A step up from eating paint, I gotta tell ya.

What is Cat holding in panel 4?

Calvin’s record label!

As a student I can sympathise greatly!

Costanza exemption?
Louis’ cohort?
Diver Down.

I almost ate a stale donut out of the garbage at work the other day. True story.

haha “Don’t tell Portland” plus K records.

dirty icecream. eww.

Man, I’ve been getting the five second rule and the twenty year rule mixed up!

Is that a K Records sweater?

what’s going on with the garbage?

Here’s what the internet has to say about this:

http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/7/32091-the-five-minute-rule-20-years-later/fulltext

Keith,

in panel 4, Cat is holding the soiled remains of his ice-cream in his right hand, while checking his watch.

Is the 15 minute rule a reference to how you have 15 minutes to call your P.O. back when you’re under house arrest? If yes, then why?

And the moral of the story is… drop food on the floor and a cat will pick it up!

@oh ho ho: The fifteen minute rule is, if the person you are meeting is more than fifteen minutes late, you don’t have to wait for them any longer. Just in case any other archives-readers wondered.

does the 5 second rule apply when you drop your sex toys too?

Depends how recently you used them, Gareth. Of course, considering where you’re shoving them you should wash them no matter what.