Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 01, 2024

Just be happy that it doesn’t say FRAGILE or it could end up in Italy.

Does Moe do the job himself, or do Larry and Curly join in?

Off screen, it’s already crumpled.

Don’t worry Rat, your postal carrier is a failed frustrated FedEx delivery driver – he will mold your package into a projectile to be thrown.

The mailmen are generally great guys and gals. It’s the head of USPS that maybe should worry us: Mr. DeJoy! (Or maybe not…)

I was for 3 years (city carrier, walk) Anyways we had a 7 route office and during casing (sorting mail) if we saw somebody had moved local and still in our territory, we gave it to that carrier. Don’t miss the 4 seasons!

Let’s hope he doesn’t go postal.

I used to get ticked off when my Arizona Highways magazines got creased. Now I look at all those back issues I’ve kept and realize that even if I wanted to look something up, there’s no way I’ll physically search through all those issues.

“Please do not bend, fold, spindle or mutilate me.” That takes me back …

Of course they’re vengeful — no one ever asks them to play Post Office.

Speaking of Post Office, the Hashknife Pony Express started their official 66th run on Wednesday. Look them up!

Stomping is OK… it says “Do not bend” :D

Despite DeJoy, the USPS is still one of the best in the world. Even FedEx, UPS, DHL, and Amazon use them.

With Rat’s last statement, that must be why I get so many campaign flyers.

We had two boxes delivered in two days, by UPS. Both looked as if they’d been attacked by a wolverine.

I swear my mail carrier has that same hat.

lmao .. didn’t need the last panel though.

Malewomen are even worse.

Is the mailman Amish?

Neither rain, nor sleet will prevent the postal service from being sleazy.

Louis DeJoy is doing mail pickups now?

We mailmen don’t abuse individual letters or packages, we have machines that do that.

Moe has the most ridiculous neckbeard I have ever seen.

The “package” Rat is handing him looks more like a letter than anything.

From the same people, who can’t git addresses correct ………………………………… ………………………………………………………. ok, this might be a legit place to git angry, ol’ white man.

Just be glad if the package reaches a destination that is not a dumpster in a nearby apartment complex.

Be assured the Post Office has an equal stomping policy.

I’m sorry but I think that the postal system does a pretty good job.

Indeed, they are subtle and quick to anger.

Yes, they do.

Residents of Bend, Oregon must get lots of damaged mail, because finally the postal carriers have permission written right on the package to act out on it.

I’ve received boxes from UPS with boot prints on them. It happens.

Is this guy supposed to have a beard? It really doesn’t look like one. But other alternatives for what that . . . thing . . . could be, like a neck brace or an Elizabethan ruff, make no sense at all.

No one talks about post office rampages anymore

The mail must go through….a shredder

As a retired letter carrier I enjoy postal humor. Most carriers do. Seriously, though, regular carriers assigned to a route get to know the people on their route and treat the mail as if it was their own. Substitute carriers have it tough not knowing the route.

As the US population has, uh, grown recently, construction of residences has increased the number of addresses needing mail delivery. It is my opinion that the postal service is struggling to hire enough people to deliver to all the new addresses.I’ve noticed later delivery on my street by carriers without a postal uniform.

Like if says FRAGILE they throw it at your doorstep like a baseball pitcher! Joke Rating: 8/10

Brother was a Postal Employee. Online, in Madison, WI he saw an opening in Hawaii, asked for, and got it. Lived there 8 years, housing inflation put his regular home up over a million $, transferred back and is living like a king.

There’s a reason it’s called “Going Postal.”

This must be the guy who folded my LP record in half, not once but two different occasions to fit it into my mailbox…

Comic strip pitch pack for submission: DO NOT BEND! (OR open it to read ’em before they get to the syndicate!!)

If you mark it “FRAGILE” they throw it underhand.

I used a piece of 1/8" aluminum to protect a photo once. Mom thanked me for the nice origami fox I had sent her.

The mail people in the different places where I lived are the best. They help you do things if you get stuck even if your neighbor is outside staring at you. One guy helped my carry a mattress up the stairs one time. Everybody should give their mail person a nice gift!

At least he’s not packing.

Some mailpersons are just careless.

“Crease, crumple, cram…” – Newman from “Seinfeld”

I can’t count the times that I found that an envelope or package printed with “do not bend” was folded in half. If they can squeeze it into your mailbox, that’s where it’s going.