My kids make me feel almost the same except I’m looking for peace and quiet from the bedlam. To make it worse, now we’re snowed in. I can’t even open the doors to get outside and shovel. Somebody, please get the damn sledgehammer.
Maybe this is the cure for my insomnia. My mind, too, is constantly going, only it’s usually on thoughts such as: someone named Trump was “president”, the moon is made of green cheese, Rog the Dodge is 72 years old, and other absurdities.
Have the same condition. . .only my mind is stacked with old song lyrics. . .30s and 40s mostly, but some 50s and 60s. . .so I’m happier than Rat. . .course I’m happier than Rat at any time. . .Luck, Be a Lady Tonight . . . When you see a guy standin’ out in the rain, Chances are he’s insane as only a John can be for a Jane. . .You have the cool, clear eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth, Yet there’s that SLAM-BANG -TANG reminiscent of gin and vermouth. . .NO commercials, thank gawd!
As Archimedes once famously observed, "“Give me a mallet heavy enough and a rat with which to wallop with it, and I shall move the world.” (It got changed in translation to something about levers and fulcrums, just to make all those science nerds happy.) 8>}
sleep works as well, with less chance of a headache. But there are always dreams that you may need to contend with. Luckily most of mine are good dreams…
“Life in Hell” by Matt Groening had an Abkar and Jeff strip titled: “Abkar and Jeff’s Treatment Center for Chemical Dependency and Bad Habits”. They offered free beer and promised to fix problems such as heroin addiction, satanic worship, voting republican, poor posture and grabbing food from others…. Sounds like it would right up Rat’s alley. I think the strip came out in the late Reagan years, ’87 or so.
BE THIS GUY over 3 years ago
The easier ways are usually addictive.
DennisinSeattle Premium Member over 3 years ago
I’m next in line!
Wilde Bill over 3 years ago
It looks like a win-win from where I’m sitting.
B UTTONS over 3 years ago
Croquet anyone?
When everyone gets bored, shift to a game of “Rat” polo.
By then, Rat may have a blissful nap.
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
euthanize the sucker!
marilynnbyerly over 3 years ago
The neighborhood bully did that to his kid brother a few times. The boy was never right after that.
Concretionist over 3 years ago
Hit him again, he seems to need a bigger dose.
Ed A. over 3 years ago
Consciousness is overrated.
alaskajohn1 over 3 years ago
Can we keep Rat in this state permanently?
tudza Premium Member over 3 years ago
I don’t know, looks like a good plan. Trouble is you can’t keep doing it. If you want to be nice that is.
BasilBruce over 3 years ago
“Would you like one lump or two?”
Packratjohn Premium Member over 3 years ago
We refer to this as an “altered state”.
gopher gofer over 3 years ago
wow, that plan was a knockout…
Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 3 years ago
And it’s the happiest WE’VE been in weeks.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member over 3 years ago
Note that Goat did not hesitate to hit Rat.
iggyman over 3 years ago
Nailed him! Sweet dreams!
mattro65 over 3 years ago
My kids make me feel almost the same except I’m looking for peace and quiet from the bedlam. To make it worse, now we’re snowed in. I can’t even open the doors to get outside and shovel. Somebody, please get the damn sledgehammer.
Hugh B. Hayve over 3 years ago
You had me at “Hit me…..”.
Troglodyte over 3 years ago
Rat is going to end up as a junkie if he keeps up with this thought process!
Caldonia over 3 years ago
It’s Xanax, dude.
rogthedodge1 over 3 years ago
Maybe this is the cure for my insomnia. My mind, too, is constantly going, only it’s usually on thoughts such as: someone named Trump was “president”, the moon is made of green cheese, Rog the Dodge is 72 years old, and other absurdities.
Sanspareil over 3 years ago
Rat should watch the Hallmark channel, guaranteed to turn his mind to blissful mush!
Gent over 3 years ago
I thought Rat had alcohol as an alternative solution.
mail2jbl over 3 years ago
You’d have thought Goat would have enjoyed that more, considering how Rat has tormented him over the years.
Procat Premium Member over 3 years ago
Goat should go get a golf club. Not sure about a wood or iron, it depends on how far you want Rats nose to go.
Breadboard over 3 years ago
Should of used a baseball bat. That way you could say one , two , three strikes your out ! …. Croc Power !
zerotvus over 3 years ago
i wonder…did he yell FORE before he struck him?
jel354 over 3 years ago
I doubt Goat needed much persuasion to do that.
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
A little bit of vino will fix you right up…partake of the grape with dinner….
ekw555 over 3 years ago
people will line up to help out rat now!
Ellis97 over 3 years ago
Maybe we should just leave him there.
1953Baby over 3 years ago
Have the same condition. . .only my mind is stacked with old song lyrics. . .30s and 40s mostly, but some 50s and 60s. . .so I’m happier than Rat. . .course I’m happier than Rat at any time. . .Luck, Be a Lady Tonight . . . When you see a guy standin’ out in the rain, Chances are he’s insane as only a John can be for a Jane. . .You have the cool, clear eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth, Yet there’s that SLAM-BANG -TANG reminiscent of gin and vermouth. . .NO commercials, thank gawd!
diskus Premium Member over 3 years ago
I just go to bed early. As a friend once said “cancel the day”
tripwire45 over 3 years ago
There are plenty of people I’d love to “make happy” by hitting them over the head with a mallet.
uniquename over 3 years ago
Who enjoyed that more? Rat or Goat?
AndreasMartin over 3 years ago
Maybe there are easier ways, but they are not as satisfying. For the guy with the mallet. That goes without saying.
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
The beatings with the mallet will continue until final Rest In Peace is attained….
KEA over 3 years ago
We have an expression for Rat’s problem: ‘The hamster won’t stop running.’
kda2 over 3 years ago
I don’t usually relate to Rat …
iggyman over 3 years ago
Unfortunately, he eventually comes to!
Chalres over 3 years ago
Maybe Larry “nose” a better way
awcoffman over 3 years ago
Side benefit – it also puts an end to tweeting, and the tweeter-in-chief could stop losing sleep over the election.
Bookworm over 3 years ago
As Archimedes once famously observed, "“Give me a mallet heavy enough and a rat with which to wallop with it, and I shall move the world.” (It got changed in translation to something about levers and fulcrums, just to make all those science nerds happy.) 8>}
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
Some times call for extreme measures…….
royclark over 3 years ago
I wish someone would do this to me1
bbbmorrell over 3 years ago
if you could guarantee I would not wake up till say, Jan 21, I’d do it.
InuYugiHakusho over 3 years ago
Who wouldn’t take Rat up on his offer to smack him upside the head with a mallet?
The Brooklyn Accent over 3 years ago
Tomorrow he’ll be asking you to hit him with your rhythm stick.
vjorgensen54 over 3 years ago
and not as much fun.
vtdba over 3 years ago
Goat must have been thinking “OH, GOD, THAT FELT GOOD!” when hit him. – Credit to My Fellow Americans; When Douglass pushes Kramer from a moving train
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
We all wish we could go to sleep and wake up in a world where crazy people aren’t steering the country into a ditch.
zeexenon over 3 years ago
May I suggest 5 or 10 minutes deep breathing boiled marijuana and dihydrogen monoxide.
NWdryad over 3 years ago
Me next! Me next!
dragonfury98 over 3 years ago
sleep works as well, with less chance of a headache. But there are always dreams that you may need to contend with. Luckily most of mine are good dreams…
asrialfeeple over 3 years ago
Sweet dreams, Rat!
Natarose over 3 years ago
He he he he! I have been wanting to do that to the rat for quite some time.
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Where’s the line?
TampaFanatic1 over 3 years ago
“Life in Hell” by Matt Groening had an Abkar and Jeff strip titled: “Abkar and Jeff’s Treatment Center for Chemical Dependency and Bad Habits”. They offered free beer and promised to fix problems such as heroin addiction, satanic worship, voting republican, poor posture and grabbing food from others…. Sounds like it would right up Rat’s alley. I think the strip came out in the late Reagan years, ’87 or so.
Goat from PBS about 2 years ago
You have no idea how much I enjoyed doing that.