Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 28, 2022

If Goat didn’t know already, he knows now not to let his guard down around Rat.

Actually, Rat, all your thoughts are self-replicating, just like any disease.

before you criticize your enemies Rat, walk a mile in their shoes, that way, when you do criticize, you are already a mile away, and you have their shoes!

People with Alzheimer’s are very good at forgetting the past.

And that is a good thing.

Unfortunately there are other Rats in this world already.

One of my fears is that Rat may someday reproduce.

Rat… you’re such a tool.

The last panel says it all: Rat should be left alone.

Should not be replicated.

If Rat thinks that people will let their guard down around him . . .

Rat should work for the FBI.

Rat would make a great Bond villain!

saw that coming…

Rat just loves to build himself up by putting others down. He might be trying to compensate for the fact that he’s a fully grown rat and cannot get any taller.

It’s replicated all the time on social media.

Rat got it figured out

Self-professed stable geniuses are a dime a dozen and a drain on society at any price.

‘And then you put a little something in their drinks…Goat? Hm, strange. He seems to have left.’

Rat, is a rat is a rat….

Rat’s kind of genius should not be replicated.

Gullible Goat. He gets sucked into Rat’s vortex every time.

Rat is a psychopath of course

Unfortunately, rats often have a twisted way of “remembering” the past.

Mostly the people who have hurt you don’t know they need to be forgiven

Learned them from reading Mein Kampf probably…..

I like the saying, “Living well is the best revenge.” While I’m not wealthy, my life has turned out to be so much better than that of the person who caused me so much grief, and I’m good with that.

Not true, Rat. It’s heavily replicated. Just look at national capitals.

Forgive, never forget, and always keep a list.

why does rat always say the things i’m thinking?

—Not that any sane person would want to replicate your “genius,” Rat….

If that’s true, then let us all fall to our knees and give thanks to whatever deity or cosmic force we might believe in.

I don’t blame Goat for leaving in the last panel.