Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 30, 2019

That will be an interesting +1.

I am with Rat in the final panel on this one.

The man interviewing the arab father, who asked “Is it okay for your daughter to have dates?”. Answer: “As long as she only eats a few.”

And as the world turns … in the near future, Pig’s Date will shrivel up.

In remembrance of his Date’s once full body, Pig will raisin’ up a glass and give a toast that his Date never Wined

Facepalm!

Pastis is dated!

If you go to Indio, California, you can watch a guy make a date shake.

(I fully expect to see reference to this in a future strip.)

Pig has a date? Pigita will not be pleased.

Too bad he didn’t use a pyramidal shaped container instead of a cube. Back in high school I had a physics teacher who believed in the pseudoscience of ‘pyramid power’, that is that pyramids had certain mystic properties, one of them being the ability to preserve foods. To try to prove it, he tried to preserve a piece of fruit by placing it under a plexiglass pyramid for a few months. I don’t recall it being entirely successful.

Pig drawn head-on? That doesn’t happen very often!

Ooooh pig, NO you don’t , “ GOT THIS” . Literal interpretation of the English language…….sigh

Because the “date” certainly can’t save itself, huh Pig?

Must rethink “Date-Night” ……….. Croc Power !

Got a similar letter, so I put a whale in my pool.

Best snack ever; pitted date stuffed with one almond. Crunchy and sweet.

Pastis, have you considered intervention?

Can’t wait to see Pig’s RSVP.

Perhaps it is a significant date, like New Years.

how does Pig know he saved the right date?

Pitted against the enemy.

I still have my date from our high school prom. She’s in the basement.

Goodness gracious, Pig

Pig has gone Plum loco.

I think maybe Rat was talking to Pastis. BTW, it he still living in a basket on his wife’s porch?

Hate to be old-fashioned here, but the word is, “invitation.” It is a noun, not a verb.

Pig was also moved by those pictures of distressed dates clinging to melting ice floes!

i’ve walked through the produce section seeing them and going ’well, if i microwave it, i can say i had a hot-date".

Rat’s right. Pig is hopeless, though not helpless. Maybe Neighbor Bob’s Daughter can make him her Rescue Project….