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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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SherlockWatson said, 2 months ago
I can just picture Rat performing in the circus, with a huge crowd of children and their parents all looking up at him and chanting, “Fall! Fall! Fall!”
margueritem
said, 2 months ago
@SherlockWatson
Perfect!
dukedoug said, 2 months ago
Rats are usually pretty good at running along wires without the pole … must be there just for the effect.
Brian K
said, 2 months ago
Satisfying to the soul… Including dealing damage to other souls.
agedengineer
said, 2 months ago
Rat’s not channeling Karl Wallenda, I fear.
Bruno Zeigerts said, 2 months ago
Maybe we could get Rat to substitute for Fearless Freep, the diver…
Hillbillyman said, 2 months ago
If PBS ever becomes a movie, Bruce Dern would protray RAT.
Juice- Bruce said, 2 months ago
Put the rope up higher,then put grease on the rope, now let rat walk the tight rope and fall . Hopefully on something real hard so he bashs his own brains . Kill the rat,kill the rat.
hariseldon59 said, 2 months ago
How many concussions does that make for Goat since he’s known Rat?
Alexikakos said, 2 months ago
Stephan, whatever you were trying to say here, you missed.
This strip makes no sense at all.
F6F5Hellcat said, 2 months ago
As I said with the Ghandi strips, Rat just uses any excuse to beat others up. This time it isn’t Rat’s id disguised as Ghandi doing it, it’s Rat himself.
Mark said, 2 months ago
Just think of it as a physical STFU…
eddie6192 said, 2 months ago
Although, “unbalanced”, Rat found this a very satisfying experience.
CasualObserver said, 2 months ago
Let’s see…what does the word “rat” connote besides a small, furry rodent?
PUNishment said, 2 months ago
Must be trying out for the band – The Buddha Rats
https://soundcloud.com/thebuddharats/sticks-and-stones-2am-version