Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 11, 2022

Somebody should explain Pig how averages work. Then again, maybe not.

Don’t just do something, stand there!

I bet. It’s difficult to fail staying home due the pandemic.

Is this like Thomas Jefferson tracking every penny he spent and dying broke?

Wise Pig. “If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then give up. No sense being a damn fool about it.” ~ W.C. Fields

if at first you don’t succeed, perhaps sky diving wasn’t for you!

I tried to dig a hole to China, but mom said: don’t dig in the yard.

Trying is always a mistake, Pig.

I agree, Pig. These are trying times.

If at first you don’t succeed try try again… then quit and get tanked!…. Steve Dallas!

there lies the root of the problem…

That’s why my favorite game is rugby. Every try means I score!

It could be reasoned that if you don’t try you can’t fail. It could also be reasoned that if you don’t try you also can’t succeed.

But if you don’t succeed, isn’t that actually failure?

If you don’t fail, couldn’t that be considered success?

Sometimes you just have a lot of faulty reasoning.

It’s OK Pig. Sometimes it’s a good thing to not go “Hog wild” !

Do or do not, there is no try – Yoda

Like Homer Simpson said “trying only leads to failure”

Self quarantining had a lot to do with it, too.

I keep failing at looking for new jobs.

I guess it really depends on what you looking for….

“Do or do not. There is no try.” Yoda

Pig didn’t need those facts of discouragement…oy

Reminds me of one of my favorite #parenting moments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YgGnfBNAqg

When you climb the ladder of success makes sure it’s pointed in the right direction.

But doing things wrong is the only thing I’m good at. Made me a heck of an Quality Assurance engineer.

100 failures can be offset by one success. Keep plugging away…

If at first you don’t succeed, cry, cry again.

You can’t fail if you don’t try. Then again, you can’t succeed either…

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it. — usually attributed to W. C. Fields

I’ve known WAY too many people like Pig!

If at first you don’t succeed, keep on suckng till you do suck a seed. -Curley

My 78+ year old philosophy, exactly.

Pig, come sing with me, “Just what makes that little old ant, think he can move a rubber tree plant ?………….”

Such a strange game.

The only winning move is not to play.

There’s lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Trying is the first step toward failure ~~ Homer Simson https://youtu.be/CNOutomr5XI

Okay, this strip can be a downer.

Trying is the first step on the road to failure. — Homer Simpson

Do, or do not. There is no “try.” — Yoda

To do is to be. — Attributed to various philosophers

To be is to do. — Also attributed to various philosophers

Will you be a do-bee? — Romper Room

Doobie doobie do. — Frank Sinatra

Rooby rooby Roo! — Scooby Doo

Wait, where was I going with this? Hmm, oh well, looks like I failed…

Pig’s logic is flawless, yet his conclusion is not right. So much for cartoon-logic….

pig is technically correct, the best kind of correct!