Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 18, 2020

I never realized Rat was so altruistic.

Yes Rat , you are the main pain .

I call that yellow jackets.

Just what we need, a Zen Rat.

Some might call that healing? But some might call Rat a heel.

You’re the harbinger of plagues, Rat. Healing? Haw!

Finally Rat admits reality – he’s the thorn who is the pain in the a$$ to people

Man that is like someone being a real **** to their neighbor and then tell them its actually a sign of affection so they can forget about who the president is or about the covid or any other horrible thing that is jamming your life up…….

We get the point, Rat!

He’s a rat, after all.

Another case of Rat being Rat ! … Croc Power !

That’s like calling cutting “difficult.” Consider it axiomatic that a #$%^ (like Rat) will not feel badly for being a #$%^.

You’re a pain that potentially carries the plague, Rat!

Acupuncture, done correctly, does not hurt.

A real PITA!

It’s a crappy job, but someone has to do it.

or that great GM feeling?

But acupuncture doesn’t involve pain. Bee venom therapy would have been a better analogy.

Like a splinter, or maybe a 3 week cold. Too mild to stop you, but too annoying to forget. You found your niche rat.

That is like my being a ‘bad’ example. Someone has to be a good at it so parents can point to me and tell their children “You don’t what to be like him”.

“…distracts you from other pains”. Sort of like DarnOld Glump distracting NYCers from Guvnr Coma & Mayor De-Lousy-O!!

Here’s a hammer. Hit yourself on the head. You will forget me immediately.

The trick is “I’ll pull the tooth on a count of 3,” but pull it on 2.

The secret to a happy life is to avoid the Rats.

That was my spouse’s excuse – a pain like no other.

Would you like a hurts donut?

From Major Payne – “want me to show you a little trick to take your mind off of that pain?”

Rat could have stopped after “I’m a pain.”

Some do. But I don’t. I SEE THE LIGHT.

Some would call it misdirection.

Rat is waxing philosophical these days. Must be he has plenty of time to reflect on Life and All That.

Stick a needle in Goat and get him to become more alert….

Especially these days !!! Lol

A fairly common saying (in various forms) among clinicians: One thing about your troubles is that they take focus off of your problems.