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No. 669: Rat and Pig Collaborate 3

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Rat and Pig Collaborate 3

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=669

Strip by: MarioGarfield

{Dear Reader: Due to supply chain issues, there will be no jokes in today's comic, as all of our jokes are currently stuck in shipping containers overseas. Please feel free to fill in your own. Thanks for your patience.}
Rat: I'm bored, Pig.
Pig: Same.
Rat: Wanna spread a plague that will kill millions?
Pig: Heck no, that's evil, that's malicious, that's devious, that's...
Rat: Oh wait, it's not that simple to actually create a new widespread epidemic.
Pig: THANK GOD. I'm happy you're an idiot, 'cause I thought you were actually
gonna make a-
Rat: Oh I get it, I can just invite multiple fellow Rats and some family members I don't even know existed, to start one. That's what I'll do!
Pig: Have mercy on us all...

The author writes:

I guess this is probably how the Black Death started, also given that Rat hates people Rat could just team up with other rats and remove half the population, even Bob in the process.

Original Pearls Before Swine strip: 2021-12-16.