Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 13, 2022

I don’t see Pig as a future contestant on Jeopardy.

From that grin, I’d say he did more than play games at the pub.

Goat is asking questions. Do they qualify as trivia questions? Pig got 1 out of 2 right.

Pig has a great view on life!

I used to do that, system hooked up to bars around North America. There was a super competitive group, at the bar I hung out at, they would get mad if you didn’t share answers.

Rat goes to the bar and it’s not for fun??

I wouldn’t choose to do that, mostly. Though we do enjoy a good round of Fictionary from time to time and NOBODY keeps score except for the cheers and groans. But what I REALLY love to do is go dancing. Never any losers, only winners. And much fun is created!

Fun? Is that legal?

Looks like Pig won some fun.

I knew people like that. And they always ended up on my team. I wanted to be traded to the winning team. Losing is not in any way fun.

So that’s what Congress been doing … playing team trivia – for fun.

You’d hate my house, Rat. We all get on Zoom and play Monday Night Trivia with family and friends just for fun too. Started as a Quarantine method to pass the time and stay connected and turned into a years long tradition.

You would not understand, Rat!

Love you, Pig.

Pig has it right. This constantly trying to beat the other guy kills the soul (or the psyche or inner person or whatever you choose to call it. Either way, it’s unhealthy).

Pig doesn’t care about winning. He’s just in it for the experience and fun of it.

And this is why we love Pig.

Rat is the one who is living the horrible life, because he can’t understand joy and playing just for the fun of it.

My trivia team has a simple philosophy: To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

Life is trivial.

It’s not Tuesday night yet…

That’s how I used to play pickleball, until the extremely competitive crowd drove away the casual players.

What’s wrong with playing for fun?

Pig is a simple pig..he doesn’t flaunt or brag….but his team won…‼️

Pig Don’t know Jack!

Oddly enough, I’m with Rat. I am way too competitive, even for something as mundane as Wordle.

Good for you Pig. Competition doesn’t always improve an activity. (He sure looks excessively happy.)

As I’ve said before, Pig is the best contemporary example of The Wise Fool.

The #*&@!# pandemic ruined our bar/team trivia.Didn’t come back.

Any team with Pig on it would be playing for fun and not to actually win.

Today is National Ice Cream Day.Don’t get icepick headaches.

I could say the same about you, Rat.

Pig is blissful and care-less. Rat should be so lucky….

If Rat played trivia at a pub, he would also end up not knowing how the team did, but for a different reason.

Rat would be one of those parents that argues and gets in fights with the ref and other parents at his kid’s little league game.