Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 05, 2014
Transcript:
Goat: It's so hard to meet new people. You can never tell if you're gonna end up liking or disliking them. Rat: I can tell immediately if I'm gonna dislike a guy. Goat: How? Rat: He ties his sweaters around his neck. Goat: You really don't help. Rat: The sweater-neckers are a pompous breed.
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
Garry Shandling once said that when he meets these people, he thinks they were just too stupid to know how to put on a sweater. He always looks that their feet to see if they have their socks tied around their ankles.
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
So, is Rat more of a guy who ties a sweater around the waist?
cdgar over 10 years ago
I could live with the strange sweater wearers in Sausalito as long as I was dining at Zack’s By-The-Bay. Great Food. RIP Zack’s and my youth.
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
Rat is right about the sweater-neckers. The overwhelming majority of those I have known were East Coast Elite Ivy Leaguers who could scarcely wait to let you know how much richer, better bred, smarter, and generally more fabulous than you they were.
jbmlaw01 over 10 years ago
Are sweater-necks more obnoxious than bicyclists?
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 10 years ago
You cannot always judge people by their appearances.But your first impressions often turn out to be entirely valid.Rat is correct. No point in risking it.
e.groves over 10 years ago
How about sunglasses on the back of the head, mullets?
steverinoCT over 10 years ago
Backwards ball-cap, combined with a several-days’ beard and a dangling cigarette…
jessegooddoggy over 10 years ago
I guess I have led a sheltered 65 years having never seen a man with his sweater tied around his neck. Ewwwww….
Dabattlebacca over 10 years ago
Wait! didn’t Rat say he could tell if he will dislike a guy because they’re breathing and have eyes?
MeGoNow Premium Member over 10 years ago
Yes. The Greg Marmalades of the world. (Probably Bruce Jenner, too, these days.)
Michael Harris over 10 years ago
If you want to meet new people become an obstetrician…………..
Packratjohn Premium Member over 10 years ago
It’s “déclassé”, but yeah, you’re right.
Ermine Notyours over 10 years ago
Seattle was one of the top 10 cities to win a live appearance of Red Green introducing his movie Duct Tape Forever. I attended the movie, but by the end the room was too hot for a sweater, so I tied it around my neck, thus resembling a character from the show. Instant cos-play!
Les Gray over 10 years ago
backwards ball-cap guys all in same boat as sweater neck guys who think they are sooooo cool
gailneal over 10 years ago
sometimes sweater-neckers are just too lazy to walk back to their cars to get rid of the unneeded sweater
Number Three over 10 years ago
Oh here is another one of Rat’s Rants…Stay tuned.xxx
claire de la lune. over 10 years ago
lemony snicket said that first impressions are normally wrong.
Lamberger over 10 years ago
I have awakened after a night of steaming ashore with the taste of the soles of a Basque goat herder’s sweaty sandal in my mouth.
TMO1 Premium Member over 10 years ago
You have to live in a decent climate (Pastis’ California) to ever need to do this. In the south, it’s always too hot from May to early October to ever layer clothes like that. I’ve never seen anyone in the south tie a sweater around their neck.
if(comicStrip == "funny") {return "laughter";} almost 5 years ago
Thought he was going to say ‘they breathe’ again
alantain over 1 year ago
I dislike all the tall people who step on me and say, “Sorry, I didn’t see you there.”