Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 21, 2025

Bruce: “If you don’t watch out, you might get crushed by a falling piano, man!”

Is this like Elon calling Trump?

He’s the Boss. He’s been trying to Prove It All Night

I can’t get Bobo to stop sending me memes.

Bruce is trying to relive the glory days by dancing in the dark in his hometown (in the USA). But he needs a partner.

So, Bruce is lonely up there in Canada?

Rat talking to himself again.

He backed the wrong horse.

I think for a friend Bruce could do better that Rat!

I thought Rat had a job serving coffee at Joe’s Roastery. Rather difficult to do that from home.

Yeah ! Leave the left and go Republican ! You’re BOUND to get a lot more friends !

Bruce backed the right horse, as did the majority. The administration has even admitted it and proved themselves to be untouchable and above the law.

Stop the world, l want to get off.

No one is that lonely.

“Don’t Bring Me Down”……BRUCE!"

Bruce Springsteen is releasing a new song called “Leeaving the USA”. God Bless America. P.S. Bruce Springsteen is an overrated swine.

Something tells me Rat doesn’t have the OK to work from home.

lmao, I have never liked Bruce Springsteen, so this one really made me laugh.

LMAO Sounds like Pastis’ wishful thinking.

Trying to recapture a little of the glory, yeah

This should be in a Frazz cartoon, he seems more “Born to Run.”

Bruce Springsteen? I’ve heard the name… Is he the boss of something?

I don’t know enough about pop culture to understand the joke.

But he’s calling from a party at “Mary’s Place”.

Life is dull in Canada isn’t is Bruce?

How’d he get Rat’s number, anyways?

Has Little Steven left the building?

He must be calling from that park.

Give him Bob Segar’s phone number. I think he is currently on a highway east of Omaha.

Careful, Rat. Bruce knows guys in Jersey.

Boss humbug!

Can’t work from home any longer. Executive order.

Come on Pastis…Right-wing Orange suck-up much?

Bruce wants to meet Rat tonight in Atlantic City.

Elon Musk keeps wanting me to DM him.

Whenever I want to hear frogs croak, I put on one of his records

Personally, I prefer “The Piano Man.”

He and the E Street Band are running the company.

Rat: Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)

I really don’t wanna know (who are you? Who, who, who, who?)

Don’t tell me, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)

‘Cause I really don’t wanna know (who are you? Who, who, who, who?)

Be glad there’s one place in the world

Where everybody knows your name

And they’re always sad you came

You wanna go where people know

People are all the same

You wanna go where everybody knows your name

Bruce has to call Rat.

Bob Dylan mumbles so much Bruce can’t understand a word he says

Just tuned in for the Springsteen wingnut hate. Love ya, Boss!!!

I was never rude to my bosses. Everybody else in the shop handled that part of the job with Rat-like relish. We went through about 8 while I was there. Two in one year was the record. We finally got a boss we respected and admired, and I retired the next year. It was a taste of what enjoying coming to work felt like though.

You didn’t come close to gittin’ me with that one, Pastis.