Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 19, 2023

Pig doesn’t want the latest GTA?

A lot of individuals would agree with PIG, Greg house, Md, John Becker, Md, captain Kathryn Janeway, etc., the list goes on and on and on…Dan aka…

Not plays with your life Pig.

Will Pig be changing his name to Lionel?

Dear Santa, I’m broke. Can you leave some cash?

I would love a Z gauge train set.

Do kids still ask for trains? Do they know what they are?

I do take Amtrak and love it.

If Pig wants a new ‘him’, Santa could bring him a Pig plush doll.

Pig could ask for a fifth of his favorite libation. Back in the ’70s, my Dad worked in management at Raytheon and I remember that he used to drive down to the PX at MacDill where the old man would pick up numerous fifths of various brands of bourbon, scotch and other whiskies which he would get for colleagues at work and some of the guys in the Air Force whom he was a liaison to. In return he would always end up with quite a few fifths of various types of Canadian whiskey (CC, VO, Canadian Mist, Crown Royal, Black Velvet, etc) under the tree by Christmas in various boxes with ribbons, so much that he usually did not have to buy any of his own until it was almost Christmas again.

Pig might be able to use a hefty supply of crazy glue.

Sounds like the plea of a person suffering depression facing a busy Christmas social season. (PS It’s okay not to be joyful and enthused!)

Get used to it pig, as a senior, I’m constantly under repair.

Love you, Pig. You’re fine just the way you are. :)

I’m developing a toy line of stuffed animals that hopefully, will become the most wanted toy on a kid’s Christmas list.

Well, that opened the floodgates…

I hope we aren’t beyond fixing.

Pig, you aren’t broken :-)

Glad to see that Pig didn’t get badly injured yesterday after his fall from the sky, even though he feels like he can’t be fixed.

30th National N Scale Convention

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 – Sunday, June 23, 2024

Wind Creek Bethlehem, PA

My Dad : ) Loved his trains, had several scales, N to HO. Built his own town with bridges and tunnels (cats). Christmas was always busy here but the best time was pulling out all the decs and setting up the train under the tree. I so miss those days…. and my Dad..

All you really need is a lady pig who truly loves you (sigh).

My friends, we’re all broken beyond fixing. And that’s the whole reason for Christmas. God did send the way of redemption for us to be whole again and restored to relationship with him.

Wouldn’t it be nice if life worked that way?

(((Big hugs))) for Pig.

The cool thing is, the very first Christmas gave us that gift. A gift that can fix us beyond belief.

Is Pig still under warranty?

poor Piggy…always seems to get ink on his face whenever he’s writing!

And he received an Operation Board Game. God helps those who help themselves.

Look up LGB trains.

William Tenn wrote a science fiction story about a kid who, through the result of a time travel mix up receives a Bild a Man kit from the future. He clones himself multiple times. Hilarity ensues. I don’t know why Tenn is mostly forgotten.

I once had a plush toy of Pig, so Santa could still potentially honor that request.

Saint Nicholas allegedly threw money at three different times through a window so that the the three young girls/women would have enough for a dowery. (How we got the tradition) He Historically has helped many people, including myself with non-toy gifts, advice and consilation during some difficult times. A train might help help but you are wrong in not expressing the “why” of you thinking you can’t be fixed or repaired. You are one of the nicest characters in the comics. If anyone can help, it might just be Santa and if it’s too big for him, I am sure that his Boss might offer some help…..

Broken beyond fixing. How old is Pig anyway?

Pig wants to be cloned?!

The one very vivid memory I have about Christmas as a child was the year I got my first train set. That was 65 years ago. That train still runs and when i set it up it fills the room (i spent most of my allowance as a teen expanding the set)

Pig’s first request is for one more powerful than Santa Claus.

Poor, self-cognizant Pig! I hope Santa brings him something that will cheer him up!

Preferably N-scale, please.