And then there are those drivers, first in line at the traffic light, who, when the light turns green, just sit there and sit there. Eventually you see their head bob up from staring at their phone, noticing the green light and they finally go. I don’t honk… they’re too many whackadoodles around who’ll jump out of their car with a gun.
If the goobs are staring at their phone (you know the type, the ones who have to pick up and look at their phones the second they come to a stoplight) then they deserve both a honking and a one-finger salute.
I think this is going to play out for Rat like it did for Jerry when he met Jeannie.
“this woman is different, she’s incredible. she’s just like me. She talks like me, she acts like me. We even have the same initials. Wait a minute, I just realized what’s going on… Now I know what I’ve been looking for all these years—myself! I’ve been waiting for me to come along and now I’ve swept myself off my feet.”later“I realized what the problem is. I can’t be with someone like me. I hate myself!! If anything I need to get the exact opposite of me. It’s too much. I can’t take it!”
You mean you have to physically push the mechanism on the steering wheel to honk the horn? In South Florida, is is MANDATORY that all cars are equipped with a device that causes the horns on the 2nd and 3rd cars in line to honk within 1.27 milliseconds after the light turns green.
I always hesitate a bit as I watch for cars running through the intersection on a yellow light turning red or even a red light. Saved me more than once.
NYC the people had their hand on the horn and would hit it the moment the light turned. I was driving a standard shift and would just push the clutch in to slow ever so slightly without a brake light.
I only honk a millisecond after the green if I watched him speeding up behind me zip over, pass, and zip back to be first at the red light. My riders say, “Tom don’t do it.”
Many years ago my favorite bar hosted speed dating for one night only. I didn’t know they were doing so, I just walked in and idly wondered why there was such a big crowd, but took it in stride. I sat at a high top and some woman sat down across from me and started telling me the basics of her life story. I nodded and smiled and made a few non-commital sounds like “Oh, wow” but I wasn’t at all interested. Then she asked me about myself, I shrugged and said “There’s not much to tell” and looked down at my phone. She said “Wait, are you not here for speed dating?” and that’s when I realized what was up.
A short while later I caught the eye of two or three other regulars who’d been similarly taken unawares. We decided that since the place was packed and noisy we would take our drinks out onto the patio. (It was the kind of bar that attracted people who wanted to enjoy some peace and quiet on their night out.) We spent most of the rest of the evening making fun of the speed daters.
I was visiting L.A in the 90’s, and this was wild. Being from a rural part of NC this was an eye opening experience. As soon as the light turned green, horns would start honking. But, hey, Go Dodgers!
When I’m the second one in line, I’ll give them a three count (1 mississippi, 2 mississippi, 3 mississippi) then a short toot. Then they put their phone down and flip me off.
C 23 days ago
The important stuff
XF8U-3 23 days ago
the kids, oh god no….
GeorgeInAZ 23 days ago
Well, yeah.
sirbadger 23 days ago
Now, they need a car with 2 honk the horn buttons.
hariseldon59 23 days ago
Please don’t let these two have children.
mnexplorer+ 23 days ago
There is someone for everyone!
BasilBruce 23 days ago
This is wonderful news—now no one else will be stuck with either one of them!
ArcticFox Premium Member 23 days ago
Pig can be best man!!!
ivanprime93 23 days ago
There is someone for everyone.
Algolei I 23 days ago
Rats, am I right?
tonypezzano 23 days ago
I hope this continues on Monday.
phobos 23 days ago
So rat finally married.. the female version of himself
I need a burrito 23 days ago
I wonder if this will be an arc
MathProf2 23 days ago
Ratita?
c001 23 days ago
The physicists are wrong. The shortest measurable time span is not 250 zeptoseconds but the time between the green light and the first honk.
NullUnit60 23 days ago
HEY! I got gas & 1st gear for two cars!
hale1106 23 days ago
I love how they both stand up :)
Duke of Omnium 23 days ago
There’s someone for everyone … even Rat
Concretionist 23 days ago
I’m pretty sure that both being equally hard to get along with isn’t a good recipe for a long and pleasant marriage.
iggyman 23 days ago
Will they have a love nest, or a Rat’s nest?!
Purple People Eater 23 days ago
I’ve had people honk at me the second the light turns yellow, even though the red light is still on.
wongo 23 days ago
And what kind of gesture might that be? Hum? Might it be the indexing digit? Hum?
Guy from southern Indiana 23 days ago
And then there are those drivers, first in line at the traffic light, who, when the light turns green, just sit there and sit there. Eventually you see their head bob up from staring at their phone, noticing the green light and they finally go. I don’t honk… they’re too many whackadoodles around who’ll jump out of their car with a gun.
Cornelius Noodleman 23 days ago
Rat’s wearing a bow tie.
donlackie 23 days ago
1 second? You gotta give them time to take their foot off the brake. 2 seconds is reasonable
markkahler52 23 days ago
Marry and move to Antarctica!
Gent 23 days ago
Oh noes. Rats is goings to multiplies and infestation problems going to gets worse now.
The Orange Mailman 23 days ago
Anuptaphobia
JudyAz 23 days ago
“He who takes off on the green…
Gets T-boned by the one running to beat the red."
Huckleberry Hiroshima 23 days ago
A female rat with blonde hair. It’s gotta be a wig, Rat. Watch out for additional fake stuff.
Procat Premium Member 23 days ago
She must not drink as there isn’t one in front of her
Huckleberry Hiroshima 23 days ago
Oh my, there going to breed. And rats can produce thousands of offspring per year. We’re dooomed!
Croc Holliday 23 days ago
If the goobs are staring at their phone (you know the type, the ones who have to pick up and look at their phones the second they come to a stoplight) then they deserve both a honking and a one-finger salute.
Ellis97 23 days ago
Rat finally dates another rat and it’s true love at first sight. I wonder how long it’ll last.
Slowly, he turned... 23 days ago
How long can this possibly last?
Willywise52 Premium Member 23 days ago
Hopefully they agree on people who don’t use turn signals too.
TheBigPickle 23 days ago
And so, we enter a new chapter…
brianstreleckis 23 days ago
Oh I hope this becomes an arc.
akachman Premium Member 23 days ago
Gah!! I want to be invited to the wedding, please!!
Lee26 Premium Member 23 days ago
Does this mean that they could gasp breed??!
Steverino Premium Member 23 days ago
If you do that in Miami, you might get shot.
mindjob 23 days ago
When you know she’s the right one, you don’t have to wait around
F-Flash 23 days ago
My kind of woman, get oof your phone and drive you dead beat.
Dom999 23 days ago
I think this is going to play out for Rat like it did for Jerry when he met Jeannie.
“this woman is different, she’s incredible. she’s just like me. She talks like me, she acts like me. We even have the same initials. Wait a minute, I just realized what’s going on… Now I know what I’ve been looking for all these years—myself! I’ve been waiting for me to come along and now I’ve swept myself off my feet.”later“I realized what the problem is. I can’t be with someone like me. I hate myself!! If anything I need to get the exact opposite of me. It’s too much. I can’t take it!”
monya_43 23 days ago
They will love making each other’s life miserable and complain about it, consequently making others miserable. I’ve known couples like that.
CaveCat87 23 days ago
Oh no, now there’s two of them?! I wonder what will happen if that female rat and Pigita met with each other?
mrsdonaldson 23 days ago
Aw, there’s somebody for everybody.
morningglory73 Premium Member 23 days ago
Now they can both get worse together.
jimboklein 23 days ago
You mean you have to physically push the mechanism on the steering wheel to honk the horn? In South Florida, is is MANDATORY that all cars are equipped with a device that causes the horns on the 2nd and 3rd cars in line to honk within 1.27 milliseconds after the light turns green.
kaycstamper 23 days ago
Oh horror of horrors! Whatever happened to marrying someone who brings out the BEST in you!
hoffquotes2 23 days ago
But does she have a bat?
Munch 23 days ago
You do have a lot more people looking down at their cell phone now.
HunterZero000 23 days ago
Awww I ships it <33333333
royq27 23 days ago
There is an old saying that the fastest known period of time is between a light going green and a NYC taxi honking…
gigagrouch 23 days ago
The very definition of the “New York Minute.”
Count Olaf Premium Member 23 days ago
Ain’t ❤️ grand?
Skippy the Magnificent 23 days ago
I honk if I see someone screwing around on their phone.
n32816 23 days ago
They must live in Boston!
Radish the wordsmith 23 days ago
The continuation of the rat race is assured.
Goat from PBS 23 days ago
Please, Stephan, don’t let these two have kids. I have enough problems in this strip.
Larry S 23 days ago
I always hesitate a bit as I watch for cars running through the intersection on a yellow light turning red or even a red light. Saved me more than once.
ChazNCenTex 23 days ago
Love at first slight?
Ishka Bibel 23 days ago
NYC the people had their hand on the horn and would hit it the moment the light turned. I was driving a standard shift and would just push the clutch in to slow ever so slightly without a brake light.
Alberta Oil Premium Member 23 days ago
Rats.. are not fussy. They do not go for looks, or anything for that matter.
Dianne50 23 days ago
I never go the minute the light turns green. I have more than once avoided an accident by hesitating as some vehicle ran the red light in front of me.
InuYugiHakusho 23 days ago
They were made for each other.
zeexenon 23 days ago
I only honk a millisecond after the green if I watched him speeding up behind me zip over, pass, and zip back to be first at the red light. My riders say, “Tom don’t do it.”
John Jorgensen 23 days ago
Many years ago my favorite bar hosted speed dating for one night only. I didn’t know they were doing so, I just walked in and idly wondered why there was such a big crowd, but took it in stride. I sat at a high top and some woman sat down across from me and started telling me the basics of her life story. I nodded and smiled and made a few non-commital sounds like “Oh, wow” but I wasn’t at all interested. Then she asked me about myself, I shrugged and said “There’s not much to tell” and looked down at my phone. She said “Wait, are you not here for speed dating?” and that’s when I realized what was up.
A short while later I caught the eye of two or three other regulars who’d been similarly taken unawares. We decided that since the place was packed and noisy we would take our drinks out onto the patio. (It was the kind of bar that attracted people who wanted to enjoy some peace and quiet on their night out.) We spent most of the rest of the evening making fun of the speed daters.
AtariDragon 23 days ago
Yeah, this sounds about right.
Waittilnxyr 23 days ago
I was visiting L.A in the 90’s, and this was wild. Being from a rural part of NC this was an eye opening experience. As soon as the light turned green, horns would start honking. But, hey, Go Dodgers!
carlsonbob 23 days ago
I bet their arguments will be EPIC!
Bilan 23 days ago
Rat was right yesterday. His life is getting better and better
greenlynn Premium Member 23 days ago
Rat found his soul mate
elgrecousa Premium Member 23 days ago
Get serious fellows, how long do you think they’ll last together?
CleverHans Premium Member 23 days ago
Ah, Romeo and Juliet…Bonnie and Clyde…the Joker and Harley Quinn…
razzledazzle295 23 days ago
Let’s face it. They’re made for each other.
Cameron1988 Premium Member 23 days ago
Wow, Rat dating, and connecting with his own species
willie_mctell 23 days ago
I’m predicting an ephemeral union.
Aladar30 Premium Member 23 days ago
Kinda hope she’s not going to just disappear tomorrow.
EXCALABUR 23 days ago
They say there is someone out there for everybody
JCLV 22 days ago
When I’m the second one in line, I’ll give them a three count (1 mississippi, 2 mississippi, 3 mississippi) then a short toot. Then they put their phone down and flip me off.
Tom in WV 22 days ago
Ratitia?
Asharah 22 days ago
They will eat their young
dolf37 22 days ago
I’m so happy for Rat!
Ceeg22 Premium Member 7 days ago
If the car behind me honks as soon as the light turns green, I turn on my hazards and sit there until the light turns yellow