Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 25, 2024

Rat is a real Eggomaniac.

If I were Goat, I would have splashed my hot mug of tea on rat.

When is rat going to be arrested?

For some people, it’s the scary part.

Goat, sometimes it’s thrilling to watch but not to experience. When you’re on the way down you don’t need toxic positivity.

Would’ve loved to have seen a panel with a wham in an action comic bubble but with limited space this one is pretty funny.

When things go wrong at work, it’s awkward and uncomfortable but it’s interesting and a real learning experience.

Never hyphenate words that have A nal in them!

oh Pig, if you only knew…

Rat is not agreeable to another’s opinions!

Rat, not the way to “iron out” your differences!

Actually, the GOING down is the thrill, not the bottom. And I’ve seen a lot of women who looked like they’ve been SPANKED with a waffle iron

Cellulite sucks.

Can’t blames Rat for that injury. For Rat just a mostly peaceful morning person who is just a poor hapless defenseless victim of Goat’s toxic logic.

Oh bummer & it’s only 10am!!!

How thrilling now, Goat?

His development has been arrested for a long time…

Many analogies don’t work if you examine them closely. For example, “below par” is good on the golf course, but bad everywhere else.

Giving a beating with a waffle iron isn’t as efficient as a baseball bat.

And that was the most exciting moment of his day.

Hey Goat, it could have been a hot waffle iron. Or was it?

This is similar to a phrase I’m never quite sure about: “it’s all downhill from here.” Is that good or bad? It sounds like it’s the easy route, but at the same time you’re headed away from the top, the peak, the summit. Nothing more to achieve.

With Roller Coasters, as in life, what is thrilling for some people is terrorizing to others.

Okay everybody, arms up, and weeeeeeeeeeee

Supprised Rat did that with the iron. I thought he would waffle a bit.

The down section of an actual roller coaster is, indeed, the most thrilling but when using it as an analogy of life… Child, please… not so much. Ergo, point Rat. Right, as usual. Dilly! Dilly!

Rat will assault anyone who corrects him or tells him that he’s wrong. Why does the gang put up with that jerk?

When times are tough you find what you’re made of.

Disagree with someone? Assault them.

e rat icated

WHATEVER Goat!

Happened to Buddy Holly every day.

I had Rat arrested for assault.

Goat is lucky. Being hit by a waffle iron can do a lot of damage.

sorry to hear that… every morning for me that involved a waffle iron was great!

At least it wasn’t hot. But, waiting for it to heat up would loose the humor and the point.

The old Chinese curse, May you live in interesting times.

I can’t remember the pun, but in one of Snoopy’s stories a man was saying something or other to his girl friend, which outraged her, so “She hit him with the waffle iron.”

.ay you live on interesting coasters.

A real goat would’ve shown that itsy rat what his horns and hoofs are compared to the waffle iron Rat held in those tiny paws of his

The fact that Rat brought a waffle iron to the diner kind’a proves premeditation.

At least his head ain’t waffle-shaped. Which would be pretty funny.

For me, the thrilling / terrifying part is the slow climb up the first hill. I can’t help but imagine the coaster falling over sideways. Once it’s moving fast and slinging me around, it’s busy, but neither thrilling nor terrifying.