Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 13, 2024

I think “curiosity” is about to kill the Rat.

I am more than curious. I am other things as well.

My favorite line: I’m just saying …

“Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies” !

And rat puts another left winger in his place.

Mr. Rat, do you prefer cheese over peanut butter? Ha Ha!

Sometimes “I’m just curious” means “I know this is none of my business.”

“I’m just curious how far you will fly when I smack you.”

I think that “zung” would be a good past tense for “zing”. Or possibly “zang”.

“Can I ask you a question?” is another of those. It a way to force an answer to a rude, invasive question.

I am Curious (Yellow)

He’s just lucky Homey didn’t stomp him right then and there

Good work Rat. That guy a weirdo who is wear dark sunglasses indoors.

How about this, Rat?

“Curiouser and curiouser!” Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).

I’m just curious, how come Rat hasn’t been exterminated?

It turns out that the answer to “Is Rat as dumb as he looks?” is not what we thought.

You don’t have to answer…

Never thought of it that way—but Rat is right.

Hurting people substitutes for humor in this strip.

Rat is Unzingable! Dilly! Dilly!

Ask him why he wears those stupid sunglasses indoors and at night. The Count thinks people like that look ridiculous and laughable unless they have a white cane with a red tip. Fools.

That’s not at all what that means.

Actually, sometimes you’re just curious.

Maybe he works for the FBI

This is very well put!

There is an interesting phenomenon in verbal communication whereby you require a millisecond to tune your ear when someone begins talking. So, like a Sunday Comic, the first part of your speech should be a throwaway phrase, not germane to the conversation.

Rat, the all-knowing.

I think Rat has a point here.

Hey, I’m sincere when I start with that!

And tone of voice has so much to do with it.

Well, I’ll be using this at work now

inquiring minds just gotta know!

He has no mouth … like that Twilight Zone nasty, Billy Mumy as Anthony Fremont to his ignorant housemate.

That’s not always the case. I say that quite often when I am, in fact, just curious about something without having any kind of agenda.

“With all due respect…”

“No offense, but…”

No offense. Just sayin’.

Best responded to with a baseball bat. ;-)

When did Tucker Carlson start shaving his head and wearing shades?

Not always true, or at least not from me, but I have seen this pattern too often.

Curiosity killed the cat who was annoying the rat.

My standard reply, to “Can I ask you a question ?.” is, “Sure, but I may not give you an answer.”

I usually just take the fifth. Or the Fifth.

just like when someone says something horrible & when called on it, insists, “i was just joking.”

Rat hit this one square on t he head.

And remember the Fred Astaire Song—"How Can You Believe Me When i Say “I LOVE YOU” When You Know I’ve Been a Liar All My Life?"