Old age is not for sissies. I’m not as tall as I used to be and it’s harder to reach things that used to be so easy. Just gotta grin and bear it and figure out another way to do some things. Surrendered my driver’s license and got a Real ID instead. Wasn’t driving anyway. .
Folks ask me, what do you think will happen when we die? I say, it’ll be exactly the same as before we were born! Remember? They say, no? I say, exactly!
Second strip in a week on this theme. I wonder what age-related injuries have inspired Pastis to do these? We’ll probably find out whenever they get published in a treasury.
BE THIS GUY about 2 months ago
No one wants to travel to the “undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns.”
DanielRyanMulligan1 about 2 months ago
So do I, RAT, so do I…Dan aka…
BasilBruce about 2 months ago
I have a magnet that reads, “I may get older, but I can be immature my whole life.”
salakfarm Premium Member about 2 months ago
It’s worked so far for me at 83.
Asharah about 2 months ago
Consider the alternative.
Wilde Bill about 2 months ago
It is quite nice, but it’s not for wimps.
Bilan about 2 months ago
That’s not the Grim Reaper, it’s the Boo-boo Banshee.
He’s the one that pushes people down.
Gent about 2 months ago
Big deal. Ya gonna dies one day anyways.
Concretionist about 2 months ago
That’s a REALLY old joke.
But I guess it IS better than the alternative.
jonnytest about 2 months ago
Don’t worry Rar. Even Hades doesn’t want you.
rekam Premium Member about 2 months ago
Old age is not for sissies. I’m not as tall as I used to be and it’s harder to reach things that used to be so easy. Just gotta grin and bear it and figure out another way to do some things. Surrendered my driver’s license and got a Real ID instead. Wasn’t driving anyway. .
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 2 months ago
Folks ask me, what do you think will happen when we die? I say, it’ll be exactly the same as before we were born! Remember? They say, no? I say, exactly!
The Humanist Boss about 2 months ago
The grim reaper don’t sow so why does he reap what he didn’t sow?
iggyman about 2 months ago
Like the saying goes “Better than the alternative!”!
iggyman about 2 months ago
Rat looks death right in the face!
cdward about 2 months ago
As they say, aging is the only way to live.
Troglodyte about 2 months ago
A late great-uncle of mine used to say, “Live long, die young”. If only…
Billll about 2 months ago
80 is the new 60, which is the new 40, until you get hurt doing something you shouldn’t have been doing at 40. Then it’s the new 90.
Out of the Past about 2 months ago
Nothing worse than an old rat.
morningglory73 Premium Member about 2 months ago
Be mindful what you wish for.
Kaputnik about 2 months ago
But eventually, Scythe Guy may come as a friend.
Anyone else remember the Twilight Zone episode “Nothing in the Dark”, with a young Robert Redford as “Mr. Death”?
Ellis97 about 2 months ago
Rats only have a few years to live anyways.
smithsilverstrea about 2 months ago
I don’t mind growing old, its the aging process that is killing me.
Ellis97 about 2 months ago
Rat, I have come for thee!
chris_o42 about 2 months ago
Rat must be reading “Get Fuzzy” since Bucky is currently obsessed with the Grim Reaper also.
stringer831 about 2 months ago
“Do not resent growing old. It is a privilege denied many”.
Croc Holliday about 2 months ago
Seasons don’t fear the reaper………
MS72 about 2 months ago
Only the good die young.
Kilrwat Premium Member about 2 months ago
Give me age and give me death!
ladykat about 2 months ago
Considering the alternative, growing old could be a good thing.
rshive about 2 months ago
The alternative isn’t nearly so nice, Rat.
aerotica69 about 2 months ago
I knew I was old the day I installed a grab bar in the shower.
bignatefan about 2 months ago
As we say, getting old beats the alternative…usually.
prrdh about 2 months ago
“The good die young so they may not be corrupted and the wicked live on so they may have a chance to repent.”
—Paladin
Packratjohn Premium Member about 2 months ago
As I’ve misquoted elsewhere: “The best part of waking up, is just waking up…”
Queen of America about 2 months ago
Yes, Rat. This is what happens. Get used to it. At some point, you’ll wonder when and how you got bruised on your arms.
Cozmik Cowboy about 2 months ago
In an episode of Midsomer Murders, the 50-something Detective Inspector and his 20-something Sergeant are leaving a crime scene at a retirement home:
DS: “88? Who’d want to want to live to be 88??”
DI: “Someone who’s 87?”
mfrasca about 2 months ago
“DON’T THINK OF IT AS DYING. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
—Death, in Good Omens.
tvstevie about 2 months ago
Careful what you wish for.
rick92040 about 2 months ago
Get old or die. Those are our choices.
John Jorgensen about 2 months ago
Second strip in a week on this theme. I wonder what age-related injuries have inspired Pastis to do these? We’ll probably find out whenever they get published in a treasury.
Saurischia Premium Member about 2 months ago
Had this very same conversation with my spouse yesterday!
itsacatsworld Premium Member about 2 months ago
Goat from PBS about 2 months ago
Whenever I see the Grim Reaper, I think of the wolf character from my favorite movie. That’s the true personification of Death.
KEA about 2 months ago
I do do the Dumbest things now. Fortunately, no one is around to be a witness
jbruins84341 about 2 months ago
Getting old is no fun, but it beats the alternative.
elgrecousa Premium Member about 2 months ago
I’ll concentrate on the strip and just say, let’s enjoy life the best we can at any age before it’s all over.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 2 months ago
Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?
wildlandwaters about 2 months ago
I hear ya, Rat. These days I take my steps with a bit more forethought…no more zippin’ around like I used to!
zeexenon about 2 months ago
The vote is unanimous, you should have drowned like a … like a … well, who knows?
FireAnt_Hater about 2 months ago
Getting older certainly beats the alternative.
Buoy about 2 months ago
I don’t know. Death seems to have a nice smile in this one.
gturrentini about 2 months ago
Death of rats character from Terry Pratchett Disc World series.
Tootsie Premium Member about 2 months ago
The situation reminds me of that famous quotation: “Growing old isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.
Scott S about 2 months ago
“What a drag it is getting old” – Mick Jagger
RobinHood about 2 months ago
Oh, What times have come.
chireef about 2 months ago
is that “Death of Rats” from Terry Pratchett’s disc world?
William Stoneham Premium Member about 2 months ago
I fell onto my concrete driveway and ended up in the ER just turning around from the trunk of my car. I swear Death must have tripped me!
danjw2 about 2 months ago
Are you “Talkin’ ’Bout My G-g-g-generation”?
sisterea about 2 months ago
Getting old is not for wimps.
aerilim about 2 months ago
Like my late uncle used to say: “If you don’t want to get old, die young”…
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 2 months ago
Consider the alternative.
Keno21 about 2 months ago
Despite the high cost of living, it continues to be very popular.
j.l.farmer about 2 months ago
At least you survived your fall…others aren’t so lucky!
whelan_jj about 2 months ago
One of my life mottoes: “You can’t help growing older, but you don’t have to get old.” Thank you, George Burns.
alantain about 1 month ago
An insufficiency of ducks.