Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 16, 2009

Transcript:

Rat says, "Our long national nightmare is over. Tom Wilson, Jr. has agreed to put pants on Ziggy in today's 'Ziggy' strip." Pastis says, "You?re kidding. What'd you have to bribe him with to make him do that?" Rat says, "I gave him one of our characters. All he asked for was someone soft and cuddly and cute that Ziggy could snuggle with." Pastis says, "Oh, great. So what- you gave him Snuffles the cat?" Rat says, "No no no...I didn't give him snuffles. I made sure it wasn't anyone the strip would miss." Pastis says, "This makes me feel uncomfortable."