Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 02, 2019

Do you think he’ll be in a better mood tomorrow?

But Rat, it’s a holiday!

Yeah, that looks about right.

Avoid Rat. Period.

Garfield would let the times on Monday be from 0:00 to 23:59.

rat is my hero.

That’s what Rat gets after a quadruple shot of espresso with a triple shot of Irish Whiskey.

Avoid Rat everyday .

Avoid Rat every day of the week.

Probably safest to avoid Rat most days of the week, actually….

So … Rat’s in his best mood early in the morning? I don’t buy that.

Typically someone has to anchor the curve; atypically the anchor is the product. However mood is not asymptotic and can become negative.

You’d have to be fairly obtuse not to know that triangles are our friends…

Rat’s “Graf Spitz”?

Rainy days and Monday always bring him down.

And Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and Thursdays, and Fridays, and Saturdays, and Sundays….

What you don’t see is the other right triangle going the other way. It starts at 12:01 PM with a beer and starts the climb back up on the mood scale. One beer per hour ;-) …… May the Power of the Croc be with all on this holiday :-)

I would think this would be more of a hyperbolic curve.

Avoid RAT everyday, especially when drinking….

Probably one of such days that inspired Pythagoras.

Is Rat getting advice from Garfield?

At least one part of his Monday was up. That puts him ahead of a lot of people!

The real tragedy is that the scale starts up top at zero.

a rat race to the bottom

Why pick on Mondays? Just avoid Rat.

Considering the time scale on the bottom, I’m surprised the triangle isn’t thinner.

“We always feel sorry for people who don’t drink, ‘cause when they get up in the morning, its the best they’re going to feel all day.” — Frank Sinatra

I am shocked that the 7 a.m. mood rating is so high. Certainly doesn’t apply to me.

You see, there is a use for Math in real life

Goat has the right angle on Rat.

Should avoid Mondays period.

You don’t have today off?

You don’t have today off? Then I’m surprised the graph started out so high!

Avoiding Rat most days is probably good advice.

Avoid Rat on any day that ends with a “y”.

I think Pig-thagoras already knows…

Somehow something about that triangle isn’t right!

Rule 13, Strunk & White’s Elements of Style (1918), states “Omit Needless Words.” Goat’s sentence in the final panel is two words too long. “. . .on Mondays” should be omitted. 8>)

Slope equal to Edsel auto sales.

Some folks would say avoid Rat any day. Rat is an acquired taste. Not everyone understands his lovely misanthropy….

Whoa! I had forgotten all about the “mood charts” we used to hang on our dorm doors. Mine had colored regions using highlighters. Not sure I’m entirely pleased to be reminded… that was an uncomfortable part of my life.

I, too, was confused, goat. I thought that rat was drawing right triangles as he usually does. Y’know. Getting a little wild.