Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 07, 2023

Who’s got the toilet?

Also, no more Rat! Time to celebrate!

But Rat got the TV.

I think there was an I Love Lucy episode like that…

Rat got the wet bar.

The fridge is loaded with aerosol cheez whiz and beer.

Oooooh! That’s cold!!!

No cold beer for Rat!!

Did Rat make Pig pay for the wall?

There was an old episode of the British TV comedy “Steptoe and Son” where the always-fighting father and son divided the house in two like this. The (sole) television was placed on the dividing line. When Harold the son complained about the chosen channel on the grounds that most of the screen was on his side of the line so he should choose what they watched, his father replied with “Yeah, but I’ve got the KNOBS on my side.”

Maybe a little Rat-free time might be a good thing!

Pig, you better be nice to Rat as your fridge is plugged in on his side and that is the only outlet.

No puns about Barb D. Wire?

Who paid for the wall, or is the check in the mail?

I am imagining Rat is getting barbed in that second panel.

I know this is gonna turn out.

Pig is too optimistic for Rat.

When my sister and I were teenagers, we went through that stage. Our bedroom was split down the middle. We even set up a screen to divide the space. The closet was on my side and the door was on hers.

I know good fences make good neighbours, but this is ridiculous.

Send a spy balloon over the wall.

Not for long.

Oooooh aaaah, mother should I build a wall………

And the walls, come tumblin’ down

Another brick in the wall

Balls to the wall

So what, is the drawing a line on the floor thing too mainstream and cliche for you, Rat?

Ha! He’s got his cheese to keep him warm!

He’ll be back…

He neglected to mention the guard in the tower with the rifle

I always wondered what happened to William Perry…

Tomorrow—-Humpty Dumpty sues to get his wall back

So Rat gets no cold beer…

That topping is much better than the broken glass bottles in old Jamaica and Cancun alleys.

The fridge Rat keeps all his beer in.

Pig wins! Pig wins! And the Rat slinks off the field in a funk….

As long as the store is on the same side of the wall you’re OK.