Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 13, 2024

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    BasilBruce  3 months ago

    I think “curiosity” is about to kill the Rat.

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    sirbadger  3 months ago

    I am more than curious. I am other things as well.

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    Bilan  3 months ago

    My favorite line: I’m just saying …

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    iggyman  3 months ago

    “Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies” !

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    phobos  3 months ago

    And rat puts another left winger in his place.

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    iggyman  3 months ago

    Mr. Rat, do you prefer cheese over peanut butter? Ha Ha!

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    orinoco womble  3 months ago

    Sometimes “I’m just curious” means “I know this is none of my business.”

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    blunebottle  3 months ago

    “I’m just curious how far you will fly when I smack you.”

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    Kaputnik  3 months ago

    I think that “zung” would be a good past tense for “zing”. Or possibly “zang”.

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    jewlie  3 months ago

    “Can I ask you a question?” is another of those. It a way to force an answer to a rude, invasive question.

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    rogthedodge1  3 months ago

    I am Curious (Yellow)

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    win.45mag  3 months ago

    He’s just lucky Homey didn’t stomp him right then and there

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    Gent  3 months ago

    Good work Rat. That guy a weirdo who is wear dark sunglasses indoors.

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    phritzg Premium Member 3 months ago

    How about this, Rat?

    “Curiouser and curiouser!” Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).

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    Ellis97  3 months ago

    I’m just curious, how come Rat hasn’t been exterminated?

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    Kveldulf  3 months ago

    It turns out that the answer to “Is Rat as dumb as he looks?” is not what we thought.

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    unfair.de  3 months ago

    You don’t have to answer…

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    chris_o42  3 months ago

    Never thought of it that way—but Rat is right.

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    elbow macaroni  3 months ago

    Hurting people substitutes for humor in this strip.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member 3 months ago

    Rat is Unzingable! Dilly! Dilly!

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    Count Olaf Premium Member 3 months ago

    Ask him why he wears those stupid sunglasses indoors and at night. The Count thinks people like that look ridiculous and laughable unless they have a white cane with a red tip. Fools.

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    Goat from PBS  3 months ago

    That’s not at all what that means.

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    Ignatz Premium Member 3 months ago

    Actually, sometimes you’re just curious.

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    mindjob  3 months ago

    Maybe he works for the FBI

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    Mel-T-Pass Premium Member 3 months ago

    This is very well put!

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    Ishka Bibel  3 months ago

    There is an interesting phenomenon in verbal communication whereby you require a millisecond to tune your ear when someone begins talking. So, like a Sunday Comic, the first part of your speech should be a throwaway phrase, not germane to the conversation.

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    rshive  3 months ago

    Rat, the all-knowing.

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    elgrecousa Premium Member 3 months ago

    I think Rat has a point here.

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    mpolo11 Premium Member 3 months ago

    Hey, I’m sincere when I start with that!

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    mpolo11 Premium Member 3 months ago

    And tone of voice has so much to do with it.

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    Kindra Eustace  3 months ago

    Well, I’ll be using this at work now

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    wildlandwaters  3 months ago

    inquiring minds just gotta know!

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    zeexenon  3 months ago

    He has no mouth … like that Twilight Zone nasty, Billy Mumy as Anthony Fremont to his ignorant housemate.

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    Lola85 Premium Member 3 months ago

    That’s not always the case. I say that quite often when I am, in fact, just curious about something without having any kind of agenda.

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    Buoy  3 months ago

    “With all due respect…”

    “No offense, but…”

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    bobknowlden  3 months ago

    No offense. Just sayin’.

    Best responded to with a baseball bat. ;-)

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    lsnrchrd.1 Premium Member 3 months ago

    When did Tucker Carlson start shaving his head and wearing shades?

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    Curiosity Premium Member 3 months ago

    Not always true, or at least not from me, but I have seen this pattern too often.

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    Radish the wordsmith  3 months ago

    Curiosity killed the cat who was annoying the rat.

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    christelisbetty  3 months ago

    My standard reply, to “Can I ask you a question ?.” is, “Sure, but I may not give you an answer.”

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    eddi-TBH  3 months ago

    I usually just take the fifth. Or the Fifth.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  3 months ago
    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool Rat ever, still shame on you.
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    bunrabbit99  3 months ago

    just like when someone says something horrible & when called on it, insists, “i was just joking.”

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  3 months ago

    Rat hit this one square on t he head.

    And remember the Fred Astaire Song—"How Can You Believe Me When i Say “I LOVE YOU” When You Know I’ve Been a Liar All My Life?"

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