Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 10, 2018

Send her a sympathy card. Just make sure it doesn’t have a clown on it.

And Neighbor Nancy just gave Rat the middle finger. Courtesy of the NC 17 Emoji Club.

Two thumbs down—way down, say Siskel and Ebert, from the Other Side.

I’m guessing this particular Neighbor Nancy must be extremely hot cause Rat’s the kind who would cheer for someone’s death unless doing so would ruin his chances of a date with a hot woman.

Nancy just became even more emojional, thanks to Rat.

I hope Rat has really good phone insurance? Like there is such a thing.

Is this like getting the chocolate emoji and poop emoji mixed up?

Fortunately, Rat didn’t send her the smiley-face emoji.

What passes as the personal touch from neighbor Nancy in this day and age.

The modern world is so advanced that we’ve gone back to hieroglyphics.

Another reason I’m SO GLAD I have a “Dumb Phone” that MAKES CALLS, and not much else.

Wait — Rat was trying to be nice?

Smash the phone all you want, but the message has been sent.

Reminds me of a supposedly true incident(incidents?) where, in response to a message about a family tragedy, a woman sent “LOL”, thinking it meant “Lots of Love”…

Reminds me of my wife and computers. She is not tech-savvy, and freaks out when the computer does something unexpected. I try to tell her that she must have hit something to make the computer do that, but she is convinced that the machine just does not like her.

Shoulda sent her the smiling poo.

I put my phone into airplane mode and threw it across the room but the darn thing wouldn’t fly!

Neighbor Nancy texted Rat, so he’s texting her back. Next he’ll text her legs, then her neck, then her stomach, then…

She’s Neighbor Nancy, Rat! Just go over to her house and offer your condolences in person, like a good neighbor!

Oh. My mistake. This is Rat….

Rat , better move in a new house , veeeeeery far from there

Nancy will finally see he’s a jerk