Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 13, 2020

You will have to hug by Zoom ™.

Bad times are coming , again .

I feel sorry for the huggers. I am not one, but I know many people who are.

Why isn’t Rat cheering?

It’s better this way, Pig.

Even without Covid, hugging random people is dangerous these days.

I attended an outdoor memorial service for a friend of over 40 years, a few weeks ago. Not being able to hug people was maddening.

Amen, Pig.

Do you give rain checks?

Pig. Hug Rat. Please, hug Rat.

Why swine flu spread so quickly in the past….

If he’s going door to door he should at least wear a mask.

I dunno, Pig. I don’t think I’d like to hug my food before I eat it.

Pig-in-a-Bubble?

I feel your pain, Pig. I’m a hugger too and I feel like I’ve needed a hug for a while now.

Door to Door Bacon?!!! That’s genius!!!

Pig be like Rat and Hug a Beer ! …. Croc Power !

When will it dawn on PIG and others….masks, distance, sanitize….

Pig must live in a blue state.

Hug him anyway, Pig!

You are a featured character and will not die, whereas he is just a Neighbor Bob, and they are expendable and infinitely replaceable….

Understatement, Pig.

The man should be wearing red if he’s not wearing a mask

Maybe you could have a mechanical hugging machine. That’s it, a hug-o-matic robot that you send door to door. It sanitizes its padded arms before each hug, and a screen on its chest shows your face.

It would be important to calibrate the hugging force correctly so as not to break anyone’s ribs. Maybe everyone could just send their robots around and have them hug each other.

Pig meet Hammy… Hammy meet Pig

For those of us who aren’t “natural” huggers, this is sort of a silver lining.

I’m glad I have my family. I can still get hugs.

Controllable Overblown Virus Idiots Dread.

Rat and I Being non huggers, see no issue here.

I read that non-face to face sex is safer than hugging or kissing when greeting someone. But it will get you tossed out of Walmart.

No doubt, Pig, no doubt.

Pig seems hug-ely disappointed.

No masks! Someone call the Mask Police!

Indeed.

Surgeons can do it across countries, come on inventors I need a hug. Perhaps an Orgasmatron set on 1?

I miss hugs.

It’s absolutely fine to hug as much as you want — as long as you are at a Trump super spreader event.

That’s because each infection brings us closer to herd mentality.

My area in the UK has JUST managed to get out of being one of the Top 40 hotspots with the highest cases.

But we are still “High” risk.

xxx

We don’t see all of the little cases. My nephew is 9 and incredibly close to his Grandpa. Grandpa volunteers in his school, which just went back to in person. In school, at recess, cadres are defined, kids are wearing masks, the discipline is pretty good. Telling my nephew he can’t give Grandpa a hug after school doesn’t even make sense to either of them.

Aww that’s kinda sad. Hope, pig. Hope.

Maybe he could give the virus a pork chop.

The only thing spreading is stupidity .

Technically, this virus is spreading on no matter what you do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyoJUdagcys

i keep feeling i’m in this subtle dystopic film that has no end..

People who don’t have the virus can’t spread it to each other. Live your life

OK. At first glance, I thought the first panel said … “I’ve decided to go door-to-door mugging people.” Oops.

Somehow I like Pig’s idea better!

Noooooo this is just like when ur sister murders you in Roblox Flicker and ur Muffin Man: Ladada! I’ve given three muffins to Charlotte! Ladada! CHK Oh no i died… Later, the Evil Team wins. Who was murderer? WHAT IT WAS MY SISTER AND SHE WAS CHARLOTTE?!? I GAVE HER 3 MUFFINS AND SHE KILLED ME!!!! AND SHE KNEW I WAS HER BROTHER AND THE MUFFIN MAN!!!! AAAAAA!!!!! And so, you feel like smashing your computer. These times are as merciless as that sister. P.S: Apologies for caps, i’m just saying that’s how u feel.