Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 15, 2013
Transcript:
Rat: Check it out. I got a job writing the jumble in the newspaper. Stephan: I love the jumble! Can I see one? "Jumble Unscramble these six words to mock an overrated cartoonist. 'I'm afraid it's just not there. That can't be.' The doctor says Pastis is missing this bone." Rat: Guess what else the doctor said you're missing. Stephan: Enough.
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
So who’s Parsel, and what does Rat have against him?
Old Man River over 10 years ago
Either the printer or the editor made a boo-boo. I’m guessing it should have been PASTIS. Also no circled letter in AND. No wat to solve the puzzle
Bilan over 10 years ago
Rat seems to be missing it also.
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member over 10 years ago
Despite its name, it’s not really the funny bone.
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member over 10 years ago
PEARLS IS BOTH DUMB AND UNFUNNY
HUMERUS
stoneswivel over 10 years ago
There are no errors in the Jumble. It is both correct and consistent with Jumble logic and humor. Great work, Pastis.
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
Re. Rat’s statement in the last panel: Just one, or both?
RetFor over 10 years ago
wow, how do you not get that the first one is pearls…
sukiec over 10 years ago
Now unilaterally humerus
hariseldon59 over 10 years ago
I love this one.
hariseldon59 over 10 years ago
Remember the old Operation board game where you could remove the patient’s “funny bone”?
SFpagan over 10 years ago
Seeing how nasty Rat can get , it wouldn’t surprise me if the next jumble about Pastis would be Rat’s opinion of the cartoonist’s intelligence :p
Bassrox Premium Member over 10 years ago
Excellent!
natureboyfig4 Premium Member over 10 years ago
You made me think on a weekend. That’s considered a felony in these parts! :-P
Kidding. Good one!
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
Hmmf! Not impressed. Cartoon-Boy doesn’t distinguish between humerus and humorous. Such a homonym!
justalady21 over 10 years ago
Looks like some of Pearls’ readers might be missing a B-R-A-I-N.
puddlesplatt over 10 years ago
Duh
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 10 years ago
Pastis didn’t make a mistake…. to say someone is missing his “humorous” would make no sense…Someone too serious or unfunny is often facetiously said to be missing his “funny bone”, ie his “humerus”.
WoT_Hog Premium Member over 10 years ago
BRILLIANT! Dang! I thought the first word was ‘RAPELS’ Duh!
specinss over 10 years ago
Pastis took the Jumble up a notch. He made the scramble words make a sentence about Pearls (untrue statement)!
Arty8846 over 10 years ago
Where do I go to find out if I got it right?
Noah121 over 10 years ago
I remember when FoxTrot did this several years ago: the “Jason’s Jumbles.”
rshive over 10 years ago
Like the second line in the jumble. There was one like it in an old book called “Puzzles Anybody Can Solve.”
sleeepy2 over 10 years ago
Can we please have one of these every week?
Please?
harley wolf over 10 years ago
Im pretty sure it is suppose to say pearls is both dumb and unfunny :-)
Marc Schiffres over 10 years ago
Why the hell did I actually take the time to figure that out?
Radical-Knight over 10 years ago
I thought this was exceedingly Humerus…
Packratjohn Premium Member over 10 years ago
“Unfunny”; Gotta love it! Great job, old man. As a puzzle aficionado, I was drawn in right away. Maybe that’s a great new trend, you have to solve a puzzle to discover the punch line. Cool.
Dabattlebacca over 10 years ago
Lol, figured it out
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 10 years ago
“JUMBLE, That Scrambled Word Game”—Fits with Rat’s scrambled brains!
YatInExile over 10 years ago
I saw this on Facebook yesterday and went looking for it in the archives. Now I know why I couldn’t find it.
A_NY_Outlaw over 10 years ago
Wow, I wonder how many jobs Rat actually has had. I think he should get back to Joe’s Roastery
Thehag over 10 years ago
Jumped to humerus without having to do the d@mn puzzle. So much easier, takes less time. Didn’t have to get all jumbled up in the clues.
chabias over 10 years ago
Well done, Stephan!
fltflyer Premium Member over 10 years ago
Perfect
NKBoyle over 10 years ago
It must be great tibia cartoonist.
SukieDC over 10 years ago
Okay, for the anatomy:what is referred to as the “funny bone” is actually part of the ulnar nerve which gives that miserable twang when you hit your elbow wrong. So, near the humerus,but not it — which is just fine because this is a groaner pun on the singular of humeri, the bone in the upper arm.
shstuart Premium Member over 10 years ago
Thank you for making me think a little this morning! I look forward to this strip each and every day. And the puns are delightful, creative license is not something I FOSSA bout….
Number Three over 10 years ago
Sighhhhh… Does Rat ever give Stephan a break?
Daft question really.
xxx
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
You probably don’t want to know.
hariseldon59 over 10 years ago
Yes, but now they have special editions where you can operate on Homer Simpson or Peter Griffin. Maybe there should be a Pearls edition where you can operate on Stephan.
A purring cat is the best tranquilizer over 10 years ago
A favorite kind of puzzle for me! Loved it!
jackhs over 10 years ago
Me like
willcarpenter over 10 years ago
Very clever – well done!
labo22 over 10 years ago
I thought the first word was SLAPER
raith7777 over 10 years ago
I love that only one arm is showing in each picture, so it really might be missing!
katheliz over 10 years ago
I loved this strip! Masterpiece!
naturally_easy over 10 years ago
Is unfunny even a word?
grymoire over 10 years ago
The solution for “MUDS” could also be “bums”.
dbe1800 over 10 years ago
this was AWESOME!!!
rkingsle over 10 years ago
This takes the award for funniest, but intellectual! I couldn’t figure out the bone scramble, so I went to “www.unscramble.net”. Keep up the great work!!!
dfrost1 over 3 years ago
“Pearls is both dumb and unfunny” “Humerus”
Can-dog almost 3 years ago
Heh
Snuffles the Mute Terrorist Cat over 2 years ago
Pearls is both dumb and unfunny.Ershumu= humerusHumerus Is the answer. I used online word scrambler to find it. Humerus means funny bone.