Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for September 01, 2010

Why start now, you dirty rat??

Rocky the Rum Runner rubbed out Rico the Rat with his Roscoe for ruining his rum running receipts.

Poncho is reunited with his plank and all’s right with the world.

Further to yesterday’s comments about our Poncho’s bloodline, I just spent WAY too much time going back, and have found the French Bulldog reference in the strip dated December 10th, 2007!

Today’s strip is quite heartwarming I think!

Where’s Boomer???

Yeah, what happened to Boomer? How’s he faring?

You go, Rico! Nothing like a good rat!

Never got into this strip till he started the “year one” concept. It is fresh and intresting starting from an unborn pup. and for all of you keeping track this is episode 81 :)

Pancho would never survive on the streets of NYC.

The strip’s headline: Gang of Rats Stopped by RICO! Shades of the Sopranos

Thanks Bibbler - not only did you confirm (part of) Poncho’s breed.. now we can watch to see if he’s really “found under a porch”.. or if Mr. Gilligan breaks the space-time continuum.

I am currently engaged in warfare at work. Finally got one of the little ones yesterday, but mal grande raton eludes me. He’s too smart to touch the traps that could get him. The little traps would just annoy him, but they hurt a little, so he avoids them, too. He’s strong enough to pull himself out of the sticky traps.The boss wants to cut him in little pieces, but I think such a valient warior deserves better. I know I heard him laughing, as I set traps the other night.

^ If you catch him, would it be a mal grande seizure?

Am I the only one to think of Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo from Midnight Cowboy?

“Why thank you, Mr. Rico. I have always depended on the kindness of strange rats.”

You got lucky this time, Poncho!

@ fritzoid

”^ If you catch him, would it be a mal grande seizure?”

Applauds

Thank you! Thank you! I’m here all week!

Try the veal, and don’t forget to tip your waitress. These gals work hard!

I can still hear you saying We must never break the chain

actually, we really do have to break the chain of kiss up, kick down…

class after class, generation after generation, we take our revenge on the innocents because we haven’t the opportunity (or guts) to take it out on our tormentors…

um… okay… lol