Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 05, 2013

70-year-old babies? Interesting concept. I’m going to mull that over while eating a thousand-year-old egg.

And Rat is forgetting that it’s not uncommon nowadays for people to live well into their 80s and 90s. That’s an extra ten to twenty years he’s blowing off!

Reminds me about the joke about priests:The young priest is trying to save the world.The middle-aged priest is trying to save his parish.The old priest is trying to save himself.

I’m a little offended by the 60’s guy! I sure hope I don’t look like that! I still wear a suit and carry a briefcase…. maybe I’m still the 30’s guy? No… I can’t remember what’s in the briefcase, OK … OK don’t tell me!

…..and of course, not one between a goat or rat or pig will get to see anywhere near that lifespan…..

Well, jeeeeeez!!……..if I felt bad before !?!

or…

“In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people’s home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!”

with regards to woody allen

Didn’t William Shake -Somebody do the 7 ages of man already?

meaning of life…you wake up, walk around, and go back to bed.

my gravestone will read “wasn’t, was, wasn’t” short and sweet.

You figure out that the CEO and his cronies own your corporate life and will suck out from you everything with the possible exception of your bones. Then you dump that life for a better one working for less money but for yourself. But if you were frugal and avoided the bankers traps, your debt is low or non-existent, so you WIN.

Perfect! Describes what I see around me every day. And, unfortunately, describes my life. Great one today.

It’s great being a sexagenarian. It’s the only decade that starts with sex. If the hospital bed is rocking, don’t bother knocking. What?

Don’t worry guys. 60 is the new 40.

Some elderly people have bladder and/or bowel control issues as a result of advanced age. Hence, they have to wear the adult version of a diaper. That’s what Pig is referring to.

And what Rat meant is that youth is wasted on the young. By the time we’re old enough and experienced enough to figure life out and are ready to appreciate all that it has to offer, it’s too late because we’ve reached our literal expiration date. Thus, we should be born with all the knowledge and wisdom of life right at the start so that we can take advantage of it while we’re young. Or, as the old Spanish saying goes, “If Youth only knew how, and if Old Age only could.”

Now I see how the bookie baby fits into all of this!

Hmmmm…..Nanu nanu . . . . ☻

Gee! I must be in my 70’s!

I was kind of hoping the baby would grow into cartoon Pastis…

So we only have to put up with stephan until he is 70..,,,

I’m in the ‘Teen’ category…

Life is better for me when I read comics… This one for example.

I love Pig.

xxx

I have been thinking about dropping this strip, but this one is actually good. Yeah, old joke, but well done.

Most people in their 60’s do NOT need the use of a cane!

Find the right partner and life is fantastic.

Silly cartoon…it is ok, tho, Stephan will revise his perspective as he gets older.

darkest moment yet…..cheers

It’s a sobering fact that when Mozart was thirty seven, he had been dead for two years.

Pastis must have been using an old life expectancy chart. More folks are living into their hundreds today than were thirty years ago, and more an more folks are living well into their 80s and 90s before passing away.

You nailed it Stephan.You go boy!!

Pig really needs to control his tongue.

SO true (unfortunately)

I’m suddenly not excited to become a teen…