Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 12, 2021

Play the lottery, Pig.

Moral: When the going gets tough, take a shortcut.

Much of life involves probabilities. Which life choices reduce the risk of cancer and heart attack. Too many wrong choices at once can put you in the danger zone. The same thing applies to success and money.

Beat the odds, put in some effort and get rewarded.

Don’t forget that the definition of success is ALSO something you can decide for yourself.

The less-effort success stories often require winning the birth family lottery. Not optimal for pigs.

Work hard. We can’t Stress that enough.

There’s a flaw in that porcine philosophy, but until we find it – eat cheese and be merry, Pig!

Work hard, die young, and leave a spent looking corpse.Something like that.

Pig stop worrying about your belly button and get your work done ! …. Croc Power !

Define “hard work”. Sometimes getting out of bed is hard work, for example. Or getting a human being on the phone when you need tech support.

It depends on you you know and who your relatives are!

Psalm 127:2 It is senseless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, fearing you will starve to death; for God wants his loved ones to get their proper rest.

Pig’s choices are limited. Be funny and live, OR bacon.

Pig becomes a Socialist. Why work hard when it might just drop onto your lap.

The lesson is to never try.

PIG loves the choice of doing nothing! That’s his standard level.

Me thinks that Pig is on to something here.

Someone once said, “If you like what you do for a living, you’ll never work a day in your life!”

trump sure didn’t have to work hard to form a cult in less than 4 years

Oh no! I’m pig!

‘You miss 100% of the shots you don’t make.’ Wayne Gretzky.

Ready to shrug.

“Chance governeth all “ sayeth Ecclesiastes. But you can indeed improve your chances. Or maybe not, since your chance-determined hereditary traits determine how you deal with your chances in a world of chance. Or something..chances are I’d have been a decent basketball player – if I’d been two feet taller.

The big difference is – when you work hard, you essentially are giving yourself more opportunities for success. The more opportunities you get the better the likelihood you will succeed. So, when you don’t work hard – can you luck into winning the lottery? Or hitting it big at the slots? Or marrying into wealth? Sure – but your odds are much worse.

Work at something you enjoy and it isn’t work… and any success is just a bonus.

No guarantee of an ulcer on either path. If you enjoy what you do, even if it’s hard work,work becomes fun. Ulcers come from doing jobs/careers that you hate doing and are unable to change……

i honestly have no idea whats going on half the time but i can get some of it

It’s all about the Journey

Can’t argue with the pig, there.

Ok, this one goes in my favorites.

Go for it, Pig.

If you chose your parents wisely, you do not need to work hard to enjoy success.

I chose hard work, conservative investments, and traditional values. And, it’s all paid off quite handsomely.

I like the odds of hard work. Stick with that one.

basically the premise of Two and a Half Men.

Pig, in your case it’s not “life choices”; it’s laziness. “Lazy” is your Life Style….

Hard work alone will take you further than talent alone.

Talent AND hard work can’t be topped!

Pig’s actually on point here. I agree with him.