Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 14, 2015

Insight from Larry?

Somebody check the air temperature in hell!

And the croc’s in the cradle…

At least he is not asking for money yet.

When a croc shows more wisdom than you do, you need serious help.

how wise from a croc to give parenting tips

How Larry talk so gud, about lif?

Everybody really knows what Larry .enunciates (I laugh as I enter that word!), so how is it so many people don’t spend more time with their kids? Even if time is tight, there’s always a way, and it’s crucial.

Pastis is missing his son again.

My mother wanted to spend ALL her time with me and I felt smothered. I wanted her to go and play with her friends, but no, she wanted me to feel loved.I felt owned, and manacled.

My grandson went off to university this year, and he happily answers texts and even calls grandma and myself, as well as his parents.

There is a time when kids want, and need, to be with their parents. There is also a time when they want, and need, to break away from their parents and establish an independent identity for themselves. They’re going to need that as adults. I’m not saying it’s easy, but that is when parents need to know when to be present, when to be absent, and when to be available if called upon.

Larry we did not know you had it in you :-)

Good grief! Larry Croc, the wise counselor! I feel faint….Yap yap yap (incoherent, too) yap!

Cats in the Cradle.

Just when I’m about to give up on Pastis because of his abominable puns, he comes out with a sensitive, wise strip…

You mean dreams can come true?

Aww…poor Larry.:(

the wisest words I’ve ever heard from Larry

What a Croc!

Excellent. Well-done!

I came to make the “Croc’s in the Cradle” joke, but @partyalldatyme beat me to it. :)

This leaves me feeling sympathetic for Larry’s grief at his son’s distant behavior; Too bad he wasn’t warmer and more respectful to him when he was younger.

Strips like this remind me why I love Pearls. They make you laugh, cry and think.

My 7 year old wanted cuddles when I was neck-deep in work and I kept telling him to wait. Then I was reminded by what my mom said about kids; get all those cuddles while you can because the minute they become teens you’ll never get cuddles again.

So now, I try to make time for him when he just wants to sit on my lap to hug and chat.

Yep. Nobody ever wrote on his epitaph: Wish I would’ve spent more time in the office and less time with my family.

Legit pearls of wisdom from Larry.

Larry’s heartbroken…

Maybe he will be lucky and get a second chance by being a grandpa. I enjoy it most of the time.

Thank you, Mr. Pastis. “Little boy blue and the man on the moon” and you even drew him in a blue shirt. Perfect.

And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon.

good job everybody. next assignment, delve into the rest of harry chapin’s songs. it will add much to your lives, i promise

Larry speaks from experience. I wonder how Junior is doing?xxx

I’ve never felt so sad for an idiot crocodile before.

I dunno, folks — seems to me that if all that kid knows how to say is “yap yap yap”, there must be something seriously wrong with him.

What a croc. Jus one lonely laff after another.

Jim Croce – “Cat’s in the Cradle”

It’ll be interesting to see Stephan’s comments on this strip in the treasury edition.

When did Pastis get all sentimentalish? Comics aren’t supposed to give the feels.

In every person’s life there will come a time when their parents put them down and never picked them up again.

Larry is a wise man

Wow, Larry’s actually getting a little depth now

No Crocese!

Larry ees be smart now.