Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 03, 2022

After couple cans, you can’t tell the difference between a discount beer and the “quality” stuff.

It’s funny cause its true

That’s a genuine galvanized bucket they’re using, because anything else would be a pail imitation.

That’s what I’ll do too this year.

Gas in Canada is running around two loonies per litre.

And you thought five bucks a gallon was bad.

Sad, but true.

Get your hands on the Wright brother blueprints and build your own airplane.

I would think Pig would want a vacation away from Rat.

Was looking at flights to visit family now that the restrictions have lifted, from Canada to US was 50% more cost than Canada to the UK.

Sorta like when the lion lays down with the lamb…

Scrub-a-dub-dub … Vacay in a tub.

I thought this was going to be a long bad pun setup until the last panel.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beer holder boys! seize the day! You wanted wine women and song, now you have Pabst, Pigita and Pandora!

In Germany gas is about $8 a gallon, but for about $10 you can buy a train ticket that will take you anywhere in Germany for the entire month of July. And middle quality beer (like Löwenbräu or Becks) is under $1 for a pint bottle in the grocery store. I’m lucky; I don’t have to pay for international air travel… I was thinking ahead.

Suggestion: If you insist on a Riviera trip there is an old Buick rusting away in the neighbor’s yard!

I hope Rat is not contagious Pig!

It’s 2022, and I’m still waiting for the invention of a teleportation device

I suppose a stay home holiday will be on the cards for a lot more people this year!!!

I’ve always wanted to go camping for my summer trip.

I’ve been on a staycation for quite a few years now. I’m retired.

No flights of fancy for these two.

Summer trip? I don’t travel at all. A big outing for me is to buy a city transit ticket to go to a store that is more than 2 miles away. Did that yesterday. I’m done traveling for another decade.

Keep out of Chitown, unless one has a deathwish.

Yep, this comic sums up my vacation quite well

Ha! Yardsville! Thats about it!

How I’m spending my vacation too.

The biggest problem with staycation is the groundskeeper and wait staff

is me

We’re going to OKC in late Oct for the American Quarter Horse World Show and I’m having heartburn over the cost of gas.I keep thinking about canceling it but it’s on Brads’ bucket list and I HAVE saved plenty for it so we’ll probably go.

Not only is the price of international airfare astronomical, but they kill you with the add-ons. It used to be that you could check at least one piece of luggage for free plus your carry-ons. Now they want $100 extra just to check in a piece of luggage. Seat selection is an additional charge, and of course, you are now charged extra for booking in at the airport.

We hadn’t flown for quite a while and had to cancel a couple of planned trips due to the pandemic, so when our niece – who considers my wife her second mother – sent us an invitation to her wedding in Oct. we were thrilled … until I started researching the airfares roundtrip from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Vigo, Spain. Good thing I’ve got a strong heart! The basic economy airfare I could live with, but it was all the additional fees that dam(n) near killed me!

Yes, the price of gas in Chicago is $7 a gallon. Just another reason why I dislike it.

We bought a $200 14’ above ground pool. We’re on a well, so water’s cheap (electric pump). Plenty of “free solar heat” for the pool. We are living high these days…

Thanks Joe!!

So now that we can travel again with all the restriction lifted, it’s too expensive. Gee.

Good thing Stephen’s trips are sponsored

I’m surprised that Rat didn’t think of robbing a bank to get the money needed to afford the trip.

What’s Instagram and why should we even care?……

American Dream by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band comes to mind. :)

Way, way back when i turned 18, I learned that 3-2 beer was not worth the wait.

Don’t you have at least a plastic wading pool? Zebra wouldn’t because of the crocs.

Don’t knock staycations. With the exception of the beach, I prefer them to driving around for days which was my dad’s idea of fun, particularly if camping (shudder) was involved.

I don’t know. Last time I was at the hardware store, buckets were pretty expensive. I’ll probably just go jump in the creek.

Reading the first panel, I thought it was going to be another pun strip!

Some decent gin, our fine legal Illinois weed and I’m 100% happy in the back yard. Oh, add my Spotify account and good Bluetooth speakers.

<<< My “First Pool” was similar to Pig & Rat’s.

You guys can afford a tin tub?!

I am sticking to the discount beer and yet another “staycation”….

They actually look cute in t he last panel.Don’t tell Rat.

Oil is still too cheap.