Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 19, 2011
Transcript:
Rat: When is it appropriate to say, 'I meant well'? Goat: I guess when you do something with good intentions that ends up having a bad result. Why? Rat: I cut down a huge tree to see if it would crush your house and it did. I meant well. Perhaps you didn't hear the 'I meant well.'
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member over 13 years ago
“I meant well” is pretty much the same as, “all due respect.”
dataweaver over 13 years ago
With all due respect, where were the good intentions?
I meant well.
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
Poor Goat! The PBS Good Guys have really been taking a beating of late. Sign up for ART now! Join ART, the original Anti-RaT league!
zero over 13 years ago
Or like awarding an Emmy for best comedy to a mediocre clichéd show such as MODERN FAMILY. I’m sure they meant well. . ..
WaitingMan over 13 years ago
At least Obama meant well. Recent Republican presidents have been pure evil.
Hillbillyman over 13 years ago
Remember…the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 13 years ago
Rat just left out a couple of words, that’s all…. “I meant (to aim it) well.”
And he did.
doublepaw over 13 years ago
Pokerface-Go read your Lush Rumball.
doublepaw over 13 years ago
Or GW could repeat his “Mission Accomplished” photo op…….
eddie6192 over 13 years ago
Rat’s on a roll lately.
smoore47 over 13 years ago
Is ‘I meant well’ going to be Obama’s reelection platform?_____Umm, nobody’s whining about you. We can see what you are. This is a comics board and there was nothing political in this strip today.
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
From your perspective you even did well, Rat. But not everyone has your perspective.
alan valdes over 13 years ago
WHY IS THERE ALWAYS STUFF ABOUT OBAMA IN THE CARTOONS GO READ POLITICAL STRIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sandigilbo over 13 years ago
Isn’t ‘I meant well’ in line with… ‘Just saying…’ – before the insult? And… amen to Pokerfaced Parrot. Peace, love & All Is Well!
PShaw0423 over 13 years ago
“I meant well” depends on who is saying it. I suppose that even Hitler could be said to have meant well, in the sense that he did what he did in order to accomplish what he honestly believed were good purposes. (Sincerity and integrity are only relatively good qualities.) Real, actual evil — willingly choosing to hurt and destroy, deliberately, knowingly, with no physical or mental compulsion, or any “good” reason — does exist, but thankfully it’s rare..Not that being a psychopath like Rat (or Hitler) is an excuse, of course. There are objective standards of right and wrong, by which both intentions and results are judged.
jcm52 over 13 years ago
@Parrot:
“And nothing like taking credit for taking out Bin Laden when Obama’s cabinet advisers actually gave the go ahead.”
This claim contradicts the actual known facts. Just because someone forwards an email to you doesn’t make it true. Remember – when Obama said that he’d attack bin Laden in Pakistan with or without Pakistan’s permission, every Republican pointed out that it was proof of his incompetence in foreign affairs. Palin even talked about how Obama was so ignorant that he had said he was going to bomb “our ally, Pakistan”. He said he would do it. He did it. Luckily he didn’t need Congressional permission, or the Republicans would have filibustered it.
All I know is, there has been no successful terrorist attack in our country since Obama became president, and 2 of the top 3 leaders of al quaeda are dead at the hands of US forces (along with many other high ranking members).
EricAlder over 13 years ago
Just like when rude people barge past you while murmuring, “Excuse me” like that somehow makes cutting in front of you in line okay. (P.S. – All that political bull should be relegated to the Editorial Cartoons section)
hariseldon59 over 13 years ago
Goat should have taken a hint from Zebra and built a wall around his house.
lizardlover2 over 13 years ago
You know, it’s cool that a simple comic could stir such different reactions. But not cool when readers proceed to vent their unrelated praise or venom on the site. I love this strip and the daily commentary, which is sometimes funnier than the strip itself. (I even look forward to seeing particular people’s comments.) I have very strong political views myself. I don’t need to hurl them at those who see things differently. Please keep this kind of stuff to yourself and your friends, and leave others out of it.
bmonk over 13 years ago
“Some hate filled liberals on this board need to look up the definition of “evil”.
“Then quit ruining the PBS board with political BS.”
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But all the political commentators meant well.
Number Three over 13 years ago
Uh Oh!
xxx
madvirgo over 13 years ago
I AM PURE EVIL! Elect me in 2012! Hey, I’m upfront about it!!
Sherlock Watson over 13 years ago
If you want to feel better, Goat, just cut down a tree yourself… and use Rat as your axe.÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷Those of you who see anything and everything as an excuse for extended political rants, please try not to choke on your own rabid foam.
hossblacksilver over 13 years ago
Goat, mean well when you punch Rat in the stomach.
jkhandy over 13 years ago
They need to poison this nasty rat already!
Popeyesforearm over 13 years ago
What a bunch of losers. Keep your political opinions to yourselves.
justrightturnips over 13 years ago
I think Rat would do well in the South. We southerners can say anything we want about anybody. The key is to finish with “Bless their heart” Example. “He’s such a moron, Bless his heart”
By the way, I’m flagging all political comments…. Had a hard time sorting out what applied to PBSSnoopy_Fan over 13 years ago
“That’s okay, Rat… I poisoned your beer. But I meant well.”
squirrel500 over 13 years ago
Mom? I blew up the house. I meant well.
Red Neckerson over 13 years ago
this reminds me of growing up with my sadistic older brother he was 3 years ahead of me in school and when his bike got a flat he left it for me and took mine but he meant well
killacowinWA over 13 years ago
Before I went to college I was burning garbage and set the wooden fence between my family’s property and my neighbors’ property on fire. It was completely destroyed and had to be replaced. If the had had come up any more a field of wheat would have gone up. I meant well.
codedaddy over 13 years ago
Stop (whine, whine) mixing politics with the funnies.
mjb515 over 13 years ago
Rat has a unique definition of “good intentions”.
pocounohamster about 13 years ago
My son said something I could not hear about me..sounded negative..when I asked what he said, he replied “I meant well”