Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 15, 2022

“It’s buried in Santa Anita Park, under a big W.”

Money for nothing.

Knowing you’ve left enough for your children and grandchildren not to have to struggle is a good feeling, I think.

He who dies with the most toys… STILL DIES.

Then his family wastes it all in a few years. Who wins?

Did you hear the one about the abusive husband who didn’t want to leave anything to his wife and made her swear to put all his wealth in the casket with him for burial?

At the funeral, her friend asked her: "Well, did you do it? She said: “Yes, I did. I put in a cheque for every last cent that he owned.”

Government wins, inheritance tax.

I see Rat got the tongue placement correct!

i once heard it said “they who die with the money…are still dead”

Winner are the heirs. If you sacrificed time for earning money in which you could’ve had a good life: you lost.

“Enjoy yourself it’s later than you think” as the song goes!

I’ve always heard that the one who dies with the most toys wins. LOL

I love a happy ending.

In 50 years, all the richest men (or whatever they want to be called) in the world will be gone and their money will live on. But oh, to have their money, I’m sure we all will agree, is not a bad thing.

Andrew Carnegie once said “Any Man who dies rich thus dies disgraced.” He believed you should spend the first half of your life acquiring riches, but the second half giving them away.

It isn’t what you made, it’s how you made it and how you spent it.

My financial advisor asks if you want to be able to leave anything to your loved ones. He told me he has a client who said that he wants his last check to bounce.

At least he died happy.

I think it was that victory dance in panel 2 that finished him off.

Money doesn’t guarantee happiness, love and peace!

I see that Rat practices what he preaches – Gramps’ tongue is going the correct direction.

lmao at that 2nd to last panel.

OK You Die. All of your things go into the casket with you. good, Huh? 1000 years later some archeologist digs you up and puts all your stuff on a display in a museum! That make any sense?

remember it’s @ before # except after $

Too bad he can’t take it with him

If the last check I write before I die bounces, I have gotten it just about right.

Really. He’s all alone. Naked and afraid. He owns nothing. Same way he came into life so many years back…..

I can die happy knowing I saw a home run by Albert Pujols in person. That’s a win in my book.

Having founded/funded lots of charities would feel good at that point.

Is this Loss?

It is better to run out of life before you run out of money than to run out of money before you run out of life.

I won! …you can’t take it with you… so.. you LOST!

So——practicing drawing a tongue going down paid off?

Conclusion: Gramps did not have a satisfying meal.

You can’t take it with you, he just realized.

He who dies with the most money . . .his children win.

Believing that you won in that situation is more than sufficient

It’s good to go out a weener, as some often miss hear that phrase.

He who dies with the most toys… is nonetheless still dead.

Rat may admire Samuel Beckett. But it’s not quite the same, and arguably Gramps has checked out a loser….