This doesn’t actually work. Put a sign that says “free” on anything and leave it on the sidewalk and people will avoid it for months (thinking there’s something seriously wrong with it; like for a couch maybe it’s infested with fleas). Put a sign that says “$5, inquire within” and it’ll vanish in thirty seconds.
The tenant in my house put a weight bench on the side of the house. His intention was to throw it out. Something that makes it easier to climb through a window is an invitation to a break in.
I put it out front. It was gone within 2 hour so (it wasn’t garbage pickup day).
I would never bring home a couch I found on the sidewalk, free or otherwise. No telling what kind of bugs I’d be bringing into the house with it. I don’t need that problem.
I hope those guys find thousands of dollars in one of the cushions. I’m sure they would report it to the IRS. Is that a capital gain, yes, but you get to deduct the loss of the cushion divided by two. See how simple that is?Well even better, I’m going to invest what’s left in a pipeline company. Winning!
I know a George Couch. Our club tossed him out, but it turned out he was the only one with a strong enough personality to keep the thing running, so it folded.
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
Mr. Couch met a much younger loveseat in his new home and lived happily ever after.
My alternative ending.
Sherlock Watson over 6 years ago
Myrtle had no right to complain; she knew George was a La-Z-Boy when she married him.
Bilan over 6 years ago
Blue couches are from Mars, Pink couches are from Venus.
dadoctah over 6 years ago
This doesn’t actually work. Put a sign that says “free” on anything and leave it on the sidewalk and people will avoid it for months (thinking there’s something seriously wrong with it; like for a couch maybe it’s infested with fleas). Put a sign that says “$5, inquire within” and it’ll vanish in thirty seconds.
jackhs over 6 years ago
Pastis write better than Rat.
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
The tenant in my house put a weight bench on the side of the house. His intention was to throw it out. Something that makes it easier to climb through a window is an invitation to a break in.
I put it out front. It was gone within 2 hour so (it wasn’t garbage pickup day).
darkwingdave over 6 years ago
Moral of the Story: Always couch your responses carefully, Couch.
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Mr. and Mrs. Couch both look like whales
PICTO over 6 years ago
Sofa the people who don’t get it, let me couch the moral of this tale in wording you can understand…George is free to lounge around all he wants.
YatInExile over 6 years ago
I hope this story isn’t set in Morgantown, West Virginia. Mr. Couch will come to an inglorious end.
hariseldon59 over 6 years ago
Sofa so good for Mrs. Couch.
JPuzzleWhiz over 6 years ago
I would never bring home a couch I found on the sidewalk, free or otherwise. No telling what kind of bugs I’d be bringing into the house with it. I don’t need that problem.
mortaur over 6 years ago
Us folks from Davenport, Iowa don’t get it.
F-Flash over 6 years ago
I hope those guys find thousands of dollars in one of the cushions. I’m sure they would report it to the IRS. Is that a capital gain, yes, but you get to deduct the loss of the cushion divided by two. See how simple that is?Well even better, I’m going to invest what’s left in a pipeline company. Winning!
Packratjohn Premium Member over 6 years ago
I sell on craigslist. Sometimes I list free items. I’m amazed at how many folks ask me to deliver the free items….
SwimsWithSharks over 6 years ago
Joke’s on her. The remote was stuck between his cushions.
Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
Mr. Couch went couch surfing.
codedaddy over 6 years ago
Not getting the joke today. What am I missing?
Andrew Sleeth over 6 years ago
I love it how, for Rat, writing is second only to coal mining as a dirty profession.
A_NY_Outlaw over 6 years ago
at least there was no potato involved.
wvrr over 6 years ago
We had a chesterfield like that once.
Number Three over 6 years ago
Well. He did get what he wished for.
Sort of.
xxx
eb110americana over 6 years ago
I have only one question: When they fight, where does he sleep at night?
Squoop over 6 years ago
Yay Myrtle is free!
JP Steve Premium Member over 6 years ago
In the last panel, I can’t believe Rat didn’t say “It’s a couchionary tale…”
Seed_drill over 6 years ago
I know a George Couch. Our club tossed him out, but it turned out he was the only one with a strong enough personality to keep the thing running, so it folded.
Kveldulf over 6 years ago
Was that a folding couch joke?
hariseldon59 over 6 years ago
A couch gag. Pastis must be a Simpsons fan.
Sisyphos over 6 years ago
George Couch needs to learn the difference between “lie” and “lay” if he wants to be taken seriously.
And, puns can be dangerous, especially when they are ’free"!
ifoster over 6 years ago
oh.
ND Cool Z over 5 years ago
Couches need to be sooo careful what they wish for.
NeilCopeland over 4 years ago
Where I live, that couch would have been picked up by university students, and subsequently burned at a street party.
tony_n_jen2003 about 4 years ago
Her Barca(lounger) is worse than her bite.