Gotta agree with Mr. WiseAss on this:Socializing within the community IS highly overrated.My friends consist of those I have known, and, or, worked with over the last 50 years.
There is a nearby reservoir where I can look out over the water to the sea. I go there for the quiet, except there are coots. Coots are a small irascible, duck-like birds and much like human beings. They have the conflicting motivations of being highly territorial and highly social at the same time. Every few minutes there is a “coot chase” as one drives another away from his part of the lake. Yet they are driven to feed close together and drift back into a group.
Rat and Pig must have prehensile toes. Long-long ago they would have saved this boy many slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and scars. And I agree with Wise AΣΣ.
BasilBruce 6 months ago
“Hell is other people.” —from the play “No Exit” by Jean-Paul Sartre
BE THIS GUY 6 months ago
The people won’t miss you.
markkahler52 6 months ago
There truly is no exit!!
Bilan 6 months ago
It’s a conundrum when the “problems” are what you enjoy.
Kveldulf 6 months ago
Do you miss people a lot? Get to the range and practise some more.
carlsonbob 6 months ago
They wouldn’t miss Rat, though.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member 6 months ago
Rat miss people? Since when?
MichaelAxelFleming 6 months ago
I should get some conundrums. And some conuncymbals.
Gent 6 months ago
A conun drum? Gets more instruments and you can begins a new musical band.
hariseldon59 6 months ago
Rat would miss being mean to people.
RobinHood 6 months ago
But it beats the alternative
priyansh.jeziel 6 months ago
Gotta agree with Mr. WiseAss on this:Socializing within the community IS highly overrated.My friends consist of those I have known, and, or, worked with over the last 50 years.
Sisyphos 6 months ago
Your own parameters, Rat. It’s what you make of it….
dlkrueger33 6 months ago
When I choose to interact with people, I only need to go on Facebook.
iggyman 6 months ago
Can’t have it both ways, Rat!
Dom999 6 months ago
“I hate people, but I love gatherings. Isn’t it ironic.” Randall
Goat from PBS 6 months ago
Funnily enough, I share Rat’s problem. People drive me up the wall, yet I still need them.
Gameguy49 Premium Member 6 months ago
I’m going to miss Pig when he dies but then I DO love pork ribs and bacon so it won’t be a total loss.
uniquename 6 months ago
Then hang out with the 1%ers.
F-Flash 6 months ago
Too bad Rat is kinda like Charlie Brown, he loves humanity, but he hates people.
Ellis97 6 months ago
Rat doesn’t miss people, he misses putting them down.
DaBump Premium Member 6 months ago
It is paradoxical in many ways, but that’s one of the smaller ones.
royq27 6 months ago
Rat cannot annoy people if he is not around them…
aerotica69 6 months ago
I felt that way until the lockdown. Turns out I didn’t miss people all that much after all…..but they still cause most of my problems.
Chris 6 months ago
can’t live with stupid nor can he live without it… huh.
elgrecousa Premium Member 6 months ago
Pastis hit the nail on the head this time. People seek company although oftentimes they feel it was a waste of time.
Cameron1988 Premium Member 6 months ago
Rat would miss people?! Yeah, right
Snolep 6 months ago
Rats. Rats who need people are the unluckiest rats in the world.
Trevor.brown 6 months ago
No one would miss Rat.
wildlandwaters 6 months ago
Which explains why the old wise guy sits up there…all alone…
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 6 months ago
Talk To the Animals
mistercatworks 6 months ago
There is a nearby reservoir where I can look out over the water to the sea. I go there for the quiet, except there are coots. Coots are a small irascible, duck-like birds and much like human beings. They have the conflicting motivations of being highly territorial and highly social at the same time. Every few minutes there is a “coot chase” as one drives another away from his part of the lake. Yet they are driven to feed close together and drift back into a group.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member 6 months ago
“I vant to be let alone.” Greta Garbo
marilynnbyerly 6 months ago
If Rat really thought about it, he’d know he’s the problem.
John Jorgensen 6 months ago
It’s true.
cracker65 6 months ago
The introverts are laughing at rat.
Buoy 6 months ago
One is the loneliest number…
zeexenon 6 months ago
Rat and Pig must have prehensile toes. Long-long ago they would have saved this boy many slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and scars. And I agree with Wise AΣΣ.
Aladar30 Premium Member 6 months ago
It’s called “Mania of solitude and world”.
christelisbetty 6 months ago
When you ask advice on socializing from someone who lives alone on a dung heap……..
Otis Rufus Driftwood 6 months ago
You are a you problem, Rat.
Swirls Before Pine 6 months ago
The 99% can cause problems for you, Rat, without coming anywhere near you.