Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 26, 2014
Transcript:
Goat: Did you hear this story about a local brewery in Minnesota that developed a drone delivery system? They use it to fly beer to remote ice fishermen. Rat: My God. They'll win a Nobel prize. Goat: They don't award a Nobel prize for beer. Rat: Wow. That award just lost all credibility.
Sherlock Watson almost 10 years ago
Maybe they’ll win a McKenzie Award, presented personally by Bob and Doug.:Beauty, eh?
Ida No almost 10 years ago
Award it under the Peace category.As in, “I’ll have a peace of that.”
artybee almost 10 years ago
If ice fisheman drink all that beer, do they have to whiz down the same hole they fish out of?
knight1192a almost 10 years ago
Wow, with a comment like that from Rat, it’s suddenly regaining all credibility it lost a few years ago.
danfromfreddybeach almost 10 years ago
@BilanHosehead would drink the beer himself. You’re thinking of Alex the dog in the Alpine commercials. “Alex, you better be drinking your water”.
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Could it win a Nobel Prize if they included a flyer containing socialist propaganda with every delivery?
jreckard almost 10 years ago
Speaking of drinking all that beer, I wonder if there’s a throne delivery system.
Sisyphos almost 10 years ago
The gummimint promptly outlawed such use of drones. But it was a nice idea. Rat’s on the right track; just not aboard the train….
Ottodesu almost 10 years ago
Well, this did actually happen:http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/11/28/for-winning-the-nobel-prize-niels-bohr-got-a-house-with-free-beer/
puddlesplatt almost 10 years ago
Dern!
oldschool434 almost 10 years ago
That award lost all credibility a couple of year’s ago…..
captainofgondor almost 10 years ago
I think the Sons of Knut were behind it.
The Winy Child almost 10 years ago
mmmmm…….beer
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I’d rather have MY beer delivered by one of the Lakemaids!
Ermine Notyours almost 10 years ago
If they can’t win a Nobel, perhaps they will get noticed by Guinness.
joegeethree almost 10 years ago
The Nobel Prize has been losing a bit of credibility the past few years. Awarding one for beer may help it’s cause.
Number Three almost 10 years ago
There’s nothing special about alcohol.
In my opinion anyway.
xxx
BillWa almost 10 years ago
The prize lost all credibility decades ago, but no more than when Obama “won” it doing nothing to deserve it, other than being black.
knight1192a almost 10 years ago
@Alexikakos
It’s been gone for years
claire de la lune. almost 10 years ago
I’m pretty sure there’s another type of Nobel Prize that’s awarding for people who were thinking outside the box, though I forget what it’s called….
singlefemalelaywer almost 10 years ago
The Nobel prize became irrelevant when Obama got his……
IQTech61 almost 10 years ago
Just love how many people think the Nobel prize became irrelevant because of Obama – but offer no support for their argument other than their ignorance of what he was doing. Yup. Must be Faux News fans.