Transcript:
Pig: I'll see you later, Rat. I have to fly with these miners to their mining convention. Rat: Why do you have to do that? Pig: Airline rules. Rat: What airline rules? Pig: No unaccompanied miners. Rat: Do you really make a living from this?
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
This is really miner humor.
Ida No over 9 years ago
Black humor.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Apparently, Rat, he does. What else would he do for a living under entertainment?
noahproblem over 9 years ago
Luckily there wasn’t a canary in this coal mine of a strip – knowing this strip’s past it would probably die…
Boots at the Boar Premium Member over 9 years ago
“Yes, but it ain’t much of a living.”
wiselad over 9 years ago
make sure not to tell Pig that all runners have to reach the “Finish line” and he hears “Finnish line” and takes all runners to the Finland border
Bilan over 9 years ago
I hope they’re not going to Sea World also. Then he could be arrested for taking miners across state lines for a moray purpose.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Fly now, pay Cartoon-Boy what he’s owed, later.Maybe a lump of coal up his nose….
dadoctah over 9 years ago
I once wrote a story in which a bunch of people were engaged in digging ore out of a plains region where insects were busy making honey. The guys in the hard hats were bee-flat minors.
alviebird over 9 years ago
What do you get when you drop a piano down a mineshaft?
A♭m
jerylkohjx348 over 9 years ago
Yet another wasted pun…
doublepaw over 9 years ago
They must be out of their mine.
ShadowBeast Premium Member over 9 years ago
I can see this strip getting a cartoon on FOX.
TheWildSow over 9 years ago
As a side job, they’re trying to find a way to make dolphins live forever.So Pig is transporting miners for immortal porpoises.
SkyFisher over 9 years ago
Alexander: "They’re miners not minors !Guy: “…You lost me.”
nosirrom over 9 years ago
Are they coal miners or metal miners. Either way they either have black lung disease or silicosis and need medical assistance.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
Ha Ha!
tuggrover over 9 years ago
LOL!
Ermine Notyours over 9 years ago
Pure comedy “gold.”
unca jim over 9 years ago
I forget the artist, but this goes back to a ’50’s Playboy ‘toon that showed a few miners in front of a bar/restaurant that showed a sign “No Minors Allowed”.. The leader of the bunch says; "That DOES it, we’re going on strike!"
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
D’oh! I should have figured out that pun ahead of time. But all the commenters have put me in a better humor. (Just down a little because they’ve mined all the possibilities.)
phlash over 9 years ago
Not as bad as the guy who decided to test his ‘Fountain of Youth’ potion on sea mammals but needed a specific ingredient that could only be found in the abandoned mines of W.Va. He found a guy who could excavate it, but while taking him there, was arrested for….
Transporting a miner across state lines for immortal porpoises.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member over 9 years ago
So did you hear that one of those passengers was decorated war hero? He was an Army Captain but got promoted. However, it also turns out that he lied about his age and was only 17. This made him Minor Major Miner.
Macherasinlaws over 9 years ago
Stephan is now thinking of flying alligators each with one personal item and one carrion.
JP Steve Premium Member over 9 years ago
What are you getting so upset about, Rat? Pig only made a miner mistake!
ButtonsARabbit over 9 years ago
The airlines may change their rules when pigs fly
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
So the little girl began singing a cappella on the plane, and her parents got into trouble because she’d become an . . . :-P
marshalljpeters Premium Member over 9 years ago
It might be the rules of that particular airline.
Snoopy_Fan over 9 years ago
Wow! Miners must have a bad reputation. Here, we have malls that also insist on no unaccompanied miners…
cdgar over 9 years ago
Make that a ham & cheese on rye, please
koredbr over 9 years ago
Nope, it seems miner.
claire de la lune. over 9 years ago
Very punny.I don’t know what else to say…