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WHERE'S RAT TODAY?
HE'S INTERVIEWING WITH THE COUPLE ACROSS THE STREET. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A BABYSITTER.
OH, GEE... I HOPE HE MAKES A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION.
HE WILL. I JUST KNOW IT.
AND WE'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU'D LEAVE YOUR BEER BONG AT HOME.
YOU sERIoUS?
WHO... ARE YOU GUYS DOING A FAMILY STRIP?!?
FAMILY STRIP!! FAMILY STRIP!!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Me is bush. Is kamouflage.
So now you think you blend in with nature?
Duh.
AND NOW YOU THINK YOU CAN SPRING OUT AND KILL ME?
Wow. You a regulah Sherlock Home.
YEAH, WELL, HATE TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T BLEND IN WITH NATURE.
OH, YEAH? WELL...ME BETTAH DEN LARRY.
Way to blow my cover, Bob.

WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING?
THIS STORY ON PORT-AU-PRINCE AND HOW HARD IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THERE.
I CAN IMAGINE. IT BARELY FITS ONE PERSON AND A TOILET TAKES UP MOST OF THE SPACE.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, NOT PORT-A-POTTY.
OHHHHH... THEY MAKE SPECIAL ONES FOR ROYALTY?

SO THIS IS YOUR NEW DOG?
YES. THE DOG O' ABJECT DESPONDENCY, AN OVEREMPATHETIC DOG WHO WATCHED TOO MUCH CABLE NEWS AND BECAME PARALYZED WITH DESPAIR.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
I SHALL INTRODUCE HIM TO DOLORES, THE APATHETIC CAT O' JOY.
I AM SPARED... 'CUZ I DON'T CARE.
SHE MAY BE ON TO SOMETHING.

Help, Zeeba neighba, help!! Brudder Jimmy fall in well!!
YOU PUSHED HIM. I SAW YOU.
YOU HOPED THAT I WOULD LEAP DOWN TO SAVE HIM. THEN YOU'D ALL JUMP IN AND EAT ME. WELL, IT DIDN'T WORK, AND NOW YOUR BROTHER JIMMY IS GONNA SUFFOCATE AT THE BOTTOM OF A FIFTY-FOOT WELL...
Sorry.

ONE DAY, WHEN YOUR LIFE IS ALMOST AT ITS END, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY?
" SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS BY THE SEASHORE".
NUTS. " SHE SELLS SHE SELLS... NUTS! "SEE SHELLS"...NUTS. NUTS. NUTS!
BUT IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN.
OHHH, THAT THE END WERE NOW.

DUDE, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'VE GONE YOUR WHOLE LIFE WITHOUT EVER REALIZING YOU HAVE NO TOES.
I GUESS I'M NOT THAT OBSERVANT.
AND WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH ALL THIS STUPID TOENAIL POLISH?
I'LL HAVE TO GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO CAN USE IT.
WHO DO YOU KNOW THAT USES TOENAIL POLISH?...
It's sooo your color.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I JUST BOUGHT SOME TOENAIL POLISH AND I'M GONNA PUT IT ON MY TOES.
DUDE, YOU DON'T HAVE TOES. YOU'VE GOT LITTLE BLACK PEN LINES FOR FEET.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT CAN REALLY RUIN YOUR MONDAY.

WHO'S THIS RAT?
THE DOG OF QUIET DESPONDENCY.
A DOG THAT SO INTERNALIZED THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WORLD THAT HE CAN NO LONGER EVEN MOVE.
BUT DOGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY.
NOT THIS GUY. HE WAS BORN WITH TOO MUCH EMPATHY... A DOG LIKE HIM NEVER SHOULD HAVE WATCHED CABLE NEWS, BUT HE DID... AND NOW HE'S THE DOG WHO FELT TOO MUCH.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
I THINK I'LL GIVE HIM A COUPLE OF ALONE, BUT IT BACKFIRED MISERABLY.
TURNED HIM INTO AN EVEN GREATER DEPRESSION.
SO?
NOW WE JUST SIT HERE AND THINK WHAT THE WORLD WOULD NEED TO BECOME A BETTER PLACE.
BUT WHAT IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN?
THEN WE GO WITH PLAN B.
WHAT'S PLAN B
HOPE CEVINE DION IMPROVES.
WE'RE PRAYING IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT.

WELL, HELLO THERE, RAT...HAVE YOU MET MY NEW POODLE?...I CAN'T DECIDE IF I SHOULD NAME HER "BOUNCY," "PEPPY," OR "HAPPY SNAPPY"...WHAT DO YOU THINK?...
WHO GIVES A $#&*?
PLEASE EXCUSE MY DOG O' ABJECT DESPONDENCY.

Okay, evil Meester Rat...
You sell us zeeba seed, but when we plant, we get toemayto.
What you think, we stoopid ?
ALL ZEBRAS BEGIN LIFE AS A TOMATO.
UNLESS YOU PICK THEM...
NOW YOU'VE STOPPED HIS BREATHING.
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Mouf to mouf no working !!
STAY AWAY FROM DA LIIIIIIGHT !!!

Psssst...
WANT TO BUY SOME ZEBRA SEEDS? FIFTY BUCKS A BAG.
Haha... We no need seeds. We hunt. We keel. We bad muttas.
Haha, Yeah. What you theenk? Me and Bob desperate losers??
Hahahaha
Heh heh heh.
Dis a reel low point, Bob.
Who-o-o-a.
Baby zeeba look juss like toenato.

WHO'S THAT, RAT?
THE DOG O' ABJECT DESPONDENCY... A DOG THAT SO INTERNALIZED THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WORLD THAT HE CAN NO LONGER EVEN MOVE.
SO WHAT'S HE DO?
HE SITS AND WORRIES.
SAVES YOU A FORTUNE ON FRISBEES.

Howdydoooo, neighbor... listen, the power's out at my house and my generator just went kaput. Can I borrow yours?
Will you please stop acting like we have a normal neighbor relationship? You eat me, I know that.
It doesn't mean we can't be friends.
Yes it does. Friends don't eat friends! If you want to be friends and borrow generators, you can start by taking the simple step of promising never to eat me. How does that sound?
Sounds like I'm buying a new generator.

THE KEY TO LIFE IS TO DECLARE ALL RIGHT AND WRONG RELATIVE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT MEANS THAT WHENEVER SOMEONE SAYS YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG, YOU TELL THEM IT DEPENDS ON ONE'S DEFINITION OF WRONG... THEN YOU CHANGE THE DEFINITION TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS.
THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING I STOLE YOUR WALLET.

AFTER MUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH, I HAVE DEVELOPED A WAY TO ENUMERATE THE NATION'S PROBLEMS.
AND WHAT IS THAT?
VOILA! A PAPER BAG YOU GOT FROM THE GROCERY STORE?
WRONG... THE BAG OF 'BLISS'... ALLOW ME TO DEMONSTRATE...
OHHH, THE WAR WILL NEVER END! THE COUNTRY'S GOIN' BROKE! OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS CHAOS! GAS PRICES ARE OUT OF CONTROL! HOLY @#$%! IT'S THE SEVENTIES ALL OVER AGAIN!!!
AHHHHH... THE WORLD'S A SAFE, DARK PLACE THAT SMELLS VAGUELY OF PRODUCE.
ADMIT IT... YOU'RE IMPRESSED.

THEY SAY THAT WOMEN HAVE A LONGER AVERAGE LIFE SPAN THAN MEN...WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IS?
BECAUSE MEN DIE SOONER.
IN THE FUTURE, LET'S TRY AND LIMIT OUR CONVERSATIONS TO "HI," "BYE," AND "PLEASE SHUT YOUR FACE."

WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING, DEAR?
THOSE NATURE PROGRAMS. THIS IS THE ONE WHERE THE KILLER WHALE LEAPS OUT OF THE SURF AND GRABS THAT POOR SEAL.
WHY DO YOU WATCH THOSE OVER AND OVER?
BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT, JENNIFER. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALWAYS REMEMBER WHO THESE WHALES ARE... THAT THEY ARE VICIOUS, CALCULATING, BRUTAL, COLDHEARTED MURDERERS!!!
So much for borrowing a cup of sugar.

Hulloooo, zeeba neighba. Leesten... We crocodyles want eenvite you our church... Peese join us for sermon by Fahder Gus...
"Blessed are da merciful, for dey shall obtain mercy. Blessed are da pure in heart, for dey shall see God... Kill..all..da..zeebas."
We not reaching dat guy.

HI... WELCOME TO MICKEY D'S... CAN I HELP YOU?
KRILL.
I'M SORRY?
YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE SHRIMP-LIKE DUDES YOU EAT BY THE BUNCH?
UH.. DUDE. WE JUST SERVE BURGERS.
Dang.

the crocodiles say they bought a jacuzzi.
A JACUZZI?--THOSE CROCS ARE BROKE.
they say they found one for three hundred bucks.
WHAT KIND OF JACUZZI CAN YOU GET FOR THREE HUNDRED BUCKS?
...dis is da life, Larry.
Get out, Dan...Ees my turn now.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I SHOVED MYSELF INTO A BUCKET TO SEE IF LIFE IN A BUCKET MAKES ME HAPPY.
WHY WOULD YOU THINK LIFE IN A BUCKET COULD MAKE YOU HAPPY?
BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN A DEPRESSED MOP.
...I'M NOT THAT HAPPY.

Bob! Look at dis!
What ees it Floyd?
Ees pre-killed aneemal! Ees third one me find here dis week!
What does it mean, Floyd?!
It mean God love us, Bob!
He do?
Of course he do! He know we have trouble catch food, so he give us some already deed!
God muss have beeeg plan for us, Floyd!! God muss have beeeg plan!!
HONK HONK HOOOONK
Dis not plan me have in mind, Floyd

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HAPPY...? IS IT SOMETHING SUBJECTIVE...? OR IS THERE AN OBJECTIVE COMPONENT...?
IS IT SIMPLY THE ABSENCE OF PAIN? OR IS IT SOMETHING MORE? HOW DOES A DUMB GUY LIKE YOU ANSWER A QUESTION LIKE THAT?
I THINK HAPPINESS IS FINDING A COUPLE EXTRA FRIES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG.
PIG MADE SENSE. THE APOCALYPSE IS UPON US.
YAY!! THE APOCALYPSE!!! YAAAAAAAY!!!
WAIT...WAIT... WHAT'S AN APOCALYPSE?

WHAT'S THAT YOU'RE WRITING ?
I AM PREPARING FOR MY EVENTUAL DEATH BY WRITING THE MOST INSCRIPTION THAT WILL ONE DAY GO ON MY TOMBSTONE. HERE, READ IT.
"HERE LIES THE WORLD'S MOST SUPERIOR BEING, WHO WAS FORCED BY FATE TO LIVE AMONGST NOBODIES."
WELL... THE "HERE LIES" PART IS ACCURATE.
OHH... YOU SAD, ENVIOUS NOBODY.