These 3rd-grade-level puns used to be (thankfully) few and far between, but are becoming more common – several in the last week. Hopefully Pastis just had an off week, and this does not indicate that his creativity has waned.
A guy sees the psychiatrist. He says, Doc… I keep having theses recurring dreams. One night I’m a teepee, the next night I’m a wigwam. Every night the same thing, what’s my problem? Doc says, that easy. You’re two tents!
Many of my friends enjoy camping trips, but I’ve gotten to the point where they can drop me off at the nearest resort and pick me up on their hike out of the woods…
Like I said, a lot of this kind of trouble would be avoided if anyone bothered to be specific about these things when talking to Pig. For instance, the guy could have just said “Would you like some tents?” instead of just “Tents?”.
Blind man swinging dog around in department store….“no, I’m just looking around!” Can’t remember(or better not try) the one about the hairlip buying camping equipment ad infinitum…
In a Max Schulman book the protagonist was meeting his college advisor. The advisor had some leather shoelaces in his hand. He showed them to the kid and asked, “What are these?” The kid replied, “Thongs.” The advisor beamed and said, “You’re welcome.”
Reminds me of a story I heard years ago. A woman was trying to buy a sextant (For those not familiar, it’s an instrument used in celestial navigation.) as a birthday gift for her nautical enthusiast husband. When she asked a clerk at a sporting goods/outdoor store if they sold sextants, his embarrassed response? “We just sell tents, ma’am. What you do in them is your business.”
BasilBruce over 1 year ago
Whenever I watch “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” I always wonder why they don’t just go in the tent and arrest him.
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
…or elevens
ronaldspence over 1 year ago
Old joke, funny joke!
B UTTONS over 1 year ago
Pig will have to rough it; but being a conscious soul, he’ll leave no trace.
He pack out what troubles he packs in.
syzygy47 over 1 year ago
If that bothers Pig, he’s two tents.
leopardglily over 1 year ago
Ba-dum-crash!
carlsonbob over 1 year ago
Stakes? No, we’ll just have hot dogs and chicken.
Cornelius Noodleman over 1 year ago
?stnet
Imagine over 1 year ago
Camping is in tents. Very in tents.
Zykoic over 1 year ago
An old sleeping bag can spoil a camping trip.
enigmamz over 1 year ago
Maybe try a big name store, not play it cheap at the generic "camping store’?
mr_bill_10 over 1 year ago
These 3rd-grade-level puns used to be (thankfully) few and far between, but are becoming more common – several in the last week. Hopefully Pastis just had an off week, and this does not indicate that his creativity has waned.
iggyman over 1 year ago
Good thing he did not want 2, then he would be too tents (tense)!!
Doug K over 1 year ago
It’s hard to find customers that are not so easily offended.
zerotvus over 1 year ago
Don’t get a Coleman stove…….
kucpa Premium Member over 1 year ago
A guy sees the psychiatrist. He says, Doc… I keep having theses recurring dreams. One night I’m a teepee, the next night I’m a wigwam. Every night the same thing, what’s my problem? Doc says, that easy. You’re two tents!
Goat from PBS over 1 year ago
Maybe next time use Amazon.
Ellis97 over 1 year ago
What does your emotional state have to do with anything?
colddonkey over 1 year ago
Maybe should have offered to tip, seems most everyone thinks they’re entitled to at least 15% now.
Droptma Styx over 1 year ago
You kind of opened up that line of questioning with the “need to relax” opener.
dziner88 over 1 year ago
Many of my friends enjoy camping trips, but I’ve gotten to the point where they can drop me off at the nearest resort and pick me up on their hike out of the woods…
ChrisRiesbeck Premium Member over 1 year ago
My favorite variant is the camping store sign “Now is the season of our discount tents.”
Newenglandah over 1 year ago
Old joke: A man goes into a therapist’s office. He says “Doc, you have to help me. I’m a teepee! I’m a wigwam! I’m a teepee! I’m a wigwam!”
The doctor says to him “first, you have to calm down. You’re two tents!”
uthor over 1 year ago
Are they in a camping store?
artegal over 1 year ago
A guy goes into a psychiatrists office. He says, “Doc, I one day I think I’m a teepee, the next day I think I’m a wigwam. What’s wrong with me?”
The doctor says, “That easy. You’re two tents.”
ladykat over 1 year ago
I am tense about sleeping in tents.
Snolep over 1 year ago
“None of your business “ seems a remark more in character with Rat than innocent, sweet tempered Pig.
sarah413 Premium Member over 1 year ago
I can’t seem to face up to the facts
I’m tents and nervous and I can’t relax
Don’t touch me, I’m a real live wire.
Psycho Killer.
CaveCat87 over 1 year ago
Like I said, a lot of this kind of trouble would be avoided if anyone bothered to be specific about these things when talking to Pig. For instance, the guy could have just said “Would you like some tents?” instead of just “Tents?”.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
I agree with PIG ‼️. There is NO customer service‼️
marshalljpeters Premium Member over 1 year ago
I generally only use one tent when I go camping.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
MR.FIELDS:Costello will never be able to do it.His brain is too tense.
ABBOTT:Too tense?
MR.FIELDS—Yeah.Two-tenths the size of a normal brain.
skysoxwiz over 1 year ago
Blind man swinging dog around in department store….“no, I’m just looking around!” Can’t remember(or better not try) the one about the hairlip buying camping equipment ad infinitum…
gmu328 over 1 year ago
some people get tense with a salesperson looking over their shoulders
Radish the wordsmith over 1 year ago
Now is the winter of our discount tents.
KEA over 1 year ago
can’t stand a pup tent for two… it’s two in tents.
proclusstudent over 1 year ago
Camping the guy who was running a “the World is ending Real Soon Now” on a specified date scam? These have been going on for over 1900 years.
willie_mctell over 1 year ago
In a Max Schulman book the protagonist was meeting his college advisor. The advisor had some leather shoelaces in his hand. He showed them to the kid and asked, “What are these?” The kid replied, “Thongs.” The advisor beamed and said, “You’re welcome.”
cmxx over 1 year ago
This brought back memories of ancient elementary school, when my teachers often required complete-sentence answers.
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Oh, I’m passed tents
Buoy over 1 year ago
Did he get the boot? Oh, no, looks like he is barefooted.
LilPeruna over 1 year ago
‘Tents?’ ‘Oh, I’m WAY past tents!’
JasonBall over 1 year ago
He just did this exact joke on December 27th, 2022.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Pig’s literalism doesn’t quite work here.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
Yikes, Pig! Are your ears clogged with bacon grease so that you can’t tell apart tents and tense?!
Or should we just blame Cartoon-Boy, as usual?
Birdman47 over 1 year ago
Doing it tough in tents builds character.
Wizard4168 over 1 year ago
Reminds me of a story I heard years ago. A woman was trying to buy a sextant (For those not familiar, it’s an instrument used in celestial navigation.) as a birthday gift for her nautical enthusiast husband. When she asked a clerk at a sporting goods/outdoor store if they sold sextants, his embarrassed response? “We just sell tents, ma’am. What you do in them is your business.”
Swirls Before Pine over 1 year ago
These days the only camping that I still do is to attack my opponents as soon as they spawn.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 1 year ago
Almost as hard as finding good customers.