Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 15, 2015
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Transcript:
Rat: Where were you? Goat: First date. I wanted to make a good first impression, so I got all dressed up and took her to a nice breakfast place. Rat: What'd you order? Goat: She had coffee, and I had a poppy seed bagel. Rat: Smile. Goat: Why do I sense doom? Rat: Poppy seed bagels: The death knell of good first impressions.
I’m not so sure about the idea of Goat going on a date. To quote Wikipedia: “A buck in rut will display flehmen lip curling and will urinate on his forelegs and face. Sebaceous scent glands at the base of the horns add to the male goat’s odor, which is important to make him attractive to the female. Some does will not mate with a buck which has been descented.” Goats are generally very nice animals, but a billy goat “on a date” is just unbelievably rude and rank. And sure as heck they don’t dress up in a suit and tie.