Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 22, 2021

“Did you miss me?”

“NO!”

how noble.

I’m amazed at how cheerful those people are, considering that they’re in a bar that has a rat in it.

The solution is ignore them.

bonzai! (sarcastically)

As with the whole world always, SOME people use their time to good effect, some use it to bad effect and a lot simply let it flow by, nearly unchanged by their presence in the timestream, and vice versa.

Being in one of the worst states and areas in one of the worst possible jobs, “Stay at home order” never existed for me.

I hate Idaho and the pandemic made me hate people more than ever. May this state burn to the ground.

Rat is running for Governor in the California Recall Newsom election.

It’s still the same for me. I still only shop once every 2 weeks when I run out of cat food. There isn’t any way that my fur babies are going to miss a meal.

I was hoping that staying at home during the pandemic would teach people that they don’t need so much gratification. Time will tell

‘More social?’‘Hell no!’

Rat should ask himself those same questions. I doubt he would answer differently.

Is Rat conducting some kind of a survey? For whom?

Rat who twisted your arm to go out ? Stay home if you feel that way .

Such disappointment. Rat has gotten so much smarter and so much less annoying – and the rest of the world has not grown like he has.

You and me both.

You can choose to stay home without being ordered to. It is more satisfying when you have a choice. Life is better when the locks on the doors are inside rather than others having the keys and you can’t leave.

Love you, Rat.

More charitable and caring, or even just nicer, Rat?

I do so identify with Rat.

Everyone should stay the heck out of Montana too.

Why don’t you move? Dumb—-!

I’m sorry, but Rat smiling is WRONG, JUST WRONG!!!

Did Rat use the last 15 months to drink less alcohol? NOPE!

Lol

Save the poto

Well neither did Rat

Not having to be stuck at home with Rat anymore, I would think Pig would LOVE not being under a stay at home order.

Politically motivated comments, lambasting the other side, coming in 3…2…1…

Stay-at-home order? What stay-at-home order? I never got out to begin with, pandemic or no pandemic. Today is my birthday, though. :)

I did!

Rat misses “other people stay at home” orders.

Where did the plate go?

Some of us were smart enough to use it to stay “feelin good” and “livin longer.” A former friend (irritating staunch far-right winger) said his family had 9 Covid infections. Mine, zero. Our county and state are reporting new cases and deaths every week from the pandemic, but it’s not a big deal anymore to the press.

Order wasn’t clear enough…..

Stephan has said in one of his treasuries that Rat looks weird when he smiles (paraphrased. I think he said “psycotic”, but I’m not sure). I cannot say I disagree with him.

Move to Michigan. Sounds like you’d fit in.

So much for the Joys of Freedom, eh, Rat?

Some of us are rather more hermit-like by preference….

No, they just forgot how to drive.