Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 05, 2021

Pig should be grateful to Rat for giving him a reason to be happy.

Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

I am also Happy that I’m not with Rat.

Bobby Mc Ferrin’ “Don’t worry, be happy” could be Pig’s song of the day.

My mother used to warn us that comparisons were invidious. Fortunately “I’m not you” is only sort of a comparison.

There is a reason, Rat: Ignorance is bliss, and nobody’s more ignorant than Pig.

I’m with Pig, I am also happy to not be Rat.

Who said that, Calvin or Hobbes?

(Remember Luther and Locke?)

Say “Yes!” to drugs. (They might work, for a while anyway…)

People have been telling me life was short for the past 50+ years, and I really wish they’d. It got old after the first couple of weeks. In reality, life is nasty, brutish, and just never seems to end until it’s too late.

So are we.

If life is nasty and brutish, isn’t it a good thing that it’s also short?

Correct both times!

Humans are strange creatures. If we’re happy (which is a rare occasion anyway) our brain automatically starts to search for reasons to stop that. Maybe it’s sort of a security valve to keep our heads from exploding.

Yay, Pig!

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”Oscar Wilde

I always thought life is a bowl of scorpions and then you die!

If your Happy and you know it clap your hands.

I don’t recall seeing a smile on pig’s face before.

Rat is nasty, brutish, and short.

You know what we calls those who is happy for no reason, Pig?

Pig! Do not be shy, let the whole world know that “I’m not him” is “I’m not Rat!”. I feel that he deserves the credit for your personal discovery!

Nice Smile Pig! And I agree!

Life is just a bowl of cherries, so why is Rat’s the pits?

Rat makes an interesting point. At the beginning of Annie Hall (1977), Woody Allen tells this joke: "two elderly women are at a Catskills mountain resort, and one of ’em says: “Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.” The other one says, “Yeah, I know…and such small portions.”

Pig looks weird with a smile.

;)

You don’t really expect Rat to be happy about life? I mean, he’s been heartbroken many times and besides, he’s a rat. What’s he got? Five years?

Nah. Good job, pig. Life is what you decide to perceive, for the most part.

I modestly claim 50,000 miles of hitchhiking. I learned something from everyone who gave me a ride. Sometimes it was simply ‘I don’t want to be like them’.

I’m happy I’m not him either, Pig.

I believe I have seen this in a tshirt; it went something like ’I’m with stupid’

“I don’t care what you do, wouldn’t want to be like you.” I love Pig and Rat. They bring balance to the universe.

I know the past year and a half or more has been pretty much a bummer, but we don’t have to let outside influences (including people) bring us down. Pig might have the right idea.

Glad PIG didn’t stoop down to “rats level”! LOL

Thomas Hobbes. What a cheerful guy.

But there’s nothing that says you can’t be delusional.

Totally a valid reason.

“They’re professorial cynics, and it’s too late for them.” – Ray Bradbury

Just keep the first sign,,,,

Hmmm… judging by some of the comments here it seems that Pig’s sign is directed at certain commenters!

I agree with Pig!

Says the rat with no cats or alleys in sight.

Pig must’ve stopped watching cable news shows and put down his phone.

Amen. Happiness is a choice, not a situation in life.

I love Pig!!

Rat. Way to be rude!

Keep up the good work Pastis.

You go, Pig! And you go away, Rat!

Calvin and Hobbes.

Some people are better at being happy than others. You know that ticks the likes of Rat off.

Not on social media?

MathProf2 needs a toke. Don’t worry, be happy. A new study says, “Over 20 replies to a comic indicates at least one A-Hole comment.”

Three little birds pitched by his doorstep. Every little thing gonna be all right.

Thomas Hobbes

We’ll make an exception for Rat. For him it’ll be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and long.

The floot floot did a boom boom on the jim jam.

Scratching out words won’t keep the SOBs at bay.

Amen, Pig!

there you go

Life’s a bitch and then you die.

Rat is nasty, brutish, and short.

Poor Cartoon-Boy! The multiple personalities are kicking in today full strength. He has claimed Rat is his alter ego, but clearly today Pig speaks for him…..

Life is a Sontaran?