Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 07, 2019

He has already lived 15 years longer than the average life expectancy for a rat.

I’m 70. Give me the pizza.

Come on, rats can eat rubbish, it has been known that they even chew papers and circuits. I do not think cold pizza will do any harm to Rat’s health.

Well… I was going to say something about how long the average rat lives, then I remembered that Disney has a mouse who is 90 years old, so diet must have SOMETHING to do with it, right?

I hate to agree with Rat for once, I’m not sure I want to be around 30 years from now either.

Pizza has at least 3 of the food groups, and usually 4. What’s not to love?

Rat has survived consuming stuff that would otherwise kill an elephant in small doses. By now, the only thing that could shorten Rat’s life would be something natural like fresh organic fruits and vegetables .

Sloooow euthanasia by pizza – take that Kevorkian!

Making love and eating pizza : the two best way to die .

I’m with Rat and Pig. I’d rather have yummy food than have disgusting food and live forever. And juding by how weird this strip is, I’ll give this strip 7 years tops

Rat makes sense!

The best thing about cold pizza for breakfast is that you had hot pizza for dinner!

Gotta agree with Rat on this one.

Christine Lavin – Cold Pizza for Breakfast https://youtu.be/3Im_48Qe8Ws You’ll be glad…

Hmmmm! I like cold pizza !

With so many different styles of pizza why not have it for breakfast? …….Croc Power !

We’re all doomed anyways, sooner or later.

Depend on Rat to opt for a slice of pizza over a slice of the action.

Ummm…. Pig? Is that a pepperoni pizza? Just sayin’.

Worked at pizza shops for 3 years as a callow youth. We got to take home mistakes and burned specimens. Nothing like carbonized, cold pizza for breakfast. Will be 68 next month, so it hasn’t killed me yet.

This is one of the few times I agree with the Food Police. Cereal is a misnomer, it should be called Glucose! https://www.news10.com/news/national/pizza-for-breakfast-is-healthier-than-cereal-nutritionist-claims/1808979413

Exercise, eat right, die anyway.

And Pig’s has pepperoni on it, of course…Let that sink in a little bit.

Pizza, chocolate wine and bourbon. What more could you ask for.

Cold pizza is an American delicacy

Doesn’t matter what he eats, a rat would not be around in 30 years.

Give me one good reason to be around in 30 years …

Rat’s a pain in the potato.

Where’s the warm Coke to wash it down?

The look of joy on Rat’s face in panel 3 is hilarious!

The way things are going in this country, not sure I want to be around in 5 years!

I disagree with Rat about the cold pizza. Did he get this idea from Dagwood Bumstead last Saturday?

https://comicskingdom.com/blondie/2019-05-04

gad, this is some kind of prophecy! I ate pizza last night!

I now give the grandkids pizza for breakfast. It’s got to be better for them than the sugary breakfast cereals that they’d eat otherwise.

this is so funny! I love pearls before swine!

of course it is not simply about life and death. quick death, fine, but do you want to be incapacitated because you stroked out at 45 and then spend 20 years dangling onto life, crapping in your bed, living in an underfunded care home or something like that? everyone thinks they’ll just die nice and simple. but, it’s still a funny comic.

Die early, avoid the rush!

Ask him the same question in 29 years (if he is still around) and see what he says then.

According to Dietitian Chelsey Amer, Pizza is healthier than a bowl of cereal for breakfast. “You may be surprised to find out that an average slice of pizza and a bowl of cereal with whole milk contain nearly the same amount of calories,” Amer said. “However, pizza packs a much larger protein punch, which will keep you full and boost satiety throughout the morning.”

She acknowledges that pizza isn’t necessarily a health food, but maintains that it’s a more balanced meal than a typical bowl of sugar flakes.

https://nypost.com/2018/01/30/nutritionist-claims-pizza-is-a-healthier-breakfast-than-cereal/

Cold pizza is healthier than all the sugar-bomb cereals out there. Numerous studies have established that the real culprit of obesity and heart disease is excessive sugar, not fat (“good” or “bad”). Go for it, Rat!

Rats only live a couple of years. He’s probably afraid to end up like Garfield.

The problem with pizza every morning is the implication of pizza every night before. It’s tasty, sure, but I love my (home cooked) pot roasts, fish fillets, burgers, chicken with rice, tuna salad (that’s not cooked at all), and on and on and… We do have (home made) pizza every other month or so. Try it with mushroom, onion, fennel and egg plant with a pesto sauce. Yummy.

“Didn’t know what to say to that.”

That’s easy: May I have a slice?

Reminds me of Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher fat boy.

Cold pizza for breakfast is one of the Best Things in (an average guy’s) Life. And far more nutritious than most of the stuff sold in the Cereals aisle of the grocery store.

See here, too: http://tinyurl.com/y54xa79e

Actually, it’s been shown pizza is healthier for breakfast than cereal. https://www.news10.com/news/national/pizza-for-breakfast-is-healthier-than-cereal-nutritionist-claims/1808979413

SO… Rat just want to die?