Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 18, 2021

Wise Ass is out of control.

In the 1970 film Gas-s-s, some people follow painted signs to find the Oracle, which promises to give the answer to all problems. When they finally find it, it’s just a big rock with the painted message, “There is no answer, but keep looking.”

Well, I never knew the ass ever went anywhere but sitting on the top of the hill…

There goes my last hope!

the donkey sure can’t catch a break with all those life questions being asked upon him

I’m glad I don’t seek the advice of any wise ass on any hill or anywhere else, for that matter. I am doing fine simply by knowing the difference between opinion and news.

This strip may have to come off my Following list if it doesn’t improve soon.

Feels that way sometimes…

The “Wise Ass on the Hill” is totally correct again.

Panel 3 somehow defies physics.

Technically, “The world’s in an awful mess! We’re screwed! Screwed! Screwed!” is an answer.

Wise Ass needs to get off the hill, go to a local pub and force back 2 pints of Hazy IPA!

He may not have the answers but he will feel a lot better!

The beginning of True Wisdom: admitting we only Think we Know.

Come back later (maybe tomorrow).

He could just be “having one of those days”.

In other words, Go Away Kid Ya Bother Me !

Calm wisdom is getting harder to find.

Wise Ass knows all, except combination to safe.

Bad Hair day for Wise Ass . Pig did not get to finish his question :-(

It was only a matter of time.

Nevermind Pig, there are still pizza and cheese…

It kind of looks like to me that good old wise ass is sitting on a huge pile of you know what (say what), maybe not so wise after all. Ok that’s it I’m dung. Whoops.

Finally. A honest answer.

Things are rough all over, Pig!

Stick a fork in it, we’re done.

Everything Okay Steph??

I think he was the inspiration for Danny Donkey.

The Bible is about Good News!

Got to wondering, does the Wise Ass get take-out? Does Dominoes deliver to The Hill? Maybe fast food is messing with his brain.

Not that I totally disagree with him but it looks like Wise Ass is sitting on a pile of… well.. a pile.

Is he ok?

Existence is chaos.

He’s not wrong

Wise ass is being a smart ass…poor Pig, didn’t even get to ask him anything….Dumb ass!

No answers, and apparently no more patience.

Again with the “POP” (pile of poop) !

Poor Pig, this makes me want to take him home, and wrap him in a soft blanket.

But…if he is a wise a**; then that means he is being sarcastic or merely uttering a calumny, right?

The wise ass must have seen the Biden, Putin summit meeting in Geneva.

Buddhism’s little- referenced Fifth Noble Truth.

It’s 125 degrees where the Wise Guy lives, he would like you to stop polluting the world with CO2.

Am I the only one that hears Lewis Blacks voice as the Wise Ass?

He is a newly graduated wise ass that just discovered that everything he was taught is out of date, doesn’t work, and he still has to pay school loans.

Pretty much California’s response to closing our facility.

I suspect that hill he’s sitting on is really an ever-growing pile of his own dung.

needs a hug.

Yes, but he is wise. He chose to cut himself off from the rest of the world, and therefore from all the bull in our society.

Do the eyes in the Wise Ass’ head see the world spinning ’round?

I’m starting to think someone should check on Pastis to make sure he’s okay…

Boy, that could have been written yesterday! Uh, wait a min…… !

Good-bye, Pastis. You used to be funny. I won’t be ‘following’ you any more. This is not a reaction to today’s strip; it’s no longer seeing the creativity that used to be here.

Wrong hill. That’s the Witty Ass.

You get what you ass-k for!

Amen to that brother……

wise ass is being an ass….

The world is in a mess. Personal/corporate interests and greed are and will continue to prevent effective solutions.

Thank you for your honesty, Wise Ass. Never trust someone who claims to have all the answers.

An oracle who tells the truth in an easily understandable manner. We need more of those.

Yepper…

The Wise Ass on the hill sees the sun going down, and the eyes in head see the world turning ’round…

Not a good sign.

I already knew that!

Heed the Wisdom of the Wise Ass: we’re screwed!

(No need to climb a hill for that; it’s clear enough to start with….)

Maybe he can visit Marjory the Talking Trash Heap instead.

sunny & nice here