Pearls Before Swine Comic Strip, December 12, 2011 on GoComics.com

margueritem said, over 1 year ago

Definitely the wrong guy.

Nabuquduriuzhur said, over 1 year ago

Extremely rarely. I’ve only met two people in my entire life that “set off internal alarms.” Both were professors at a University I was at. One was a professor who was… ahem… so unwise that even the other science professors liked to mess with his mind. The other was a professor who I found out later that liked to sleep with students on campus and as a “women’s studies” instructor and a hispanic, she was beyond being fired for it.

Three Steps Over Japan said, over 1 year ago

Most of them lack brains, too. Must’ve been eaten by zombies beforehand, or something.

bamboodan said, over 1 year ago

@Nabuquduriuzhur

I bet there are a few college coaches that thought they were “beyond being fired”. No one is untouchable.

thatnicecollegeguy said, over 1 year ago

Immediately know that you’re not going to like someone…that’s not to say opinions won’t change over time. First impressions are sometimes wrong.

SusanSunshine said, over 1 year ago

Anyway, Goat started with the wrong question.

He should have asked, "Have you ever met a person you liked? "

Obviously, all other silly questions could have been avoided.

SusanSunshine said, over 1 year ago

BTW ….. Goat didn’t say “anybody” or “someone”…. he said “a person.”

So for the denizens of this strip….. I wonder where the line is….. or whether there is a line…. between personhood and creaturedom.

After all, Pig has made friends with a walking stick (insect), and even various usually inanimate objects.

Interesting “people”, those.

DouglasDDouglas said, over 1 year ago

Don’t you just hate it when both the plates and the coffee cups are empty…..

Sisyphos said, over 1 year ago

@DouglasDDouglas

The empty plates and (empty?) cups are just props to establish a sense of place and atmosphere in the PBS Little Theatre. Goat, the straight man, feeds lines to Rat, the top banana, who then delivers the punch line, and we the audience are amused and have a sense of satisfaction. Drama 101.