 2 years ago

    I must have reclineritis.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 2 years ago

    I have another name for Rat’s ‘disability’: laziness.

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    asrialfeeple  over 2 years ago

    The Zebras are safe! At least for now. http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2022/04/13/1326-pearls-before-raccoons/

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    bunrabbit99  over 2 years ago

    not to mention the pizzalysis!

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    rugeirn  over 2 years ago

    He’ll be cured as soon as the imminent cashectomy occurs.

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    Sisyphos  over 2 years ago

    Rat’s hypochondria is real enough, and he is clever about it….

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    dimndno  over 2 years ago

    Accompanied by a case of “The #^<&-its!”

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