Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 12, 2011

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Pig…

What if Ram’s favorite radio show had been WAIT WAIT DON’T TELL ME?

leave it to Ira to remain totally calm the whole time. haha

Well, he’s broken.

NPR will probably post this on their web page; they like to exploit—err, feature Heroes during Pledge Periods…. Heroic Pig saves our Ira Glass from fiery death! (Mr. Glass is still recovering from a severe concussion, but we’re sure he would agree.) Donate Now!

you’re always a hero to me Pig!

Heh. I wonder what Mr Pastis has against him? (I’m in Britain, so it’s not like I know.)

It would have been much less painful if the cook had just smothered the fire with a lid.

Pastis and his eternal loveable lame puns… I’d die without having one at least once a week.

PBS is after PBS again.

No, Pig…!

No more NPR!

Don’t you see? Pig just needs some new Ira Glasses…

Why would Pig do that? The cook was yelling “Fire!”, not “Emergency!”.

Really reaching, not that funny, saw it coming. Get a life ladyfinger.

@ ladyfingers86 . . . my vote is that animated gifs are irritating. Stop it.

the level of dedication that Pig has for humanity is unparalleled!

…God Bless King Charles III!…

gotta admit, tho, his puns are loads better than Shoe or BC ever come up with.

@ledzepplin really?

Did Pig break the glasses? They seem intact-ish to me.

Hey, it worked, didn’t it?

I am so sorry this strip has to be viewed on Gocomics. The lack of a zoom feature for the Sunday strip in inexcusable. Stephan puts in too much detaIl for it to show up unless it is magnified. I hope I can find another place to look at this strip. Gocomics has ruined it for me.

@Philip Beckman and others like me who could use some magnification: Simply tap the plus sign key a few times while holding down the Ctrl key. The minus key does the opposite.

For tiny keyboards with no dedicated plus sign key you will need to use the shift to get a plus sign.

@ladyfingers86 I can’t figure what is happening in your avatar. is the dogs paws on the top of spinning flags ? I vote no on them all so distracting.

I gotta go see about a girl.

Good thing today’s guest wasn’t “Mr. Glass,” the brittle-boned man from Unbreakable; that almost wouldn’t be funny.

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I can’t tell if someone already referred to this movie or not, because I can’t load the rest of the comments.

I can only imagine the thought process that produced this strip.

Missing final panel, 5 miles away Rat: “Suddenly I have the urge to hit Pastis with a bat.”

I love the frantic pacing in this one. XD

that’s the first time i’ve seen goat cuss

that’s the first time i’ve heard goat cuss

Pig seems to be channeling Rat today.

hmph…my IRA was broken a long time ago. ain’t no fixing it, now.

Hey, I LIKE the animations, at least the ones that fit in the frame. There are a few that don’t work in the small space, like I can’t tell what Ladyfinger’s’ pup is doing, but I like Nabuquduriuzhur’s.

When I read the first panel I thought we were headed for a “glass half full or half MT pun”. ………fooled me……….

No pig No

Pig never graduated from kindergarten.

Um, no. I’M from Britain. What does Pastis have against him?

Heh. Fair enough.

Love the radio show!