Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 08, 2024

They’re just Pez® without the dispenser.

To RAT: “yeah, best to land in the ER for an overdose of happy pills, with the ER doctors CONVINCED you were attempting suicide!!!!” Dan aka…

Did rat read the side effects? A week from now, rat will weight 300 pounds.

Sing-along time: “Happy happy joy joy, happy happy joy joy . . .”

Never did a happy pill, I’m happy with my happy MJ

One should never leave those just lying around.

I guess those happy pills are just like Lay’s potato chips, can’t have just one. At least those of us out there with addictive personalities such as rat would likely push the envelope…..

And if the pills don’t work then it is because you didn’t believe in them…

A rat overdosed with happiness is a rat to fear.

Time for the stomach pump!

“And she goes running for the shelter, of her ’Mother’s little helper’ "

You’ll remain a happy greedy thief.

Luckily for Rat they were homeopathic. He’ll be fine unless someone shakes him vigorously. You don’t want to undergo succussion when you’re full of sugar pills.

we call it MDMA.

I was on anti-depressants once. One outside, I was “wired” happy with a smile on my face; on the inside, I was crying. THAT’s what it’s like being on happy pills.

The two songs that come to mind are White Rabbit and Mother’s Little Helper, I’m sure there are many others

Dr. Dobetter?? I thought that that was the pill of Dr Heisenberg… :D

Rat actually tried to get out of a sour mood? That’s a first.

Oh you took a chance.

They finally put pizza in pill form?

Pills? I thought Rat drank several bottles of happy juice every morning.

And so, overdose is kill Rat. From next episode onwards Croc is get his main role in this show.

Rat, swallowing all those happy pills are probably gonna kill you.

Pervitin. Also useful when skiing away from Soviet forces in occupied Finland.

Just a couple of those happy pills would put Rat on Alpha Centauri. A whole bottle, and he’ll be in another galaxy, at another time.

That seems like a huge risk, actually.

I’ll take my happy pills in a bottle, dissolved in the beer.

If one pill makes you larger, 50 pills must make you a behemoth

That third panel looks like it could become a meme template.

This might count as taunting happy fun ball…

More is NOT always better. Rat must have a death wish.

Dopey Joe the Animated Corpse said his Smart Pills look, smell and taste like rabbit dropping proving he’s getting smarter already ergo he keeps taking them.

Did I not just say something yesterday about toxic positivity? Looks like it’s gonna be a more literal phrase than usual soon if Rat doesn’t get his stomach pumped.

A cannabis edible every day

Reminds me of a (very) old Katzenjammer Kids comic, where one character is taking a diet drink and decides he can lose all the weight at once if he drinks what amounts to several cases of it.

The label says rodenticide.

Sure, overdose on prescription drugs! That’s really funny and great for kids!

Now I will be waiting for a happy Rat.

Originally known as “Mommy’s Little Helper”.

NO. just…. NO.

Rat, the guiding principle of your life has always been “I grouse, therefore I am.” You can’t afford to be happy; you’ll lose your identity.

He’ll be happy all right, but the withdrawal symptoms will make him wish he were dead…

Those pills have no effect on Rat.

One pill; one pizza! Don’t know which one is neata!!

This product has disturbing implications.

My one-a-day is a vitamin.

How about “If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands …”

Rat wants to commit suicide

Mmmm, I love my THC Gummies.

Doctor Robert Dobetter?

So much for tomorrow being a happy day…

Just call ‘Doctor Robert’.

And his heart explodes with happiness. The End.

Better living through chemistry.

Ahhh, yes. The “Marilyn Monroe Approach”…

Bon Voyage. Hope that you have a great trip and come back alive…..

I don’t think you can purchase them in every state.

The DEA just arrested Rat for possession of happiness.

probably die with a smile on his face

M&M’s?

Use only as directed.

Must be taking Zooloft.

I expected to see the Comic Strip Censor in the final frame.

I tried some from Dr. Feelgood. Not the answer.

♬ Doctor Everything’ll be alright, will make everything go wrong.