Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 21, 2018

Anybody heard of moderation?

You’ll die when someboody makes some fat erasing pill.

you’re dead, Ed

Once again, Rat’s clear view of the world strikes a chord.

I stopped believing that “eating X will takes years off your life” back in the mid ’90s when practically every week they were coming on saying Y is too dangerous to eat and will kill you only to say the following week they were wrong and it was really Z. Plus I started noticing that whenever they brought up folks who were living to be over a hundred and asked them what their diet had been like their whole lives, not a one of them was quoting all the healthy foods that were supposed to extend your life. Most of them did say in moderation though.

Goat finally decides to enjoy life.

Pastis has been pretty morbid lately.

I have to admit, chili fries sounds pretty damn good. Even it’s the kind of thing I never eat – at least the fries part. I make my own chili, veggie or meat, and with some heat.

Good health only postpones the inevitable.

I could go for a root beer float right about now.

Life is too short not to enjoy it. Glen Campbell

Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter. Iman

Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream. Hugh Hefner

Life is too short, and I’m Italian. I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0. Sophia Bush

Life is too short to live on low-fat everything. Kristin Scott Thomas

Kale’s so routine so how ’bout poutine? (vegan/no fat/lactose free/no salt/low-cal/low cholesterol it is not)

Life is short – eat dessert first!

For Life itself is Rain for barren soulsTherefore live it wise and full before it goes…Leaving regret – to no avail – and everlasting painFor all souls wasted through lack of understanding Rain…

Yay, Rat!!!!!!!!!!

Observe how Rat provokes chaos, then disappears!!!

Thanks Steph, love this toon, Its Right! Ha!

Let the Games begin ! Sometimes Rat’s logic is spot on :-)

Pass the chili fries please.

“You can live to be 100. You just have to stop doing everything that makes you WANT to live to 100”. Woody Allen

I don’t know where this idea comes from, that people who are into fitness and exercise never eat anything but vegetables and don’t drink any alcohol. Beer and natchos after swim practice was the Thursday night ritual in one club I belonged to.

In the vernacular, they’re pump buddies.

“Life is like an amusement park”…Great line!

Life is short indulge

Eat, drink and be merry, for this stuff will kill us.

Alcohol in moderation is actually good for you. And pizza is just bread, cheese, and tomatoes. I’m not sure why it has the reputation of junk food. Maybe because it’s cheap and people actually like it.

I’m printing this off and framing it.

When I was marathon cycling, I’d wolf down an entire pepperoni pizza with a couple beers mid ride. Do it again when I got home. Only real problem with that scenario is that I kept doing it after I retired from racing and packed on the pounds. A wake up call changed that. Last week was the first pizza and a couple of beers in months and I’m almost back down to my racing weight.

It’s pretty rare to find a “Jef” who doesn’t drink beer.

Wow, I live 5 – 10 years longer, but WHY? if I don’t enjoy it?

Reminded me of Peggy Bundy killing Jim Jupiter “the healthiest man in Chicago.”

I eats when I’m hungry I drinks when I’m dry, and if the whiskey don’t kill me I’ll live till I die.

the rides also have weight limits

I once got sick on a roller-coaster.

Celebrate every day.

Hit it on the nose again!!!!!!

Slide into your grave yelling ‘What a ride’.

I am a fitness enthusiast and believe my body to be a temple six days of the week, but on the seventh, it’s an amusement park…

Life is like a birthday cake, take a piece but not too much – Harrison/Beatles.

Today’s strip is great. Reminds me of Pig asking Neighbor Willy to play spaceship with him. Willy explains he can’t (has to study, to get good grades, to get a degree, to get a good job, to make a lot of money, so he can retire comfortably…a few years before he dies). Needless to say, Willy is soon flying to Mars with Pig in a cardboard box spaceship. That one hangs in my office.

Yay! Another convert!

what a wonderful way to think! i’m #teamrat all the way!

“Everything in moderation, including moderation.” Oscar Wilde

Fits what I’ve taken as a motto since the “everything you like is bad for you, eat this not that” fads started: I’d rather enjoy a shorter life than be miserable in a long one. Made it to 76 and still going strong.

Moderation is for Monks!

No beer, no pizza! Then what’s the point of living?

SO true, I love it!

The problem with nutrition is that today’s health food is tomorrow’s carcinogen and today’s carcinogen is tomorrow’s health food. I stay out of it as much as I possibly can.

About a month ago my oncologist told me that unless they (miraculously) find something to prevent my cancer from spreading/sprouting new tumors that I probably have 3 to 6 months. As my wife said as we left his office "I didn’t need to hear that, but I did need to hear that. I’m 70 years old and have had a good, sometimes slightly exciting life. I’ve traveled extensively in Europe and parts of the Middle East, I’ve been married to the same sweet lady for almost 38 years and I’m secure in the knowledge that whatever kind of problems I may leave her with financial ones aren’t on that list.

My brother and sister in law are at our place this weekend and they, as well as my wife and I thought this is one of Pastis’ best.

As noted philosopher, songwriter and musician, the late Warren Zevon said after receiving the death sentence from his oncologist; “enjoy every sandwich”. Great advice that I try to follow.

There’s a Jewish saying: “The world is a wedding. Snatch and eat, snatch and drink.”

What good is life if you can’t enjoy it?

Truth is truth; accept it or not. Your tickets cannot be redeemed after the show is over.

Exercise Buddy Ed and sanctimonious Goat finally wise up!

Thank you, Rat! You are a Truth-speaker for sure!

Pizza is good for you! It’s bread, meat, and cheese. Have a salad while you’re waiting for it to cook, and it’s a balanced meal.

It scares me whenever I agree with Rat on something.

Glutton who passed on had inscribed on his tombstone—I ate, therefore I was.

Needs more Triathlon Bob

Embrace the Reality …..

The crappy rides are free to go on as much as you want, while the premium ones require tickets at an extra cost. Healthy and active people can afford a lot more of those tickets, plus unlimited fast passes for all the other rides should they choose to indulge in moderation.

That was the worlds best comic! Except Calvin and Hobbes.