darkandstormynight, remember that Far Side cartoon, with the chicken sick in bed, and the other chicken with a hot bowl of soup, saying, "Quit Complaining and eat it ... number one, chicken soup is good for the flu--and number two, it's nobody we know." Cartoon posted a bit below halfway down on http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/03/rubber-chicken-the-best-poultry-related-humor.html
Right on, fuzzpunch. (Great user name, by the way.) Although "crappy" isn't as bad as some other possibilities, I'm still surprised to see it here in the comics.
"I'm positive about the negative, but I'm a little negative about the positive." (Curly Howard, "Dutiful But Dumb") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maybe Ned could be introduced to Connie the Judgmental Cow (anyone remember her?), and we'll see what happens.
I think that Ned will take this strip downhill rapidly. ~~~~~~ I don't think that he will like Rat, even if Rat fulfills his worst nightmares. But maybe discovering someone like that will satisfy his pessimistic gloom.
