Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 23, 2013

The masses thank you, Rat.

Rat is beyond the mere cloth face mask stage.

I wouldn’t want to be a rat on the subway.

I was almost expecting to see two oxygen tanks on his back.

@naturally_easy s“I wouldn’t want to be a rat on the subway”

And I wouldn’t like to see a rat on a crowded subway that makes express stops only. I’ve heard of it happening and once saw a video of a rat climbing on a sleeping traveler.

Rat is right. Riders of crowded subways need biohazard protection against The Great Unwashed Masses! —And body armor wouldn’t hurt, either!

Rat should use the Bike-Share system instead.

rat? share?

and the masses farting at the same time… so why ask the gas mask!

Good idea! I am traveling today as well. Would TSA consider that suspicious?

The real hazardous material is INSIDE that suit!

@seyleigh—Steph has a problem drawing tanks!

Rat is dressed for a 23-19.

You mean the dumbmasses, right ? Patis ???

New York subway?

Dennis Miller said of New York: When it rains it makes its own gravy.

My eyes… My eyes!

xxx

If the air gets too bad he can duct tape the breather. It will solve the air coming in. Of course there will be side effects.

needs a cattle prod too

John Rocker redux.

One way to get an empty subway car, or even the whole train, to yourself is to show up dressed like that.

The masses must be lawyers and politicians.

He must be proteced from stupididty

This would be oddly appropriate now. (2020 covid crisis)

Today he would be underdressed.

Talk about foreshadowing!