Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 29, 2023

To answer Pig’s question, Mikey likes it.

I’m hoping the guy leaves the world alone.

Hey, “twin,” you were STILL “born” alone, as you had to exit your mommy by yourself, see? (ONE at a time…) Dan aka…

There are airplane crashes where you don’t leave alone.

We’re all alone—together.

“You die in your own arms…”—Livia Soprano

At least your Mama was there, I hope.

In my case it was me, myself and I.

You solo into this world, and solo out!

The truth Pig? Life’s a bear and then you die!

At least he’s not a Lannister.

Rats and pigs is almost always never borns alone.

“… my brother, and I call him ‘spare parts’.”

“We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.”James Anthony Froude

My father was a twin. My sister has twin sons. A cousin of mine has twin daughters. Somehow, the joy of having twins passed me by. Phew.

Rat and Pig didn’t come into this world alone. They probably came into the world with the rest of their respective litters.

I had to outswim a whole bunch of other sperm but managed to make it to the egg before them. It’s survival of the fittest!

Worse yet I came in with a twin sister.

“Believe It of NOT!” ~ Ripley

Your mom is there, too. And maybe there’ll be some folks around your deathbed.

Blew that theory all to hell.

Rat almost had it all figured out, don’t forget what Joe Black said, Death & Taxes, two of your best buds. Maybe Paypal will be there with you as well, & cousin Venmo.

I’m sensing a double homicide in the offing.

The Westminster Shorter Catechism:

1. What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever.

I think I was a twin. Mom said she had pictures of me when I was two!

But you came out one at a time. Twins always make a point of one being a few minutes older….

We will all go together when we go. . . https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs

TANSTAAFL.

I hope to leave with an angel escorting me (not that I deserve it).

The first of the twins born was alone for a while…

Unless they were like Jacob and Esau. Jacob was holding onto Esau’s heel at birth.

We die alone / We die afraid / We live in terror / We’re naked and alone and the grave is the loneliest place

Juan is the loneliest number…

Doesn’t everyone come into the world with their mother birthing them?

Your momma was there.

Never tell Rat about the Dionne Quintuplets

You enter the world naked and if all goes as planned you leave the same way.

How about, ‘That last breath is a real biτch?’

I’m an identical twin. Identicals share a womb, fraternals do not. Literally began life from one another.

There is an old adage that says " Man is born with his fists clenched, desiring everything and he dies with his hands open desiring nothing".

Someone likes Trampled by Turtles.

Well done.

Rat unsure of himself ? The end is near.

Truly universal human experiences are maddeningly difficult to find.

Leave it better than you found it. See behind walls. Draw closer. Find each other.

Actually, he and his twin didn’t go through their mother’s birth canal simultaneously, so there is twin no. 1 and twin no 2. Cheers.

Even twins come out one at a time.

Try: “Buy low, sell high”. A central truth if there ever was one.

The answer is “Life sucks and then you die. If you find anything that is legal and safe to do that makes it suck less while you’re here, do it.”

We are born cold, wet, & naked.

After that, things get worse.

Great! No more privacy.

Every rule has its exception.

Sorry, but unless you and your twin exited the womb simultaneously, you DID enter the world alone! In your case, either preceded or followed by your twin.

I disagree.

Mom was there, and for a few moments I was connected to her while I was breathing air and she was breathing air.

eave the Deep Thinking to the pros, Rat. Philosophers need the work!

My mother was there.

Saving this to post on my shared birthday with my twin brother!