Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 25, 2020

They should have had Guard Duck come down from the ceiling with the magic word of the day written on a mask.

That’s right, boys and girls—whenever someone says “Pandemic,” SCREAM REAL LOUD!

Am I wrong or did someone say that the pandemic would disappear like magic?

No, pandemonium is. Hence, the balloons.

What would Paul Rubenfeld think of this day’s strip? Having a party for saying a special word was on his 1986 TV show.

You’re going to need a bigger boat …

.. full of balloons.

Are those horns sharp enough to pop balloons?

Well, he just got his Goat!

“Tell him what he’s won, Don.”

With the pandemic a negative is better than a positive as far as test results go.

In big bold letters on the cover of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the COVID” it says

DON’T PANDEMIC!

The magic word, huh? So can we magically make it go away?

No bummer here dude ! … Croc Power !

Every time someone says “pandemic”, I take a shot of vodka. Cheers me right up.

Stop reading news stories about it. They only want to scare you. The crooks never highlight the number of recovered or the death rates or recovery rates. They only show the number of infected or number of dead to cause panic.

Children, “Can you say Pandemic”?

I’ve invented a brilliant drinking game…. Every time someone says pandemic or COVID-19 you have to take a shot….. Makes getting hammered really easy

Pig just said the secret word.

Pig just said the secret word.

Reminds me of Captain Kangaroo’s shtick with the ping pong balls (way before pandemics)!

Goat’s expression in panel 2, says it all!

Magic. Last night I dreamed I was someone called “The Magician”. Only in my case, I had the ability to see into people’s pain and heal it. Funny fantasy, huh?

He said the “secret word” and gets $500.00 …NOT!

And for me, it’s just more negative. I mean, balloons, really?

When the duck comes down with the magic word….Both Groucho and Firesign.

Tell, Goat, what he wins today, Pig!

We love Pig.

Gotta love Pig!

Nice try, Pig.

Where did all the balloons come from?

I thought it was Groucho Marx who had the TV show with “say the magic word” ?

Gallows humor…

Wait! What is one to think? Our POTUS said nothing is wrong. All is well. The experts are just The Sky Is Falling crybabies. And he went on doing nothing, as usual.

Stephan…you make every morning brighter, even with Pandemic balloons.

Give yourself an A+, Stephan.

More of Happy Pig please, Pastis.

Don’t waste your money on balloons and rigging, Pig. They are not cheering us up. Sniff.

So where’s the duck on a string with the $100 bill in its mouth?

You Bet Your Life!

But positive is a bad thing now pig…..

This reminds me of words with friends