Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 12, 2020

40 years? I didn’t know pigs lived that long.

A long time planning for a Pig considering that next January you’ ll be bacon .

I was expecting it to say, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

If you fail on Thursday, there won’t be a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

What, no cheese?

Years looks the same? I feel like there might be a mistake there, but then, I’m tired.

Employee self evaluation.

Q: What is your short term goal? A: Leave work by 5:00 pm.

Q: What is your long term goal? A: Be home by 5:45 pm.

Good to have a plan.

After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

Forty years? It doesn’t take that long to become bacon, Pig.

Ya gotta take at least one day off.

Pig remember to take your Debbie Downer pills every day ! … Croc Power !

Figured Pig would have “Will avoid being converted into Pork Cutlets” @the top of his list!

Average lifespan of a pig is 15-20 years. Since the strip’s been around at least since 2002, he’s pretty much already used that up. Good thing most comic strip characters don’t age.

To be fair, I think that’s the plan of most of us – we just wrap more words around it.

Sometimes even a list like this would make me say, “Good luck with that!” :-)

Pigs actually have like 25 years.

I have the same exact plan Monday through Friday.

This cartoon should of been for November 3rd, and the following 4 years.

PIG doesn’t have motivation and is so manic about everything.

“Family Circus” has much the same plan, only with more vodka.

40 years in the wilderness, but then: The Promised Land.

I usually focus on lunch, im a bit more short term than pig.

If that’s all there is, life is too tedious for you, Pig.

You could volunteer at a slaughter house to become bacon! (Yeah, kinda eww!)

But after the Democrats win in November, everything will be roses and waffles!

Covid-19 will miraculously go away! Full employment! Cops will hand out coupons for free coffee to everyone they stop! Free medical care for everyone!

And rather than increase taxes to pay for it, they’ll just print more money!

HOW THE DAYS OF THE WEEK GOT NAMED:

Monday – Everybody is mooning about wondering what happened to the weekend,

Tuesday – Day number two, will it ever end?

Wednesday – When, oh when is the weekend coming up?

Thursday – Thoroughly fed up; I wanna go home,

Friday – Tonight is the night to get fried,

Saturday – Sit around and recover from Friday night.

Sunday – doesn’t exist

My theme song is, “Help Me Make It Through The Night” !

Life is overrated.

Looks like Pig has really thought this “through”!

hopefully not for the next 4 anyway.

A very smart list

Is this a grim take on an AA phrase?

Well said and will continue to comply after next month’s 20th Year Retirement Anniversary party.

Mr. Pastis, are you all right?

Yes, but just think of all the money you’ll save on those ridiculously overpriced personal planners over the course of your lifetime.

Hehe. That’s my mantra. “Ohmmmmmm…Just get through today…Ohmmmmmmm.”

That’s been my plan for nearly 74 years. It’s worked so far.

Whew. Seems like a lot of work

I’m with you, Pig … one day at a time. Hang in there, buddy.

This comic strip has become sheeple fodder