Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 21, 2023

At least Pig is getting his steps in.

Where you are, Pig, you should not take any steps forward, unless you want to join that coyote.

The solution is simple; just face the other way, and you’ll get where you’re going in no time!

let’s hope he doesn’t take two steps forward or he will end up at the bottom again…

When I get to the bottom, I go back to the top of the slide…

Much more efficient than A.A. — it’s the One Step Program.

When you’re standing at the edge of a cliff, it is better to take two steps back. At least.

And then you die.

I feel you Pig, we both have the same issues!!

Don’t jump, Pig. It may look better tomorrow!

Does Stephan think like Pig or is he more like Goat. Hum, hope he is not like Rat.

At this moment and place Pig, do not take Goat’s advice but follow your own trend.

LIFE! loath it or ignore it you can’t like it!

Pig has a career?

Not wise to steps forward at a cliff, Pig.

“We come together, ’cause opposites attract…”~Paula Abdul

If Pig takes two steps forward, he’s not taking one back.

Life’s a bit and then you die.

At the moment, I’d say two steps back and no steps forward is a good idea.

Back away from the edge Pig, things will be alright!

Run for Congress. Then you can take one step sideways and two steps back.

Preach it, Pig! Preach it!

It’s not the fall that kills you, it’s the sudden stop.

I was climbing the corporate ladder, but had to take a step back. OUCH!

Sometimes chicken & sometimes feathers, & remember, there is no free lunches.

As you move forward, don’t forget to look back.

Isn’t that a yoga thing…?

The edge of a cliff is not a good place to stand when you are feeling depressed.

Stop complaining PIG! If you want things to change, you have to DO something about it.

I have a book “Three steps forward, two steps backwards” can’t remember what it’s about…Child Rearing?

According to Shakespeare, it always is a downward arc… The Ages of Man.

Two steps forward and he will be on a real downward arc.

There could be cheese in the steps Pig is taking backwards.

At least he is going places as a person, and that is all that matters.

I see the problem here…pig has no coffee!

1. I didn’t know Pig had a career. 2. It’s not almost the same, first statement you’re still taking one step forward, so your three steps ahead with second statement.

I am not amused

Poor Pig. He was feeling so happy on Thursday.

Pastis needs some better drugs then he might use the crocs and be funny again.

“Its not getting what you want, its wanting what you get. . .” – Sheryl Crow, “Soak Up The Sun”

Progress is an illusion

Pig of Arc. I think you’re in trouble.

Ah, but the Universe is curved so you eventually get ahead of yourself. It just takes a long, long, long, long, long, long time.

He’d better not take two steps forward, or he’ll be off that cliff.

Where you’re standing, Pig, two steps back is preferable to one step forward.

Pig should take two steps forward right now.

Well, if he takes two steps forward from where he’s standing, he’ll discover the fasted way to the bottom.

Speaking of depressing arcs …

Like the stock market.

Look where you’re standing. Any steps forward would be disastrous.

Where are we going? And why are we in a handbasket?

I am relieved that Pig has taken no steps forward and is in fact speaking speaking of stepping back, ’cause it sure is a long way down if just one step forward! So messy. Waste of perfectly good pork….

I love this strip! I just wish Stephen Pastis could fit in another stop in his book tour – in Bangor, Maine!

When you’re on the brink of a cliff, steps forward aren’t a good thing!

At that location its one step forward, one step down, no steps back.

You don’t want to step forward from where you’re standing