Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 11, 2023

That was simple enough.

Congrats on dodging the bullet

If he’d changed the last word to “Sweetie,” he might be on his way to home base by now.

keep keeping it simple Pig and run the other way!

KISS works best when you’re explaining why a complex item needs improvement. NOT when you’re discussing your relationship.

Pigita gave Pig a K-I-S-S

Knee Inspiring Singing Soprano

A KISS may not be the truth, but it’s what we wish were true – Harris Telemacher

The brown tie was a bad idea.

Why acronyms shouldn’t be explained.

A few days ago I learned here on Gocomics that LOL stands for Low on Linguini. I had completely misunderstood it all these years.

But he still has a cool tie.

He simplified his relationship into thin air.

Obviously, Pig wasn’t a Communications Major!

That’s because Pig is simple.

Why does she keep going back to him?

I use that principal when I am buying electronics,“Keep it simple”!

Wrong form of K.I.S.S. Pig ;-(

Sometimes, poor Pig is simply stupid.

KISS, like Occam’s Razor, does not in fact always apply.

I do however believe that should apply to automobiles. I rented an Infiniti Q-something or other SUV recently and there was so much gadgetry and buttons that I didn’t know what at least half the stuff was even for.

see? Pig is like Mr Wolf, he solves problems, even the quite complex ones

The swine!

Why do I get the feeling that Rat told him that acronym?

Well, they don’t call him Dr. Love for nothing.

he didn’t want her anyway. she was a pig

The other kind of kiss often makes things more complicated.

Well, that’s another way to leave your lover.

You had her at KISS, Pig. Should have stopped while ahead.

This is for those people who have wondered about Pig’s relationship with his girlfriend. Here it is revealed in its entirety.

Noooo! PIG!!! You blew it again!

Instead of Stupid, he should have said Sweetie

More like a KISS-off.

Keep the tie. More reliable than wimmin. Also more quiet. ~ Dice Clay, creepy pile of compost, but somehow still around

That’s about as simple as it gets.

Pig has a problem reading courtship signals. That doesn’t bode well for his genes’ propagation.

Didn’t expect for him to appear physically unscathed in the last panel…

Too bad, now he has an extra ticket for their last farewell concert tour

And then there’s HUG, Help Us Get back together again.

That’s weird: Pigita is in this strip, and I was just thinking yesterday that she hadn’t been in one for a long time.

Is that a tie or a beard?

Piggy learned from Stan Smith! m.youtube[DOT]com/watch?v=xcYXBJstStM&pp=ygUkQW1lcmljYW4gZGFkIHN0YW4gc3RldmUga2lzcyBhY3Jvbnlt

Lots of words besides “stupid” start with S, Pig. Try “sweetheart”.

Simple is as simple does.

Pigita should have thrown her drink in his face, but that would have been a waste of perfectly good wine.

SIB-KIS See It Big-Keep It Simple

Why she keep going out with Pig?

Never made for each other - wrong ear slopes.

Richard Simmons, Peter Chris and Paul Stanley are enough to try any relationship.

And even if you can figure it out, the manufacturers have taken away so much out of my control that I really hate new cars. I recently bought a 2014 Subaru (I have loved Subys for years, but even 2014 seems to new to me!) and it has lots of ways to set up the dash, but no way to display current engine temperature! I don’t want to wait for an alarm when things go wrong, I want to know how the engine is right now!

I guess Keep It Simple Pigita doesn’t work.

Well, that simplified it for Pig.

Simpler that way

Knights In Satan’s Service.

Anyone surprised Pigita is still around?

You are so lucky, Pig! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again now: Pigita is not worth keeping!

I do enjoy the K.I.S.S. acronym, though I often have to be careful with whom I use it …

pot. kettle. black.

To be fair, that IS simpler.