Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 11, 2021

You could go into space if you are a billionaire.

Today is my birthday

Run for the beach…Ahhhhhhhhh, hurricane.

Oh, sinner man, where you going to run to, all on that day!

There’s not even a safe corner to back into when the floor crumbles away under your feet and the ceiling comes down around your ears.

Oh and the sky is falling, too.

Believe it. There is no place to hide from Klaus Schwab: “You will own nothing and you will be happy.”

You can run, if only round and round… but you SURE cannot hide!

And there’s nothing left but the running sap.

Is anyone else hearing Martha and the Vandellas in his/her head?

The hills are alive with the sound of fire fighters.

When in worry or in doubt,

Run in circles, scream and shout!

Hills on fire, must be California now, bad year for them!

We didn’t start the fire. It’s been always burning since the world’s been turning.

The hills have eyes so they could see you Pastis!

He must be in California.

Well Stephan with all that running you will get in all of your steps for today !

It is indeed Pig… check in with the people of Greece who are literally fleeing by Sea.

You can’t run, but you can hide from it…

even imagination land isn’t safe anymore.

no need to run! Stop and THINK, Consider your alterniatives!

He could get away quicker if he was on a bicycle.

“The hills are alive…with the smell of burn-ing…”

The world is doomed and nobody seems to care enough to do something about it.

I’ll be in my basement with a beer.

When you pave paradise and put up a parking lot several million times, paradise strikes back.

Overall, Life is hazardous to your health.

Nailed it!

Stephan already had ONE house burn down several years ago due to the California Wildfires…

The hills are alive with the sound of AHHHHH!

You could always run to your local Bar.

Run for a better view.

I guess Stephan is illustrating the general state of panic some people are in these days.

…and no where to hide…

Too true

Nowhere to run/Nowhere to hide

If there’s nowhere to run, stop running. Face your fear.

Reminds me of Johnny Carson- run for the woods with your shorts pulled up under your armpits.

The hills are alive with the sound of——-well you get the idea.

Want a little sad button to click instead of the heart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAPqvk6zQ7c

It’s sad when men become self-made eunuchs

“There is no new frontier, we have got to make it here!” Don Henley

The Bible clearly stated ‘You will have trouble all of your days’. Why be surprised, then? We live in a fallen world.

When there is nowhere left to run, you can always sit in the center of your bed with a bag of Oreos and a quilt over your head.

Days of future Pastis‼

“Now I don’t know / I don’t know / I don’t know where I’m a-gonna go when the volcano blows”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECjfHjvVQA

If you have no place left to run you can always run for office.

I’m telling you…go to Haiti!!! The government is in turmoil and will leave you alone. The folks on the street hate hospitals and doctors so THEY won’t force you to wear a mask. The weather is pleasant so you can sit on the beach and sip Margaritas (until the next hurricane or earthquake, anyway).

Grin and bear it……

Sounds like Cartoon Boy has been listening to liberal media again.

This is scarily accurate, I was JUST talking to my sister about how the smoke from the wildfires in our state was covering the mountains. Spooky.

When did Stephen become the next Wade Duck?

This is the only Earth we know of. There is nowhere to run. We either fix it or die.

Math checks out.

Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to?

Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to?

Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to

All on that day?

-American Negro slave spiritual

What about Fiji?

Think about it

Was this drawn due to the wildfires California gets around this time of year? Stay safe, everyone, and thank you, first responders.

Fight it.

“People will become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth” – Luke 21:26

Ask Bruce Springsteen. He was Born to Run. Jackson Browne, however, is Running on Empty.

Too soon, Stephan, too soon. Still funny, though!

(Not that this is another “insurrection” blunder but unfortunate to have this publish a day after Santa Rosa was smothered in smoke from a 50 acre grass fire. Lotsa PTSD in these parts…)

No Hills in Florida and no alligators in California. Where the hell is he?

Nowhere to hide.

I think Santa Rosa is just about out of fresh water too…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-OuqB1pgys

♪♫♫The hills are on fire with the sound of music ♪♫

Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10

Maybe it is time to find faith.

Funny/sad how many people are looking for faith in the wrong places though.

Nowhere to Run. Sounds like a good song title. At my age, running isn’t an option anyway.

Run to the hills…Run for your Liiife….

And it is smoky staying put

A shout out and thanks to all the firefighters!!!!!

Heat Wave Stephan… probably shouldn’t be running anywhere ;-)

Eventually one runs out of tomorrows.

What can I say, except my favorite comic just ruined my whole day!! BAD Stephan, go to your room!!!

“Can’t run but I can walk much faster than this.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znfNpN6rfoM

So, Pig reads the Bible huh?

“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

“I’m escaping to the ONE place that hasn’t been corrupted by Capitalism ….. SPACE! … Oh, hi, Elon Musk.”

When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

You better run, run, run, run away!!!!!!

It’s okay. I’ve injured my knees. I couldn’t run there anyway.

My hills are alive with music, if you call screaming in 110 heat indices like one note music.

If I were so inclined, I could actually research the years and names involved. I recall that in the late 1970’s or early 1980’s, the US National Park Service Director set a policy to allow forest fires to burn themselves out — in order to prevent the accumulation of undergrowth that would lead to large, uncontrollable wildfires. There was such public outcry over this policy (“You must put out all fires — because that’s what you’re supposed to do with fires”) that the policy was overturned. Now, we’re dealing with the results of that reversal.

The indigenous populations on the North and South American continents used controlled burns to manage the forests for over 13,000 years. But we’re too damn smart for that…

Earth’s breathable atmosphere is approximately 6 kilometers thick. With a circumference of 40 075 kilometers and 75% covered with water. When you screw the planet up there aren’t a lot of places left to go. The idea of running for the hills is quaint. You might be better off digging a hole, provided the ocean doesn’t come in and fill it up.

& nowhere to Pun, either!

Maybe it’s time to fix things.

“Tell me over and over how you dont believe we are on the eve of destruction”

My plan is to go somewhere with a much lower level of CO2 in the atmosphere…………………………………..still looking ………………………….. still looking.

It could have been worse, the hills could have been alive with the sound of music

I figured the end of the world wouldn’t go this slowly.

I almost feel sorry for Cartoon-Boy! But he chose to live in Cally-fortunia, where if the wildfires don’t get you, nor the drought, the mudslides will! —So sayeth my California friends (for I indeed have such)….

Tsunami!

We are all so screwed …

Stay safe up there, Stephan. (Written from a few hours south of your town.)

I didn’t know Stephan was from California!

Run for the snack machines! AAAHHH! They’re out of candy bars!

Ah! California living! So relaxing.