Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 09, 2021

The feeling is mutual

It’s a cruel world out there.

Add to that people the yesterday relatives.

Stephan must still be going around without a shirt.

bummer, Rat

But Rat, people don’t annoy you near as much as you annoy them.

It’s a really good idea to think your ideas through to see if they’re really good ones. Now think that through… :)

Just remember, everyone is an idiot, except me. Yes, that includes you.

Goat’s been watching TV the whole day??

Everyone put their masks back on because they saw a rat.

So did we all Goat!

Yeah. The public is an A-frame. Always has been. Always will be.

I’m honestly surprised it took him that long…

Good one, Rat!

He’s merely misanthropic…

I get that. After about a year and a half of ’sheltering in place", old habits of staying home are hard to break. ;D

Difficult to forget. I certainly haven’t forgotten.

The trick is to be so annoying that people don’t want to be around you.

Goat is watching TV all day? What a disappointment.

Goat: “I forgot how nice it is to be alone in the house sometimes.”

Especially the D-Con salesman!

What a positive development! This means the outside world will see less of Rat.

ROFL

And so ends another day in the life of Rat ,really nothing new ;-)

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Pascal

Doesn’t take long. I’m not anti social. I’m just tired of the people. Mother Mother.

How could one forget, reading comments online every day?

that’s always been the stumbling block when it came to going out in public, pandemic or no…

Rats. How could I forgets that.

I’m with RAT!

Because Rat hates everyone.

Oh, gawd! Now I’m seeing all these articles on how to readjust. . .geezus! If anybody can make a crisis worse, it’s the hysteria of American pop culture. . .

Each of us is the center of the universe, as far as each of us is concerned.

I was liking the solitude..

There are more idiots; the minimal socialization that the borderline had, before the pandemic, seems to have eroded.

“Thanks” to IM and Zoom, I have not been allowed to forget how much people annoy me.

Why do you think I just watched TV all day? I’m not a people person.

I’ve been social distancing from people way, way before the pandemic. People are annoying!

And they feel the same about you, Rat. Isn’t that lovely?

I thought Goat read books instead of watching TV all dsy

I used to think people were just dumb and annoying, the pandemic has made me think a lot of them are downright evil

I should get this one on a shirt.

I’m dang near feeling sorry for Rat. He had tickets to the Tokyo Olympics!

If I agree with Rat, does that make me a bad person?

Like, Like, Like this one!!

Rat should be more like Goat. Look at him, sitting on his rear watching TV all day. Guess he’s still all about that pandemic lifestyle.

I have always avoided crowds, but getting out is still a bit difficult, especially knowing we have a few months of semi-freedom which is likely to be followed by increased cases of covid as it seems to be cyclical. Plus my closest very large city has a vaccination rate of less than a third of the population. I had mind long enough ago to wonder when I will need a booster. I hope some day we get a combined flu/covid vaccine and it’s reasonably effective, especially if they can adapt the mRNA process for the flu shots.

Goat: Hey Rat! The news just reported there was a sudden uptick in court filings today. Seems like there are a lot of people are trying to obtain restraining orders. I wonder who’s annoying so many people.

Gads, the sky just turned black and it’s snowing.

I didn’t

He is the white speck of genius in the black sea of idiots.

Rat must be experiencing cognitive decline.

and, it’s closed, again. Most places in town lifted mask mandates a few months ago. But, they are now firmly back in place at the doctor’s office and the hospital.

I’ve always wanted all o’y’all to stay to stay more than 6 feet away.

I didn’t.

what took him so long?

Thought he’d figure that out sooner.

I could never forget how much most people annoy me. Never.

I’m sure the feeling is mutual, Rat. Still, you are basically correct yet again….

I am from the future, to let you know the world is still crap

Peanuts TV?