Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 23, 2023

Wise way of getting rid of Rat.

So that’s Pizza Rat!

I like that definition of success. Stuffed shells tomorrow!

Success can be as simple as that if you don’t screw it up with greed and hate.

Don’t forget the good Chinese and Indian food!

Let us all meditate on this: “O solo mio . . .”

It’s not always true: I’m Italian and I live in Italy, I’ve been eating Italian food for 66 years. Never been successful.

Because Italian foods is expensive eh?

he can up from a different side to receive an arbitrary answer…

I’d have said Greek, but some Italian is OK, too.

Love moussaka and calamari.

How enlightening. Garfield has led a successful life! Nine of them, to be exact. Dilly! Dilly!

Give me a good book, a good videogame, both can be any genre, and some good food, and I’ll be content.

I wanna be a great wiseass on a hill.

I’m going to Italy next year. Wish me success!

Mr Hill Man I agree!

I guess Rat believes that Pizza Hut is Italian food.

I get the same feeling when I eat a burger and a beer

I do enjoy Italian food.

You’re also successful if you’ve eaten a lot of cheese. And twice as successful if you also put cheese on your Italian foods (like parmesan on your spaghetti).

What a relief!

Wait. Is there BAD Italian food?

What is this “life” you speak of?

“Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.” – Sophia Loren

Google “the great spaghetti harvest” from BBC.

Being able to have any kind of nutritional food to eat means you are successful. Buying food costs money.

The simple truth…

At last! A religion I can get behind!

Nah, success is measured in tacos…

Then living around California must be the definition of success. It’s the Cal zone.

And while at it, eat lots of Mexican food. Mmmm, la comida es deliciosa.

Yep, F that vegan/keto nonsense

Does going to Olive Garden count ?

As long as it’s not Olive Garden.

Are we certain that it is a dirt hill Wise *ss is sitting on top of? I think eating all those different food types in the comments would add to that hill.

Is the jury still out on “eating a lot of donuts?” Good thing or bad thing?

With an Italian mother, aunts, sister, I guess I could say I had my quota of Italian food before leaving the nest. But, my wife and I learned how to make a lot of it, so piling goodness on top of goodness. Mangiare!

And that was only one example of the many ways we could say we had a good life. Things have gotten a lot better since Jan Hus, Wycliffe, Tyndale, and others like Kepler, Newton, Michael Faraday, GW Carver, the Wright brothers…

Whoever eats the most ice cream in their life wins.

Sadly, didn’t help my Sicilian wife, you jackaess.

As long as that includes espresso then yeah! BTW Italian food is not a ton of pasta. It’s fresh fish, veggies, and fruit. Mediterranean and very hearty. Except the delights at the pasticiaria. OMG

As an Italian this statement gives me mixed feelings. It’s not wrong. But…

Definitely the eating of good food is part of a good, if not successful, life……

Yes, life is to be enjoyed. Indulge in all the bounty life has to offer. Everything in moderation.

Blame It On Bob Professional Scapegoat Don’t become a shame, I’ll take the blame! No blame too big or too small! Car didn’t start? Blame It On Bob! Can’t catch a zebra? Blame It On Bob! Wife upset because there’s no food on the table? Blame It On Bob! Call now to schedule your blame!

STOP MAKING THIS JOKE FOR ONE MINUTE.

still on the mountain of crap

I miss the chicken livers at Banchero’s.

You mean…that’s it?? Wow…I been way overthinking this!

My family has been aiming for this goal since before the folks at Ellis Island signed us in and it seems to be working.

Lol i was just visitin italy

Italian and Mexican. The two great food groups.

I like Italian food. But I.am certain there is more to life than that. I think the Wise Donkey is messing with Rat.

I believe I read this in Reminisce magazine: success is:

Liking what you do.

Being good at it.

Being able to make a living at it.

So it would seem, Rat—IF you believe the Wise A$$.

And even if not true, eating a lot of good Italian food is still a Good Thing….

I’ve heard Italy isn’t that great a fan of tomato-based pasta sauces and that’s strictly American.

Try Roseto, Pennsylvania

Italian food is generally bad for you: pizza, pasta… still better than Mcfood, I guess