Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 28, 2020

Hard to believe I’m saying this, but Pig can do better.

you are right, sir

Sorry, can’t. Have to give my cat a perm.

Sorry, can’t. Have to press my sox.

Sorry, can’t. Have to knurl my knuckles.

Sorry, can’t. Too much licorice.

…

Where exactly are they NOW?

So Pigita will be free until 28 March 2029?

What Pig really needs is Sweet Fanny.

Keep clinging to that rope, Pig. It may be imaginary, but it’s the only thing holding you up.

She’s not playing “hard to get,” Pig. She’s playing “IMPOSSIBLE to get.” Move on — you can do better, and you definitely DESERVE better!

What’s happening in 9 years?

I’m just surprised she still has a paper day planner.

Pig stay inside, you are quarantined. Oh wait, does Corona affect pigs? Did the pigs stay in during the Swine Flu epidemic??

There are other sows in the wallow, Pig.

There’s Pigolita, Pigclymestra, Pigistra, Pigdonna etc. They are all waiting for you Pig!!

Why would she go out with a Bore when she could go out with a Boar!

Is that how long the Coronavirus pandemic is going to last?

Pig time to find another “Making Bacon” partner ! … Croc Power !

Pig is such a nice guy, not too many of them around. However, a lot of conniving females are always hovering and I am a female. Not the predatory kind however.

There’s other pigs in the pen.

She’s avoiding you like the ’flu, Pig!

Yup – used to meet my share of “organized women”, too.

Pig should get a pilot licence, and a cessna.

Heard that Miss Piggy is available…..

No social distancing for these cartoon characters, that’s for sure.

I can appreciate why Stephan’s practice of producing strips months in advance is driven by his mortal fear of writer’s block. But it’s times like these when it’s all too apparent how that neurosis spells missed opportunities for making a comic strip relevant.

I hate dating. It’s pointless and for saps.

Pigita just blew him off …..and he doesn’t even realize it …YET!

Ah, the love story of Pig and Pigita, as the the Pastis World Turns, new episode tomorrow. Will Pigita change her mind? Will Pig find someone else? Will Rat get Covid19. Keep watching….

Mrs. Baker’s day planner is always full, too.

This is a homage to Bob Mankoff’s New Yorker original, back in 1993.[Executive on phone, looking through his day planner.]“Thursday’s out. How about never – is never good for you?”

https://media.newyorker.com/photos/59095105ebe912338a372666/master/w_774,c_limit/How-about-never-cartoon.jpg

try lawyering again, please.

Her other ear, now a silk purse?

Women can be excellent planners.

“Ah, so you’re free in 9 years and a day? Great, see you then!”

Ask her again in nine years and she’ll be busy for the next nine hundred years.

Pigita is a swine.

Another one of those, ‘I am going to have a terrible headache, toothache, halitosis, dandruff, ingrown toenail, paint to eat off the wall, etc.’

You dodged a bullet there, Pig. Find someone better suited to you, not a high maintenance girl like her.

She must have the cleanest hair of anyone! (Anybody?)

Pig, you are so darned dense!

Drop Pigita! Bring back & un-die Sweet Fanny!

Busy? With everything going on in the world I think she’s just avoiding pig

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Also, i love pigita’s name, its funny