Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for May 21, 2009
Transcript:
Lawyer: Just a few more questions and we can set up your policy. Any medical conditions? Diseases? Dog: Nope, nope. Lawyer: And are you currently attached to the end of a retracting retractable leash? Dog: I... Umm... Lawyer: I remind you, Mr. Scruffles, if we find you've lied, your policy won't pay out. Dog: Okay, okay! I'm at the end of a retractable leash! It's retracting! I'm doomed! Lawyer: Sigh... After all we know about retractable leashes these days... Dog: My mother was on a retractable leash when she was pregnant and I turned out fine!!
cleokaya over 15 years ago
I still don’t understand why you just don’t undo the clasp of the leash from your collar.
The Duke 1 over 15 years ago
Or at least hide behind a tree or a rock!
greeneyedtxn over 15 years ago
Because they are dogs! Cats would have clawed the leash apart by now.
jude over 15 years ago
Hurry up somebody and get that leash off! Driving me crazy.
McGehee over 15 years ago
A cat would have clawed the leash holder apart before he even got it attached to the cat’s collar.
pearlandpeach over 15 years ago
A human did it(attached leash), so it must be oK, right?
carmy over 15 years ago
The end is near..the slack on his leash is tightening up.
cleokaya over 15 years ago
In this strip, if a dog can write with a pen, then a dog ought to be able to unsnap a leash. doi!
drewzilla031 over 15 years ago
okay, no thumbs, got it… Could he not just go ask another human to undo it? Chazz, for example? I’m in favor of going around a tree and catching it before the leash holder has a chance to go round the tree too. I doubt that Mr. Gilligan will ‘expire’ a dog, even if it is one we haven’t seen before. I’m perched on the edge of my seat to see how he gets out of this (I suspcect Poncho will help, allbeit, for his own gain somehow).
COWBOY7 over 15 years ago
They hold phones, planks of wood and other items in this strip. I agree he can undo the leash.
misty101a over 15 years ago
Just undo the leash please…or have poncho go get Chazz. I don’t want to see the poor dog get hurt.
teeterman over 15 years ago
Ummm, who cares?
jelzap over 15 years ago
the end is nigh
agjeung over 15 years ago
Refresh my memory – wasn’t Scruffles the one who was helping Poncho with his counterfeiting operation?
alondra over 15 years ago
What I don’t understand is why it’s taking the handle of the leash 4 days to catch up with him. It’s not retracting very fast is it?
Saucy1121 Premium Member over 15 years ago
The owner was 2 states away when he released the end of the leash. That might take a little while.
BetterThanYou over 15 years ago
Correction, Saucy1121: 3 towns over. I don’t think the 4 days was supposed to be 4 actual days; it’s just that the comic strip can only post daily.
He said he has two hours to live; let’s assume it hasn’t yet been two hours.