But Pig, spending more time with strangers will makes em knows you more and will makes more peoples knows you than before. Meaning more chances of you getting killed anyways.
Maybe the phrase “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” needs a corollary: “Keep your enemies far away and your friends even farther away”. After all, a friend, minus the letter r, becomes a fiend.
Pig learns that the odds of being murdered by a serial killer are very low and the odds of a serial killer being murdered by another serial killer are infinitesimal. So he becomes a serial killer.
The third panel reminds me of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, when the knight says “He chose poorly” after Donovan drank from the wrong cup and went kerblooey.
To pull that off you would need to have no more than one conversation with everyone you encounter for the rest of your life. It’s an interesting thought, as you’d really have to make that one conversation count.
BE THIS GUY about 2 months ago
It’s easier for people who know you to find you when they decide to kill you.
BasilBruce about 2 months ago
Of course, those odds would go down considerably if Pig stopped living with Rat.
Bilan about 2 months ago
In the justice department, they call it a crime of passion. Two people get into a heated argument and a gun is just too handily available.
Wilde Bill about 2 months ago
Of course, Pig is more likely to be killed by someone who owns a slaughterhouse.
B UTTONS about 2 months ago
… and the one that kills you is apt to be a Rat.
cmxx about 2 months ago
No, Pig, wait a sec! Think it through! If you spend enough time with those strangers they’ll turn into friends!
Robin Harwood about 2 months ago
Most total strangers don’t care enough. They can just walk away.
jasonsnakelover about 2 months ago
One time I was four times likely to be killed.
MichaelAxelFleming about 2 months ago
A variation of the old joke “I heard that most accidents happen at home, so I moved.”
enigmamz about 2 months ago
But not just any stranger, they must be TOTAL strangers!
Purple People Eater about 2 months ago
If you want to lower your chances of being murdered as much as possible, avoid having any friends.
Charles about 2 months ago
Gang bangers mostly know each other.
Kurtass Premium Member about 2 months ago
Small problem Pig, bacon is delicious.
Gent about 2 months ago
But Pig, spending more time with strangers will makes em knows you more and will makes more peoples knows you than before. Meaning more chances of you getting killed anyways.
erick.robinson about 2 months ago
…the reason being that the people you know are around you often enough to be tired of your nonsense and may just snap and wring the life out of you…?
[Traveler] Premium Member about 2 months ago
If you watch dateline, you know this already
Ellis97 about 2 months ago
Rat could be one of those potential killers.
Procat Premium Member about 2 months ago
There is almost a 40% chance the murderer will get away with it.
phritzg Premium Member about 2 months ago
Maybe the phrase “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” needs a corollary: “Keep your enemies far away and your friends even farther away”. After all, a friend, minus the letter r, becomes a fiend.
Ichabod Ferguson about 2 months ago
Pig learns that the odds of being murdered by a serial killer are very low and the odds of a serial killer being murdered by another serial killer are infinitesimal. So he becomes a serial killer.
Croc Holliday about 2 months ago
The third panel reminds me of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, when the knight says “He chose poorly” after Donovan drank from the wrong cup and went kerblooey.
Gameguy49 Premium Member about 2 months ago
It’s the ones who know you that want to kill you, those who don’t know you have no reason to kill you.
MS72 about 2 months ago
No kidding. Several of my neighbors own guns. I might call them, but never knock on the door.
steveh64 about 2 months ago
Familiarity breeds contempt, as the saying goes.
SquidGamerGal about 2 months ago
Here’s a tip with going out with friends… Don’t win big at the casino!
DiminishedFirst about 2 months ago
Pig also heard you are most likely to die within 10 miles of your home. So he moved…
gozirra2 Premium Member about 2 months ago
Why is it people you know that you haven’t seen in a while are greeted with ‘hello stranger’?
iggyman about 2 months ago
That sounds logical!
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 2 months ago
But then the strangers will not be strangers anymore. YOU’RE DOOMED. Stuff like that.
david_42 about 2 months ago
One the other hand, outside of comic strips, there are a thousand strangers for every person you know.
rshive about 2 months ago
Figures don’t lie, Pig.
DaBump Premium Member about 2 months ago
Sadly, it does mean a LOT of people DO end up in the wrong crowd. I think most of them would have a hard time finding better friends.
LaughterIsJoyMuliplied about 2 months ago
Being a hermit always has had a certain appeal.
Queen of America about 2 months ago
If I end up murdered, the suspect list will be very short.
markkahler52 about 2 months ago
They thought Ted Bundy made for a very nice stranger, too….
Dapperdan61 Premium Member about 2 months ago
It makes you wonder where Rat is
minty_Joe about 2 months ago
“What does that tell you?”
It tells me, don’t tick off your friends or family.
MichaelD Premium Member about 2 months ago
“What does that tell you?” You’re friends with Rat.
markmoss1 about 2 months ago
You haven’t given strangers a reason to kill you…
Goat from PBS about 2 months ago
Technically everyone’s a stranger until you get to know them.
John Jorgensen about 2 months ago
To pull that off you would need to have no more than one conversation with everyone you encounter for the rest of your life. It’s an interesting thought, as you’d really have to make that one conversation count.
christelisbetty about 2 months ago
Please note. The article said “Someone you know” NOT “a friend”.
Saurischia Premium Member about 2 months ago
Absolutely hilarious – Pastis outdid himself! I love it!
Ginny Premium Member about 2 months ago
Pastis is a crackup!
marktson about 2 months ago
“From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers, I’m all through ever trusting anyone..”Haggard
zeexenon about 2 months ago
Around 50% of my friends died of old age, and the rest look unhealthy.
Buoy about 2 months ago
People are strange.
fritzoid Premium Member about 2 months ago
“A stranger is just a friend who doesn’t want to kill me yet!”
rugeirn about 2 months ago
People don’t usually p**s off people they don’t know to the point of eliciting homicidal responses. To do that, you kinda have to know the person.
willie_mctell about 2 months ago
“All my friends are gonna be strangers from now on.”
Tortured Nate about 2 months ago
wait…..but if you spend more time with them, they’ll become someone you know!!!!!
Sojourner about 2 months ago
I’m thinking that NYC is an exception to that rule.
AwelCruiz about 2 months ago
That’s why I’m an introvert.
clayface9 Premium Member about 2 months ago
That’s pretty obvious. Why would someone who doesn’t know you hate you enough to kill you?
Hobbes X about 2 months ago
They must be TOTAL strangers.