Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 13, 2022

The powers that be want you to figure it out yourself.

No, Pig, that’s April in the US. And, in fact, the IRS always tells you.

Maybe it’s Austin Powers?

Yes, it is. So was last month. And next month will be as well. And the month after next. And …

There is no end to sorrow and no measure of joy…life is full of all things…

No Pig, we seem to be living in “interesting times”.

No Pig,

That’s life, that’s what people say. . .

This too will pass, Pig. Like a kidney stone!

What’s better: a horrible ending, or horrors without end?

Any time is a good time for a pig pickin!

Apropos of nothing, I just noticed pig is left-handed.

John 16:33 “… In this world you will have trouble …”

Schedule that colonoscopy while your on a roll.

No, but when the stars don’t line up right, things can get ugly.. and I even take all that horoscope stuff with a larger grain of salt!

“Always look on the bright side of life …”

For me, that’s every month.

I’ve had some Pick on Me years

PIG is having a pity party….so is someone else we know….

Do the Powers That Be In The Universe actually talk?

Oh boo hoo. Someone carve some bacon off of that ham, please.

That would be Pig Pickin’ Month. Very tasty.

Universe: “No, Pig, August is ‘Pile It On Pig’ Month. ‘Pick On Pig’ Month is February.”

Sometimes, you feel like you’re always being picked on.

The non pick on me months is a smaller number. Maybe 1 or 2 at the most.

Ecclesiastes 9:11 tells us that time and unforeseen events happen to everyone

Wilhemenacooker, you’ll be ok as long as your spirit didn’t sproing.

You’ve been 2022’d!!!

more like “pick on me year…”

National Bacon Day is in December…

Annus horribilis is now every year. :(

I don’t know Pig. The “Drive Christel Crazy” is year round.

Maybe it’s Adar or Adar. This year is a Jewish leap year

Chris Sale is having a pick on me year.

The Perverse Universe does not play favorites, it’s just one aspect of perversity that it seems to.

We figured you needed to build some character. This life seems ideally suited for it.

It’s called Secrets of the Universe, Pig. “They never tell you” is exactly right….

Pig, August is back-to-school month for many, and they might be taking their frustrations out on you.

Wow, just a month? Lucky pig.

This is what the Orange Ogre and his cronies at Fox are shouting daily now.