Pearls Before Swine - Sunday November 30, 2014 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Voice on Phone: Southworst Airlines. Can I help you? Rat: Yeah. I need a ticket from Oakland to Vegas. Gonna par-tay! Voice on Phone: The fare is $400. Rat: That's too much. I'd like a bereavement fare. Voice on Phone: Did someone die? Rat: My uncle Harry. Voice on Phone: It was to be immediate family. Rat: He was like a father to me. Voice on Phone: That's not immediate family. Rat: He was a father to me. Voice on Phone: You said he was your uncle. Rat: Uncle Larry was my father. Voice on Phone: I thought his name was Harry. Rat: He went by 'Harry Larry.' Voice on Phone: And Harry Larry died? Rat: As did my mother, brother, sister, grandpa, and grandma. Voice on Phone: They all died too? Rat: It was a bad week. Voice on Phone: And yet you're going to Vegas. Rat: We weren't close. It's getting harder and harder to get bereavement fares.

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