Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 26, 2014

Somebody should beat up Rat for his lame stories!

My idea of the perfect vacation::Step 1. Do whatever you feel like, even if you just feel like lying on a couch all day.:Step 2. Repeat step 1 until vacation is over.

I don’t know. I think Rat has a point. Nothing sucks the fun out of a vacation faster than one that is overplanned and overorganized. Give me some time to myself to do my own thing!

Well, if nothing else, Dickie got his four hours of scuba training in.

What kind of cruise doesn’t try to stuff twelve meals a day down everyone?

The best part of Dickie is that, as a person, he’s very anchored.

I’m sure a limit of one hour for shopping did not go down well with the women folk……

There’s not a hell of a lot to shop for in Key West.

Pig is the (rather shrill) voice of reason behind Rat’s tale. (Or tail. Or both.)

Wonder what a Croc vacation would be like ?

Pig definitely has a point there.

So that is what Danny Donkey did for New Year’s. Thanx Stephan.

Why does Rat have ink all over him in the final frame?

poor danny

I think this might be a clue why Staci threw Steph out this week :)

The only organizing I do for a vacation is the plane ticket and the rental car.

So, Danny Donky made an ass of himself??

What did they expect? Looks like they Booked a cruise!

When I take a vacation, I like to have somewhat of a plan, but not a schedule spelled out like that.

Dickie Donkey sat on a wall, his cousin Danny made him have a great fallThen Danny killed all the king’s horses and all the king’s menSo they couldn’t put Dickie together again!

On a sightseeing vacation, an agenda is important. On a relaxing vacation, an agenda defeats the purpose.

I’ve never heard of a donkey successfully completing Scuba Certification. Not even one.NAUI maybe, but certainly not PADI.

We love Danny Donkey!

Swimmin’ wid da fishes is another good vacation activity.

I’m with Pig on this one… you can’t relax on these organized vacations…

I love the donkeys in scuba gear.

- smirk – Cousin Dickie

Yep… Written and illustrated by the one and only Rat.xxx

5 hours isn’t enough time to even do the bars in Key West justice let alone the restaurants – forget about shopping or riding the conch train

Danny Donkey, the minister of loss….your loss.

If Danny hates his family so much, why did he go on a cruise with them?

True Danny Donkey would have thrown all the other relatives overboard. Peace and Quiet vacation.

This was written on my 10th bday.

“Sailaway, sailaway, sailaway…”