Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 19, 2017

Throw a bucket of water on him just to make sure.

The dumber the pun, the better! PUN ALERT! PUN ALERT! This is a “Pearls Before Swine” Pun Alert!

Ho-ho-ho, ha-ha-ha, and a couple of tra-la-las.

That’s a cartoonist of a different color!

Long way to go for that punch line.

This is Pastis’ best (or worse) pun yet.

Why did you wait seven panels to do it Rat?

I visited Tennessee in about 1993 and bought a box of Hostess King Dons (not Ding Dongs) at a Piggly Wiggly market. Quite surprised to find out that it was marketed under a different name away from the west coast. I remember that the people who worked at the store thought I was a little odd to be calling them Ding Dongs.

Pay no attention to the cartoonist behind the curtain.

Richly deserved.

But…. (to revise an OLD joke for the purpose)….

The sign could work now……

because of the “sand” which is there….

The punch-panel is mightier than the pun !!

I laughed for five minutes straight at the penultimate panel. Totally worth the set up.

I knew what was coming at the second panel. I still laughed. Pastis, I bow to the master.

Well played Mr Pastis….

I’m waiting for the pun about Turkey Pot Pies.

That’s not gonna stop him, Rat. Pastis is like a Looney Toons character. They always come back no matter how many times you try to get rid of them

This pun was actually good! I laughed.

Ding Dong Bell, Pastis in the well. What put him in? Punishment for sin.

Quick – grab his shoes!

Toon Boy deserved a better fate for one of his best in a while.

This strip is soooo ridiculous. Everybody knows that Ding Dongs belong to the plumbers guild.

Look what you’ve done! I’m melting! Melting! Oh, what a world! What a world!

so long cartoon boy!

He looks small, thin . . . maybe he looks Housetess . . . (runs from everyone!)

That was a long walk for such a short trip…

You know something, I never laugh out loud at anything. Never. Nothing is funny to me. Every time I read or strip I actually hear myself laughing. You are so sick and I love it.

he is so good at sneaking those in. love it!

Thanks for a good Sunday morning laugh!

I used to much prefer Hostess Cupcakes in the 50s till they changed the icing to something plastic. Then I went to High School, ate lunch at the Malt Shop and stopped at the bakery on the way back for the real thing, jelly filled bismarks.Can you say Type-II diabetes?

Pastis, you’re losing it. I saw that line coming from the second panel.

O-re-o, O-_____re-o! (Repeat several times)

You still got it Pastis……

With a tip of the hat to Spider Robinson and Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon, the sign of a truly great pun: When everyone holds their nose and runs from the room screaming.

Ouch. My brain hurts.

Once again, Stephen Pastis has brightened up my Sunday.

No neon lights needed.

xxx

The more I read this one, the more it makes me laugh. Keep doing your thing, Pastis.

What a world… what a world…

Okay, raise your hand if you figured it out by panel two….

Unfortunately, Rat, it’s a cartoon-house, just a few drops of ink on paper, so all you’ve done is mess up Cartoon-Boy a bit.

But I really do like your thinking; he’s such a stinker!

This was a three-groaner….

This one was funny.

I like Ding Dongs

… the wicked witch is dead – wait, Pastis is a witch? The puns are wicked but he’s no wich

I had occasion to meet the Munchkin Coroner, Meinhardt Raabe (“as coroner I must aver, I’ve thoroughly examined her …”) a couple of years before he passed. He had some interesting tales to tell from the set of the film.

Downright hilarious! Stephen made my day.

Mr. Pastis, Rat may not like you but I want to spend the rest of my life with you!

Usually I feel bad for Stephan for the way Rat treats him after a pun. Not this time – he deserved to have a house dropped on him. And his little dog too.

Almost as good as green Ags and Hamm

his legs are too skinny

I don’t get it