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   SherlockWatson said, 8 months ago

   You can see that Goat feels bad about what he’s done; it’s written all over his face.
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   margueritem said, 8 months ago

   @SherlockWatson

   But it’s pencil, he can erase it if he wants. ;-)
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   PoorPig said, 8 months ago

   Goat should have known better. Rat was too expressive, to the point of assault, but made an impression on Goat, possibly with a permanent marker.
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   Alexikakos said, 8 months ago

   Yay, Rat!!!
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   You shouldn’t treat your own books thay way, let alone someone else’s book.
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   Phatts California said, 8 months ago

   … come on, Goat, that is rather rude …
   
   I’da thot better of ya
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   legaleagle48 said, 8 months ago

   @Phatts California

   Yeah, for once, I’m with Rat. What was Goat thinking?
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   firedome said, 8 months ago

   this isn’t very characteristic of goat…steph, what were you thinking?
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   freeholder1 said, 8 months ago

   As a former reseller, I can say I’d have beat him over the head with the defaced book. There are idiots who stick permanent address labels or Belongs to_____ labels in the front of first editions, What matters most is that no reader should be so foolish.
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   Bilan said, 8 months ago

   What kind of book would Rat own that Goat would even want to read? Or what kind of book would Rat even read?
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    unamuno22 said, 8 months ago

    Nice of Goat to just sit there while Rat writes on every inch of him. So is this strip EVER funny? Or just all reputation?
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    freeholder1 said, 8 months ago

    @Bilan

    Cheeses of the World?
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    Radish said, 8 months ago

    That Rat is a real sharpie.
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    Arye Uygur said, 8 months ago

    I once loaned a book to soomeone who finally returned it WITHOUT THE COVER!
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    Prof danglais said, 8 months ago

    I’m with rat on this too. I hate book-borrowers who bend the spine back or fold page corners over. Every one of my books, many re-read several times, is almost as pristine as the day I bought them. I love books.
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    Sisyphos said, 8 months ago

    Stung once by non-returning book-borrowers, I generally no longer loan. But I do often annotate or add marginalia in my books (not, please note, in other people’s books), a traditional as old as manuscripts! I sympathize with Rat, but find his retaliation a bit extreme.
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