Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 13, 2015

I’m guessing Thomas’s favorite song is “Short People” by Randy Newman.

Then what’s Rat’s reason?

Wow- Rat gets it in this one.

I have a fearless young woman friend who is 6’ 5", doesn’t mind it a bit, and works it. When someone asks her how tall she is, she charges them a buck for the answer, then plays the lottery with the money. What’s more, she tells me that when she grows up, she’s going to be a dominatrix. Hates basketball, BTW.

lot of average joes can do what Thomas did to Rat

I was only 6’-2", but I hit it at a very early age. (Was, because I’ve since shrunk.) I did not like all the pressure to play basketball. I didn’t like the game then, and think less of it now.

I thought that everybody loves basketball, except for me. My friends look askance at me when I don’t share their joy about the Kings and their new arena

“How is the weather up there, Thomas? I bet the air is kinda thin at that altitude. "

Rat had it coming, but not for this. Karma?

I notice that Thomas missed rats head by about one neck and torso..however that may not have been a miss…

He only kneed him in the head cause the oompla-loompas were too low to knee and he didn’t want to dirty his shoes kicking him there.

He could have at least slam dunked Rat into the coffee cup.

I’m playing my tiny violin for the tall guy. Poor baby gets asked how tall he is and if he plays basketball. Geez. Try being short and dealing with the garbage people give you. Including a song that starts, “short people got no reason to live…”

Ooooh! Love to see Rat taking it on the chin! He’s been having a real streak of payback for all his wicked ways! Hope he enjoys it….

6’8’ and I agree with Thomas first 2 questions every time.

A tall friend of mine once said that when asked “How’s the weather up there?” he would spit on their head and say “Its raining.”

Long time ago I had a classmate who was 6’ 10". When asked the basketball kweschun, he replied, “No. Do you play MINATURE golf?”

All I ever say is that I walk into open cabinet doors a lot

I have a friend that is close to 7-foot tall. Recently he was wearing a t-shirt that said “Hard to kidnap”

Right in the groan! Nice one, Thomas! Rat, so deserves it

was never allowed to play sports…hence I hate them!

Short tempers? yes, I guess we do. Ever notice how short people ask you to get things off the top shelf for them but they get offended if you ask them to get something off the bottom shelf?

I’m six foot six, and I dont get asked that 20x a day. I walk in and people just stare. fine. get out of my way and dont piss me off

6’6" isn’t tall around here. Back in school my husband got spotted by a basketball coach, who started harassing him and saying You’re going to be on my team or I’m going to kick you between the teeth. His response was, I don’t think you can get your foot that high as he walked away.

i’m “vertically impaired”. one of the few times i liked garfield. jon asks how’s the weather down there? garfield claws his knees to shreds. then says flatly—drafty.we all have our crosses to bear. frankly the world gives way more to the tall than the short.

I am 20 and 5’2. I would love to be at least 5’6.But never mind. It’s not really a big deal for me.xxx

Isn’t it out of character for Goat to have a violent friend? (Isn’t it out of character for Goat to have ANY kind of a friend?)

Do we hear the first two questions every day? Yes. But I long got used to it. Sometimes you meet nice people that way.

Hitting a little close to home there Steph!

Tall Thomas.Huehue.

I’m 6’ 3" and have been tall since my early teens. Way back when, I developed what I thought was the perfect answer when short people asked me “what’s the weather like up there?” I just look down at them, grin real big, and say, “You’ll never know…”

I like the response to the basketball question: “Do you play miniature golf?”

I’m only 6’3" and I got that question frequently as a young man. Of course that was before NBA players started exceeding the 7’ mark on a regular basis.

Hey! I’m a tall person!

Short people have shorter tempers. Especially when you hate getting elbowed in the head by an unobservant tall person.