Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 18, 2020

At least what the Wise Ass gave Rat isn’t contagious.

“Boot to the head.”

pretty wise indeed

Perfect description of most clueless anti-maskers.

About time that someone did that.

Oh how I wish I could do that to the people that come into my store and think they can just take their masks off because they’re away from the managers.

Ha! Finally, someone lets Rat have it!

So, this is what Rat meant when he said he gets a kick by climbing hills.

Extra! Extra! Wise Ass Boots Smart Ass!

Some rats aren’t worth saving.

I’m starting to like this wise ass.

Not wise to insult the wise ass on the hill.

…

Day after day

Alone on a hill

He sees the sun going down

And the eyes in his head

See the world spinning ’round

The Wise Ass is a Smart Ass!

News at 11:00: Two asses meet; one gives the other a leg down.

Not quite a Rat Bat but the Kick works ! … Croc Power !

So, this is what Rat meant when he said he’s going for a boot camp.

Great toon Stephan, thanks

ROFL! Now that’s what I call “winning”!

Rat definitely was in need of a hard reboot!

Wise Ass maybe kicked some sense into RAT, but I doubt it…..OW! THAT hurt!

Forgot to add that the mask can also save the economy. The countries where people wear masks, social distance and have low infection rates also have the smallest declines in their economies. But Jabba the Hutt and his enablers don’t understand the connection between controlling the virus and saving the economy.

The Wise Ass tried social distancing until Rat came barging in.

That donkey can kick.

It’s amazing that they think they’re being tough guys when they’re actually showing that they can’t handle the slightest discomfort, and that they’re the ones who bail during a crisis.

SO much this.

Only if the wise ass is sick.

So, Rat got an ass kicking?

That Wise Ass is such a kick-ass!

We need more Wise Ass!

Huh huh heh heh he said “dillhole”…

WEAR IT!

At first glance I thought this would be a rehash of the SNL colon blow skit.

Ta-DAAHHHHH!!!!

He’s certainly an ass.

gotta admit, i like this new character

This needs to be on the front page!

Which one is the ‘ass’?

My wife and I got up early to go to Walmart for the old folks shopping at 6AM today. Signs are posted that all employees and customers must wear masks. Several employees weren’t wearing one. I complained to the manager.

wise ass doesn’t give a rats ass

Poots to bong….cypris hill

A great thing about the USA is the prevailing notion that we all have a right to our own opinions. This has served to amplify another great thing about the USA, the fostering of individualism and the encouraging of people to be themselves.

We have planted these ideas in our garden and nurtured them and we have gained in freedom of expression and in inspiration to try the new, the different.

But sometimes such ideas get distorted. Some ideas, if allowed to grow wild, contain the seeds of their own destruction. One example is in the notion that because we all have the right to our own opinions, that any opinion is as good as any other opinion. But there are informed opinions and uninformed opinions, educated guesses and ignorant speculation.

But no one is under the obligation to treat another’s rank ignorance and stupidity as equal to empirical facts. My uneducated guess is not equal to your superior knowledge… and vice-versa.

I feel like I have seen this strip.

Better than a bat; ’da boot!

Hmm interesting that I’ve been seeing sick patients daily in urgent care since the start- with no infection- using a mask. Yet I have multiple friends with college studentS positive or isolating due to pos contacts after only one week of non mask activity. It’s not rocket science to think masks protect, yet you’d think so…

Looks like a hill of beans.

The mask does nothing but show allegiance to the anti-constitutional state. Look at South Dakota, no mask, no shutdown, no lost jobs, and the least amount of Covid19 deaths per 100 in the nation. Freedom is not evil.

Hey GoComics and Pastis…Are you recycling Pearls strips today? I know I’ve seen this one before and not all that long ago.

Wise Ass’ can be too stubborn to move and must be shot. Big Bar-B-Q tonight. Remember everyone to send your used masks in to be tested to learn if even one virus critter was blocked.

I bequeath thee a boot to the head

As a guy with a heart condition who has to listen to numbnuts at work complain about the mask, man I love this!

Good to see Rat being kicked, he’s usually the real ass. Now, let me play that again in slow motion…

It’s called Science, folks.

Like a kick from a Tibetan mule.

The funny thing about that, if people are so worried about government control then the mask is perfect. You see wearing a mask helps stop facial recognition, therefore less government control over your life.

perfect.

A wise ass indeed.

So, what would that hill be called if it were inverted? Why, an ass hole, of course.

Non wearers just don’t need a placebo.

Wise ass promotes violence, story at 6!

Hurrah for the Wise Ass On the Hill!

Rat got the answer he was asking for….

I worked in Dusty smokey machine shops for 45 years. Since I wanted to retire without lung cancer I wore a dust mask a lot. Ten sometimes twelve hours a day, in summer, not air conditioned. I must have done something right. Cast iron dust, cemented carbide dust, grinding grit and no lung cancer. Simple paper dust masks. Going to Walmart in a mask is a walk in the park. Get over it, snowflakes.

I LIKE you, Wise Ass!

If only…

GET OUT OF MY GAAAAME

Masks do absolutely nothing to stop a virus. NOTHING.

If the wise donkey is wearing a mask and you aren’t what does that tell you?