Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 07, 2020

Not just my health, but everyone’s health matters.

Rat is showing unusual wisdom today.

That’s the spirit!

Rat must have been in his isolation dome a bit longer than the air containment.

He’s making reasonable sense.

Good motivation indeed!

well put

Looking closer, that looks like a pen. I initially thought that rat pooped on the floor.

Life Life Life

What good is wealth if you’re stuck in a hospital bed?

I’m going for St‍ealth!

SALUD !!!!

Is it really about health, or just “Don’t catch the ’rona!”?? If you put on 10 pounds during this, we’ll know which.

Since Pastis is pretty much these characters God, I’m wondering why he’s allowing this one to go so out of character.

In our country, one must have wealth in order to maintain health.

Without your health, wealth ain’t worth a diddly-squat!!

Hard to believe Rat changed that Poster ! Perhaps it was Pig or Goat ;-) … Croc Power !

“And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.’” But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’" Luke 12:19-20

Life’s not about the $$$, it’s how you disburse it.

TO DO LIST

1. Do not get dead today

2. Do not get anyone else dead today

I’m going to the supermarket… wish me luck.

If Rat understands, why can’t certain people in the U.S. as well?

Wrong priority, Rat. If you HAVE wealth, you can BUY health—safe surroundings, good healthcare, delivery services, protective gear. Poor people don’t have that luxury.

“Just ONE more way the MAN is keepin’ me down!”

1966 Paul Simon deep cut: “And of all my wealth won’t buy me health, So I smoke a pint of tea a day” from the aptly titled “A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission)”.

5th Panel: Orange guy with Sharpie changes it back to Wealth.

What did u do with the real rat?

Good priorities, Rat.

Wealth and Hellness

Wealth and Hellness (I like Spoonerisms, a distant cousin of the pun).

insert “why not both” GIF HERE

Rat should join Lakewood Church in Houston, TX. Then he’d be promised both health and wealth!!!

For me it is, “Somehow get by until tomorrow.”

Who is this and what has he done with Rat!

Forgetting “happiness.”

Health Is Wealth

Panel two and three didn’t work for me, but in all the weeks people have been panicking,I haven’t gotten sick. Go figure.

What good is health without wealth?

I’d fail that too.

You know we’re in trouble when Rat shows more sense than some of our leaders!

Nice one there, Stephan!

Apparently those two are quite related in the US.

What the heck? Who is this interloper disguised as Rat?

Surely, the real Rat would not be developing such a virtuous conscience?!

I’m going to change mine to Health! Wealth! Stealth! :P

This one is meant to become a classic