Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 08, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  over 3 years ago

    Must be really hard being the only sane person in your family and circle of friends and acquaintances.

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    alasko  over 3 years ago

    Goat better take a DNA test to prove that he isn’t related to rat.

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    BasilBruce  over 3 years ago

    Goat, just walk away from Rat and go get yourself a Nutty Buddy.

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    Concretionist  over 3 years ago

    I recall one of my marching band friend’s mother saying of his marching: “Oh look, everybody’s out of step but Leroy!”

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    B UTTONS  over 3 years ago

    FINALLY Rat is cutting off his family nuts.

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    marilynnbyerly  over 3 years ago

    Every one is crazy but me and thee, and I’m beginning to wonder about thee.

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    There are people who actually have to do this, because all of their family are abusive jerks. It’s a strange world.

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    Baarorso  over 3 years ago

    How do you define NUTTERS, Rat? That’s what I’D like to know!

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    Breadboard  over 3 years ago

    No man is an island but Rat Is making a "GO " for it ! ;-)

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    If I’m not a “nutter” then the world is in trouble.

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    iggyman  over 3 years ago

    A “nutter” good strip today!

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    Aladar30 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Dunno Goat. We are taking about Rat’s family here.

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    Sanspareil  over 3 years ago

    My birth family, Mom, Dad and 2 brothers are all dead!mom and 1 brother mostly sane, Dad and 1 brother, sane for certain amounts of time!

    My wife’s family, some dead, mostly sane, some are geniuses! A couple are clever but manipulative backstabbers who I have learned to avoid!

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    c001  over 3 years ago

    Good self-awareness, Rat.

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    theincrediblebulk  over 3 years ago

    I speak with my brothers for 5 minutes each every Christmas, That’s about how long it takes for me to run out of things to talk about as my life is very monotonous. The rest of my extended family i see at funerals every few years, if I see the notice that someone died. I haven’t been part of the family in almost 30 years and I have never figured out why.

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    hariseldon59  over 3 years ago

    Suddenly I have a craving for Nutter Butter cookies.

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    Acworthless  over 3 years ago

    Goat should put those horns to good use, become a Nutter Butter, and take Rat out!

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    akachman Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Hang in there, Rat. You’re not alone.

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    1953Baby  over 3 years ago

    The whole world’s mad but thee and me. . .And I’m not sure of thee!

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    [Traveler] Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Every family has a nutter, and if yours doesn’t, it’s you.

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    Ellis97  over 3 years ago

    Rat probably has hundreds of relatives. It’s gonna be a long list to make.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    Well said, Goat. Or Pig with horns, whatever you are.

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    g.p.hardy  over 3 years ago

    Nutter is a common surname in parts of the UK. My stepchildren were Nutters until I married their mum. They couldn’t wait to take my surname.

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    Iseau  over 3 years ago

    No problem everyone in the family has done the same. It saves a lot of money on birthdays and Christmas also.

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    rugeirn  over 3 years ago

    I think of “nutter” as British idiom. So is he a British rat? Or is Pastis British?

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    artegal  over 3 years ago

    If you meet an a**hole in the morning, you’ve met an a**hole. If you meet a**holes all day long, you’re the a**hole.—Raylan Givens, Justified.

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    Zebrastripes  over 3 years ago

    All I can say is you can pick your friends, you can pick your seat at the show, but you CANT PICK YOUR FAMILY! My fathers side, including him were mean and hateful people! Is there such a thing as a “mean gene”? Well they certainly had it!

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    Goat from PBS  over 3 years ago

    Yeah… I’m the nutter. At this point, I have learned to subtly disagree with Rat so as to not get concussed.

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    rpmurray  over 3 years ago

    Explains why Rat’s family never comes to visit. They’ve already crossed the nutters off their lists too.

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    Linguist  over 3 years ago

    Life would be very boring indeed if it weren’t for the nutters in my family. As it is, every day is an adventure!

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    CaveCat87  over 3 years ago

    They’re not the nutters, Rat, you are. (Also, how are you supposed to bold and italicize words?)

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    Buckeye67  over 3 years ago

    I think it’s safe to say that rat’s family has a similar opinion of him. So it runs in the family.

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    Nate Wright (Mischief God)  over 3 years ago

    Don’t worry rat you’ll fit in well, you’re another nutter.

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    txmystic  over 3 years ago

    Soooooo many nutters around….

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    unfair.de  over 3 years ago

    Rat is the first individual I know that sticks his pencil under his ear.

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    Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I learned that in my early 30’s. People I’ve known who explained why they fell out with their entire family and most, if not all, of their friends were the very people I didn’t care to interact with because of their personalities. It dawned on me that it wasn’t their family and friends with the problem….it was THEM! Now when I meet someone and they start telling me their life story which involves falling out with everyone they’ve ever known (it’s always the other people’s fault…never their own), I know to not become friends with that person. It wouldn’t end well if I did.

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    bunrabbit99  over 3 years ago

    i’m beginning to think this rat fellow is never wrong.

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    Bilan  over 3 years ago

    Didn’t Trump patent that method? Ostracizing anybody that disagrees with him.

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    knight1192a  over 3 years ago

    They’ll be so thankful to hear they no longer have to hear from a nutters like you, Rat.

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    Natarose  over 3 years ago

    Takes one to know one Rat!

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    kaffekup   over 3 years ago

    Rat reminds me of one of my very favorite jokes.

    A wife calls her husband: “Watch out on the way home, dear, some maniac is driving on the wrong side of the highway!”

    “One? There’s hundreds of them!”

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  over 3 years ago

    If you look for the nut in your family tree and can’t find one, maybe it’s you.

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    mfrasca  over 3 years ago

    The defining characteristic of a personality disorder.

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    Sisyphos  over 3 years ago

    I can sympathize with Rat, to a degree. But not all my relatives are “nutters.” Not quite all….

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    ASaneMan  over 3 years ago

    When you’re at a poker table and you don’t know who the sucker is…

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