Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 19, 2021

“You can be as boring, sad, and miserable as you want. Just stop doing it around me.”

Rat, you have the life that you deserve.

Being yourself is overrated.

What would that intelligent donkey on the mount say about this?

Rat’s song: “It ain’t me, babe…”

profundity must be on sale at the Pun Store this week…another winner Mr P!

That means I can do what I please with other people, and if they aren’t happy that’s THEIR responsibility!

I’ve never liked the kind of sentiment Goat expresses here. “I’m slowly being drawn and quartered, so it’s about time I become responsible for my happiness.”

you rodent believe me anyway___

Elvis Aaron Presley

Plan your work …. and work your plan . With Goat on this one .

“Life is what you make it” as the old song says!

happiness is a thing called moolah and heaps of it.

Step one: turn off the TV and the computer. Step two: put phone in away. Ah, that’s better. Look, sky and clouds. Lovely.

Money may not buy happiness, but it alleviates a lot of misery. Then too, whoever said that money can’t buy happiness, doesn’t know where to shop. ;-)

RAT is the bitter root!

“Hell is other people” — so said some French guy…

You can never convince Rat anything. Besides, it’s not his fault he’s always unhappy. It’s the writers!

I think it was Bob Ross. Now run along and always remember, there are no mistakes, just happy accidents. And add a happy little tree to the canvas of your life because there’s nothing wrong with having a tree for a friend unless you try to take it to the prom.

I actually agree with Goat, more often than not. If one is being chastised for something, perhaps to re-evaluate the action and maybe not repeat it (at least not in the same company) would lead to easier happiness. Needless to say tho, happiness is an individual thing.

If happiness is my responsibility, why did they tell me to quit shooting at people?

If I promise to take responsibility for my own UN-happiness, will that make the Susie Sunshine in the next cubicle shut the F up?

You is right, Rat. Now we knows why there’s so much unhappiness on the earth. Idiots. Them idiots is everywhere.

Have a beer, Rat.

Again, Rat proves egotists believe the world is against them and also owes them. Isn’t that right, former President Trump.

Even when I think I make progress, Rat reminds me I’m back at square one. Why do I try?

i have nothing to say to you rat

If Rat wants to see THE biggest idiot in his life, all he has to do is look into a mirror!

Don’t worry, Congress will soon fix that problem – Comrade Rat.

“The Meat Head,” would be my guess.

What happened to that Portugal/Spain trip that goat was planning on

It’s true. Happiness is a choice you make. Remember that no matter how bad things get, there’s always someone who is worse off. Be happy you are not them.

“If you just try long enough and hard enough,you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior”.

A.J. LIEBLING

Rat’s the real idiot.

The world is your oyster, how you shuck is your problem!

Just living in the idiocracy! Hang in there, Rat. You’re among friends….