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But Pig, spending more time with strangers will makes em knows you more and will makes more peoples knows you than before. Meaning more chances of you getting killed anyways.
Maybe the phrase “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” needs a corollary: “Keep your enemies far away and your friends even farther away”. After all, a friend, minus the letter r, becomes a fiend.
Pig learns that the odds of being murdered by a serial killer are very low and the odds of a serial killer being murdered by another serial killer are infinitesimal. So he becomes a serial killer.
The third panel reminds me of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, when the knight says “He chose poorly” after Donovan drank from the wrong cup and went kerblooey.
To pull that off you would need to have no more than one conversation with everyone you encounter for the rest of your life. It’s an interesting thought, as you’d really have to make that one conversation count.
BE THIS GUY 10 months ago
It’s easier for people who know you to find you when they decide to kill you.
BasilBruce 10 months ago
Of course, those odds would go down considerably if Pig stopped living with Rat.
Bilan 10 months ago
In the justice department, they call it a crime of passion. Two people get into a heated argument and a gun is just too handily available.
Wilde Bill 10 months ago
Of course, Pig is more likely to be killed by someone who owns a slaughterhouse.
B UTTONS 10 months ago
… and the one that kills you is apt to be a Rat.
cmxx 10 months ago
No, Pig, wait a sec! Think it through! If you spend enough time with those strangers they’ll turn into friends!
Robin Harwood 10 months ago
Most total strangers don’t care enough. They can just walk away.
MichaelAxelFleming 10 months ago
A variation of the old joke “I heard that most accidents happen at home, so I moved.”
enigmamz 10 months ago
But not just any stranger, they must be TOTAL strangers!
Purple People Eater 10 months ago
If you want to lower your chances of being murdered as much as possible, avoid having any friends.
Charles 10 months ago
Gang bangers mostly know each other.
Kurtass 10 months ago
Small problem Pig, bacon is delicious.
Gent 10 months ago
But Pig, spending more time with strangers will makes em knows you more and will makes more peoples knows you than before. Meaning more chances of you getting killed anyways.
erick.robinson 10 months ago
…the reason being that the people you know are around you often enough to be tired of your nonsense and may just snap and wring the life out of you…?
[Traveler] Premium Member 10 months ago
If you watch dateline, you know this already
Ellis97 10 months ago
Rat could be one of those potential killers.
Procat Premium Member 10 months ago
There is almost a 40% chance the murderer will get away with it.
phritzg Premium Member 10 months ago
Maybe the phrase “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” needs a corollary: “Keep your enemies far away and your friends even farther away”. After all, a friend, minus the letter r, becomes a fiend.
Ichabod Ferguson 10 months ago
Pig learns that the odds of being murdered by a serial killer are very low and the odds of a serial killer being murdered by another serial killer are infinitesimal. So he becomes a serial killer.
Croc Holliday 10 months ago
The third panel reminds me of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, when the knight says “He chose poorly” after Donovan drank from the wrong cup and went kerblooey.
Gameguy49 Premium Member 10 months ago
It’s the ones who know you that want to kill you, those who don’t know you have no reason to kill you.
MS72 10 months ago
No kidding. Several of my neighbors own guns. I might call them, but never knock on the door.
steveh64 10 months ago
Familiarity breeds contempt, as the saying goes.
SquidGamerGal 10 months ago
Here’s a tip with going out with friends… Don’t win big at the casino!
DiminishedFirst 10 months ago
Pig also heard you are most likely to die within 10 miles of your home. So he moved…
gozirra2 Premium Member 10 months ago
Why is it people you know that you haven’t seen in a while are greeted with ‘hello stranger’?
iggyman 10 months ago
That sounds logical!
Huckleberry Hiroshima Premium Member 10 months ago
But then the strangers will not be strangers anymore. YOU’RE DOOMED. Stuff like that.
david_42 10 months ago
One the other hand, outside of comic strips, there are a thousand strangers for every person you know.
rshive 10 months ago
Figures don’t lie, Pig.
DaBump Premium Member 10 months ago
Sadly, it does mean a LOT of people DO end up in the wrong crowd. I think most of them would have a hard time finding better friends.
LaughterIsJoyMuliplied 10 months ago
Being a hermit always has had a certain appeal.
Queen of America Premium Member 10 months ago
If I end up murdered, the suspect list will be very short.
markkahler52 10 months ago
They thought Ted Bundy made for a very nice stranger, too….
Dapperdan61 Premium Member 10 months ago
It makes you wonder where Rat is
minty_Joe 10 months ago
“What does that tell you?”
It tells me, don’t tick off your friends or family.
MichaelD Premium Member 10 months ago
“What does that tell you?” You’re friends with Rat.
markmoss1 10 months ago
You haven’t given strangers a reason to kill you…
Goat from PBS 10 months ago
Technically everyone’s a stranger until you get to know them.
John Jorgensen 10 months ago
To pull that off you would need to have no more than one conversation with everyone you encounter for the rest of your life. It’s an interesting thought, as you’d really have to make that one conversation count.
christelisbetty 10 months ago
Please note. The article said “Someone you know” NOT “a friend”.
Saurischia 10 months ago
Absolutely hilarious – Pastis outdid himself! I love it!
Ginny Premium Member 10 months ago
Pastis is a crackup!
marktson 10 months ago
“From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers, I’m all through ever trusting anyone..”Haggard
zeexenon 10 months ago
Around 50% of my friends died of old age, and the rest look unhealthy.
Buoy 10 months ago
People are strange.
fritzoid Premium Member 10 months ago
“A stranger is just a friend who doesn’t want to kill me yet!”
rugeirn 10 months ago
People don’t usually p**s off people they don’t know to the point of eliciting homicidal responses. To do that, you kinda have to know the person.
willie_mctell 10 months ago
“All my friends are gonna be strangers from now on.”
Tortured Nate 10 months ago
wait…..but if you spend more time with them, they’ll become someone you know!!!!!
Sojourner 10 months ago
I’m thinking that NYC is an exception to that rule.
TimeLordSoundwave 10 months ago
That’s why I’m an introvert.
clayface9 Premium Member 10 months ago
That’s pretty obvious. Why would someone who doesn’t know you hate you enough to kill you?
Hobbes X 10 months ago
They must be TOTAL strangers.
76noos 7 months ago
Aaaand you’re probably only 1.5 times more likely to be killed by an acquaintance than by a total stranger.