Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 04, 2024

Goat won’t tell you why; he’s in on it with Pig.

DANG!!!! PIG has too easy a “tell,” in RAT’S “eyes,” ya know, for PIG’S “plot” to kill RAT!!!! Dan aka…

I noticed that the green mug suddenly disappeared; what’s Pig planning to do with it?

If Pig was Cat then he sure want to kill you and eat you.

Because everyone else is.

He wants your parking space.

Either Pig was standing on the bar stool or he’s got helluva set of legs.

Check out the strip from June 23, 2004, where Pig tries to rub out Rat with an eraser. Pig’s been plotting this for a long time.

Why wouldn’t he?

Rat, let me introduce you to this product from the Victor Corporation…

Pig plotting? Pig is a follower.

Pig is making sure Goat’s plot is underway to deliver Rat to the Crocs.

Was that a rhetorical question, Rat?

WHY?!? It’s going to take a while to make that list

From the movie: The Chronicles Of Piggick – “I’ll kill you with my tea cup”.

Even paranoids have enemies.

Knowing Pig is such a good guy, he only would kill you Rat with bad jokes!

Maybe it’s because you’re a narcissistic pinhead who has nothing better to do except for putting people down?

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.

Out ta get me – Guns N’ Roses

Possibly the greatest song about paranoia ever. :)

Do you want the list in alphabetical or chronological order?

I had a friend like this. She finally decided she could no longer by around me since I was a terrible and unsupportive friend to her.

He’s plotting to kill you because he’s quite suspicious of you!

Are you paranoid if someone is out to get you?

In the second panel, Pig was obviously taking about Rat and Our Be❤️ed Count.

I worked and retired from a company whose motto was “Only the Paranoid Survive”. I worked on some really fun projects, but the company’s culture was a little too intense.

Everyone must do his part to improve the world.

Eek, the Paranoids are also after Rat.

You’ve just proven your own point, Rat, you need to learn to lighten up.

So, Pig knows that Rat is exactly as suspicious as he should be? What is Pig plotting?!

Not everyone wants to kill rats. Some want to put them in cages: My Dad, the Biologist, for experiments. My daughter to feed her snakes.

Nah,Pig isn’t. Guard Duck is.

Rat heard what he wanted to hear, but yet is leary of pigs statement! LOL

If you want my answer to that, Rat, I made a list.

Inhales deeply

“Nobody pays any attention to me, except for those guys always following me”

Well, for a first reason, you’re Rat.

Who says I’m paranoid?! Who?! Who’s saying that about me?!

Look in the mirror for your answer….

No. I think you’re great just as you are.

If you are Rat, I think you’re great just as you are. Really, I think you’re great just as you are.

If you are not Rat, please delete and contact the sender. This is a recording.

~ signed Google Ads.

Sorry, Rat, but that would be totally out of character for Pig. Surely you know him better than that?

Pig is plotting to hasten Rat’s death by encouraging him to keep his rotten habits.

Did Pig not understand the question?

Maybe Rat is not paranoid-delusional. Maybe Pig is plotting a bigger and better Mousetrap!

Uh-huh.

I learned long ago not to be suspicious of everyone around me. Now, I’m just supicious of most of them.