Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 19, 2017

Got any room back there?

anyone got two straight jackets for those two?

I could use some “help”. Cash, check, or money order would be great.

He needs somebody. Not just anybody. You know he needs someone.

That actually is incredibly sweet

The groundswell begins!

Forgot the 5 cents on the sign

Paging Lucy Van Pelt.

Gonna be one crowded booth.

Here, buy my book, pay for the DVDs, and come to my lecture where I will sell you even more stuff.

I think Goat would have been a better choice than Rat for this one.

Help yourself.

That will be 5 cents please.

Once I told someone that I identified with Pig. I know I do, now.

Help! There’s a rat in my dinner!

Often, when a clerk asks if they can help me, I’ll bless them and allow that lots of people say I need help…

Strange. Rat does not seem like the type to admit that he needs help.

Love this.

xxx

No Help Wanted! Get a job somewhere else, Rat and Pig. And give that stand back to the Peanuts kids!

Perhaps this was prompted by the loss of Charles Schulz’s home in the Santa Rosa fire.

Along with all the tragic losses.

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(And if that’s a “duh” statement, take it easy on me. Got the fever&flu thing going on just now.)

Even rat can admit he needs help. We all do. Very sweet and very real.

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is airing on ABC tonight.

Coincidence?

What kind of help are you offering? Copies of that Beatles album!

If I don’t know what you need, the best I can do is make an uneducated guess.