Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 20, 2019

Goat, play tic tac toe with Rat. It’s the only way to avoid nuclear war.

There are some serious gamers out there.

All the more reason that Goat should play and crush Rat’s spirit.

At least Rat is honest about it.

Pastis is deliberately baiting us with this one. Cue the Trump comparisons in 3..2..1!

Best not to cross him.

Goat is not afraid of Rat, he is afraid of Rata’s intentions.

Tic-Tac-Toe is the easiest game in which to achieve Master status – as soon as you learn the one trick, you can’t be beaten, even if you go 2nd.

You make it sound so bad rat

Fiendish rat. Eevil harbinger of the plague.

It’s been my experience that most games of tic tac toe end in a draw.

Rat maybe Satchel will play you ….. Croc Power !

RAT doesnt hide his aggressions and GOAT…well GOAT is too complacent ….SPEAK UP GOAT!

Or you could Tweet him to death.

it’s all XXX & OOO’s anyway. You’ll love it.

do I send this to my sister? or nah?

If this is how Rat feels about tic-tac-toe, how would it be if this was Tic-Tac-Dough and the chance to win big money was on the line?

Rat just may be the reason that “little ol’ ant” never climbed that Rubber tree plant!

Goat, play him and beat him.

I know people like that.

“The only way to win the game is to win the game.” – Gumball

Victory or death!

Don’t get Rat started. Next he’ll want to play Hearts, Battleship, Stratego, …

Too much rat not enough crocs

Insist on going first

How about Global Thermonuclear War?

Truly, Rat’s road to tic-tac-toe greatness is littered with corpses!

Rat has a very competitive attitude. In fact, he has an Attitude, period. Drink your tea and go home, Goat….

this is an asenine game – you only lose if you make an (easily avoidable) mistake

Looks like I’m the only one who got “Be This Guy”’s reference to the 1983 movie “War Games”. Sorry. BTGuy looks like no one over 50 is here.