Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 14, 2016

Does Joe know about Rat?

Rat may like to see Esther, but does Esther want to see him?:First “See Esther” comment!

Coffee. It’s not considered a drug to my knowledge, but it should.

Rat sleeping in a Coffee Shop. What a twist.

Snce when does Rat guzzle wine? I thought he was always a beer man…….er, rat.

Uhh, hate to be the one to break this to you, Rat, but from 2:00 in the afternoon until 9:30 in the morning is more like nineteen-and-a-half hours, not ten….Best have some wine and then sleep off the shock of it all….

I think a quick call to the Board of Health is in order.

Hate it when Rat plays dress-up…………….sleeping with a bow-tie on……………………

Er, Spain hasn’t been doing so well, lately……Well, OK, so neither have we, I’ll grant you that…

If 1968 was the dawning, then this must be the morning coffee break of the Age of Aquarius.

How has Rat not been fired yet?

It’s actually 2:00 to 5:00. My daughter just got back from six weeks in Spain and is having trouble adjusting to no siesta! LOL

this must be like Rat’s 5th stint with Joe’s roaster.

Sisyphos, It COULD be ten hours… we don’t know how he adjusted it, and I’m guessing he STARTED EARLY. Sleeping from 2 p.m. until morning isn’t a siesta, really.

I think he started at 9:30 (or maybe 9, since he was already asleep), and will keep going until 6 p.m. (or 6:30), which would be nine hours.

…and go till 7:00 or 7:30 and it’s ten.

Rat should not have interrupted the health inspector mid-sentence like that. His chances of receiving a passing grade were already looking grim.

“Wake me up before you go go. Don’t leave me hanging on like a yo-yo”

Pretty surprised nobody thought of that.

xxx