Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 12, 2023

One is always wanted for a reason.

At least he’s not wanted by the police.

Good try pig im rooting for you

Hey, cheer up, after all you are wanted. Now you need to learn to want to do what other people want you to do.

Gee, maybe I should clean the floors like someone wants me to do.

Na.

o guess he is wanted for something, that’s a start!

Go rob a bank, Pig. You’ll be wanted then.

I just want to be wanton.

If Rat had sung that like the Beatles, I’d have flipped. https://genius.com/The-beatles-i-want-you-shes-so-heavy-lyrics

Pig, Californians will WANT you. As you are “free roaming” you might be the only pork allowed in the state.

And don’t forgot that the Crocs want you.

I want you - to want - meeeeee

- Cheap Trick, Live at Budokan

Also,

Wanted Dead or Alive, Bon Jovi

Wanted Man, Ratt

I Want Action, Poison

I Wanna be Sedated, The Ramones

I Want You (She’s so Heavy), The Beatles

Wasn’t it the Partridge Family that sang doesn’t Somebody Want to be Wanted like me, Where are you?!

Pig’s lucky it was Rat and not Uncle Sam.

Rat just wants you to clean the house and pay the bills while he goofs off.

Doesn’t somebody want to be wanted like me – Partridge Family

Pig looked so happy in the second pic!

You want your picture on the Post Office wall?!

needed is not the same as wanted… but I guess that still works.

My hubby loves me the way I’ve always wanted to be loved. Isn’t that fantastic? :-)

Peloton recalls 2 million exercise bikes due to faulty seats.

Jef The Cyclist wiped out financially as crowds cheer.

Pig never exercises,he sleeps through it all.

Pig, the David Cassidy of the comic pages.

Indiana wants you.

In this society everything must be clear as a bell….

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_to_Be_Wanted

It’s just a cheap trick.

Hey, Pig, don’t you mean, “I want to be loved”?

Of course you’re wanted. You’re made of bacon.

Pig, I want you. You brighten my day.

Uncle Sam?

Cheap Trick: “I want you to want me”

Oh, very clever, Rat!

Put up a “Wanted” poster.

I want you to want me, I need you to need me, …

To be wanted, you need to make people want you. Maybe keep the sign and start doing small jobs like cleaning a garage.

At least your mugshot isn’t hanging up at the post office…hopefully…(or is that even a thing anymore??)

Well forget about senior on-line dating and “their want’s description.”

My dad didn’t want me…i get you pig.Overall Rating: 8.5/10 | Art Rating: 7.1/10 | Punchline: 9/10

I want you, Piggy! Hence the stuffed animal I bought! <3

I want YOU

for US Army

We need all the cannon fodder we can get

Dead, or alive?

Just put your pix up in a post office…

Does Stephan Pastis have a channel for submitting candidate puns? I’m almost afraid to say anything less I poison the well, but a websearch actually showed the key part of this angry pun goes back at least as far as 1954, so:

Pig: Chuck was just showing me his pictures of crying kids.

Rat: Do his clothes still hurt your eyes?

Pig: You mean his suit with the yellow and purple stripes at the weird angle?

Rat: Which is worse? Loud Charles or prints of wails?

Only a couple of months too late? But maybe Charles was Prince of Wales in 1954 with no relation to Archie? But I’m sure Stephen can come up with a better background story…

You can take some comfort in not being wanted by the FBI, Pig.

How’s this for more specific: I want to be wanted for who I am, not what I can do for you…

Pig’s peril! Coulda been worse; Rat coulda wanted (you to become) a rasher of bacon.

You just can’t win, Pig, no matter what!