Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 11, 2020

Who pays for a GIF?

Necessity is not the only mother of invention. There’s also cruel humor.

Never look a GIF rat in the mouth.

Pigita’s back ! Texting , but is back

good for you, Rat

I have seen a YouTube video of dots moving in a circle as if it is waiting for a better connection before starting the movie.

Rat … an act of Congress … you are officially … you will be …

Can the dots hit each other like the Three Stooges? That would make the wait more entertaining.

Better yet, stop texting and force them to communicate with you by voice in a sort of human way.

Zombie … In your head …. Croc Power !

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Those three dots don’t appear in all the apps and platforms.

Where can I get that GIF?

Brilliant! Just got it!

You can get those GIFs for free.

The same people who buy rubber spray paint in a can for $19.95. “you can turn a screen door into a boat!”

That WOULD work except most phones have a little thing at the bottom that indicates it’s a gif. Otherwise I’d do this.

PIG has a girlfriend? Pigita is mad at him. It’s probably Rats GIF…

I’d buy it.

I want an app that plays the sound of a desk phone being slammed down when I hang up on someone. Only they hear it. And it must be crazy loud.

I guess you could say that Rat has the gif of gab?

Smart Phones for Stupid Users. Only in America.

Last panel shows Rat’s idea might just work.

How do i get it?

Uh b…, uh b… uh b…, uh dots all folks!

She’s cheating on you by using a Bluetooth keyboard.

Rat can be quite erudite.

Rat…is…brilliant!

Choosy Moms Choose GIF !

Now I’ll be searching GIFs to find it.

@StevenPastis: One of your most brilliant works of mind art.

Not sure exactly when it happened, but Rat has become the Resident Genius of this strip!

OMG rat I WILL BUY THAT

but how DO you pay for a gif? maybe from one of those websites that if you pay then they remove the watermark from the image

Who pays for gifs and i do that all the time with my friends

Poor Pig…