Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 23, 2012

Goat, you should know better than to ask.

No like like “second” and “also” etc.

Mean Rat in panel 3, cold-clocked Goat and spilled his coffee! What, no snappy retort today, Pig?

The world definitely needs a bigger Rat trap.

Did he hit him with his nose?

“Well first off if you help me I’ll get you a months worth of six packs of beer.” That would have been good in Rat’s opinion, but as he has no clue what it means to be anything but a selfish ************ he’ll never know if Goat was going to offer that or not.

Goat must be thick to even think of asking Rat…

Apparently, Goat got Rat’s goat.

Anyone else notice the flying screw in panel 3? Does that mean Rat had a screw loose?

Rat’s right. “First off” is time to shove off.

You’re right, Rat… Goat said, “First off…” the you hit him. First off is never followed by anything good…

I hate when people say first off.

That is called taking initiative

I wonder what they were eating. The plates are always empty.

One day Goat and the rest are going to smack Rat up on the head in payback

There’s actually a “Rule 34” pic on the net in which they do worse than that to Rat. You can find it if you look.

did he say “fist off”? First of all I’d like to…BANG! Oh, my nose.

We need more “rat honesty” in this world to keep everyone else in check!!!

My least favorite phrase is “oh, by the way”!

I hope goat doesn’t start shopping online for body armor.

I wish I had the balls to do that sometimes.

Aww…poor Goat. I don’t know why but I feel bad for him sometimes :(

Bad Rat! lol…

D-Con should take care of this infestation with vicious rat. Actually, I guess if it’s only one you can’t call it an infestation…but I would still give him a lump of D-con in his coffee.

Always enjoyable to see Goat clocked.

Really goat really

First off, I hate it when rat’s right.Second off, he’s right.Third off, I hate myself for saying First Off.

What’s the screw (in panel 3)?

Why is there a nail in panel three?