Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 25, 2017

Goat, feel free to stand your ground.

I’m no prophet either, Goat, but I think I foresee that dish behind Rat’s back about to crash into your noggin.

Better be careful, Rat — Goat gave you what you deserved five years ago, and he might be ready to do it again.

For those who don’t remember:

http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2012/02/05

Rat: I find your lack of faith disturbing.

Goat just throw that hot tea in Rat’s face that should change his mind !

Many prophecies are after the fact. People interpret the gibberish to fit the facts.

Something tells me that Rat enjoys being a prophet.

A prophet would either be more precise, or more mysterious.

Better believe. Remember “Sein Kopf”.

You will believe, Goat! Rat the Prophet says so. And he is his own enforcer!

Prepare for the auto-da-fé!

Pastis shares a mistaken belief in common with many in thinking that prophets foretell the future. That is a soothsayer’s role. Fortunetellers are sometimes portrayed in ancient literature as witch-like individuals associated with the underworld’s evil intent. The Hebrew canon frowns on soothsaying, or personal attempts to ascertain future events.

On the other hand, prophets come bearing a message from the Creator, often interpreting present events in the context of divine will, and frequently describing the consequences for those who embrace that will, and those who oppose it.

But what does it prophet a rat, if he gains a strike, but loses his balls?

That’s because you caused it, Rat

Run, Goat! Runnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!

Rat is strictly non-prophet.

Are we seeing Pastis’ darker side played out in Rat?

Goat should offer Rat a profit, “I’ll pay for your drink if you don’t hurt me.”

Where did the bowling ball come from? Rat could make a fortune by creating bowling balls out of nothing and selling them.

If this was real life. Poor Pig would most likely be brain damaged.

xxx

Miss Cleo told me I’d have days like this.

It’s like he’s the next Nostradamus!

I guess this is not really the right space to praise Mr Pastis, but I just have to say that he’s brilliant, and every one of his daily strips is side-splittingly funny!

What, Goat, you’ve never heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy?

How did rat jump that high? especially with a bowling ball in his hand?

Wow, rat can apparently jump 3 times their body height.