Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 15, 2020

Can’t it happen before the weekend?

I think he’s saying that the best way to face the coronavirus is to have a Corona.

What a wise ass.

that’s the smartest advice the donkey ever brought up.

That hill has a strange color .

And if your reaction to bad events is to hide or shrug and acquiesce, then they’ll NEVER get better.

PS: I certainly CAN control, to some extent, a lot of what goes on around me. Though obviously not everything. I always keep my gas tank half full, for instance, so if I ever need to get the H out of D, I can get started quickly. And I keep my roof in good condition, so I won’t have to deal with a leaky roof unless there’s a SERIOUS disaster.

Sorry, Wise Butt, but I’m not buying that. Besides, Pig constantly pretends he doesn’t know the news and he’s no happier than Goat or Rat.

Pastis should just call him “The Donny-key on the Hill”

I’ll decide things are better right away! What then?

CBT – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy been thru it and it works. positive, neutral or negative you choose your reaction to any event, happens in milliseconds

The Wise Ass is a Stoic. That is one of the basic principles of Stoicism.

This is how America suddenly became great again when I wasn’t looking.

Neurolinguistically, the ass may be mulish, but he’s accurate. When we go below the surface personality’s desires and beliefs, it’s what we really feel in our hearts (to be a little colloquial) that dictates, to a large extent, what we cause in our environment. It’s always possible to choose Frankl’s logotherapy! Or——just find a nice bottle of something you like and live with it.

The wise ass is wise indeed.

I think we all hope for that. Alas, it will not happen.

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

Marcus Aurelius

An activist ass – I like it!

Should be called the Wise Ass on the conical shaped pile of excrement!

LOL! Pig was not expecting that much truth!

November 3rd. Please vote.

I’m having a great year! I got married, and my wife and I are expecting a baby next spring!

“Unhappy am I because this has happened to me.- Not so, but happy am I, though this has happened to me, because I continue free from pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearing the future.”― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

The Wise Ass is only an mannequin with a speaker in his tummy, Pig. Don’t listen to him.

Happiness is an inside job … look at Larry Croc …. Croc Power !

I’m pretty sure life can become objectively better as well, like peace is better than war, and a world without COVID is better than wearing masks, small businesses going under in droves, and manipulation of a health crisis for political gain.

NOVEMBER 2020

That donkey took a Dale Carnegie class.

Exactly right.

That donkey lives up to his name.

Getting all Zen on us, are you Wise Ass?

Tuesday Afternoon, Pig. Go listen to the Moody Blues. They’ll make you less moody and blue.

That’s very wise

There you go being logical, Wise Ass. We have seen how well that works with people. Tuesday it is.

Shouldn’t that pile of dirt have some weeds on it by now?

Ignore bullshit, saw that on a t shirt years ago. Works for me

Am I the only one who thinks this strip is getting a little tedious?

Judging by the story line of this artist during the past three weeks, my guess is that he’s clinically depressed…

100% correct. Fear of the virus is causing far more damage than the virus itself.

He sounds like my Dad.

If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make the change

Me, too :(

me pretending covid isnt a thing. goes to meet my friends doing the same thing. we all die

I never realized Old Wise Ass On The Hill was a Trumpster. Just decide the virus is done and it is?

There is a lot of truth in that…..

The Wise Ass on the Hill is close to correct. But he has left State Compulsion out of the mix.

You can’t always get what you want,

But if you try sometimes

You just might find you get what you need.

I can’t help but think this strip was scheduled to run on Monday, November 2.

I’m glad he’s stopped advocating for alcohol and other stupid behaviors.

SoCal still refuses to admit there’s anything out of the ordinary.

That is quite the wise ass up there on the hill…

… but he DID!

The Wise ass is a Buddhist. My ass is too.

Yep! Same here.

xxx

Damn therapists.

Here’s a thought, the world will never run out of things that will go wrong. Have a nice day!

Have you heard the news? Everyone is talkin’,

Life is good, because everything is awesome!

Lost your job? It’s a new opportunity,

More free time for your awesome community!

Stepped in the mud? Got new brown shoes!

It’s awesome to win, and it’s awesome to lose!

Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

Wise Ass is a classical Stoic.

Actually stephans unlucky day is tuesday

why is he showing up so much