Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 30, 2022

Rat has to settle for this because he can’t afford a resort in Palm Beach.

Anyone has Flex Seal?

Remindsme if the “cone mood silence” from the old Get Smart show…hope it works better!

There’s a cable news network that employs a version of this.

Let’s hope it’s airtight.

I need one of those to keep mosquitoes off me in summer.

Many people walking around with those domes.

Most of the voters in a political party in an unnamed country adore these and have backups in case one fails

Look, I’m growing a rodent in a terrarium.

Resembles the “cone of silence” ….

Yep. Delusion is easier when you’re disconnected from reality.

A technological advance on the echo chamber.

Fortunately, at some point the oxygen runs out. Death by delusion.

Hey Rat, I hope you “break wind” in there!

Like so many on Facebook

Why am I reminded of ostriches? :D

it works pretty good, tho

I knew this was a thing, I just didn’t realize it was an appliance.

Looks like the rain gear worn when it’s raining by drive through workers at Chick-fil-a

And name of that company is Cable News Network :)

The irony is that just about everyone in every comment section is speaking from within their own self-created little dome.

CNN’s lost its airport contracts and 90 percent of its viewership. Sold it’s large HQs in Atlanta and Hollywood, moved into smaller, cheaper quaters in the suburbs. Shedding employees like dead skin.

I’m telling you, Chief, a “dome” of silence would be much more comfortable than a “cone”.

My neighbor has one of those.

At least it ain’t a mouse trap.

Seems like I remember THE CONE OF SILENCE some time ago

Sadly, too many politicians have acquired one of these.

Next up is PIG‼️

tRump: explained

Why do I suddenly have the urge for ice cream?

Dug out and dusted of The Cone Of Silence I see.

The internet summarized in one strip.

Several generations of technical advances and this is what we get from the Cone of Silence?! Missed it by that much.

He may love being admired, except for the suffocation…

No way to eat or drink.

Donald Trump has lived there for 30 years.Extra large size,

Could Rat be a personification of Stephan, people want to know, I want to know…

hmm… my first thought was the ‘Cone of Silence’.

there’s like, 8 billion of these on the planet.

If there are free snacks and access to a decent library I’d move right now.

I believe most politicians live in such a dome.

Pastis obviously plagiarized the “Dome of Delusion” from Trump’s authentic one.

I need one… looking on Amazon now…

Isn’t that just what social media is?

Who ever is manufaturing these domes is going to be the first trillionaire. The domestic market alone…!

Since when has Rat ever required any artificial assistance for that?

Dumb!

Well, it works for Rat, sort of. How’s the air in there, isolated Rat?

I consider mine a dome of sanity, not of delusion. Or as Bukowski says – if it’s a delusion, it’s a lucky one!

If it’s soundproof, isn’t it also airtight?