Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 18, 2024

I’m actually like Rat in this way; change is scary until you do it.

I leave my change in a piggybank

I stay away from anyone who trash talks me.

Yea, put it out the night before, the raccoons need something to eat.

In my city we have trash pickup every night. You’re not supposed to take the trash down to the bins until 8 PM. Most people ignore this completely and take it down whenever.

Change is good….

We’re not supposed to put it out until the morning before. I live in an apartment, so I don’t know if that makes a difference but it’s supposed to thwart the Crows.

This may be the only time I relate to Rat.

I would find it impossible to set the trash out that early in the morning. (The timing is unpredictable, BUT, setting it out the afternoon, or evening before assures one of TWO things, that being of having the trash picked up, and #2, being able to sleep.

I always put it out the night before, they come at 2 AM!

We have bears that come looking for trash containers at night.

Our trash pickup can be any hour between 6:30 am and 4:30 pm on trash day (Mondays at my address). We take it out Sunday night. Or afternoon even!

I process change by putting it in the truck ashtray !

Our trash pick comes between 6:15 and “who knows when” so people here do tend to put it out the night before. My friend in another state says her pickup isn’t supposed to start before 7 AM. I don’t think we have that rule. I know it comes that early because I’m up and waiting by 5:30 so I can go out and get the barrel as soon as they leave.

Sure… put it out the night before… that gives the raccoons a lot more time to get into it and scatter it everywhere…

I dunno, when we put it out the night before, the rats get into it.

I take it there are no bears in their neighborhood.