Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 31, 2024

Rat was having an epiphany, but it was a false alarm.

More of the same, I guess.

I’m had it with other people telling me what to do.

Goat didn’t burst out laughing at that comment?

opposite day Rat?

What to do now Rat? Well, I guess like most narcissists you can start telling other people how to live their lives and what they can and cannot do……

Are you asking that as a rhetorical question?

You have cleared all your goals. Now you can die fullfilled.

Carry on Rat, carry on!

Time to relive your life Rat in all it’s glory!

Why live, laugh, love when you can stab stab stab.

Sometimes Rat sounds like Calvin.

Dear Pastis, I think Rat needs a vacation. Or maybe I just need a vacation from Rat; he’s become very tiresome to me. I would love to see the crocs more, maybe some Zeebah neighbor, and definitely Guard Duck. I know, that’s just me, but thought I’d mention it. Thanks.

Be a Libertarian; do what you want, when you want, and where you want. Then complain about others doing the same.

Try telling other people what to do and how to live… no, wait, you already do that too.

Uh clarify that Rat, when has someone told you what to do and not got a bat over the noggin?

Keep on keepin’ on, Rat bro! Dilly! Dilly! God Bless America!

Getting told what to do doesn’t make me do it. I still need reasoning or a motivation of my own.

Become a politician, and tell other people how to live THEIR lives.

Now you find a better way to live life.

Sounds like he’s got nothing to live for.

The un-answerable question finally confronts Rat.

You stfu. That’s what you do now.

The irony…

Start listening to other people. They just might have some good ideas.

So… Great! No regrets, keep on doing what you love to do! I guess.

Attain enlightenment?

Reminiscent of the 1950s 25c per gallon gasoline, studded snow tires ruining the I-Roads, 11 mile per gallon gas mileage, Korean “Police Action” dead and gearing up for Vietnam, my strontium-90 laced milk, new McDonalds, new cars post WWII, fresh Hostess Twinkies … what more could we want?

Many people confuse “…certain unalienable Rights…”, Freedom and Liberty with anarchy.

It’s nice when your new direction in life is “More of the same.” Saves a lot of time.

Wait, is Rat asking Paris Goat to tell him what to do??

my response to those people (except officers) has always been “go f**k yourself”. the day after i retired i was accosted for wearing earings in the commissary. i just said it and walked on. it felt good.

Rat has never appreciated his uniqueness. Neither has anybody else.

There are few things more liberating that resolving to live life on your own terms. There are few things more demoralizing than realizing you already are and its not working.