Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 05, 2014

Garry Shandling once said that when he meets these people, he thinks they were just too stupid to know how to put on a sweater. He always looks that their feet to see if they have their socks tied around their ankles.

So, is Rat more of a guy who ties a sweater around the waist?

I could live with the strange sweater wearers in Sausalito as long as I was dining at Zack’s By-The-Bay. Great Food. RIP Zack’s and my youth.

Rat is right about the sweater-neckers. The overwhelming majority of those I have known were East Coast Elite Ivy Leaguers who could scarcely wait to let you know how much richer, better bred, smarter, and generally more fabulous than you they were.

Are sweater-necks more obnoxious than bicyclists?

You cannot always judge people by their appearances.But your first impressions often turn out to be entirely valid.Rat is correct. No point in risking it.

How about sunglasses on the back of the head, mullets?

Backwards ball-cap, combined with a several-days’ beard and a dangling cigarette…

I guess I have led a sheltered 65 years having never seen a man with his sweater tied around his neck. Ewwwww….

Wait! didn’t Rat say he could tell if he will dislike a guy because they’re breathing and have eyes?

Yes. The Greg Marmalades of the world. (Probably Bruce Jenner, too, these days.)

If you want to meet new people become an obstetrician…………..

It’s “déclassé”, but yeah, you’re right.

Seattle was one of the top 10 cities to win a live appearance of Red Green introducing his movie Duct Tape Forever. I attended the movie, but by the end the room was too hot for a sweater, so I tied it around my neck, thus resembling a character from the show. Instant cos-play!

backwards ball-cap guys all in same boat as sweater neck guys who think they are sooooo cool

sometimes sweater-neckers are just too lazy to walk back to their cars to get rid of the unneeded sweater

Oh here is another one of Rat’s Rants…Stay tuned.xxx

lemony snicket said that first impressions are normally wrong.

I have awakened after a night of steaming ashore with the taste of the soles of a Basque goat herder’s sweaty sandal in my mouth.

You have to live in a decent climate (Pastis’ California) to ever need to do this. In the south, it’s always too hot from May to early October to ever layer clothes like that. I’ve never seen anyone in the south tie a sweater around their neck.

Thought he was going to say ‘they breathe’ again

I dislike all the tall people who step on me and say, “Sorry, I didn’t see you there.”