Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 21, 2022

You’ll never forgive yourself if you do that, Wiseass.

That’s odd. Whenever I forgive somebody, I still feel like I was wronged.

He might actually be good at it.

“I’m a boulder that’s about to roll down a mountain and crush your car, and if you don’t have the right insurance, you could wind up paying for this yourself.”

Wisdom doesnot often find appreciation or acceptance

Forgive & forget — in that order. How could you forgive someone if you didn’t remember what they did? Saying “How can I forgive him when I can’t forget what he’s done” is bogus.

Amnesia helps.

I see clouds above the hill, and soon the rain will spill, and wash the Rat back down the hill.

Me, me, me. It’s always all about you, Rat?

Forgiveness? Then what about justice? Who needs laws and orders then? Let’s everyone do wrong and then let us be forgived.

The Great Wise A$$ on the Hill … best cartoon character EVER!

Can’t believe I can’t post a comment with the same word(s) included in the strip I’m commenting on…

It’d be no stranger than a gecko selling insurance.

Forgive or not, but you got to find a way to let it go.

Somebody needs to kick Rat’s @$$, but nobody gives a rat’s @$$!

If you do that, Mister W., everyone will run when they see you coming!

There is no forgiveness for insurance salesmen.

I knew someone who put that in their obit. “Joe forgave all those who wronged him”, or something like that. What an ego!

Wiseass, selling insurance would involve competing against a gecko and a camel.

I ain’t forgiving my teacher for dissing my dozens jokes. To this day, I still can’t do a dozens joke without thinking of him.

Rat, if you offered forgiveness, I wouldn’t accept it.

He totally could…no worse a than a gekko, or Flo…

There is nothing wrong with Rat’s ego, except that it is way too large.

Check with Don Henley. Even if, even if you don’t love him anymore.

If Rat only knew Nelson Mandela once said forgiveness is a weapon.

It’s not easy to forgive ….depends on what degree you were wronged….I guess

Forgiveness is not the denial of reality. It’s wishing good things for the person or persons who wronged you, in spite of what was done. When you can do it genuinely, it is the greatest gift you can give yourself.

Correct answer oh Wise-Ass. Imagine how God must feel……

To be honest, when I started my recovery journey, that was the way I felt; “When do we get to the step where people apologize to me for messing up my life.”

Fortunately I have stuck around recovery long enough to start to learn what true recovery is.

If you think you have an issue where you need help, or if you think you life is going in the wrong direction, I encourage you to seek out help. There are lots of good programs out there (yes and some bad ones as well), so look into your options; after all you have to lose is what you don’t really want in your life.

Every time I talk to an insurance agent, I feel wronged.

Great strip today Stephan! Thanks for the laugh!

Is there a cure for an ego so inflated it could double as a blimp?

“Sure,forgive your enemies.But first,get even!”

James Cagney—BLOOD ON THE SUN—1945

Ring my doorbell and you become an Asymptote on the far side of the universe.

Forget it!!

wise donkey is still sitting on a big old mountain of crap.

Wow,….. I’m the first person to say….. “It is easier to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission”.

Forgive, but never forget and keep a list.

Forgiveness is divine, as well as two-way street.

Please do, O great and pompous Wise A$$. You are trite, trivial, and, most of all, dull….