Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 05, 2020

Rat knows the truth about himself and he can’t stand it.

Or be arat and infest Goat’s house.

You might as well be yourself; nobody else wants the job.

Get a Roget Thesaurus. Look up evil, self-centered, egotistic, sociopath. Then chose any antonym for each word.

Goat’s brutally honest…

Don’t get advice from a goat? Don’t ask a question that you don’t want the answer to? Aspire to think at least one positive thought about someone other than yourself… at least weekly.

And I thought “Be Yourself” was the best personality advice.

Rat has a point. Don’t go telling me to “be myself” and then get all bent out of shape when you find out that this is who I really am!

Good comeback Goat ! … Croc Power !

Rat didn’t see it coming .

But you did.

Maybe Rat should take advice from George Costanza:. Always do the opposite of what your instinct tells you.

Dang… I asked someone out once and our conversation went sort of like this.

Lou’s marriage advice to Ted on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, “You know how you always are? Don’t be that way.”

I believe Rat’s personality matches a lot of people. We just don’t want to admit it.

It sucks to be RAT!

I’m sure there are many who would like to give me that advice. I’m trying…

Cue the music for “I did it my way”

Rat should get a major personality and attitude change.

My stock reply to any question of this nature is always, “Why do you ask?” If that gets no reply, neither does the original inquiry. It’s a fairly reliable system.

Here’s some personality advice for you, Rat: Get your creator into therapy … quick.

The copy/paste is working hard today.

It will say Trump

Just don’t scratch your fleas, or boils for that matter.

Character personalities in this strip seem mixed up lately. Pig being pessimistic. Goat not being his usual intellectual self. Rat being self-aware if his shortcomings. What is with Pastis lately?

Like my favorite pair of socks has written on it: Always be yourself — unless you can be unicorn. Then, always be a unicorn!

You be you.

Don’t ask, don’t tell.

Rat is a critical presence in this strip. Whom would Paris the goat try to impress in Rat’s absence? Pig is clearly beyond hope..

What became of the Comment I thought I made?!

It had something to do with Rat being right and needing his trusty bat to knock some sense into Goat….