Left out planning. I have no luck and hard work is stupid. Planning out things helps. Such as, my factory was run by the 3 stooges. I went to night school to learn programming. The factory closed, I got a job in programming, not luck, planning. Hiding you head in the sand and depending on either hard work or luck is failure.
That explains why I’m doing so well. I work hard at playing every day and good fortune smiles on me with the “Luck of the Irish”. But things often don’t go my way just to keep me from getting a swelled head.
The chart doesn’t show EITHER/OR, it shows AND. Billions of us work as little as we can get away with, hoping luck will strike us like a bolt of lightning. More billions work to exhaustion every day just to survive to the morrow. Neither luck nor hard work is sufficient on its own.
Funny but it seems the people who work hard have “dumb luck” happen to them quite often.An overnight success! (Forty years in the making)Yeah, just “dumb luck”.
BE THIS GUY over 5 years ago
Pig, go buy a lottery ticket.
Adiraiju over 5 years ago
You’re not wrong, Rat, but it’s still annoying to put my destiny in the hands of Pac-Man.
enigmamz over 5 years ago
Where is the slice for “Who you know”?
Bilan over 5 years ago
♫ If it wasn’t for real bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all ♫
Kaputnik over 5 years ago
If it favors me, I don’t call it dumb.
Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member over 5 years ago
I was born with nothing and I still have most of it left— misquoting Seasick Steve
DennisinSeattle Premium Member over 5 years ago
Pig’s got the dumb part, now waiting for the luck part. That’s why Rat says he’s halfway there.
unfair.de over 5 years ago
“Dumb Luck” is annother way of writing “being white and male with inheritance”
Ksandler4570 over 5 years ago
The interesting thing about when Stephan does strips like this is that they are THE EXACT OPPOSITE of his own life!
Breadboard over 5 years ago
A wise man once said: Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.
ChristineMurphy over 5 years ago
Looks more like 15/16 of the way there to me.
dwane.scoty1 over 5 years ago
Details are irrelevant to Rats Genius!
chris_weaver over 5 years ago
He left out ‘choosing the right parents’.
mjb515 over 5 years ago
The mantra of people who hate the hard work part. The hard work makes “luck”.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 5 years ago
Left out planning. I have no luck and hard work is stupid. Planning out things helps. Such as, my factory was run by the 3 stooges. I went to night school to learn programming. The factory closed, I got a job in programming, not luck, planning. Hiding you head in the sand and depending on either hard work or luck is failure.
over 5 years ago
Gotta agree with Rat on this one.
joefearsnothing over 5 years ago
Tallguy over 5 years ago
Someone pointed out to me recently that you have to work so that when dumb luck strikes you’re prepared for it.
The Handsome Raspberry over 5 years ago
“Luck is a matter of preperation meeting opportunity”
-Oprah Winfrey
JudyAz over 5 years ago
But don’t rely on luck – when my ship came in, I was at the airport.
Boosted (Heavy main in TF2) over 5 years ago
That looks like Pac-Man!!
COL Crash over 5 years ago
That explains why I’m doing so well. I work hard at playing every day and good fortune smiles on me with the “Luck of the Irish”. But things often don’t go my way just to keep me from getting a swelled head.
Kveldulf over 5 years ago
The chart doesn’t show EITHER/OR, it shows AND. Billions of us work as little as we can get away with, hoping luck will strike us like a bolt of lightning. More billions work to exhaustion every day just to survive to the morrow. Neither luck nor hard work is sufficient on its own.
Hello Sweetie over 5 years ago
Funny but it seems the people who work hard have “dumb luck” happen to them quite often.An overnight success! (Forty years in the making)Yeah, just “dumb luck”.
daswaff over 5 years ago
“Chance favors the prepared mind.” ~ Louis Pasteur
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
Sometimes I feel the overwhelming urge to view Pig as the only sane character in PBS. Dumb luck?
*real* Guard Duck over 2 years ago
Pac-man is eating hard work!
The Almighty Cookie Monster about 2 years ago
BOLD ITALIX
alantain 5 months ago
Luck is my middle name. Mind you, my first name is Bad.