Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 15, 2002
Transcript:
"'The Adventures of Angry Bob' Volume 1: by Rat." Angry Bob was angry. Very, very angry. He went to the Waffle Barn and ordered two waffles but they did no make him happy." "TYPE TYPE TYPE." "He went to the park. It was sunny. He sat on the warm grass and took off his shoes and smoked a cigarette. It felt good." "TYPE TYPE TYPE." "He spotted the hot dog man. 'I will buy a hot dog and a lemonade and read a book,' he said. 'Then I will be happy.'" "Bob ate his hot dog and drank his lemonade. He put on his glasses and began to read his book. The happiness that had eluded Angry Bob for 33 years was finally his." "TYPE TYPE TYPE." "A Frisbee smashed into Bob's face. Bob choked on the hot dog and died." "TYPE TYPE TYPE." "There's a lesson in there somewhere."
I saw something in the air. It seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. I couldn’t figure out what it was…then it hit me.