Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 20, 2022

He doesn’t want to put too much pressure on himself.

I believe in you, Pig—you can fail with the best of them!

And here I thought dying was the only test everyone could pass.

what’s so positive, Pig, about failure?

The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr.

Another one of those oxymorons. If he fails, then he succeeded.

♪♩♫♪♩ I can do anything better than you can…

well Pig, you have to start somewhere, even at the bottom!

Pig, raise the bar a little. How about Yes I Can.. EXIST.

Only people who know failure is possible take steps to avoid it.

He’s positive about being realistic.

No, I won’t give in till I reach the end

And then I’ll start again

No, I won’t leave

I want to try everything

I want to try even though I could fail

Yes I can vegetables from the garden!

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right”! Henry Ford .

Pig took to heart Dirty Harry’s admonition

“A pig’s got to know his limitations”

and Pig really does!!

Therefore being a success!!

Hey, where’d he get black chalk!

I wonder if there are communities that have this? How many people would write something nice, and how many people would draw crude graffiti instead?

He’ll be PERFECT at failing!

Failing means no picanic baskets.

In the words of the Myth Busters, “Failure is always an option!”

Pig what Flavor are your Debbie Downer Pills ? … Cherry , Grape , Orange

Slo Mo Joe got there before Pig. At least he’s right about something. The Count gives credit where credit is due.

Pig is at least realistic.“A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn’t.”

Better to put “yes, I can be allowed to fail”

Since that’s true of all of us, it’s not much of a statement.

It’s OK to fail sometimes.

…. Beans.

Yawn.

Moving on to the next activity…

Pig sure takes pride in his failures.

But can Pig fail well?

Oy! PIG is certainly a down-trodden being….

Now…now…what would Sammy Davis Jr. say??

Well, I admire his brutal honesty. I’m brutally honest myself.

Definitely an achievable goal……

…haz cheeseburger!

The most successful people in life all failed at something

Failure is the result of ceasing to try.

Or alternately, hitting the ground at excessive speeds.

Coal from the bottom of his sock?

Be a Mexi-can or a Mexi-can’t

Pig never failed to fail. It was the easiest thing to do.

best pearls ever10/10

Black chalk?

or maybe it is

Where can I get black chalk?

It’s important to define your endpoints.

Pig’s been a success at being a failure for a long time.

Oh, Pig! You are such a failure at being inspirational!

No, no, you have to think POSITIVE! Okay, I’m POSITIVE I’m going to fail! Old joke, really sad when it’s real life.

The bigger question is – who has black chalk? ;-)

That can be seen as positive, you can say that he’s sending a message that it’s okay to mess up and fail sometimes, since no one is perfect.