Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 03, 2014

Actually, all of Rat’s relationships end with relief, ecstasy, and new hope — on the other’s part.

A moment of growth and self-awareness from Rat? Have you even met Rat, Goat?

Rat reminds me of me.

They won’t. But you can learn how to play them so they don’t know the difference.

Kind of like the phrase…“So glad you got to see me!”

Not just one, but many…so sad.

#?? not @##? :P

oh, so ya can’t use a hashsign here I see

or huh?

Preaching to the quire brother.

This one’s going into my Favorites.

BrassOrchid,you are so right!

Mental illness runs rampant in the world. In the last election one of the candidates believed that his underwear protected him from evil forces, and nobody seemed to notice or think this might be a bit shall we say, nuts. (Why did he accept secret service protection?)

Enough! Get back to the CROCS…………..

Yeah. It’s never you is it, Rat?xxx

Knowing you’re the smartest one in the room is why some talk to themselves; to get an intelligent response. :-)

Uh-oh, I am identifying with Rat….

That’s unsettling.

I wonder if this was put on a Saturday just because of Rat’s line in the last panel.Either that or Stephan wasn’t too fond of the strip.

Hey, Rat! Before you mouth off at the “idiots” around you, learn to spell! It’s not“ⓐ#ⓐ”; it’s #ⓐⓐ!

A bitter misanthrope who believes he has no flaws and can do no wrong. He sounds like certain politicians.

Oh yeah Rat? Is that so? Are you forgetting a particular set of feelings you have for a very specific relationship? One that you always swear never again but you always get weak in the knees when she returns and slobber all over yourself for her. And then you discover she’s cheating on you with Dilbert. Or worse, Ziggy cause Ziggy’s a “real man.” And when that happens you don’t get angry, you just weep like the proverbial little girl because she once again ripped your heart into itty-bitty pieces and threw them out of her germaphob bubble. A bubble she refuses to let you into but Ziggy and Dilbert are let in readily. Are you forgetting Pig’s sister Farina?

Yeah, mine too. That was the best thing in that movie.