Are they only considered pure bred nationals if they have XY chromosomes? So the Czech is in the male, right? (And to make up for that horrid pun here’s a list of amazing Czechs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Czechs
This reminds me of a story about a Czechoslovakian man who was attacked by bears. A hunter and a tracker were assigned to track and find the bear or bears that had killed and eaten the man’s body. When they located the bears, the hunter – without hesitation – shot the larger of the two bears, letting the smaller one go. When the tracker asked him why he did that, the hunter responded, “Don’t you know? The Czech is always in the male!”
I can’t believe Pastis didn’t go for big joke here. A little person from the Czech Republic needed to go into hiding, so he asked a friend if he could cache a small Czech.
I wonder if that’s the fellow my friend knows. My friend is in a band and tells me they have a couple of different people that run the soundboard when they play out. The first guy is Russian, and he says they have a Chech one, too… a Chech, one, two….
I often pass by a check cashing place. I was tempted to go in and ask if they also cash hungarians, but it was late at night when I passed by and was afraid they would think it was a setup to put them off guard to rob them.
(Why are these places open 24 hours anyway? Is there really that many people cashing checks at 3 in the morning? )
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
That Czech bounced.
Kveldulf almost 5 years ago
How is a mid-European laboratory like the US government?
It’s a system of Czechs and balances.
(A co-worker in a lab told me that one about forty years ago.)
Kveldulf almost 5 years ago
If you are still out there, Jim K., David S. says hello.
ale313 almost 5 years ago
Pun=death
juncarlo almost 5 years ago
Pastis is the George Clowny of cartoonists.
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
Does the waitstaff (and manager) of the restaurant ALWAYS do that to their diners who aren’t Rat and Pig?
DennisinSeattle Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Oh, Pastis….
B UTTONS almost 5 years ago
Next we’re gonna find Pastis Russian to have Rat conduct the decennial census Pole
Johnny Q Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Did you know that the Czechs added the blue triangle to their flag to distinguish it from the Polish flag?
Arianne almost 5 years ago
Careful, you guys!
Don’t laugh so hard European!
Kaputnik almost 5 years ago
Actually, I heard that a reader sent a letter with the idea for this gag to Stephan Pastis. That’s right, the Czech was in the mail.
Bilan almost 5 years ago
He really doesn’t need to czech. It’s just that he’s hungary, so he’s going to finnish off a danish first.
tudza Premium Member almost 5 years ago
They threw the guy out for that. A bounced Czech.
GreenIrishEyes almost 5 years ago
The Prague-nosis is that today’s strip will elicit many groans.
Otto Knowbetter almost 5 years ago
A Czechoslovakian midget came to my house and said he was hiding from the police and asked if I could cache a small Czech.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Hah! I wouldn’t touch puns like this with a 10-foot Pole.
Differentname almost 5 years ago
I want to leave, but I must Romania
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 5 years ago
He looks like a blank Czech.
Plumbob Wilson almost 5 years ago
There’s an abortion clinic in Prague called “Canceled Czechs”.
Breadboard almost 5 years ago
Well done to all comments ! ……. Croc Power !
sdl1510 almost 5 years ago
He could be your Czech Mate!
ezekialrage777 almost 5 years ago
Fine joke? So Rat approves? This may be a first!
1504jarvis almost 5 years ago
Evidently Rat and Pig were russian to leave the restaurant.
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
Good one!
PaulHeroux almost 5 years ago
Can we look forward to pole dancing in a future strip?
Masterskrain Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Pastis better Czech the balance in his joke account…I think he’s overdrawn.
The Brooklyn Accent almost 5 years ago
Good thing Guard Duck wasn’t their server. There’d have been problems if they asked him for the bill.
Display almost 5 years ago
Are they only considered pure bred nationals if they have XY chromosomes? So the Czech is in the male, right? (And to make up for that horrid pun here’s a list of amazing Czechs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Czechs
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 5 years ago
AND then there’s the chess player from Prague who doesn’t like to be Czech-mated!
Reader almost 5 years ago
That guy works like a Slav.
chris_o42 almost 5 years ago
That joke should be a cancelled Czech!
jvn almost 5 years ago
I just want him to Finnish already.
jonesbeltone almost 5 years ago
The baseball bat, please Rat!
tripwire45 almost 5 years ago
Bad Stephan. Bad.
Stocky One almost 5 years ago
This reminds me of a story about a Czechoslovakian man who was attacked by bears. A hunter and a tracker were assigned to track and find the bear or bears that had killed and eaten the man’s body. When they located the bears, the hunter – without hesitation – shot the larger of the two bears, letting the smaller one go. When the tracker asked him why he did that, the hunter responded, “Don’t you know? The Czech is always in the male!”
Gent almost 5 years ago
Pastis must’ve got one heck of a pun Czechlist.
Cozmik Cowboy almost 5 years ago
I have a Polish friend who’s a sound engineer.
I have a Czech one, too, a Czech one, too.
enigmamz almost 5 years ago
And all the Slovaks wonder “Why can’t we be funny, too?”
JohnHarry Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Pastis: This one is too easy, it got the huddled masses excited with a real cheap shot.
Tallguy almost 5 years ago
Pastis, you’re my hero.
johndifool almost 5 years ago
That particular gag has been lying in the back of his (stinky) sock drawer for 17 years…
gorgolo_chick almost 5 years ago
I can’t believe Pastis didn’t go for big joke here. A little person from the Czech Republic needed to go into hiding, so he asked a friend if he could cache a small Czech.
Call me Ishmael almost 5 years ago
Dear Mr. Pastis : “have you NO sense of decency, Sir?”
lkelly almost 5 years ago
It must be correct because it has been Czeched
L L almost 5 years ago
I wonder if that’s the fellow my friend knows. My friend is in a band and tells me they have a couple of different people that run the soundboard when they play out. The first guy is Russian, and he says they have a Chech one, too… a Chech, one, two….
Francis Lapeyre Premium Member almost 5 years ago
When Martina Navratilova defected, she went to the US Embassy, and asked:
“Do you cache Czechs here?”
dwkiser28603 almost 5 years ago
Stephan,if you say the Czechs in the mail,I’m going track you down and open a ice cold pack of whoop ass just for the hell of it!
DCBakerEsq almost 5 years ago
Pastis will be at NCSFest this weekend. Wonder if I’ll see him.
patrickab7 almost 5 years ago
…damn it, Pastis…
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
What, no baseball bat for this one, Rat?
Free the pigs! almost 5 years ago
He has been waiting since the moment he had that joke in his head.duh(]
ChessPirate almost 5 years ago
Review the hockey player from Prague’s vicious hit – Check Czech check…
HighPeaks almost 5 years ago
What’s next for this strip? An appearance by the short-fingered Bulgarian?
phredturner almost 5 years ago
Nope
syzygy47 almost 5 years ago
Ah, Pearls, I always have to Czech it out!
Bookworm almost 5 years ago
I’m waving the white flag, which I will run up a Pole. And then Czech who salutes.
gbars70 almost 5 years ago
This sinks to a new low level of lameness (as do all of the Czech comments). So where’s your bat, rat?
Obi-Haiv almost 5 years ago
Wouldn’t have touched that pun with a ten-foot Pole.
hariseldon59 almost 5 years ago
At least it’s not as bad as this one.
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/10/07
skipper1992 almost 5 years ago
Popular comment during the 1991 hockey season in Rhode Island:
“That check was dirtier than one from the credit union.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_banking_crisis
hekko Premium Member almost 5 years ago
That Czech is fake. I live in Prague and I’ve never seen anyone dressed like that.
Anyway, thank you, Stephan, for bringing our small nation up so smoothly. We do like to make ourselves look more important time to time.
Snoots almost 5 years ago
Bwahahahaha….
RetFor almost 5 years ago
I often pass by a check cashing place. I was tempted to go in and ask if they also cash hungarians, but it was late at night when I passed by and was afraid they would think it was a setup to put them off guard to rob them.
(Why are these places open 24 hours anyway? Is there really that many people cashing checks at 3 in the morning? )
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
Pastis appears to have had a czechered career as a punster.
poopsypoo Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Oh Pastis, you are the man!!
Sisyphos almost 5 years ago
Cartoon-Boy, the Greek Geek! EU humor….
MJAbernathy Premium Member almost 5 years ago
That is a good one!
jmwe29 almost 5 years ago
One word… bravo.
WilliamRichmond almost 5 years ago
Don’t forget to endorse it….
gmu328 almost 5 years ago
a two for one!
tony_n_jen2003 about 4 years ago
The Czechs have been known to toss people out of windows.