Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 16, 2022

The world has its own itinerary and nothing you do will change that.

Telling the world that you’re not in a good place could be construed as an insult.

Please take Rat. There must be a therapist offering a two-for-one special.

The world does not need therapy. On the contrary, many men in governments should.

There’s a force that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.

— not quite a quote from Hamlet (who used “divinity” instead of “force”).

Pig could take a hint from Garfield today.

Here’s 5¢. Go see Lucy.

The world is like dogs and computers. It can smell fear.

Rat gets paid by the therapists to hang around their offices to make other’s need therapy!

Since he’s in the world, telling the world he’s not in a good place probably isn’t a good idea.

The only reason God doesn’t erase you from existence, is because you amuse him, somehow.

No matter what place your’re in, the world doesn’t care, but the Bible says that God does care for us, and so we can turn to Him when we are in a not so good place.

A man said to the universe:“Sir, I exist!”“However,” replied the universe,“The fact has not created in meA sense of obligation.”—Stephen Crane

What is up with Pastis and Pig lately? Pig now is always bemoaning his existence. He is almost suicidal. Be well, pig.

I guess I shouldn’t mention my negative coffee shop experience then…

I doubt the world is out to get us. The things in the world, however…

I feel like Stephan is running out of ideas. At least twice a week, he does these strips that is just Pig complaining about life, and then ends with a lame pun

It’s not the World,that wishes you harm, it’s some of the people living in the world. For reasons I’ll never understand.

True and helpful advice from Rat? Yeah, okay, my world no longer makes any sense.

What happened to Pig’s head?

These guys need a Hamwhich.

After all these years I still can’t figure out how Pig manages to make such a mess every time he picks up a pen.

I’d say “Stop The World,I Want To Get Off”—-except where would I get off AT??

The Universe is perverse, no doubt about it.

Too late to weasel out, Pig! The World has you firmly in its grasp….