The Rat Race TGIF animated ecard begins with a group of rats dressed in tops with numbers and some with headbands at the start of a race and a large banner reading “rat race”. As the race begins, the rats start running and behind them we see two rats holding a large seat on their shoulders with a smiling rat sitting on it wearing a straw hat, top and shorts, sunglasses and sipping a drink with a straw and tiny parasol. The final banner over them reads “Thank God it’s Friday. Leave the rat race for the weekend”.