Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 02, 2022

Pig should subpoena Neighbor Bob’s tax returns.

“Not enough to buy much bacon. Come over to my house and I’ll tell you all about it.”

“I would prefer not to discuss my counterfeiting operation, thank you.”

My sister went on a field trip to a foundry and when they were encouraged to ask questions, she asked “How much money do you make?” (Seems a practical question to me…)

Pig, I appreciate your approach, but no on that info!

Neighbor Bob’s unspoken yet panicked answer : “How did he find out about my counterfeiting ring??!!”

Neighbor Bob is a counterfeiter, but admitting that he literally makes money would be ill advised.

Pig wants to determine the pay discrimination between human looking comic characters and pigs.

Bob’s wearing a nice blue shirt.

Nice try, Pig!

Funny thing, I know plenty of people with Civil Service or Union jobs. Their salaries are a matter of public record. None of them seems unhappy or ut out by people having this knowledge. On the other hand, I’ve never bothered to actually look up anyone’s salary…

It seems a little presumptuous on Goat’s part to assume what neighbor Bob does or does not want to do.

Another side of this is "What are you worth ? " ….. My reply ……. Enough for you guys to argue over when I’m gone :-)

I never make money. That’s a felony. It’s called “counterfeiting”.

Not enough to front you another bag, do you have my money yet?

being polite doesn’t work anymore…

It too difficult to makes much money… unless you is already too rich.

Is Pig accusing Neighbor Bob of counterfeiting?

Neighbor Bob, when did you become mute?

Pig! Eat mud!

Neighbor Bob is rude.

Here’s a little thought to chew upon – businesses do not want workers to discuss their pay. Other workers might find out that there could be a huge wage disparity among those doing the same job.

Egad, there might be lawsuits over age- or sex-related discrimination! Egads, there might even be a call for unionization to make sure that there are uniform and higher and fairer wages for everyone doing the same work!!! Yikes! So never, ever discuss your pay with your co-workers because…

Hey! Wait a minute…

That’s actually a good thing to do, and the only folks it could hurt are greedy bosses… Why those sneaky, low down, dirty SOB’s…

A man is brought to the hospital in pain. After the doctor gives him something to ease his misery, the nurse comes over and asks, “Are you comfortable?” The man replies, “Yes, I make a nice living.” — Henny Youngman

At least he was polite about it.

Does Bob have a printing business?

There was a radio personality named Mr Leonard in Cleveland. He would do an interview and say, “soooooo approximately……how much money do yo make?”

A tangent from asking neighbor Bob, but in the US it is considered taboo to ask your co-workers what they make. This is encouraged by supervisors/bosses as they try to pay as little as possible to the workers. It was interesting how this played out when I found out once (decades ago) that I was actually making more than my immediate supervisor. He was not happy when he found out. He didn’t control or know how much the people that reported to him were making.

It’s only ‘impolite’ to discuss salary because doing so would increase class solidarity.

Neigbor Bob may just be a zombie. I recognize that look.

At one of the first jobs I had, we used to play what was known as “Paycheck Bingo”. Every payday a few of us would put up about $10 each and then we would compare our pay stubs. Whoever had the winning hand (out of Two Pair, Three Of A Kind, Full House, Four Of A Kind) collected the pot. That is, we USED to play until one of the supervisors found out.

Ask him how much he spends.

I decided to make money, but I couldn’t decide on 5’s or 1’s,so I’m making 2’s.

PIG will never get it… poor Lil’ porker. LOL

For Pig, I think you could answer 85 cents and he’d be impressed, or polite enough to pretend to be. He’s a sweet and simple soul. Is he single?

Has much does Pastis get for his little cartoon strip?

An attempt was made… it failed.

I don’t make any money.

counterfeiting is illegal.

“Enough, Pig. Enough.”

It depends on how well my printing press is working.

I would answer, “not enough.”

Please Mr. Pastis, if you will. Tell me how much money you make, Thank you.

At least he tried to be polite about it when corrected. We do need more civility anyway.

I never understood why that topic was taboo. People will happily discuss their goiter, their crappy job, their politics or their religion, but when it comes to their salary, mum is the word.

Molly, come here and see the longest table in comic history, and I’m no Fibber.

My Daughter just got a big promotion. All I’ll say is her raise in pay alone is more then half of what I make all year! So proud of her!

“Not nearly as much as I made before the Secret Service got wind of it………”

My answer is always “not enough!”

The only people likely to answer that are the tour guides at the bureau of printing and engraving.

Stephan Pastis Net worth: $100 Million (Updated at 15 March 2019) About Cartoonist and children’s book author who created the popular Pearls Before Swine comic strip. His first children’s book, Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List.

There was a time in my career when I thought about changing jobs. It didn’t take long to figure out that no one else would pay me so much, for doing so little, so easily.

My usual response: “Not enough.”

must not be making enough

Panel 3 sounds exactly like my mother-in-law trying to be polite so she can ask nosey questions! :D (We get along well, but she is in everybody’s business!)

Still not polite. A more polite way of asking, but it’s the subject matter of the question that is impolite.

Personally I fail to see why this and other questions (like age) are taboo but they are.

A Polite Pig is stilll dumb as an ox. Be steadfast, ad hoc temporary Neighbor Bob!…

I tried to make money once. Now I’ll be earning nothing for the next 5-10 years.

‘…but he kept clutching that golden cup of his. His fingers left dents everywhere. Weird guy.’

Oh Jorts would be upset!! https://twitter.com/JortsTheCat/status/1510669362679754754 (of course he says coworkers…)