Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 05, 2021

Rat just doesn’t like his odds.

James got Rat’s number very quickly.

You’ll be dust. Nothing else dust.

Meanwhile, Pig is thinking of a literal wing.

On our “your money drawer is out of balance” check sheet there was an item “Are you off by a multiple of 9?” I explained this meant you had made a transposition somewhere and showed my proof.

Whoa. What if Rat doesn’t believe in Hell? Can you get sent there even if it’s not real?

Dang it, Jim! That was too good!

I’m not too sure about that second option; I’ve never seen an evil doorstop.

Sounds about right in Rat’s case. For Pig, I’d say he has a 100 percent chance of returning as bacon or sausage.

84.7% of statistics are made up on the spot.

sorry Rat, doesn’t take a math genius to see the truth in his calculation

Rat there is still time to change your ways ! …. Maybe ;-)

How ’bout them purple coffee cups?

Nailed it!

Not only that, but there’s also a 99% chance that Rat’s grave will be a dance floor.

Especially the doorstop part.

Since there Hell is imaginary, Rat’s chance of being a doorstop is much higher than going to Hell.

Worm food, Rat!

No, the math checks out.

Somehow, somewhere James must have heard about Rat. Of course, Rat’s sarcastic remark gave him a good clue about what kind of a rat he is. Extra points to James for the subtle “You go to hell” remark as a comeback.

And to all my math teachers that said I’d wind up as a construction worker and an alcoholic, man, those were just lucky guesses.

Rat is going there for all of his bad deeds.

It’s not about the practical usage of math, it’s about the practical usage through life of the brain, which needs exercise. Same as jumping jacks or other body exercise.

Am I the only on disappointed that panel 1 wasn’t a set-up for a Pastis Pun?

One woman’s heaven is another man’s hell.

Very interesting story About a man who sees and thinks in Math because of a head injury. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Padgett

And Mr. Pastis just reduced his chances, by 1%, of not ending up in “Pun Hell” by not posting one today.

Math gets better, consider fractals and multi visions.or a better server

I’ve enjoyed the thread of your comments. It’s like a philosophy wiki.

Actually, it’s easy math. If more than 51% of your actions are good, then you go up. If not, you go the other way. Of course, how “good” is your “good”, well, math can’t answer that :-D

You’re right. The doorstop part was bogus.

We await you Rat. Ouch. Ouch. pass some of that burn ointment.

Or was that a bullseye…..

Yep, he winged it. And not very well………

What does he know, you are 100% destined for heaven!

My Dad wanted me to be good at math, but I’m practically math-phobic. Good thing I became a writer.

Man, James just met Rat and he already knows Rat’s evil personality. Nice.

That was just for Rat.

The big question in math philosophy is, is it about discovery or invention?

I feel like he would have written that same probability statement for 99.5% of the human race.

Learn your English (or whatever language is yours) and your math, and you will do fine.

I wished they had easy problems like rat’s when I was taking college math.

Dead as a doorstop?

Are we sure James isn’t just Neighbor Bob wearing glasses and using a false name?

Figures don’t lie, but liars can figure.

Jesus:“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

Even if that was actually math, it wasn’t actually helpful.

I’m sure that there are people who do not get the joke so just google mouseman door stop

Of course he winged that. With Rat it’s 100% hell and 100% undieing.

Wait! What! A ‘Pearls Before Swine’ that’s actually funny? No way!

Even with no facts to calculate, he should have gotten 6 digits of accuracy instead of rounding off. Measure with lasers. Mark with chalk. Cut with an ax.

Naw, that the living truth, want to see the math. Funny toon!

Is there a math formula that exist for that?

You got beat at your own racket, Rat. Tough….

Hell is real. Doors don’t exist.

no; absolutely not.