At its heart, Pearls Before Swine is the comic strip tale of two friends: an arrogant Rat who thinks he knows it all and a slow-witted Pig who doesn't know any better. Together, this pair offers caustic commentary on humanity's quest for the unattainable. Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams says that Pearls is "one of the few comics that make me laugh out loud." The strip has twice won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben division award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip – in 2003 and in 2006.
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Peanuts by Charles Schulz
Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney
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agedengineer
said, over 1 year ago
The debate turns acronymious. A true ad zebranim attack.
legaleagle48 said, over 1 year ago
Well, Rat DID say he was going to stop the overuse of that particular acronym, one person at a time. Zebra evidently didn’t get the memo.
Citizen GROG!
said, over 1 year ago
LOL.
rumba said, over 1 year ago
Thos too shouldn’t have exposed their emails. Now they’ll get a lot of enlargement proposals.
Sisyphos said, over 1 year ago
That’s twice in the last few days Rat has baseball-batted one of the PBS good guys (Goat Thursday, Zeeba Neighba a.k.a. Zeebs4life today), and the second day in a row Zebra has been a victim. And Rat may be threatening Pig for tipping off
targets. I think the PBS Good Guys should form ART: The Anti-RaT league! Everyone needs ART!
jukeofurl said, over 1 year ago
OK admit it. How many just g-mailed Rat? just me? then I’m not telling what happened. . ..
Radish
said, over 1 year ago
I’m guessing pig had recieved that acronym a time or two before, so he knew what it meant.
JoanHelen said, over 1 year ago
Rat made a guest appearance in Dark Side of the Horse on the 16th Sept.
kreole said, over 1 year ago
LOL !
Proginoskes said, over 1 year ago
The advance warning didn’t help.
Arianne said, over 1 year ago
@agedengineer
Oh, man, that was two too clever!! ~ And I forgive you, in advance, for causing all the forthcoming embarrassing incidents wherein I mispronounce acrimonious… totally worth it! • ◡ •
Arianne said, over 1 year ago
And I thought ~ I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter ~ was a slippery acronym to manage. ( It always comes out as something like – Ich bin ein butterer ‽)
Anyway… I love how Rat’s threat is in keeping with the spirit of things…. Yada Yada Hate…Yada Yada Beat…Yada Yada OUT LOUD. ~ Very Funny!
hariseldon59 said, over 1 year ago
That’s two strikes for Rat. Now he just needs to get Pig to complete the strikeout.
hariseldon59 said, over 1 year ago
Why do Goat and Zebra stay friends with Rat?
Arianne said, over 1 year ago
@Sisyphos
Agreed! Good idea!
Btw, that brings to mind a TV commercial from many years ago for the Detroit Institute of Arts. They sang You Gotta Have Art to the tune of Damn Yankees’ You Gotta Have Heart. I just found it on You Tube. Fond memories!