Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 18, 2022

And don’t expect other people to be you.

Doesn’t compute. You will always be yourself AND you’ll always be someone else.

Being a Pig isn’t that big deal. Until you’re bacon, at least.

Be yourself: All the other roles have already been cast.

Be alert; the world needs more lerts.

Not easy to be a jerkface when you act like one.

Always be yourself today … be crispy bacon tomorrow.

Be a jerkface today, be a Rat tomorrow.

Tailored to Rat perhaps?

I’ve been called a jerkface a couple of times.

I words to live by (sort of)

Never try to change another person to be like you!

It’s always good to be someone else, then you don’t have to be you!

this advice is amazing

That’s remarkably good advice.

Today’s advice by Pig apples specially to Rat, who unfortunately enjoys being himself!

it’s all in the details

Reminded me of this quote: “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” — Dr. Seuss

Well Pig if one is eating Beef Jerky one will have Jerkface ;-)

Everything comes with a caveat.

In other words: be the person you would want other people to want you to be.

And don’t wish for others be like you. Individuality and imperfection is what makes the world go around. You can learn a lot from people who are different from you.

Be alert. The world needs more lerts.

Always be yourself. Everyone else is taken.

Attributed (whether correctly or not, who knows?) to Oscar Wilde.

In this case, tailored for magas.

Considering he rooms with Rat, it is no surprise that he felt that needed tailoring.

Pork and jerky – a great combo!

Always be true to yourself ……

don’t be your self, be who you want to be

That’s actually some good advice. My friend Pig is smarter than we all think.

Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman, then be Batman.

Always be yourself. Unless yourself is Jef the cyclist.

Being someone else is like lying - you must have a near photographic memory.

I WANT to be me…but younger and healthier, with more money.

Trying to channel Polonius.

I’d like to be the man my dog thinks I am.

Rat isn’t going to take that advice.

Hmm. “Jerkfaces” are not themselves at any time. They are a bundle of reactions to whatever is around them at the time, and whatever fool impulse pops into their mind.

Tell Rat that.

Thanks for the advice, Pig. Kinda lame, but at least you’re trying to do something (I think)….

I think we all need to work on this. Be yourself. Except for the jerkface part.

To do is to be. — Attributed to several philosophers. To be is to do. — Attributed to several other philosophers. Do or do not. There is no “try.” — Yoda. Trying is the first step on the road to failure. — Homer Simpson, Will you be a Do-Bee? — Romper Room. Doobie Doobie Doo. — Frank Sinatra. Rooby-rooby roo! — Scooby Doo

“Jerked face”? I believe there’s a Japanese word for that.

I said I wanted to be the best person I could be. The judge said that was no excuse for identity theft.

Diary of a wimpy kid flashback time

Heck, just be the person who’ll just leave me alone on monday