Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 14, 2021

Shouldn’t it be Mr. or Ms. Thankless Turd?

This is actually not a bad idea; it’s a somewhat civil way of saying “You’ve p`ssed me off by being a thoughtless slug.” Hallmark could sell millions of them.

He’s sending one to each Member of Congress, postage due.

interesting technique there, Rat

Has this already been noted? If so, I can delete this…. but here’s a message (a tweet, I think) from Stephan Pastis to his readers:

Just a quick note to say that the Pearls Before Swine strips that will run in newspapers from 1/18 – 1/22 are all about an attempted presidential coup. They were all created at least a month in advance of [recent] events and are not a commentary on them.

Andrews McMeel Syndication has chosen to delay them to avoid any mischaracterization of them.

Pastis expects to be able to run them some months from now, when (we all hope) the news will not be full of assault against our government.

Meanwhile those five days will present other reserve, new and already created strips.

Famous story about football coach Duffy Daugherty: he had made a bad call resulting in a lost game.

Someone sent him a nasty postcard addressed only to “Duffy the Dope”.

A friend said, “I guess he really insulted you.”

“No, what insulted me was how quickly it got to me.”

Is Rat implying that he always says Thank You ???

They didn’t send you thank you cards because you didn’t send them a gift.

I think that address is sufficient to ensure the cards all get back to Rat.

In person, it can be a fairly nice reminder (to children). It’s like after you say, “You’re welcome.”, they might then respond with, “Oops.” or “Oh. Thank you.” For/to an adult, it would probably not come off (or perceived) as nice (or helpful).

What has Rat ever done that warrants a Thank You card?

FYI: The same group of trained white supremacists at DC, were at the Michigan capitol to kidnap the governor….these aren’t just protestors, these are tactical trained terrorists who travel anywhere theres protests and turn it into a riot…..the single most threat to America and the world are EXTREME WHITE SUPREMEST GROUPS!

Once again Toon Boy is taunting the GoComic’s censor.

Who would ever thank him? What has he ever done?

Common courtesy, like common sense, is an oxymoron.

Back in the early 90s, the son of a good friend of mine was graduating from high school and I received the announcement. I sent him an appropriate gift and a check. I received no acknowledgement nor thanks. A few months later, his birthday rolled around. I anonymously sent him a box of “Thank You” cards.

They will understand…….

it about TIME we made those

Thanks for NOTHING Rat!

Just shove it down the memory hole and maybe we’ll forget all about it.

we have found Pastis’ next million dollar idea. interestingly, im surprised A-M-P let that through. its snarky and funny, and we all know they like censoring that.

What a coincidence! If you follow the newspaper advice columns, you should definitely check out today’s DEAR ANNIE (Annie Lane) with the subject “Presents are unacknowledged”.

Have a relative like that. Last two times we sent a check, no thank you. This Christmas: an empty Christmas Card. Hopefully the message gets across. If not…to bad for that person.

Well, yes, but only after the addressee’s name with “A.K.A.”

Even When covid ends, I am still going to wear my mask

In the second frame, I’m surprised Goat didn’t ask, “My welcome cards?”

No, it’s a sufficent address. Ensures the mail man knows it goes to Rat.

One does what one can.

I think you don’t have enough of those cards, Rat!

The coup already happened.

in remembrance to all the “Thankful Turds”

You might not know that mail with addresses that cannot be automatically parsed by the sorting machines gets sidelined into a special holding area. Then a image of the mail piece is transmitted to a 24/7 central bureau where real humans attempt to decipher the address. If a correction can be made it is matched to the piece and it continues on its way. If not, it is returned as undeliverable, or goes to the dead letter office.