Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 10, 2021

And don’t call before noon on the weekends!

If you really want to make an impression, Rat, put an iron plaque on the glove that says, “SHUT UP AND GO AWAY.”

Ten’s too early for anything.

Neighbor Bob’s life sucks.

“A blessing given loudly in the morning will be taken as a curse”

My rule is noon !

It has been a while since a pbs strip made me laugh

Take my money, now!

Is that ten o’clock PM, Rat? Because it is here in Washington (the state, not the District of Columbia).

Bob missed the punchline.

Make that noon for me. I retired in 1995.

No talking and no spam phonecalls until BOTH it’s after 10 and caffeine has been ingested… and done its job.

The punchline was bit early, too.

Okay, see you ten.

Perky mornin’ fella, eh? Well, in the words of the Beatles, “All you need is (g)love”.

I’m with Rat. I HATE Pollyannas, especially morning ones!

I need that puncher.

The brand name on the boxing glove is hilarious. Looks like Everlast which was made famous by the late, great Muhammad Ali, but it actually says “Everleast.”

Where can i get one of those?

Oh… Okay, Rat! May I speak now? In my time it is… 12:24 with 27 seconds passed!

My “daily puncher” is set to activate anytime before 3pm Pacific Standard Time. LOLThat is since I mostly work nights.

Rat remember what is said about payback …

Let’s save talking until Tuesday

No first warning?

Since I work weekends, Mondays are my Saturdays… I feel like neighbor bob every Monday. It’s nice to be able to go out to eat or shopping and not have to deal with crowds, nice to not have to take time off of work for a Dr. appointment. Hope you all have a good weekend. :^)

Neighbor Bob, “get the Point”?!

We must eradicate perkiness. Maybe we can come up with a vaccine for it.

Is this what is called the “Crack of Dawn”?!

Ten in the morning or ten in the night?

Monday monday, can’t trust that day.

“Oh buddy of mine.” – to Rat? That’s a little too much anytime.

Poor Bob.

Hi! It’s seven ’o three where I live. Screw you!

I’ll buy that.

Laugh before breakfast; cry before dinner.

I would have expected Neverlast.

He really packs a punch…

It’s 10:00 somewhere.

This should be everyday

“UNGHH!! Kawfeeee!”

Are you allowed to grunt that in the morning?

Rat’s anti-social tendencies are another deep well for this strip.

8:11 here, POW!

This must originate off-shore. In America, the puncher would be an AK-47 and there would be multiple bystander casualties.

It’s 538 somewhere.

Violence is always the answer…

If it’s too early to be perky, it’s too early to take the trouble to go out to a diner for your morning coffee.

Personally, I prefer to make my coffee (and the rest of breakfast) at home anyway.

Sounds like someone’s got a case of the Mondays.

Dang. The 9am zoom meeting is gonna be awkward.

That’s a big glove…

So this is Monday

I just got up. It’s 10:04. I feel safe commenting.

as a guy named ‘Bob’, I love when they include “Neighbor Bob”, but I have to agree with Rat on this one.

Am I the only morning person here?

Safety rules require anything like that to have an “Armed and Dangerous” status light.

AND, after my coffee!

Bob needs a restraining order against Rat and Pastis. Talk about neighbors from heck.

But it was 10:15AM when I first read this!

Mornings should be taken out and shot at dawn.

Morning has broken, somebody fix it.

Blackbird has spoken, make him shut up.

I’ve thought for a long time that this would make a great replacement for a doorbell chime

https://youtu.be/acU_m94fZM0

A.M. or P.M.?

Is saying “For future reference” appropriate for a guy you may have just put into a coma or killed?

Everleast, least you talk to early or too much.

The problem is, Rat didn’t say which 10. And I don’t just mean AM or PM. With Rat it’s more likely 10 (AM or PM, doesn’t matter which) immediately before the world blows up.

Pssssst, Bob. It’s “O” not “Oh” in this case.

Hear, hear! .Or rather don’t hear, before 10 am.

Recommending highly a new comic “Bozo”!

oof

Rat is back to his old self.For a couple of days it was touch and go…verging on decent.

It’s somewhat comforting to scroll through the comments and learn I’m not the only one who wants to buy one of these punch-o-matics.

He really does hate those perky people

I almost agree with Rat, but he allows talking way too early at 10:00 AM! I allow none before 11:00 at the very earliest and actually prefer saving it all for afternoon and evening….

Subtle, Rat. As usual for you …

I need one of those.

Ouch! That hurts