Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 19, 2022

I could tell Pig to write:

…I never look as well as everyone else…

But then Goat would tell him to go see a doctor (DVM).

I tried to think of an animal that was a picky eater and would not eat car keys and I couldn’t think of one except for animals smaller than car keys.

Pig, Goat’s right … it’s what is inside that is important; and for many of us it’s that bacon you have been denying us.

No need to get philosophical here, Goat, just help Pig find his keys.

See, if Pig had used proper grammar, he would have said “I never look as carefully.” And nobody would be confused. (I’m a hit at parties.)

I always find things in the last place I look.

Actually, someone had already found Pig’s car keys. That’s why you don’t see his car.

Maybe he thinks you swallowed your keys

Syntax matters. Though I suppose we can imagine that Pig’s unable to distinguish “good” from “well”. And all I can say about that imagination is: “Well, good!”

Him not do grammar as good as nobody else neither!

Pig has a a car? He must be a “Road Hog”!

This is when Goat kicks Pig to the moon Alice!!

The today’s strip shows the importance of context. Valuable lesson not to judge too early…

American grammar always annoys me. as well as/as hard as/as effectively as – take your pick

You is the key to happiness, Pig. Well, pork and bacon is, that is.

They’re not lost. They’re probably locked safely in the car like I did, at the hospital the other day, in the first handicap space next to the front door, in my 4 color old truck, red, black, primer and rust. Big shout out to the landscaper that had a coat hanger to give me. A lady says to me, why shouldn’t I call the cops on you trying to break into that truck. Because I’m crippled not insane. This is the biggest POS in the parking lot. I’d steal a better one.

Is that also why he can’t find his pants? The keys are probably in his pocket.

Pig needs to look within himself.

It’s what’s inside that counts, like bacon and ham.

Deja va all over again, Bro. I lost my car keys yesterday, too. Hint: I found mine in the last place I left them. Try that and stop looking after you find them. Worked for The Count.

Extra panels are tricks like guard ducks…or whoopee cushions

No, he’s giving you a clue. You might have swallowed your keys.

Pig, I think you might need to shorten your signs a little.

And then you stop looking.

What Goat meant was…go look on the inside, Pig. Whatever that means.

Oy! Stop begging for help and look again PIG!

If I didn’t know better I might be tempted to believe that Pig set Goat up.

This is why you always read the fine print.

Is it really wise to tell the world that one can’t find his/her car keys?

I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.

(one must, of course, know what one is looking for in the first place)

That’s as deep as I get. Any deeper than that, my socks get wet.

Why not, Pig? Your keys probably are inside your house somewhere…

Is your car locked ? If not, look INSIDE…ignition, floor, on the seat, under the seat…

Maybe Goat thinks pig swallowed them…

So, he swallowed his keys, and they’re now on the inside?

I think goat is a Christian

Yes. Inside a pig is bacon.

well, if Pig ate the keys he’s in good shape

it involved a lot of cursing if you really want to find it, e.g. your sanity that is.

Maybe his keys ARE on the inside.

I never lose my car keys. They’re always in my pants pocket. Sheesh!

Just look in the last place first.

“… it’s what’s on the inside that counts.”

BACON!!

He needed a bigger box.

Response 1: We should all read things very carefully (and thoroughly) before responding. Response 2: “I didn’t want to come right out and ask, did you accidentally eat them again?”(I’ve been known to respond to asking where something was with, “Oh, no, I think I ATE it!”)

Did Pig swallow his keys?!

Or am I being intentionally obtuse?

Really? I generally find things in the second or third last place I look…