Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for January 12, 2025

It would be nice if various wars were fought this way instead of killing people.

I imagine this is the only way when rock paper and scissors is taken out of the equation.

Would think with a dog pack “Butt Sniffing” would have something to do with it ;-)

The quote in the last panel reminds me of the advert that ran in the UK in the 70’s and 80’s.

Sank

A poker tournament seems the blindingly obvious option.

I suppose the one at the top of a dog pile would be to brutal. (Did you know you can physically pile all your ships on top of the aircraft carrier, even if that’s cheating the face of the miss’er is priceless)

Boomer’s usually a take-charge type, and he has a size advantage among those shown, but he’s kind of flaky and impractical.

Poncho is certainly an instigator, and can usually manipulate others to his will, but all of his decisions would be about what’s best for Poncho.

Hudson is so conditioned to follow commands that I doubt he’s capable of giving them.

Poo Poo is King of the Purse Dogs, so he has executive experience, but is wraught with insecurity among larger breeds.

Beaumont isn’t pictured, but they’re in his café so he’s probably around. I think he’s bigger than Boomer, and he’s generally pretty level-headed; at least he doesn’t take part in the nonsense the others get into. I say offer him the job, if he wants it. Once the crisis has passed, like Cincinnatus he’ll probably step down and go back behind the counter.

They could decide by playing a game of Risk. Even if it’s just present company competing; a 4-player game of Risk would take so long that, by the time it was over, they’ll have forgotten what they were vying for.

The past tense of “sink” is “sank”, not “sunk”.

For those who remember the old commercial, “You sunk my battleship!” is proper usage.

I also maintain that it’s not incorrect; Webster’s Dictionary defines “sunk” as “past and past part of SINK,” while defining “sank” as only “past of SINK.”

The ship sank. The torpedo sunk the ship. The ship was sunk.

Shouldn’t it have been G-4? Gilligan’s memory must be muddled.

Grampa cheated at battleship but never at checkers.

sirbadger It would be even better than nice! It would be Heaven on earth!!!!!

sirbadger: As a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam war, I couldn’t agree with you more. We could still have those 58,220 vets that died and the other tens of thousands injured that could be whole!