Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 30, 2013
Transcript:
Goat: Where you off to, Pig? Pig: Me and Zebra are going to see a herd of cattle that used to belong to the character 'Hoss' on 'Bonanza'. Goat: What for? Pig: They're super smart. Every member of the herd is a real whiz at doing tricks, communicating, all sorts of stuff. Goat: And they just perform for anyone? Pig: No. You have to bring one deer that the whole herd can eat first. Goat: That's odd. I didn't think cattle normally ate meat. Zebra: Me either. That's why I want to go. Rat: Where you going? Pig: We're off to see the whiz herd. The one-deer-full whiz herd of Hoss. Rat: Ding dong the cartoonist is dead.
Bilan almost 11 years ago
He should’ve run, not melted.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
How long did it take him to come up with this one?
Sherlock Watson almost 11 years ago
What a world.
Moishe3rd almost 11 years ago
Way too long….
Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
In reply to Rat, which cartoonist? Rat’s reply: the wicked cartoonist!
legaleagle48 almost 11 years ago
Now, this is right up there with “Dunk rye for me, Arch and Tina!” (Besides, we were warned yesterday that today would be Pun-day!). :-)
thegrift almost 11 years ago
Sooo beautiful.
zero almost 11 years ago
…and your little dog too!
blunebottle almost 11 years ago
Hooray! The wicked [cartoonist] is dead!
blunebottle almost 11 years ago
[….but he’ll be back again tomorrow.]
firedome almost 11 years ago
BLESS YOU MISTER PASTIS!!!
orinoco womble almost 11 years ago
Thanks. Now nothing worse can happen to me all day.
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
Highly contrived, but moderately amusing.Who knew that Rat would be cast as the hero who saves us from the wicked Cartoon-Boy?!
michaelyukyuk almost 11 years ago
Groan…like a Zombie, he’ll be back.
juicebruce almost 11 years ago
Was hoping for Crocs, but this will do. Mr Pastis do you drink red or white wine before doing the strip ?
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago
A Toto shame,,, the poor guy is one yellow brick short of a road.
sottwell almost 11 years ago
Isaac Aasimov wrote a bunch of short stories that ended with punny punch lines, like “A niche in time saves Stein” and “Poly-water duty all the day”.
rawcats almost 11 years ago
LOL Off to the punitentiary with you again!
guitarmutt almost 11 years ago
Oh Deer! Really!
Nighthawk700 almost 11 years ago
I knew a pun was coming, but it still made me groan… Ugh!!!!
eddie6192 almost 11 years ago
Have no fear……Toon Boy is like a bad penny.
loubarra almost 11 years ago
Clever.
Frederick Shepard Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Rat is right. The artist is brain dead
austinguy7 almost 11 years ago
boring
singlefemalelaywer almost 11 years ago
Just dang…………..
cmcmail almost 11 years ago
Whale oil, beef hooked!
celeconecca almost 11 years ago
no. no. and yet I read it to the end..
John Falstaff almost 11 years ago
pastiso delenda est
Arty8846 almost 11 years ago
groan……….
mari1313 almost 11 years ago
ya
Logical Duck almost 11 years ago
“Where can you weigh a pie?”“I don’t know. Where can you weigh a pie?”“Somewhere over the rainbow.”“Somewhere over the rainbow?”“Yes. Weigh a pie!”
peytie Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Today’s really made me laugh. I love that kind of humor!
Herb Thiel Premium Member almost 11 years ago
That was a pretty extreme stretch but I laughed out loud anyway.
mkahn almost 11 years ago
singlefemalelaywer almost 11 years ago
So you went there, Paris ?
veranna almost 11 years ago
I’m gonna sing that song in church today- ding dong….
iluvgoaners almost 11 years ago
as ray bolger once said…..that was the last straw….
bahramthered almost 11 years ago
I guess Rat is insane. I mean isn’t doing the same thing over and over and expecting a differnt result insanity? He keeps killing cartoon boy, but he just keeps coming back.
dutchs almost 11 years ago
You realize that complaining just eggs him on?
puddlesplatt almost 11 years ago
In a rit of fealous jage…I like
higley2 almost 11 years ago
One of the all time best!!
Lucid Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Anyone not think Pig’s hat is funny?
johndifool almost 11 years ago
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, then…
A_NY_Outlaw almost 11 years ago
you had to see that coming!
sarah413 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
As was said by Al Czervik in Caddyshack, “Now I know why tigers eat their young!”
Peggy Kroeker almost 11 years ago
Ding dong indeed.
ChessPirate almost 11 years ago
All his beautiful wickedness…
finale almost 11 years ago
What…no flying monkeys?
Aceofrpm almost 11 years ago
OMG
Linda Pearson almost 11 years ago
At least I laughed and did not groan!
MrsSnape almost 11 years ago
Freakin’ hilarious!
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Anyone who goes to that much trouble to set up a pun deserves my applause.
jaywilsonwork almost 11 years ago
Dude….that was awesome!
Perkycat almost 11 years ago
Where’s the ruby slippers? I’m sure he was wearing ruby slippers.
Tucker442 almost 11 years ago
You have to pay deerly.
dangerj03 almost 11 years ago
Dorthy : I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.rat dressed up as Toto: we’re in the land of bad puns and teribble drawings
jbmlaw01 almost 11 years ago
bravo
cool_alien_empire almost 11 years ago
sadly, I always seem to laugh out loud, regardless of how terrible these puns are…
dragonologist almost 11 years ago
Your either born liking puns or not, just remember, all you haters, it’s a birth defect, not a mirth defect.
KDMBBF almost 11 years ago
The Dalai Lama went to Peru on a visit, and was given a llama. He decided to have a toy produced (…a Dalai Lama llama dolly…) to sell as a fund-raiser. The marketing people thought it might sell better if they changed it every day, and kept the price low. Thus was the evolution of the “Daily Dollar Dalai Lama Llama Dolly”. Top that, Steve!
Darth Stevious almost 11 years ago
I can usually guess where these long puns are going but he got me this time!
Michael Ritter almost 11 years ago
Contrived? A great strip – Stephan has ascended to a new low.
Number Three almost 11 years ago
R.I.P Ding Dong…LOL… Excellent strip.xxx
madwycliffe almost 11 years ago
This isn’t merely bad; it’s really, most sincerely bad.
Srover almost 11 years ago
I love when I don’t see it coming.
Reality Chex Premium Member almost 11 years ago
This is a great strip that includes all four original characters in the fifth panel. It’s a keeper!
oldschool434 almost 11 years ago
You keep you law license current?
gerrys. almost 11 years ago
I love, love, love the clever play on words on this strip! Keep it up, please, Steve.
Bandera_Ken almost 11 years ago
Good one.
John W. Vinson Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Well, maybe not dead.
Maybe just all wet.
vldazzle almost 11 years ago
@Eagle, I missed the warning (guess I read too many different ‘toons) and I almost had to read aloud before I GOT it ;-P At least it is worth a giggle, unlike today’s CD made me drag out my memory cards of Cuddles (and it is 5 years since she passed).
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
Sing it high, sing it low … rotfl!
Thehag almost 11 years ago
I love these.
Richard V Anderson almost 11 years ago
What a day at the comics! First, a brilliant “Over the Hedge”, followed by this. Life is good.
missjunebug almost 11 years ago
Loved it !!! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
paullp Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Reading a comic like this is like savoring a fine wine. It demands slow and careful reading from the first panel. A herd of cattle that used to belong to Hoss? This absurd line immediately lets us know that we’re being set up for a major pun. And while there’s almost no chance of figuring out the gag before the last panel, anticipation is itself a pleasure. So I read each panel slowly and carefully, making sure not to miss anything. And the (pun)ch line was well worth waiting for. Great job!
brucevbracken almost 11 years ago
Now we know why Pastis never shaves.
crenshawdk almost 11 years ago
How do you come up with this stuff. Hilarious
TTL almost 11 years ago
Thank you rat! Long overdue!!!!
Ambydextrous almost 11 years ago
101 comments for what some people call a lame-pun comic strip! Pastis I’m impressed, you should be proud.
zianrocks2468 almost 11 years ago
Oh the memories of “The Wizard of Oz” is ruined!!! I can’t help but put; Gruad Duck: Dorthy, the Cat: Toto (he’s gonna kill me for say that right?)Pig: Scarecrow, Rat: Tin Can, Goat: LionLarry: Witch of the WestBob: Witch of the EastZebra: Witch of the NorthOther Crocs: Flying monkeysRandom people: Random People.Oh the memories of “The Wizard of Oz” is ruined!!!
VAWhetsel almost 11 years ago
Genius! Thanks again, Mr. Pastis.
kamb8 over 10 years ago
Zebra should have said “neither” not “either”
eloeswick over 10 years ago
How does he come up with this stuff??? Most of the time I don’t see it coming. Which of course, is half the fun. He has a pun and he’s not afraid to use it. First time Stephen’s heard that today.
glowing-steak32 about 7 years ago
A house would’ve been funnier.
apples about 3 years ago
I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD A PUN! YAAY