Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 18, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  11 months ago

    Best to face your problems

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    BasilBruce  11 months ago

    Gravity can really bring you down.

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    Gent  11 months ago

    So now you is realise gravity of situation when pigs fly.

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    sirbadger  11 months ago

    My grip strength isn’t what it used to be. This is not the best way to fly away from that problem.

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    TampaFanatic1  11 months ago

    Nothing is ever that easy in life Pig, there is always a catch!

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    Johnny Q Premium Member 11 months ago

    A bit like those Warner Brothers cartoons where someone walks off a cliff but doesn’t start to fall till he looks down and notices there isn’t any ground under his feet!

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    Hoosier Guy  11 months ago

    Is this a metaphor for drugs?

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    Zykoic  11 months ago

    We are in the roaring twenties again. Depression in 6-8 years as banking system implodes.

    Just a thought…

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 11 months ago

    To be fair sometimes a while is long enough.

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    iggyman  11 months ago

    It’ll happen when pigs fly! Hey, wait a minute!

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    B UTTONS  11 months ago

    Not enough hot air … Politicians must be on holiday break

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    markkahler52  11 months ago

    Balloon popped just like a couple weeks back!

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    Gandalf  11 months ago

    Neil Young’s ’Don’t Let It Bring You Down’

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    Ellis97  11 months ago

    You can’t escape your problems.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  11 months ago

    .. infinitum..

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    The Orange Mailman  11 months ago

    Some problems come with their own solutions.

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    ladykat  11 months ago

    I wish I could fly away from my troubles and insecurities.

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    morningglory73 Premium Member 11 months ago

    Sometimes looking at one’s problems from a certain height gives one insight and maybe solutions.

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    cmxx  11 months ago

    It’s hard to solve naivete and gullibility.

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member 11 months ago

    My main trouble most mornings is arthritic hands. Makes it hard to hold on to the balloon string.

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    CaveCat87  11 months ago

    This is why you shouldn’t run away from your problems, but rather to face them head-on.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member 11 months ago

    So soon? So sad. He should have used a Chinese spy balloon that Sock Puppet Joe let fly across the country gathering intelligence information before being shot down with a $400,000 sidewinder missile when it had completed its mission when a burst of machine gun fire from Snoopy’s Sopwith camel would have done the job nicely and a lot cheaper. Get out the A-20… the nit picking is about to begin…

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    JudyAz  11 months ago

    “Be careful what you wish for”

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    rshive  11 months ago

    We hope that Pig lands safely.

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    Croc Holliday  11 months ago

    99 luftballons (red balloons)

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    pheets  11 months ago

    Sometimes the solution is more complicated than the problem. Add unco-operation from the source/cause and it can go on for ever. I love barning, I love my critters. Honest, I really do! Most of the time…. : )

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    GojusJoe  11 months ago

    Ignorance is not always bliss.

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    KEA  11 months ago

    MOST solutions come with their own problems

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    PoodleGroomer  11 months ago

    Take 2 balloons. Avoid single point failure.

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    WCraft Premium Member 11 months ago

    If it happened anywhere else but cartoon land, it WOULD be the end of earthly problems…(but possibly the start of others in the next life…)

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    Zebrastripes  11 months ago

    Pig was desperate…Meep Meeep

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    Kilrwat Premium Member 11 months ago

    “The cause of problems, is solutions.” Eric Sevareid

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    Goat from PBS  11 months ago

    Until you read about five miles up. At that height, the balloon practically freezes to death and pops.

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    Croc Holliday  11 months ago

    If we estimate Pig to weigh roughly 150 pounds, and he’s using a standard 11" balloon (which looks right, given its size compared to Pig), and if we further assume he’s using helium, it’s going to take a lot more than one balloon to lift him in the air. 5,693 balloons to be exact, with 65,016 liters of helium. One balloon won’t cut it.

    Yes, there’s a website you can use to actually calculate this:

    website is

    omnicaculator dot com backslash everyday-life backslash helium-balloons

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    monya_43  11 months ago

    The fall won’t hurt Pig. It’s the sudden stop at the bottom that will be the bigger problem.

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    Jml58  11 months ago

    No matter how far you fall, Mother Earth will always catch you. She might also break every bone in your body.

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    Bilan  11 months ago

    Is this is where the saying “pop your balloon” comes from?

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    mindjob  11 months ago

    I doubt this is what the Fifth Dimension were talking about

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    braindead Premium Member 11 months ago

    That’s what Republicans are hoping for.

    Impeachment is the solution. The only problem is finding the problem.

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    willie_mctell  11 months ago

    It’s like dope or other forms of entertainment.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  11 months ago

    Another of life’s paradoxes.

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    Chris Sherlock  11 months ago

    Now Pig likely has a bigger problem than he did before.

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    eddi-TBH  11 months ago

    Reality wins again.

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    Sisyphos  11 months ago

    So, Pig, should we have warned you, look before you leap?

    Rat is just another cynical commentator….

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    wordsmeet  11 months ago

    Love the sign on the cloud.

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    Jaime Jean M  11 months ago

    These are words of wisdom.

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