Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 04, 2014

It’s ten Michelobs!

It could be a tumor

It’s not a tumor! It’s not a tumor!! (in best Arnie accent)

Orion

So…how did Rat become pregnant, again?

Gas

Lots and lots and lots of gas

It’s going to be a rough birth for all

Too many rising-crust mega-meat pizza’s with shrooms, extra cheese, sauce and onions.

its probably a huge tapeworm

A few days ago, Pastis said he wanted something to shake up the strip. This is just a break in the action while he considers what to do next. You could call it a pause … a pregnant pause.

it was pig’s fault, gave rat from his food, and now Rat has a Kidney stone

I haven’t changed my guess since last week. I’m still betting on “burrito”.

OH Stephan, you better not be stealing this from a Ren & Stimpy Adult Cartoon Party episode – this reminds me when Stimpy was very very constipated

it’s not a girl….it’s not a boy……it’s a STEPHAN

Beer Belly full of Jelly !

You got us into this mess, Cartoon-Boy! You’d better be clever enough to get us out, or some very big friends with baseball bats will be coming to visit you….

Beer belly, or as it is sometimes called in Canada, a Labatt’s tumor.

We are waiting for the good news. Rat…

As the tired saga continues to the point of disgusting.

As I try to remind my students when we’re learning a little zoology — only humans can be ‘boys’ or ‘girls’. Other living organisms are ‘male’ or ‘female’ (those that have that distinction…)

So maybe Rat is having Rats…(or perhaps rat/pig hybrids)

Goat’s the only character in strip, with any common sense

Gas.

I feel a really, REALLY elaborate pun coming …

as they used to say, “your bondup”, time for some castor oil.

Iratculate conception??

It’s a Chaz.

I’ll bet it’s a huge, stinking, steaming, disgusting, brings tears to your eyes, makes you want to bite your tail, screaming pun that he’ll drop once Pastis runs out of ideas to milk this series.

It’s a concentrated ball of skepticism.

Rat was impregnated by magical fairies. So, he’s giving birth to a…unicorn!

THE most confused character in this strip is the one in the middle of the last panel!!

It’s food!Or maybe,if it’s not a boy OR girl,its Spongebob Squarepants!

" I’m SO CONFUSED " *

It’s a rat or a beer belly!

will neuter rat be a permanent character?

Should not be the Pig having a baby? Or Pigitta? Just think about it, Rat gives a birth to little rat. And people hate rats, small and big ones. But people DO love piglets. Piglets and cheese.

I vote beer belly.

Must be something he ate. Ratatouille no doubt.

A tumor or a beer gut?

He’s going to name it after the father — Domino’s.

Uhhhh….?

xxx

beer belly

Isn’t obvious? Haven’t you heard? Gender assignment is oppressive. The baby should be able to choose for itself.

Like Cliff Huxtable, Rat will give birth to a twelve-foot party sub and a bottle of orange soda.

UM…

@Nabuquduriuzhur

Well, they did meet some beer can aliens a couple months ago, so…

It’s a cartoonist!

I don’t really want to know what it is…

@claire de la lune.

That might be it. After all, Pastis mentions that cartoonists constitute their own gender…

I guess then it is either a Goy or a Birl…

Plot twist: He’s not pregnant, he’s fat.