Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 12, 2020

Some serious mother issues.

It should be: From whom do you want this approval?

Then one day, he received a rating of “Prime” from the USDA.

I try to approve of others when I can. Tends to make them happy, which tends to make me happy too.

Here’s a guy who can give you approval! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwux1_CNdxU

Sorry Pig, you’ll never get your approval – it would take an act of Congress, and this is an election year.

What does Rat mean there isn’t anyone in charge of approval?

What do you think Like buttons are?

You should never end a sentence with a preposition. That’s something you should be familiar with.

“Who do you want approval from?” is perfectly acceptable English. It would be bad Latin, which is why the first grammaticists of English had a problem with it.

A person named Hatfield might approve!

That’s exactly what seeking approval from others is: a waste!

Eye cee da grammur polise ar writin agin.

It’s “whom” Rat.

Happiness my dear Pig is an inside job … Croc Power !

If the aliens landed in front of me tomorrow and said “take us to your leader”, I’m afraid I’d have to say “we don’t have those any more”.

I suspect the PBS audience does not need to hear this particular advice!

Approval from the GoComics audience is tough to get apparently……

Who are these “others” and why am I supposed to care?

In others news today, Pig is no longer seeking our approval.

Did you know there was supposed to be a Pearls Before Swine Movie?

beautiful! however, if you live your life like i do: eschewing everyone’s approval, they’ll take turns hating you but you’ll be much happier

Wow! The saga of the American Democratic Party, in four small panels….

Pig, stop wasting your time trying to obtain the approval of others. The only person you need the approval of is yourself.

I approve myself. Faster, easier, and much more dependable.

Something AT&T patented called Human Resource Assessment includes the Challenge process which taught me how to anger subordinates, and Financial Advisors, till the artery sticks out on their beet red forehead and the art of cooling them down in time.

God Approves

ouch

Wasted: this cartoon!

Is this Pearls Before Swine or The Wizard of Id?

Sans all the freighted interpretations imposed on his words, in simple terms, Rat is right and Pig has been wasting his time seeking approval….

Solid thinking though Pig. My sister once said “If we all knew how little time other people spend thinking about us we would be disappointed”

All this concentration on prepositions leaves little thought for the more important postpositions.

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