Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 26, 2021

I thought they were dressed as members of HOA committee.

Between panels 2 and 3, one of them must have chopped up the other and stuffed the remains in his bag.

Maybe they are not looking for candy. Not only that at least.

Well played.

Well, to thine own self be true!

Once we had drivers license, my parents insisted we stay home to give out the candy. And wear a mask.

It worked a lot better than we thought. The person manning the candy bowl has immediate access AND time to stir it around looking for the good bits.

There are times that it’s good to be a mouse.

In the words of Peter Clemenza…. Take the Snickers, leave the Milk Duds.

Look at all the weight you won’t gain, Rat!

I’m going trick or treating in my Stephan Pastis costume.

If you give then Candy Corn, you’ll still get vandalized.

They are actually wearing costumes. They are the “Simply Safe” spokesman checking out Rat’s security system.

I pretty much did the same thing when I was 13.

Wow, what is wrong with Rat??

He would normally take a baseball bat to them!

I’m disappointed!

sometimes those big kids really are kids in big bodies; had a father yell at my son for being too old for the kiddie pool; my son responded, “I be 3 year old.” This odious man continues, “yeah who says so?” and son pointed to me and I waved back to the both of them.

They could at least wear more fun hats, but I admire their honesty.

Say, this gives me an idea. And I doesn’t even needs a costume. I’ll just goes door to door and says gimme all your food n picanic baskets…

It’s not like I want the candy anyway.

And they told him he stood no more chance of going to Heaven than a camel through the eye of a needle and gave him a copy of “Watchtower”.

Rat grasps the true spirit of Halloween.

I’d tell ’em “go for it”,then wait for them outside with a powerful garden hose and my collapsible baton…

All mouth RAT, next time PIG will hand out the candy…

Someone is fully prepared.

In my community we have strict rules. Kids must trick or treat with ID cards. Anyone 12 or younger and with a costume gets candies. Anyone 13 or older gets carved into a lawn ornament.

Heh. In high school, one of my classmates came to the door in street clothes with a pillowcase. Said he had to fill up the pillowcase for the fraternity he was pledging. (Yes, we had Greek orgs in high school.) I didn’t mind helping a brutha out.

I can always let my dogs out if the “guests” are undesirable.. Being fairly well removed from the main road, we don’t get many if any unfamiliars anyway.

I usually give them a hard time about it and make them tell me what they are before i give them candy. Then after about 2-3 groups of them come by I know it’s time to go dark.

As a child, I absolutely adored Halloween and trick-or-treating! Since I couldn’t bare to give it up, when I was 16 I went to a buddy’s house in another neighborhood and dressed as the hunchback. He wouldn’t go – saying we were too old -so I went alone. I had thought that by hunching over it would belie by 6’+ size and fool people. It didn’t. One homeowner said: “You’re a little big to be trick or treating, aren’t you?” That was the end for me. Sigh…

Losing candy > getting vandalized. Simple math, especially since candy will be on sale on November 1st.

Quite a common sight all over urban America in recent months. Generally euphemized as ‘protesters’.

After 10:30, we arm the perimeter defense grid …

I guess Rat gave them points for honesty.

I think I remember Calvin pulling something like that on Halloween once and actually being successful too!

‘…we homeowners’, not ‘…us homeowners’

Hand out toothbrushes to Trick Or Treaters.Then write a best selling book about the responses.

Had this happen to me one year decades ago. I was already out of candy so I gave them oranges, they never came back again.

“we homeowners” not “us homeowners”

Anyone else see the “Lawns must Die” video on YT?

Halloween is absolutely my most favorite holiday all year. I just love seeing the little kids come around in their cute little costumes. And I always have enuf candy on hand for the big kids who show up at the end of the evening as well. I figure if they take it, I won’t be tempted.

I thought they were going as Harry and Marv from Home Alone.

They’re carrying pre-flame bags of dog poop

A couple of years ago I was running VERY low on candy, so one kid gave me a bunch of his to hand out!

The least you could do, they got a point for honesty!

Have l introduced you to my friends Mr Smith and Mr Wesson…..

“Exuding”??

Well, ah, yes. Please, just leave my car that’s parked outside alone!

“I’m a homicidal maniac. We look just like everyone else.” Wednesday Addams.

I have no problem with older kids Trick-or-treating…adulthood will claim them soon enough…but they had better have put some effort into their costumes or they get the raisins!

Don’t encourage them.

—Surprised to see Rat wuss out. Doesn’t he have a “hey, you kids, get off my lawn” shotgun?

The background is trippy. Scroll up and down really fast. Be ware for all of y’all with epilepsy

At least have a good story for your non-costume, that’s all I ask.

Teens are smarter then they look.

I plan to continue to dress up into senior year. My trick is to bring my younger siblings.