Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 10, 2014
February 09, 2014
February 11, 2014
Transcript:
Rat: every morning you get up, you're the youngest you'll ever be. Goat: That's a nice sentiment. Rat: And the closest you've ever been to your inevitable death. Goat: And there goes that. Rat: I see you coming, great dirt nap!!!
I’m okay with the dirt nap. Either it’ll be heaven or it’ll be nothingness – either works. Unless, of course, I get reincarnated as Rat. That would be horrendous.
You’re older than you’ve ever been and now you’re even older. And now you’re even older. And now you’re even older. You’re older than you’ve ever been and now you’re even older. And now you’re older still! (Many thanks ot TMBG!)
Yup, told the kids that after 25 it’s all a downhill run. The oldest is working full time and going to school full time on his GI bill. He believes me.
It’s not the closest you’ll ever be to your inevitable death, it’s the farthest you’ll ever be to your inevitable death. One hour after you wake up, you’ll be closer to your inevitable death than you were when you woke up.
Ida No over 10 years ago
I like to have a nice cup of coffee when I get up from my dirt nap in the morning.
edclectic over 10 years ago
“Life does not cease to be funny when peopledie any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.” – George Bernard Shaw
dadoctah over 10 years ago
I’ve found a great way around this little philosophical dilemma: I don’t get out of bed until afternoon.
cdward over 10 years ago
I’m okay with the dirt nap. Either it’ll be heaven or it’ll be nothingness – either works. Unless, of course, I get reincarnated as Rat. That would be horrendous.
bigbadpete over 10 years ago
“The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death”(Pink Floyd – Time)
rshive over 10 years ago
As the folk song goes, “Always remember the longer you liveThe sooner you bloody well die. "
tommysmo over 10 years ago
You’re older than you’ve ever been and now you’re even older. And now you’re even older. And now you’re even older. You’re older than you’ve ever been and now you’re even older. And now you’re older still! (Many thanks ot TMBG!)
edclectic over 10 years ago
In dog years I’m dead.
puddlesplatt over 10 years ago
Mr. Rat…a Ray of Sunshine!
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
Relax, Goat; it’s all in your perspective. Rat is just prone to hysterics.
Melekalikimaka over 10 years ago
Yup, told the kids that after 25 it’s all a downhill run. The oldest is working full time and going to school full time on his GI bill. He believes me.
Ermine Notyours over 10 years ago
If you fall asleep at a mud bath at a spa, is that a dirt nap? My other guess is a clay absorbent in diapers.
corzak over 10 years ago
lol! The “Great Dirt Nap”. I’ve never (ever!) heard it put that way.
Les Gray over 10 years ago
everything comes to an end including this strip.
IQTech61 over 10 years ago
Then one day you wake up, realize that birth and death are an illusion and that you are an immortal being, trapped on the wheel of karma.
Then everything changes.
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
Rat giveth a little, and Rat taketh away a whole bunch.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 10 years ago
Rat doesn’t have to worry about dying. Heaven doesn’t want him, Hell is afraid he’ll take over!!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 10 years ago
Rat doesn’t have to worry about dying. Heaven doesn’t want him, Hell is afraid he’ll take over!!
MikeJanus Premium Member over 10 years ago
It’s not the closest you’ll ever be to your inevitable death, it’s the farthest you’ll ever be to your inevitable death. One hour after you wake up, you’ll be closer to your inevitable death than you were when you woke up.
boreas2 over 10 years ago
it reminded me of a zenpencil strip
http://www.gocomics.com/zen-pencils/2013/12/02#.UvlDrKzfREI
Lamberger over 10 years ago
I get up from my dirt nap craving blood….
muneflauer over 10 years ago
I’m getting this t-shirt!“Dirt Nap” … what a card.
TMO1 Premium Member over 10 years ago
It’s like Rat’s been reading my mind.
codedaddy over 10 years ago
Not sure how death can qualify as a nap, but this is one of the better strips and the comments were OK too.
jerry400 7 months ago
Pretty sure I was younger yesterday …