Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 09, 2015
Transcript:
Goat: What's the matter with you? Rat: I think I left the oven on at home. I gotta go check. Goat: Well? Rat: Nope. Wasn't on. But now I'm thinking I left the barbecue on. I gotta go. Goat: Well? Rat: Not on. But now I'm thinking I left the iron on. Goat: Rat, stop. You're obsessing. You don't need to check every little thing a million times. You're right. I'll stop. Pig: Our house burned down. Rat: Ahhhh. Goat: Better go check my oven.
BE THIS GUY almost 9 years ago
The third time is a charm.
Sherlock Watson almost 9 years ago
Today’s lesson: Never iron anything.
Bilan almost 9 years ago
Must have forgotten to check the campfire in the basement.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 9 years ago
The furnace blew up. In the summer.
hariseldon59 almost 9 years ago
Sounds like me whenever I go away for a few days. I tend to obsess over whether I locked my front door.
danfromfreddybeach almost 9 years ago
today’s theme song: Burning Down the House by Talking Heads
jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Next time you think you’re obsessing, remember the poor guy from “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.” Every time he sealed an envelope, he would become fixated on the notion that he had sealed his daughter inside it. He’d tear it open to check, then prepare and seal another envelope, then become fixated on the same idea again, and… well, you can imagine. Probably could have solved it all with a quick phone call. “What’s up, Dad?” “Sweetie, where are you right now? You’re not trapped in an envelope or anything, are you?”
knight1192a almost 9 years ago
Yep, I’d get out of there too if I were indirectly the cause of the house burning down. Guess the iron was on after all.
phylum almost 9 years ago
somehow it think the “doors” are involved….
Arianne almost 9 years ago
Yeah… he left the iron on… you know, to iron all those CLOTHES he DOESN’T wear. Oh, the irony!
nosirrom almost 9 years ago
With my luck my house wouldn’t have burnt down because I left the water running.
El-Kabong almost 9 years ago
Some things only work if you do them every time.
mammamoonbeam almost 9 years ago
“Our house burned down.” Does Pig live with Rat?Candles! What about candles? Did they leave a candle lit?
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Did I close the garage door, make a pass to see. Did I really check it the 2nd time, better check again. Don’t do that often but you feel weird doing it.
kaylowe almost 9 years ago
It was that cigarette that Rat was smoking the last time he went to “check”!!! A cinder must have been still smoldering, so now you can see what happens from your compulsive “checking”…..
Kaputnik almost 9 years ago
I actually did find that I’d left a propane oven on all day once. Didn’t burn down the house, but the kitchen was pretty hot when I got back. I worry more about whether I left one of the top burners on.
abbybookcase almost 9 years ago
best solution-cartoon showed family setting out for vacation & dad becomes paranoid about…-mom shows polaroid pix taken as they were leaving showing everything turned off & the door locked. now you’d use your time stamped camera
tazz555 almost 9 years ago
I hate that feeling like I forgot something. Did I turn off the lights? Did I lock the door? Is the stove on? Did I leave my keys in the door?
Number Three almost 9 years ago
It might be already too late, Goat…
xxx
kaffekup almost 9 years ago
Strictly speaking, he’s not checking everything a million times (OCD). He’s checking everything one at a time. His error is not checking it all at one time and being done.
Kind&Kinder almost 9 years ago
A LITTLE OCD never hurt anyone.
Sisyphos almost 9 years ago
Looks like Goat has converted (last panel). Rat’s Church of OCD gains a member even as he and Pig lose a house….
LOAFY over 3 years ago
I have a habit of checking all the vents and cords in the house for no reason. Usually right before going to sleep.