Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 30, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  over 3 years ago

    Certainty: One day you will be dead.

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    B UTTONS  over 3 years ago

    Certainty: Congress will raise taxes. Your home state will raise taxes and fees.

    Pig will regret that he would have but one life to give for his country as bacon. But the White House and congressional leaders would not have a second thought devouring the sacrifice.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    oh, thank you, Rat, for your help

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    BasilBruce  over 3 years ago

    Old joke:

    “Only a fool is absolutely positive.”

    “Are you sure?”

    “I’m absolutely positive!”

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    Concretionist  over 3 years ago

    The only certainty in life is that life is uncertain. And that you’ll die.

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    Leojim  over 3 years ago

    And so goes the philosophy of a rat.

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    rgcviper  over 3 years ago

    I’ll read Friday’s strip here later, but …

    Pastis appeared on Thursday’s Rabbits Against Magic strip here on GoComics.

    https://www.gocomics.com/rabbitsagainstmagic/2021/07/29?ct=v&cti=2065795

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    Stocky One  over 3 years ago

    You’re looking for Earl Grey. That’s a certain tea.

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 3 years ago

    “How much to step into an open manhole?”

    “Just the cover charge.”

    “…Well, drop in anytime.”

    “Sewer! Ay, at’sa good one, hey, boss?”

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    Doug K  over 3 years ago

    Advice from an Optimist to a Pessimist:

    Advise: “You should have a positive attitude.”

    Response: “I do have a positive attitude.”

    … “I’m positive everything will go wrong.”

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    [Unnamed Reader - 8bb645]  over 3 years ago

    The one constant is change

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I’m certain that Pastis will be making a pun within a week.

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    juicebruce  over 3 years ago

    Pig I am certain you will continue to take your Debbie Downer pills ;-)

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    Troglodyte  over 3 years ago

    Sure, Rat.

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    Chithing Premium Member over 3 years ago

    “I don’t want knowledge. I want certainty.” – David Bowie (from the album Earthling)

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    iggyman  over 3 years ago

    If it wasn’t for the Venetians, It would be curtains for all of us!

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    Ellis97  over 3 years ago

    Certainty: Rat only has four to five years to live and Pig only has 15-24.

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    Zebrastripes  over 3 years ago

    It’s either the high road or the low road….

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    Bucinka  over 3 years ago

    It’s why some of us have jobs. OCM.

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    StratmanRon  over 3 years ago

    Well played, Stephan. Well played.

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    KeithRoman  over 3 years ago

    “There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist – except an old optimist.” – Mark Twain

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    nosirrom  over 3 years ago

    Politicians and religious leaders have been sell “certainty” for ages. They’re GOATs. Grifters Of All Time.

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    Alexander the Good Enough  over 3 years ago

    You want certainty? There’s lots of religions that are peddling absolute certainty about that which is completely unknowable. Pig seems as though he’d be a likely victim. If some stranger, especially a pair of them, is knocking on his door, Pig had best better not open that door.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Rat seems pretty certain about that.

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    Gandalf  over 3 years ago

    Death and taxes…. two certainties…

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    Bookworm  over 3 years ago

    Optimism is seeking order out of chaos. Pessimism is seeking chaos out of order. Yin and Yang. The correct answer to the question “is the glass half full or half empty” is “Yes.”

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    Darque Hellmutt  over 3 years ago

    Nope. My body will cease to function, but I won’t be dead. Just sayin’.

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    Nate Wright (Mischief God)  over 3 years ago

    You’re getting me confused here Rat!

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    AZCoyote  over 3 years ago

    Death and taxes.

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    Goat from PBS  over 3 years ago

    One thing I am certain about: life’s unpredictability.

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    Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member over 3 years ago

    It’s really wonderful, Stephan. The timing is so good, my brain wants to let out a squeal as I try to come up with fitting praise.

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    rstove428 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Buddhism?

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    WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Kind of like: There are no absolutes?

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    Bilan  over 3 years ago

    Sorry Pig, you were put on this world to entertain us. If you did the same thing over and over, we would get bored. That much is certain.

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    Baucuva  over 3 years ago

    The only constant is change.

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    Brent Rosenthal Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Wait there’s more good news. 100% certainty you will die!

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    ars731  over 3 years ago

    “The only things in Life that is certain are Deaths and Taxes” Benjamin Franklin

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    gigagrouch  over 3 years ago

    Death & taxes

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 3 years ago

    This is like how the only thing permanent is impermanence; right, Rat?

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    Ron Bauerle  over 3 years ago

    Hope this turns out better than when Data created an offspring who later “died” of emotional overload or something…

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    Sisyphos  over 3 years ago

    Forget your world-famous physicist; this is the Cartoon-Boy Uncertainty Principle….

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    AndreasMartin  over 3 years ago

    ‘Nothing is certain but death and taxes.’ I hear you can build a life philosophy on that.

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    Ceeg22 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    He’s not certain, he said he’s not sure RME

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    DO_WHAT_DA_DOG_SEZ (NOT THE REAL ONE)  over 2 years ago

    100th comment!

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