Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 22, 2023

Rat is just pi$$ed that Goat didn’t invite him.

I can just hear Niles Crane saying, “Does this mean we’ll wind up pumping our own gas?”

I have never seen “hoitie-toite” written out…thanks Rat!

Hoity-Toity meets Party Pooper.

If everything goes South then things may becomes too crowded for poor penguins.

Have all these rich people go south while the heat goes up.

Wait! Aren’t Goat and Rat animals already?

If everything goes south, does it all wind up in Florida?

People hate hearing reality

Or Texas? Or Mexico? Asking for a friend, believe it or don’t

Luckily, the woman on the left doesn’t wear glasses so we can see how the other three are looking

Does this mean the Brie won’t be at room temperature? Gasp.

I’m betting they all already knew that, Rat.

Old Rat is a real buzzkill there!

How is that different from now?

Rat turns it into a Whine and Cheese party. Great job, Rat!

When everything goes south we’ll end up eating “leg of neighbor”. Start with the ones you don’t like, the ones with yappy dogs that never shut up.

If everything goes south, there’s always rat-burger.

Unfortunately, Rat is right.

He calls it “reality”, but I question how realistic that is.

Rat, you and Goat are already animals. You don’t need to worry about that.

If things go south, I’ll stay north.

Rat is the ultimate party pooper

I see the wine, where’s the cheese?

Aren’t the “Pearls” characters animals fighting for survival?

Note that Rat wasn’t drinking any wine.

The January 6 insurrectionists would be the 1 percenters of that new world.

Reality can certainly be a harsh thing but I think finding out that every (any)thing one profoundly believed in is a lie is much worse.

Anyone else remember “Men in Hats”? The pacing and subject-matter summon it to mind here. Or maybe it’s mostly just the rosy sunset.

I’m an intelligent, happy fellow just like my parents and sister. I an confident we will be 100% fine in “The New World Order.” Heck! My dad will probably build an amphibious vehicle with my help in a few days time.;)

To prepare everyone, we have only 1 bottle of wine and 1 wedge of cheese for 2 dozen people. Begin!

I see the wine but where’s the cheese?

Yes, how about electricity in no way, shape, or form for 69 years? Of course, U.S. Congress would not allow electron – neutron conversion.

On the one hand, this is what we all imagine would happen if things fall apart. On the other hand, whenever disasters actually happen, what we see is people sharing and helping each another out.

Things have already gone south. The main weapon is lawsuits and reimaginings of the Constitution.

I like Rat, he’s a realist just like I am……….

to decline, deteriorate, failgo south in American EnglishUS. Informal. to decline, deteriorate, fail, etc.

Go south definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Don’t forget and dieing for that piece of cheese.

Rat at his worst.

Post apocolyptic get together, “look, a Rat, that can be lunch!!!”

When everything goes South, people pull together to survive. Check the aftermath of any disaster. Even when the ruling powers are impotent, the local people work to recover.

Victor Frankl and several others disproved this.

When it all goes south, all my town has to do is drop four bridges to deny highway access and set up a perimeter guard on the west side of town, about seven miles out, to deter anybody coming in on foot from that direction.

Weathering a helicopter assault may be a bit dicey, however.

Excellent, Rat! Give them a taste of reality!

They may be better suited for the apocalypse than you, Rat.

If everything goes really really South then nobody’d have to worry about anything anymore. What a relief would that be…

Speaking of which, it’s time for me to check on the status of Earth’s Core Solidification Project again.

I SO want to do this.

Does Rat mean that when the sh!t hits the fan, it all goes down to Florida. I think you’re a little, late Rat.