Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 19, 2019

You went to the wrong balloon salesman.

Go see the movie “UP”.

Maybe buy a shovel and dig your way UNDER your problems instead?

Sorry Pig. Congress bought out the supply. They had a couple lofty ideas that they wanted to float pass their fellow members.

Unfortunately many failed to get off the ground. Most were full of hot air.

Depending on which way the wind is blowing, pig could have a new problem: Either sharks or a bacon factory.

Maybe if you lost weight? Or is that one of the problems you’re trying to float away from?

Sorry Pig, the problems of life cannot be avoided, this way is life, we just have to face them and survive them.

There’s only one way to solve all your problems, pig. And it will solve my hunger problems for a day too. Come over and I’ll tell you all about it.

Even if there were enough balloons, you’d just have one new problem. Or two if you forgot to take a portapotty with you.

That’s why Rat drinks beer.

Ground pork.

Balloons :) :) :)

Stay away from the balloon guy and his inflated opinions.

So much for the phrase “when pigs fly.”

That does not take you away from your problems. It just gives you one problem to focus on, not falling to your doom.

Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli tried it, unsuccessfully.

Sometimes, it takes just one balloon and a child’s perspective.

Pastis has been in quite the mood lately.

You can run, you can float away, but you can’t hide from your problems….

Just tie them to an lawn chair and sit near an airport. What could possibly go wrong?

Umm he already bought a huge bunch c. a year ago, and floated off…

And to further rain on your parade, balloons are horrible for the environment and wildlife. Even in more remote places, beaches are lined with twisted old balloons and ribbons that birds get tangled in or choke on etc. If you must use them, please dispose in the trash — don’t let them go in the sky. Thank you!

Aw,Pig looks so deflated. : (

Pig could end up somewhere over the rainbow. Or Kansas.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-YUP.

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I was just browsing from the beginning of the publication of this cartoon, and it turns out there was a time when this was funny (and crocks were quite smart)

now it ‘dilbertized’ itself. a single joke that repeats itself over and over again with different words. oh poor us, life is such a terrible thing. pig is supposed to look cute because he acts stupid and is supposed to sound oh so deep. ok, we get it; moving on..

Check out the Australian movie “Danny Deckchair” (https://www.allmovie.com/movie/danny-deckchair-v286895). You can float away from your troubles.

“99 Luftballoons”

You can float away from all of you problems except one…

Plummeting to the ground.

Then tie them around your neck.

I’ll have 99 please, and make them all red.

90% of the problems in your life are because of you. And you can never get away from you.

Pig needs to talk to Pouch the snitch in Dick Tracy!! He’ll have enough balloons and info for sale…

The floating is okay, but the landing is iffy.

Where is the funny . It’s 3 panels of depression that sets the anti-trumpers off into a massive circle jerk. I’m dying for a pun.

Sorry, Pig. Balloons just can’t do the job. Maybe you should retreat from Life in the hard, harsh world and become an embittered, silent, isolated Hermit-pig….