Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 20, 2023

I wish I had known before how easy it is to get rid of guilt.

that’s no reflection on you Rat!

Now he’s swiping from Justin Peterson.

“If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change.” —Michael Jackson

Rat exchanged the mirror for one usually found in a carnival.

When you live alone, you can’t blame anyone else for lost or misplaced items.

I switched to one of those mirrors that only shows the outside of me.

Yeah. I started growing a beard in the 60s. I figure I’ve saved 10 minutes per day for (mumble, carry the three) about 220 16 hour days of savings. AND I seldom have to look myself in the face.

Rat thinking be like:

Unfortunately it’s not always that easy to rectify a bad situation. A person can quit smoking but may still have to live with the damage done to his/her body. In my own case, I regret not having taken better care of my teeth when I was young, and while I’ve changed my habits and taken excellent care of them in my later years, that’s of little comfort when I think of the thousands of dollars I’ve spent on root canals, crowns, bridges,and implants, that could have been avoided with better preventative care at a young age.

That is not a real solution Rat!

The worst feeling is looking in the mirror and not SEEING your reflection, ‘cause it means you’ve turned into a ….

Unlike Rat, vampires don’t have to worry about something like this

mirror mirror on the wall … goodbye

Or simply blame the mirror.

Rat will never accept responsibility for anything. In his eyes, he’s perfect and always right.

A wise critter! Besides, when you point a finger there are three fingers pointing back at you.

works for me. :]

I only look at myself in a full length mirror when I have clothes on

I love Rat’s problem-solving technique. ;-)

I have an old lady that keeps stepping in front of me when I look in the mirror. I guess it’s OK since she looks like my grandmother.

That’s not the solution, Rat.

Yeah ok. That works :D

I dislike looking in the mirror.

It oscillates between sobbing and laughter…

Blame somebody else for that, Rat.

There’s always hard choices to make in life…and how you choose reflects back on you!

Problem - Solution – ??? … :)

Wise goat.

I suppose it’s easier than blaming yourself, Rat.

Take responsibility for our own choices and actions? Never! Not as long as there exists one political party telling me I’m a victim and we need to make the other side pay!

Rat, not the most reflective guy.

Excellent move

Mirrors are overrated.

Not by smashing it, I hope, Rat!

Well he changed the situation.

“If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out!”

“I’m startin’ with the man in the mirror…”

Goat is pretentious, always striving to be “above it all.” Rat, let’s admit it, is totally practical….

If we can shave our legs and pits they can shave the much smaller acreage of half their face and neck. Remember when we only had double-edged razors? Talk about lethal weapons.