Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 14, 2019

Rat takes self-loathing to a new level.

all my emails are spam too

We wish you would stop bugging us.

Can you “block sender” on your own email?

Rat just hired Gloria Allred, John Burris, and Tony Serra to sue him (Rat) for harassment and discrimination (sexual, species, gender), and violating his civil rights by his sending emails to himself.

perhaps he could get a restraining order…

That’s sort of why I block my own phone number. Well, not really; it’s the a-hole robodialers that spoof caller ID with my number.

Rat, just put it on your calendar with reminders.

Oh, come off it, Rat. You love the attention!

This is why I go low tech and just write notes on my wall calendar.

Love it? Hate it? Just another variation of Rat’s 1 note Samba, “Mimi, I think I love you!”

Now that’s what I call “Anti-social”!

So Rat does have a Conscious ;-) …. Croc Power !

21st Century Schizoid Rat…

Last time I SPAMED myself I gave myself all of my personal and banking information and sent myself $10,000 so I could get my share of a $100,000,000 inheritance of a long lost 10th cousin 3x removed.

Can we mark our e-bills from the power company as spam? At least until they shut off the power and the laptop battery runs down?

This is genius. If only I had thought of it earlier!

I do that. I never have paper or pen and I would never remember to use or check the notes-app. At least I know with an email, I will see it. From there, I write it down on my desk calendar as a “to do”. At least I know how to use email. I have a lot of friends (ok, they are a decade older) who don’t even do email!

Ha! Just sent myself a reminder but didn’t mention what the reminder was for…oh well! Next time! RAT has memory issues…how old is he now?

I re-send messages to myself and change the subject so I can file it properly in my e-mail files.

Rat’s ID is in control with his superego being overwhelmed. Kinda like the orange Blob in the White House.

“I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”

Groucho Marx

I’m gonna sit right down and right myself an E-mail

and make believe it came from you…

One of the great mysteries of the psyche, who is this “I” who should/shouldn’t be doing things that is separate from the entity actually doing/not doing these things.

When I had a landline phone and answering machine, I’d call it and leave myself reminders

“And if myself doesn’t stop bugging me, I’ll have to call in the I…”

I notice that the word “weird” has evolved into a completely different meaning in recent years.

I have the same problem. Past DCB is always annoying Future DCB.

I think Rat is getting more self aware.

I wonder what the mugs need handles for. No one ever uses them.

When I was a boy of the ’50s I put opened Spam and a Twinkie next to one another and neither has changed a bit. My dear wife of 58 years (RIP) only allowed them as a air-freshener in my work-room.

I send e-mails too myself too. Difference is, I’m usually sending things from my tablet to be able to work on on my laptop.

I think Rat just self diagnosed himself with multiple personality disorder.

My uncle sends himself Christmas cards.

It’s official: Rat doesn’t like to be told what to do by anybody.

I’m with you Rat !!!! lol

Nice to know that Rat and I think alike. I’ve been sending myself email reminders for years. Tried using NotePad, but that was cumbersome. Enter the reminder as the email subject – that way you don’t have to open the email to read the reminder. Also, I made a folder “aa todo” – “aa” makes the folder appear at the top of the list. Move all reminder emails into this folder for easy reference/management.

I have a minion to send me those emails. I call it “Calendar app” and I find it and them quite useful. So far, my email tool hasn’t marked any of them spam, but I’m sure the time is coming.

Rat is an Equal Opportunity de-bugger, the little bugger!

( I almost hate myself for that.)