Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 21, 2020

Was the other guy riding a motorcycle when he ticked off Pig?

No, no, Pig—a letter like that should be full of four-letter words.

Concise but effective .

OK Pig, that’s OK as a first paragraph.

Better idea: just let it be.

Works better when written by a canine. Pigs hardly EVER growl.

More like a RRRRRough draft…

Needs work.

I think one or two inflected, indignant “Oinks” would do it!

This is what people usually do, unfortunately

Hardly what I’d call persuasive writing, Pig, but it is probably a good way for you to vent….

Where you talking to Tony the Tiger, Pig?

In this text savvy world I would have just replied with a simple FU.

Roll with it, Pig! That says everything he needs to know! :-)

Looks like the average letter to one’s congressional representative.

Do people still write letters?

What really makes me mad is how little respect Goat has for others’ privacy.

Well Pig that letter may be used on anyone or everyone ! … Croc Power !

direct and to the point……

Writing a letter? You still live in the 1950s, Pig?

Pigs can get pretty aggressive if rubbed the wrong way, especially wild boars.

I just ignore ’em and they go away.

Sounds like twitter.

We were better off when we only spoke to neighbors and the occasional long distance phone call. Too much information, its warped us all. But we cant stop it our brains crave it

Forget it PIG! a you’ll end up more confused than you are now….LOL

This is the problem with today’s society. Nobody knows what to say when they disagree or how to have spoken with someone else when they disagree.

Pig is a southpaw. That explains a lot.

no matter how carefully you phrase it, the reader will misunderstand.

Nobody is right. Reality is all a matter of perspective and perception.

Ahhhhh…cutting right to the chase!

Rough as a dull chainsaw blade in the petrified forest.

They say you should just start writing and edit later …

Nah. Go with that.

Verbatim.

Editing and polishing his rhetoric will take a lot of grunt work.

don’t you always think of the greatest riposte… a day or two later?

sigh. I want more pun strips.

There was a character on “Hill Street Blues” who was an undercover cop, often dressed up like a street person. He occasionally expressed frustration with others, including his co-workers, by growling at them. I have occasionally found this a visceral, satisfying way of expressing myself. This is particularly useful if I’m in a situation where four-letter words are frowned upon, such as a classroom.

yeah it may have been Harley and cat.

He’s not worth it, Pig. Have you learned nothing from Rat?

I wonder when we’ll see Zeeba and Larry and L’il Guard Duck and the cat (whose name I’ve forgotten it’s been so long) again? We seem to be stuck with just Pig, Rat and Goat at the moment. Not that’s there’s anything wrong with P, R & G but more variety would be fun.

Best written complaint letter ever.

Me when someone makes a racist comment