Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 03, 2019

I thought Sorry was the metaphor for life.

Pig and Goat, no matter what game they choose, Rat will find a way to make their time bitter.

Now that I think about it, how tall is a Jenga tower whether it’s 2X2, 1X1, or an alternation of 2X2 and 1X1? Answer: a draw.

Rat, Rat, Rat. Don’t you ever relax?

Rat’s not totally wrong.

I got a Jenga block up to (I think) 25 levels once!

Enjoy life while you still can. Tomorrow is all gloomy anyways.

There’s always The Game of Life, Chutes and Ladders, and Monopoly

Yep.

Is your Jenga half full or half empty?

This is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/rOyZojbYUEA

Nice try Rat but you forgot the part of the game were the removed block goes to the top of the stack ;-) … Croc Power !

Do you really want Rat to ruin Candyland for you, too?

The survival of the fittest, basic tenet in capitalism.

Rat is playing Jumanji.

Next time play Chutes and Ladders. All the ups and downs of life, with a lot less cleanup.

Jenga for traditional funeral, C&L for cremation.

Rat sure paints a grim picture….oy

Yes Rat, we all have to deal with the fact we live in an entropic universe.

My four-year-old granddaughter loves Jenga and Candyland.

Yep, stuff happens. The only thing we can really control is our attitude. Namaste, Rat.

This rat has been messed up his whole life and I feel sorry for him.

How many people saw the word “Jenga” in the first panel and tried to figure out what the pun was going to be?

Rat is a moron. I don’t know why the others put up with his toxicity.

“For in this world, the unborn are those who are blessed.”

— quote by me referring to nothing in particular, but wouldn’t that be a great lead-in to a movie? :D

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” Charles R. Swindoll

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” Helen Keller

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Mark Twain

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” Elbert Hubbard

Seems to me Rat would find a way to make Candyland a metaphor for life too. Same with Monopoly (I can see that, either or go broke while dealing with rent, taxes, the bank, and jail), checkers (I can see that, same as Rat’s Jenga analogy), chess (I can see that, same as Rat’s Jenga analogy again), Yathee, Scrabble, mah-jong solataire,Operation, etc., etc., etc.

Candyland! The outcome is preordained by the order of the cards at the start of the game, and we are utterly helpless to influence our fate as we move along the singular track. (Cf. http://existentialcomics.com/comic/58 .)

Then Osama bin Laden’s aircraft (and our longest war). If you don’t understand “hearts and minds” pick any blockhead from your opposing political party and explain your beliefs.

Do the best you can, then walk away. Results are not your concern.

Yup, ain’t none of us getting out of this alive.

Rich folk play Monopoly and everyone else plays Go Fish.

Back when we were hippies, we all played backgammon. Not sure why.

Rat is a Jenga-downer.

Candyland it is, then….

Candyland. Now THAT’S one big metaphor for life….

I first thought this was going to end in a pun.

Healthecare’s easy. Just don’t live in the US.