Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 06, 2014
Transcript:
Rat: What do you want for your birthday this year, ma? Rat's Mom: Ohhh, I don't want anything. Rat: Well, I'm gonna get you something, so what do you want? Rat's Mom: You don't have to get me anything. Rat: Please name something. Rat's Mom: Save your money. Rat: Ma, you're gonna end up with a gift you don't like. Rat's Mom: Ohh, I like everything. Rat: Fine. Rat: Happy birthday, ma... It's a cooked-squid-on-roller-skates-clock-radio. Rat's Mom: Oh, son... This is the best birthday ever. Rat: Moms are different.
Phatts over 10 years ago
you just now figure this out, Rat?
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
That particular one is certainly different from her son. Makes me wonder what the father’s like…
Zebra=D over 10 years ago
THIRD COMMENT
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
This is exactly true-to-life. Moms are moms. Hurrah!
jackhs over 10 years ago
My Mother and Rat’s Mother are a lot alike.
jackhs over 10 years ago
In fact I am a lot like Rat myself
dadoctah over 10 years ago
Remember back when he got her that singing fish on a plaque?
juicebruce over 10 years ago
It’s squid day ! “Over the Hedge” has squid also. Watch out for the eggplant.
KZ71 over 10 years ago
Ya know dukedoug, where I come from, when you get the first comment you are congratulated.
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 10 years ago
looks like Rat doesn’t get his personality, from his mother
puddlesplatt over 10 years ago
Thank goodness ,for little Moms, what would we do without them.{one of my favorite songs}
Matthew Davis over 10 years ago
I don’t think he was trying to be nice… it just worked out that way.
CoBass over 10 years ago
Rat and I have the same Mom???
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 10 years ago
Rat has a mother? That shoots down my theory, that he was the result of an Area 41 project gone awry!
hariseldon59 over 10 years ago
If you take out the squid it doesn’t seem like such a bad gift.
liberalnlovinit over 10 years ago
I WANT ONE OF THOSE! Where can I get one?
Wal-Mart MUST have one!
Number Three over 10 years ago
Rat’s mum is lovely. Unlike her son!
xxx
Spyderred over 10 years ago
Mothers get a lot of practice praising plaques made of a child’s hand in plaster and so on. My son, who is now in his late 40s, made a small table vase when he was 11 and it still has pride of place in my living room. I am so lucky in that every one of my children make me so proud that they have become good husbands, wives, mothers and dads themselves.
tmick2001 over 10 years ago
I didn’t know there was a competition to be one of the first to comment. Does GoComics give prizes or medals?
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
My mom-in-law, God rest her soul, was reared to be self effacing. When I’d be dividing up a pie, say, after Sunday dinner, I’d ask her if she’d like a piece or so to take home. She’d always say “no.” One day, after several no’s I just up and wrapped a couple of pieces and gave them to her. She said, “Ooohhh! Is that for MEEE?” Drove me nuts.
99gagtx over 10 years ago
I think most moms are like this. I’m guessing Mr. Pastis went through this exact conversation with his mom.
lmonteros over 10 years ago
You know the best gift, the really best gift adult offspring can give their moms? Work! Yes! Take care of the dogs for a couple days so Mom can go out of town, or mow the lawn, or pull some weeds, or (if you live at home) clean up the mess you left in the living room and kitchen.
claire de la lune. over 10 years ago
Awwww…At first I thought Rat’s mom was dead, but then I remembered it was his dad that got killed by a clown.
gocomics over 10 years ago
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usedm over 10 years ago
This Sunday 4/6 comic is the most accurate illustration of mothers I’ve ever seen. Just wish my Mom was here to see it with me.
Lamberger over 10 years ago
Even if she already had one.
4thStooge over 10 years ago
Now that I think of it, a cooked-squid-on-roller-skates-clock-radio would be nice to have.
FrostbiteFalls almost 2 years ago
Give Rat points for trying to be unselfish for a change.
misterblister 5 months ago
why is rat showing actual humanity to someone