Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for August 12, 2024

You can pretend that you are at a football stadium and do the wave.

Fish is missing a salient point—waves at the beach will be bad for his complexion.

“Swimming around in the open water”. That part shouldn’t be difficult for Fish to imagine. He only has to imagine the open part.

Fish is a freshwater fish. A day at the sea would be his last day.

Poncho doesn’t know how lucky he was. I was hearin’ the theme to Jaws, way over here.

poor fish

Nobody likes a rubbitinski, Ponch.

Awww…

I don’t like the fish thread. Much too sad.

Without swimming out of my bowl I can know all things on earth,

The farther one travels, the less one knows.

— Jǐn Lǐ Tzu

The koi fish is symbolic of luck, abundance, and perseverance in both Japan and China.

He needs to put on his Iron Fish suit and hit the beach.

Next panel: Fish shoots Poncho with his water gun. :)

Ocean temperature off of Florida 90-100.

Seagulls and other little fish predators to consider too.

Barking up the wrong tree. (No pun intended.)