Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 28, 2015
Transcript:
Goat: Hey, Steph, read any good books lately? Pastis: Yeah, I'm going to Australia, so I read tons of books on its history, topography, culture, geography. Goat: That's great. How much of it do you remember? Pastis: They have kangaroos. Goat: Problem with retention? Pastis: Why do I even bother reading?!
Ida No about 9 years ago
Australia has kangaroo beer!It’s the hops.
Sherlock Watson about 9 years ago
Today’s background music: “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport” by Rolf Harris.
Mr_Mattie about 9 years ago
We have culture?
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
I’ve read when the first European explorers came to the land soon to be named Australia, they asked an indigenous person what the name of the jumping animal was. The response was what we now the animal as today as kangaroo though really meant in the indigenous language “I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
Mr_Mattie about 9 years ago
Has Stephan learned how to draw kangaroos yet? He may even get a chance to meet Skippy! (now retired and living in a care facility outside of Sydney.)
Alexander the Good Enough about 9 years ago
It’s them Drop Bears!! The bloody things ‘ill getcha if you’re not careful! They’ll tear your face off! Terrified of chain saws, however, so always carry one with ya.
sean.jorgensenday about 9 years ago
Are you coming to sleepy Adelaide? If you are I’ll buy you beer or some seriously good red wine. BBQ perhaps? Lots of meat and very little veggies.
Mr_Mattie about 9 years ago
Shh! Don’t tell Stephan! Besides, we all know the real Skippy died of radiation poisoning after disarming that nuclear bomb at Lucas Heights. A true Aussie hero.
oldschool434 about 9 years ago
as soon as Stephan steps on the plane, some call NSA to show them these strips. By the time he wants to come back he will be on the Terror Watch List. No more Rat….just Kangaroo instead!
Walter Kocker Premium Member about 9 years ago
He should read, “In a Sunburned Country” by Bill Bryson – the best, certainly the funniest, travel guide on the Land Down Under.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 9 years ago
He has a major problem with retention. Just look at the gut on him.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member about 9 years ago
I have this problem: as soon as I close the book, most of it is gone. There are some books I’ve mistakenly reread and didn’t realize it until I was halfway through and the deja vu kicked in.
arye uygur about 9 years ago
@TEMPLE S.U..D: That’s how people say the name “Yucatan” (where I am at the moment) came about.
Ottodesu about 9 years ago
We eat kangaroos.
JohnoTeacher about 9 years ago
Ooo! Time to get some books signed!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member about 9 years ago
@SherlockWatson—
“Tie me Pastis down, sport Tie me Pastis down…”
eddie6192 about 9 years ago
Toon Boy has no problem retaining fluid though…………in his medulla oblongata.
jackianne1020 about 9 years ago
He remembers the types of books he read, but all he can remember is “kangaroo.”
rshive about 9 years ago
Just keep thinking Pastis. Something will jump out at you.
LNER4472 Premium Member about 9 years ago
And NUMBATS!!!!!
singlefemalelaywer about 9 years ago
OOOOOOOHHHHHHH -SHINY !!!!!
dbmeyer99 about 9 years ago
This bothers me more than it should but is Steph’s name pronounce like “Steve” or Stef"?
alikgator about 9 years ago
I have also problem with retention. I don’t remember the title and the author.
sarah413 Premium Member about 9 years ago
Never mind that Australia is home to more poisonous snakes than any other country. A herpetologist paradise. As for the Fosters, I suggest you look up the Monty Python “Live at The Hollywood Bowl” skit. Drinking American beer is like making love in a canoe….
Malcolm Hall about 9 years ago
They also have rabbits — which I don’t recall visiting PBS — probably because their ears are difficult to draw.
Sherlock Watson about 9 years ago
I hadn’t heard the news about Harris before I posted the above comment (Thank you so much, American TV news), so let’s replace the above song with “My Boomerang Won’t Come Back” by Charlie Drake.
David Rickard Premium Member about 9 years ago
Hope Steph survives the trip… after all, in Australia, Everything is Trying to Kill You
Number Three about 9 years ago
Writer’s Block!Uh… I mean Reader’s Block.xxx
barister about 9 years ago
One of the few places I will never go.
Sisyphos about 9 years ago
Stop shouting, Cartoon Boy! Everyone knows that lack of retention is the problem with overloaded speed-reading!
claire de la lune. about 9 years ago
The world’s view of Australia in one comic strip.
NeilCopeland about 5 years ago
And galahs. Millions of galahs. Most common bird in the New South Wales outback.
eastonian256 over 1 year ago
Thank the Lord for open book reading quizzes