Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 30, 2017

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 7 years ago

    I guess she wants company.

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    (Larry from yesterday’s strip is a more likable character. He actually loves his kid.)

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    Bilan  almost 7 years ago

    Kids are company. Ergo, not only does misery love company, but company is misery.

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    Sherlock Watson  almost 7 years ago

    “You should also be ‘aggressive’ with women, because it will do wonders for your reputation and your career.”

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    Walrus Gumbo Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    We’re destroying the planet and yet we keep making babies. Have we all forgotten a basic rule of etiquette, that before we invite guests, we clean house?

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    Alexander the Good Enough  almost 7 years ago

    Yup. I really like children, but only if they’re well cooked. I figure the best thing I ever did for my kids was to not have them. Consequently, I’m having a very peaceful, relaxing and well-funded retirement.

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    Plumbob Wilson  almost 7 years ago

    No. “…as miserable as I”. Shorted from “as I am”. You wouldn’t say, “as me am”. Unless, of course, you were shortening it from, “as me is”. Then it’s acceptable grammar.

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    DiminishedFirst  almost 7 years ago

    I think you mean “The Gays.” At least they won’t be making any new babies.

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    F-Flash  almost 7 years ago

    You’re not ready for children if you’re asking some stranger at a bar or diner if you should have them. After a few drinks, before you become invisible, wisdom will overflow from the excess amount of alcohol in your bloodstream.

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    Masterskrain  almost 7 years ago

    “Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your kids!”

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    gigagrouch  almost 7 years ago

    i’ve never fully trusted people who don’t like children.

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    tripwire45  almost 7 years ago

    Grandchildren are better. ;-)

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    aerotica69  almost 7 years ago

    Over the years, many of my friends told me I was missing out by not having a passel of rugrats. I suspected from the very beginning that they were lying out of spite.

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    Andrew Sleeth  almost 7 years ago

    Before one moves beyond the “thinking” stage, they ought to consider there’s a huge assumption behind their wish of “having.”

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    colddonkey  almost 7 years ago

    With kids they’re your responsibility for long term. Not like the knuckleheads that get a dog then dog it 6 months later.

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    Bruce1253  almost 7 years ago

    I agree with Tripwire45,Grandkids are the best!! My job is to fill them full of chocolate, buy the noisiest toys I can find, then hand them back!

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    Packratjohn Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    If I had known grandchildren were so great, I would have had them first.

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    A Pearls where Rat had no caption, and had NOTHING to do with him. How rare…..

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    Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    People that are not up to the challenge of raising a family.. should not have them.. encourage abortion or sponsor the pregnancy and subsequent adoption. Many.. of our current social problems are due to unwanted and resented pregnancies.

    Today’s culture is all about #1.. and many times that does not involve the consequences or obligations.. of having children.

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    Machtyn  almost 7 years ago

    But without kids, you can’t have grandchildren!

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    Daeder  almost 7 years ago

    Over 7 BILLION people on the planet, but sure, go right ahead. I’m sure the next person will be more responsible than you.

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    Sisyphos  almost 7 years ago

    Men who wear green tees and take advice from strange women in bars deserve what they get, or beget!

    I’m in the Kids Only at a Distance, and “all kids should not be born until 7 years old” camps….

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    BWR  almost 7 years ago

    I never had kids. Not for environmental reasons, but because I just wouldn’t want to chance the poor little buggers looking like me.

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    Nuliajuk  almost 7 years ago

    Here’s where we take the time to realize how important contraception is and why people shouldn’t have to fight tooth and nail to access reliable and REASONABLY PRICED birth control methods.

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    ND Cool Z  almost 6 years ago

    From joy to misery!

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