Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 17, 2023

Some people can achieve this simply by not bathing.

Rat can have the World to himself for the entire week. Just tell us where Rat will be and we won’t be there.

Pig and Goat have the right idea…leave him alone! Leave him alone!

It’s an easy policy to have when it’s enforced by Batman.

Well, I guess that settles it.

You’re gonna need a bigger bat.

Seems to be an exclusive club for Rat.

Sometimes it’s best not to ask.

If he continues to threaten people with a baseball bat he could end up in solitary confinement. Then he’d get his wish.

I always thought Rat was a bit batty!

So if Rat gets the world to himself, who brought him the coffee?

Sometimes you need to not have to talk to, smile at, or be nice to anyone.

There is no “World to Myself Wednesday”. You just made that up.

You can have it Rat. I’m going back to bed

When husband was working overseas, we talked on skype 3 times a week and I would have at least once a week “no human contact day”. I miss those days.

I once worked at a company where we had no-meeting Fridays. It was very nice.

I think the baseball bat helps his argument with most people. Most.

Seems this is the political scheme in life for a certain group! ☹️

We all need some me time of alone time. Some of us need more than others

You are right rat, so get going, this is my world.

It’s when he pulls a baseball bat out of thin air for whatever reason.

I get it, but it doesn’t have the same ring as “Taco Tuesday”

We are not amused. No comment.

Is it just me or is this strip not funny anymore?

Wrong.the cats have the world all to themselves on Wednesdays. Mice and rats are in charge of getting to leave by Thursday

Make that every day of the week, Rat.

Middle aged daughter and son-in-law are happy when their 3 living far away college graduated kids visit, and when they leave after a few days. A great belly laugh for gramps.

Ah… just like ‘Self Care Sunday’. huh ?

Except for the folks that can beat the ever ************************ out of Rat.

My dream day would be “I get the supermarket all to myself Friday” when I go grocery shopping!

Where exactly is “here”? We see it a lot, seems to be some kind of cafe, or bar, or lunch counter.

It’s your world, Rat. The rest of us just live in it.

Jeopardy Masters tonight: Comic Strips $1000: “Characters in this current strip include an arrogant rat, a humble dimwitted pig and a suck who guards the pig’s front lawn” … you know you’ve made it when you’re a question on Jeopardy.

It helps to have a handy baseball bat when Wednesday arrives but so do other characters….

You can’t be at a coffee shop and still actually be all by yourself.