Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 16, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  over 1 year ago

    God will give the money to a good cause.

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    National Rat  over 1 year ago

    Amen

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    BasilBruce  over 1 year ago

    Praise the l0rd and pass the credit card.

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    hariseldon59  over 1 year ago

    “If I can’t take it with me, I’m not going.”

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    Little Caesar  over 1 year ago

    Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Bless the bed that I lay on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels ’round me spread: One at the head, one at the feet And two to guard me while I sleep…

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    Yakety Sax  over 1 year ago

    There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved because he had worked so hard for his money and wanted to be able to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him.

    An angel heard his plea and appeared to him. “Sorry, but you can’t take your wealth with you.”The man begged the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the rules. The man continued to pray that his wealth could follow him.

    The angel reappeared and informed the man that God had decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man gathered his largest suitcase and filled it with pure gold bars and placed it beside his bed.

    Soon afterward, he died and showed up at the gates of heaven to greet St. Peter.St. Peter, seeing the suitcase, said, “Hold on, you can’t bring that in here!”

    The man explained to St. Peter that he had permission and asked him to verify his story with the Lord.

    Sure enough, St. Peter checked it out, came back and said, “You’re right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I’m supposed to check its contents before letting it through.”

    St. Peter opened the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaimed, “You brought pavement?”

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    DennisinSeattle  over 1 year ago

    Now I lay me down to sleep

    I pray someone will rub my feet

    If I wake up in the night

    Keep the ghosties out of sight

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    Sue Ellen  over 1 year ago

    My dad always finished up with, “If I should die before I wake just cover my face with a hot pancake.”

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    uniquename  over 1 year ago

    We always knew you wanted to spirit other people’s money Rat. That’s about as spiritual as you get.

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    _lounger_  over 1 year ago

    what a noble soul

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    carlsonbob  over 1 year ago

    I’m surprised that he didn’t give thanks for making him better and smarter than everyone else.

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    Pogostiks Premium Member over 1 year ago

    His middle name must be Trump

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    shanen0  over 1 year ago

    I think the last word should have been “spend” or maybe “use” or something, but not sure how to adjust the third line to rhyme.

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    iggyman  over 1 year ago

    Not quite the way I heard it Rat!

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    phritzg Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Rat’s favorite Bible verse is “The lack of money is the root of all evil.”

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 1 year ago

    “Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything you may have done or failed to do which required forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to insure any possible benefit for which you may be eligible after the destruction of your body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure your receiving said benefit. I ask this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between yourself and that which might not be yourself, but which may have an interest in the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of this thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen.”

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    SALUDADOG  over 1 year ago

    On my honor I will do my best, to take what they give me and steal the rest

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    zerotvus  over 1 year ago

    I never realized that Rat was a politician……

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    Ichabod Ferguson  over 1 year ago

    Sounds like a Ferengi prayer.

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    Ellis97  over 1 year ago

    Maybe tonight, he’ll pray for a million dollar mansion.

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    DaBump Premium Member over 1 year ago

    You can be religious without being spiritual, and you can be spiritual without having a relationship with God.

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    SusieB  over 1 year ago

    The Bezos-Musk prayer. Said by all Billionaires

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    ladykat  over 1 year ago

    If you stop and think about it, that’s actually a rather scary prayer in its original incarnation.

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    Lynnjav  over 1 year ago

    Unfortunately, there are a lot of others who “pray” like that. Or maybe it’s “prey” like that.

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    Zebrastripes  over 1 year ago

    Pig should know better than to ask RAT anything profound!

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    TampaFanatic1  over 1 year ago

    Most TV evangelists from the ’80s probably said that prayer. Rat might have got it from the 700 Club or one of the PTL broadcasts, perhaps Dr Gene Scott when he was doing late night informercials.

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    Goat from PBS  over 1 year ago

    So much for, “The love of money is the root of all evil.”

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    Lethea  over 1 year ago

    Now I lay me down to sleep; a bag of peanuts at my feet. If I should die before I wake, please give them to my brother Jake.

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    Doug K  over 1 year ago

    Fortunately, God sometimes (often) says “No.”

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    Holden Awn  over 1 year ago

    Hey! a universal nighty-night prayer! It can be used by both avaricious Capitalists AND government ensconced Socialists!

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    WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago

    At least he recognizes that you can’t take it with you.

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    Radish...   over 1 year ago

    I got born into the material world

    Getting worn out in the material world

    Use my body like a car

    Taking me both near and far

    Met my friends all in the material world

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    George Hairysong

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    zeexenon  over 1 year ago

    Manifestly required of all top ten percenters.

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    larslarson  over 1 year ago

    You can’t take it with you Rat.

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    PlatudimusAtom Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Rat is a true believer … and worshipper at the shrine of the Almighty Buck.

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    AMBER1  over 1 year ago

    Spiritual is not the word to describe you, rat.

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    Buoy  over 1 year ago

    Rat is really good at preying.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 1 year ago

    I never thought you were, Rat.

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    Sisyphos  over 1 year ago

    Kinda still thinking that, Rat. You are, in biblical terms, serving Mammon….

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    carlosrivers  over 1 year ago

    I am well aware that God needs as much of my money that I can give. So every pay day I take my money and throw it up into the air. WHATEVER god wants he can catch, and what I deserve will fall to the floor…

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