Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 20, 2023

Did Rat just compliment his lawyers?

Good thing I keep changing my address to avoid getting one of those letters.

Meanwhile, Rat is keeping track of how to catch up later…

This is going all the way to the Supreme Court!

I think it’s time for a visit to the wiseass on the hill!!!

If you’re like orange you’ll have to pay in advance.

I’m sure you never exceeded your pain in the @## quotient, but have probably hit your Know it all quotient.

I’ve never had a lawyer who was appealing.

I’m surprised at Goat’s reaction.

Rat’s lawyers are Elle Woods, JoAnne Galloway, Claire Kincaid, and Annalise Keating.

You’re lucky Rat, My lawyers are downright unattractive.

Would that there were such an agency with power to enforce its edicts. I have a length list of pain in the *ss people to nominate.

I hope Rat’s lawyers win or else I’m next!

Lawyers are not very appealing.

I know a choice few that need to get TWO of these letters!

Rat’s attorneys are from the law office of Dewey, Cheatham & Howe.

This reminds me of the part in Mel Brooks’ "History of the World, Part 1:

“The peasants are revolting.”

“You’re telling me.”

This must be one of those scams pretending to be from someone else. I think the government would know the difference between a quotient and a quota.

Being Rat’s lawyer has to be a full-time job.

Pesky politicians. They screw up everything….

They still send paper letters via snail mail?

Hopefully his lawyer doesn’t fart during the hearing, or have hair dye run down the side of his face

The government forcing someone to be nice is still a form of tyranny.

If the government wants so much overreach, they should also demand all idiots get some freakin’ commom sense, and all bad drivers are banned from getting behind the wheel.

Rat actually minded a particular limit? This is new.

Yo, Rat, my man… The Count just ignores those when The Count gets those. The Count gets one every couple months.

I’m probably due to get that letter soon…

Rat takes great pride in being a horrible person. So much so, that he actually has to get a letter of approval for it.

Exceed his pain in the @$$ quota in this life? He is at least three incarnations overdue.

I find very few lawyers appealing.

LOL! Too funny!

People may remember that Pastis used to be a lawyer before becoming a cartoonist.

If only…

I had a potato in one hand and a paring knife in the other. I was apeeling.

Bad news for the people who leave comments on the political cartoons!

The lawyers are appealing, their client on the other hand…

But for taxes you get a refund

I hope that this plot can become a series. We haven’t had a lot of those in a while.

Can we send that letter to all the Karens in America?

Just like a rotten banana.

If only! That’s awesome.

Same reason I had to leave NY for a more pleasant state.

Rat is a pain in the whole body.

If you exceed your pain-in-the-@## quotient, you get drafted into the government. That will scare off most people.

Another law which applies to everyone but the lawmakers ???

Imagine getting a letter like that. 7/10

I think the lawyers are appalling.

Rat’s quotient must be in the four-digit range.

I was under the impression that “@##” was the polite way to mention a certain large communications company, but if you wanted to refer to the human hinder you should go with “@$$”.

Such a divisive letter….

If this was a thing, we’d have better politicians… or are they exempt?

I know some people who are overdue for this letter!

If only that were a thing. Maybe mandatory niceness will rub off some people.

This litigation could have an interesting outcome. But the Gummimint has spoken! Beware!

I know a few people I would like to send that letter to.