Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 23, 2021

Regrets he’s had none

He did it his way

I always try to forget. But I have the memory of an elephant .

Rat’s dialogue in the middle panel reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode “Deaths-Head Revisited.”

Rat subscribes to the Politician’s Dictionary

Regret. VERB. See Blame constituents.

I have a feeling if Rat could regret, he’d pair that with ‘Leave no witnesses’

I regret the things I haven’t done.

…but then again, too few to mention…

I think Rat “regrets” things that others have done.

He may regret interactions and conversations he has had (like this one) with others.

I never greted in the first place so I find it impossible to regret!

I regret having so many regrets.

Please ask Larry Croc the same question !

♩je ne regrette rien…

Most teenagers will tell you that they have 2 regrets. Mom and Dad.

No regrets! So don’t do things that you will regret!

You’re beginning to come across as a bit of a psychopath, Rat.

Egrets are nicer to think of than regrets.

LOL! Literally! I look back on my not so savory past, shake my head at the shenanigans I lived and wrought, and smile knowing I’d do it all over again if I had the chance.

I regret ever turning down a girl from back in the day, who actually wanted to be mine.

I made some turns in life that I thought were wrong but they all brought me to where I am today…..in my happy place.

I’m with rat, no regrets no confessions.

Regret? I believe the Ministry of NewSpeak eliminated that word from our modern lexicon.

“Regrets, I had a few / But then again too few to mention / I did what I had to do / I saw it through without exemption” From My Way: composers; Paul Anka, Gilles Thibaut, Claude Francois, and Jacques Revaux (1969).

Of course, that’s life. You have to go on, learn from it and don’t do it again…….

Sociopaths and psychopaths have no regrets either, except getting caught or being voted out of office.

Evidently, “regret” doesn’t seem to be in Rat’s vocabulary.

I regret I have no egrets.

So Rat literally has no regrets. I regret asking him that question.

Sometimes I gret, but I never regret.

No regerts

I try not to regret – but I do try to remember and learn. The remembering piece may look like regret because I do try and remember the negative impacts so I know what I need to learn.

Rat may have a point about regret. He was due for one.

Yes, and sometimes I regret regretting.

It’s the same as with fear — there’s nothing to regret but regret itself.

It is.

Regrets, I have a few, but then again, not many….

I have regret for some of the things I did, but it is regret for things I did not do that is most regrettable.

Let this be Rat’s motto: “I have no regrets.”

I regret not giving my tattoo artist a Snickers Bar.