Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 03, 2018

Rat is going soft; I expected Rat to give him a beating.

Monday is the best day to make these deals. Now Pete is even more Perky!

Great MONDAY morning RAT! Isn’t this a GREAT MONDAY!

Pete drives a hard bargain.

“Good Morning” is an oxymoron.

It’s only extortion if you pay…the victim is the enabler…

Pete has spunk!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etyO7T6WGwU

Rat is usually clever enough to get a restraining order or…failing that…clobber the noisy bastid! After all, sometimes you’ve got to kind and put the suffering sucker out of his misery!

Caffeine deprivation can really leave a person vulnerable! Or even a Rat, for that matter.

I just get up before everybody else in my household and sit here at the computer reading the comics with my coffee…. undisturbed.

I think I could be perky for $200 a pop.

He’s just trying to get your goat.

I wish it worked this way with non-profits.

No, It’s only Rat and Pig.

I know I’m not human till I’ve stumbled to the kitchen and had at least 2 mugs. In self-defense, my husband bought a timer for the coffee maker and sets it up the night before so it’s made by the time I get there.

The MOST annoying thing about morning people, is that they INSIST everyone should be like them. They try to get everyone up before 6 to get an early start. Night owls, however, don’t insist they stay up past 11 being productive.

Knowing Rat through the years I know he’ll extort it back. With interest.

Note to Rat: a water pistol filled with vinegar is a lot cheaper than $200.

I say “Good morning, dear” to my wife and she replies with a frown “What do you mean by that”! ;o[

Rat just start reading him the comments section over at Non Sequitur. That will Put Perky Peat Plop Plum in a Putrid Puddle. No passing GO.

The morning person who told me “Don’t worry, be happy,” is still making payments on his prosthetics.

It ain’t wrong if it works

What’s that curvy thing on the lower part of that guy’s face?

Why didn’t, Rat, just throw the mug at him?

Rat: just sleep in till noon. Then no one can say “Good morning.”

Kill them all.

Just so you know, I am not in any way related to Perky Pete. My perky comes much later in the day………….if at all.

Good morning to you, Rat – now, where’s my check?

Third panel needs a rewrite.

Plainly, Perky Pete is a pain in the posterior.

Bad move, Rat! You just gave him two hundred more reasons to be cheerful! Never negotiate with perky terrorists!

Perky Pete is the first character to get the best of Rat. You go, Pete!!!

Umm, where’s pete’s Mouth in the 2nd panel?

Rat actually paying off a Perky Extortionist is unbelievable. Where’s his baseball bat, or other “persuader”? Today’s strip must be a mistake….

Actually, he might be onto something?!

A friend of mine once explained that the proper spelling is “mourning.” It’s a time to wear black and grieve over lost sleep.

I guess rat is so tired he’d do anything to get the guy to shut up. And Perky Pete knows this.