Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 10, 2014

You’ve got it wrong, Pig — you need to wear ruby slippers and tap them together three times.

Time to play Taps.

“It doesn’t apply to life.”….sadly….

As is the case in most sports…

“It doesn’t apply to life.” Unless you are in a minefield.

I keep asking but the world refuses to stop. I want to get off this ride.

Especially now that the Republican control Congress.

So sad! Pig wants to tap out of Life?! Perhaps he recognizes his own inadequacy, after all. Way to be a supportive housemate, Rat!

On one level, this is very sad. But if you look at the last part of rat’s comment: “these guys come out and help him”, it’s a little more encouraging. You can’t always tell in life when someone is “tapping”, but if you recognize it in a friend- be that guy (or gal) that comes out and helps.

That dumb Pig has rhythm.

I always feel so sorry for Pig. Smart enough to know he’s incapable of improving.

Especially not in Rat’s life!

xxx

Maybe THAT is why the Idaho senator was tapping his foot in the mens room.

No safe word?

I suppose it’s a good thing it doesn’t apply to life. My toes would be competition for Gene Kelly.

Cute!

Not true… Shortly upon arriving home, Dorothy accidentally tapped the shoes again and went back to Oz. You’d know that if you had read the further works of L. Frank Baum.

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