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.
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.
BasilBruce 3 months ago
I think “curiosity” is about to kill the Rat.
sirbadger 3 months ago
I am more than curious. I am other things as well.
Bilan 3 months ago
My favorite line: I’m just saying …
iggyman 3 months ago
“Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies” !
phobos 3 months ago
And rat puts another left winger in his place.
iggyman 3 months ago
Mr. Rat, do you prefer cheese over peanut butter? Ha Ha!
orinoco womble 3 months ago
Sometimes “I’m just curious” means “I know this is none of my business.”
blunebottle 3 months ago
“I’m just curious how far you will fly when I smack you.”
Kaputnik 3 months ago
I think that “zung” would be a good past tense for “zing”. Or possibly “zang”.
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.
rogthedodge1 3 months ago
I am Curious (Yellow)
win.45mag 3 months ago
He’s just lucky Homey didn’t stomp him right then and there
Gent 3 months ago
Good work Rat. That guy a weirdo who is wear dark sunglasses indoors.
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).
Ellis97 3 months ago
I’m just curious, how come Rat hasn’t been exterminated?
Kveldulf 3 months ago
It turns out that the answer to “Is Rat as dumb as he looks?” is not what we thought.
unfair.de 3 months ago
You don’t have to answer…
chris_o42 3 months ago
Never thought of it that way—but Rat is right.
elbow macaroni 3 months ago
Hurting people substitutes for humor in this strip.
Count Olaf Premium Member 3 months ago
Rat is Unzingable! Dilly! Dilly!
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.
Goat from PBS 3 months ago
That’s not at all what that means.
Ignatz Premium Member 3 months ago
Actually, sometimes you’re just curious.
mindjob 3 months ago
Maybe he works for the FBI
Mel-T-Pass Premium Member 3 months ago
This is very well put!
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.
rshive 3 months ago
Rat, the all-knowing.
elgrecousa Premium Member 3 months ago
I think Rat has a point here.
mpolo11 Premium Member 3 months ago
Hey, I’m sincere when I start with that!
mpolo11 Premium Member 3 months ago
And tone of voice has so much to do with it.
Kindra Eustace 3 months ago
Well, I’ll be using this at work now
wildlandwaters 3 months ago
inquiring minds just gotta know!
zeexenon 3 months ago
He has no mouth … like that Twilight Zone nasty, Billy Mumy as Anthony Fremont to his ignorant housemate.
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.
Buoy 3 months ago
“With all due respect…”
“No offense, but…”
bobknowlden 3 months ago
No offense. Just sayin’.
Best responded to with a baseball bat. ;-)
lsnrchrd.1 Premium Member 3 months ago
When did Tucker Carlson start shaving his head and wearing shades?
Curiosity Premium Member 3 months ago
Not always true, or at least not from me, but I have seen this pattern too often.
Radish the wordsmith 3 months ago
Curiosity killed the cat who was annoying the rat.
christelisbetty 3 months ago
My standard reply, to “Can I ask you a question ?.” is, “Sure, but I may not give you an answer.”
eddi-TBH 3 months ago
I usually just take the fifth. Or the Fifth.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 3 months ago
bunrabbit99 3 months ago
just like when someone says something horrible & when called on it, insists, “i was just joking.”
[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?"