Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 31, 2019

Like a counterfeit $20 bill, Rat just passed his anger on to the next guy.

Rat’s little claws must be harder than they look!

Anger mismanagement.

The internet of the 21st century in three panels.

when I try to meditate cross-legged, I start to get those leg cramps making it difficult to concentrate on nothing else but

Squash that vermin!

I bursted out laughing on this one!

Something tells me Pastis spent a ridiculous amount of time drawing those people cross legged so well. I love it when he describes his pain at drawing basic things in his anthologies because it makes me feel better about myself.

From Meditation to Mediation for assault.

According to scientific observation of this comic, bald guys seem to have the anger issues.

Well at least Rat did not use the bat !

Kneedless violence is only to be expected from Rat.

Tis America’s modus operandi under Trump. Fight first before you see the whites of their eyes. Kick a dog while he’s down, throw altruism in the trashcan of history.

That guy’s lucky Rat missed his oompa loompas.

Oooooommmmmmmmm Oooooooommmmmmm

“What’s all this fuss I hear about violins in meditation. I think there should be more violins in meditation.”

i hope rat can’t pass a background check

Rat has a lot of bad karma coming to him.

Cracked me up!

It’s hard enough to pay attention to your breathing, realize your mind has wandered, and start again at paying attention to your breathing. As a teacher, this guy is a beginner.

Of course Rat did it wrong. He opened his eyes.

I heard something called “mindfulness” is becoming a fad.

That IS how Rat let’s his anger go

But it’s so much easier, and faster too….. of course it can turn out to be more painful but, who worries about that?

Where I live, we use baseball bats to break kneecaps. Kicking ass was the cause of my gout.

I think Rat would approve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajEOZ4tBqjQBoot to the head!

Rather than the “lotus position” I would like to have a position in a Lotus

At least he didn’t aim for the Oompa-Loompas this time.

My meditation guide just told us to just release all our images and thoughts without looking at them. And he had us sit in a comfortable position. Which, by the by, is what a semi-lotus position is for people who grew up without chairs.

Rat knee-caps guy on next mat. That’s the Zen of Rat….

And thus “ka-rat-ae” is conceived.