Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 31, 2021

Hey, it took your mind off your drooping jowls.

Maybe if you try with a distorting mirror….

Your butt is not saggy, you’re just drawn that way.

We all enjoy a little extra fat on our bacon.

uh… yeah

“I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”

Stuart Smalley

I’ll sell you some self respect for five dollars!

Maybe a bra would give him the support he needs.

Maybe Pig needs more time and to include more things (that need uplifting) – his bulging stomach, his one floppy ear, his dragging tail, himself out of bed in the morning.

That was ‘Be honest with yourself’, which is always a bit depressing.

Lose weight.

His roommate’s influence is strong.

The Debbie Downer Force is strong in this one !

Elevators, escalators, ski lifts, helicopters, ….

Pig, I know a surgeon who can fix that saggy butt!

Um Pig, that’s not your butt you are looking at.

The older you get, the less a mirror is your friend.

“You are so down to earth, and yet you can be so uplifting. Thank you, Mr. elevator.”

I gave up on that after I broke the mirror staring into it… ;)

Pig’s saggy butt looks delicious.

Well if you think about it, he’s built to go to market

The first thing for boosting confidence is to ensure there’s no ifs and butts, Pig!

Oy! His bacon is fried! Someone needs to take PIG to a self help class of self esteem….

Maybe he should make his ears more pointy.

Then there’s the constant hangover. When the belly hangover the belt.

isn’t ‘pig’ so wonderful….always gives a laugh

How about “when I look in the mirror my left ear is up and my right ear is down” opposite of normal right ear up, left ear down.

sunday’s comic tomorrow will be about state abbreviations! find all 21 tomorrow!

Not what it means, Pig.

Pig missing the point again. All you have to do is say: ’I’m smart enough; I’m good enough; and doggone it, people like me’.

…and dog gone it – I like myself! And…that’s OK.

Maybe I should define “uplifting” to him.

Apropos of nothing, ON is the postal abbreviation for Ontario.

Saggy face, etc. I once read a magazine article with tips on how to stay beautiful as you age. Number one ironclad rule was to never look in the magnifying side of a mirror. Seriously.

Poor Pig needs some self-love: he’s perfectly lovable the way he is.

Don’t know if this is the correct venue to ask this, but you visited Boise a couple of years ago. Are you coming back and if so when? It was GREAT to see and hear you. shhh ns@rincover.com Larry Rincover

The mirror was helpless when confronted by Pig. No magic, there….

… say things about yourself that ARE uplifting, not that NEED uplifting …