Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 20, 2025

That philosophy was on T-shirts in the 1970s.

Plato is mortified.

Speaking of books, NEWS: Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites >

The book of love is long and boring

“Go where you wanna go, Do what you wanna do, With whoever you wanna do it to” The Mammas and the Pappas!

Another good one-liner to summarize philosophy is: “This too shall pass.”

We’ve got a political situation here in the US that reminds me of that quite a bit. Power turns an ugly person even more ugly doesn’t it…

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law” – Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)

Al Capp’s Mammy Yokum said it best. “Good is better than evil because it’s nicer.”

As a life philosophy, way too many holes can be poked into it. As an aside, please bring back the crocs. Much needed comic relief in these trying times.

Sounds like Rat’s been reading my philosophy except l draw six beers.

Six is my lucky number.

Do what you will, if you harm none.

Penitentiaries seem to be full of people who have followed that little nugget of wisdom.

I take it Rar saw the episode of the Simpsons “Bart’s Inner Child.”

And remember the civilizing corollary, “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time”, because choices have consequences.

Worked for Jeffrey Epstein. Well… until it didn’t.

That should make the world a better place …not!

Happy First Day of Spring.

Originally a quote by Jerry Rueben (I think). One of the Chicago 7 for sure.

“If it makes you happy, It can’t be that bad”

That’s… a really bad philosophy. I wonder where he got that idea from.

I think I heard that back in the 60’s. Yes, we did.

Rats book will be on the best sellers list. N. O. T. !

Rat’s philosophy is to verbally abuse people for the fun of it.

There are limits, though, to what you can do even if it feels good.

The 60’s slogan. He discovered the past.

I have on my desk a bumper sticker by Jerry Greenfield that I picked up at a Ben&Jerry’s annual meeting long, long ago. “If It’s Not Fun Why Do It?”

I wanted to give this cartoon a thumbs up just because it’s a good cartoon but the message seems a little off (in real life). What if no one “feel good” about building a road, picking up the garbage or maintaining the sewer?

Rat is of the philosophical school that believes in keeping things simple.

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law”

Aleistair Crowley.

Also Crowley, “I don’t understand.” (his last words.)

You could always add another philosophical thought from the 60’s, to your life philosophy, Rat with “If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” Or maybe that could be Volume II….

Promoting alcohol? Always hilarious and not harmful in any way, especially for kids!

Well, it meets the KISS principle …

If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.

This is a terrible philosophy, what if it feels good to take out your anger and aggression on your spouse and kids and anyone else? What if sensually abusing people feels good? Horrible!

It’s not funny, it’s sad, but it certainly seems to sum up a lot of people’s philosophy.

How the heck did RAT get a copy of my older brother’s, the PHD, journal for his UNDERGRADUATE “philosophy 101(one hundred one)” class?! Dan aka…ps pretty darn brilliant, man!!!!!!!

‘While my ancestors were writing philosophy, your ancestors were swinging from trees.’

Wasn’t there an entire Simpsons episode on why that isn’t a good idea.

Aah, the joys at U.W. Madison in the early 60s. And we can’t forget Woodstock.

Do as thou wilt.

“If it feels good, do it.”

I think I would add “and doesn’t hurt anybody excepting maybe me.”

…and If it’s free, it feels good!

“If it feels good, do it.”

Depends on what it is.

Speaking of beer reminded me of this blast from the past:

Many years ago an enthusiastic young teacher, fresh out of college, wanted to provide his HS civics class with a real-world lesson in “how a bill becomes law”. Knowing that Wisconsin did not, at the time, have a state beverage, he got them to write their legislators to have them introduce a bill give that designation to milk. And he arranged for the whole class to take a field trip to the State Capitol to attend and testify at the committee hearing on it. This is where they really learned about real-world politics, because also testifying at that hearing were representatives of the brewing industry and Tavern League, who said that, if anything was going to be named the Wisconsin state beverage, it had better be beer.

As it finally played out, milk did eventually (in 1987) get named the state beverage, but the state’s recreational beverage (so designated in 2023) is the brandy old fashioned. Beer just can’t get no respect nohow.

and a coffee…

beer! thanks for reminding me!

Now I want some sexx

I think Aleister Crowley beat him to it.

Well, Rat isn’t wrong on that advice.

C’mon, dude … how about some info that’s a little more specific?