Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 05, 2014
Transcript:
Pig: Do you think adding a smiley-face emoticon to an otherwise negative email makes the whole communication okay? Goat: how do you mean? Goat: i'd say no. Pig: Haha. But that smiley guy sure is cute. Dear my boyfriend pig, You are fat. You are dumb. You are boring. I want to break up.
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
She forgot to add “No offense.”
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member over 9 years ago
Or prefacing it by saying “With all due respect” which in life is usually followed by something seriously disrespectful.
R2-Wolf over 9 years ago
Or, “Bless your heart”.
Dave Thorby over 9 years ago
She did start with "Dear "…
Boots at the Boar Premium Member over 9 years ago
What gets my goat is it’s okay for women to break up with me in handwritten letters, emails, and text, but if I do it, I’m a jerk.
smoore47 over 9 years ago
“It’s not you, it’s me.”
Arianne over 9 years ago
Doesn’t matter what face you try to put on it, breakin’ up is hard to do.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Let’s look on the bright side [always, you know]: Pig is finally free from the baneful Pigita! Now he is free, free at least, for an un-died Sweet Fanny!
Arianne over 9 years ago
And, whatever you do, do not break up with someone on a post-it.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
I got a package from ‘A’ girlfriend years ago, it contained a broken twig…not even a note.?
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Pig’s, not fat
Observer fo Irony over 9 years ago
So its the Smiley guy who is breaking up with Pig not Pigita?
BlackTie over 9 years ago
better than the break-up fax from Phil Collins
Ermine Notyours over 9 years ago
If that’s Pigita, she’s not so thin herself.
pearlsarefuzzy over 9 years ago
I always thought Pig was kind of skinny. Well, for a pig, anyway.
C.S. over 9 years ago
“I don’t mean to be rude, but…”
Tue Elung-Jensen over 9 years ago
Makes it sound like she is joking.
Black4dder over 9 years ago
Let’s not jump to conclusions. Maybe it is not Pigita. Maybe Pig has already tried another option, but with this unfortunate result.
On the other hand, nah.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 9 years ago
@ JusSayin“I don’t mean that in a bad way.”
unca jim over 9 years ago
When ‘forced’ to say grace over a couple hamburgers and coke, it’s time to pull the rip-cord.
jud03005 over 9 years ago
StCleve72 over 9 years ago
How about; “please don’t take this personally, but” ?
Arianne over 9 years ago
Ha! Well, first, you ask her over to your pad, then, you do have to do it just the write way. : )
A. Buckeye over 9 years ago
The iconic it’s not you, it’s me, followed up with, I hope we can still be friends. You’re dumping me like a wheelbarrow full of manure on gramma’s garden & you hope we can still be friends??
Number Three over 9 years ago
Agreed, Pig!
xxx
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 9 years ago
Gotta go with Paris on this one!
NathandeGargoyle over 9 years ago
Dear Pig,Don’t be downcast. She refers to you as her boyfriend not her ex-boyfriend. She lists your best attribuutes.She says she wants to break up not she is breaking up.You’re probably doing OK.Watch that smiley guy though. I think he’s trying to move in,YoursNdG
Albert Stoneham over 9 years ago
lol NdG
js over 9 years ago
winky face would work ;)
claire de la lune. over 9 years ago
Oh, Pig…
claire de la lune. over 9 years ago
Though he’s right. That smiley face is cute.
awgiedawgie Premium Member over 9 years ago
How about the ever-popular “We need to talk”?
The one and only Eldest Arc (now at peace) over 1 year ago
WHO says it’s pigita