Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 03, 2019

only language we got, bucko!

Only if the comic censor had allowed you to use other words, this wouldn’t have happened.

Good thing we are in the funny pages. Pig gets off with a slight sunburn.

Pig should have said, “oh, blast the rat” instead.

yikes

The English language is fine, Pig. It’s your failure to master it that is the problem.

Roast Pig. Yummy!

No pun? I was waiting for a pun…

LGD could’ve said Duck!, but that may have been confusing also.

Even terrorism, correctly applied, is a form of communication.

Pig be not in front of or behind an RPG ! … Croc Power !

Guard duck is back!

Smoked ham.

My grandparents and parents always swore in Italian….lol

Guard Duck should go to isis.

I wonder what the rocket hit. Pig sure got burned the exhaust of the motor.

Funny, I was having a discussion on Kliban yesterday about how imprecise Spanish translation could be.

What was the exchange in that old movie, The Bedford Incident, where the Soviet and U.S. nuclear subs were faced off? Someone asks the captain what would happen if the Soviets fired a missile at them. He says, “If they fire one, we fire one.” And you here the fire control officer say, “Fire one!.” A few seconds later, they are vaporized by a nuclear torpedo, and the movie ends.

YAY!!!! GUARD DUCK IS BACK!!! YAY!!!!

I once made the comment that any comic with Lil’ Guard Duck in it is instantly awesome. The comic above is why.

The “pun bin” running low?

Baked ham.

Next time, Pig should use “Darn it!”, so Lil’ Guard Duck will fix his socks.

By the second panel I thought he was building one of his puns

One Sunday, a minister was frustrated by the lack of involvement in his flock. He got out a pocket watch and rocked it in front of the congregation and said, “Look into my eyes. You are getting sleepy. You will tithe 10% of your income.” The flock answered back, “We will tithe 10% of our income.” The minister continued, “You will bring in other members of your family who have missed church.” They repeated, “We will bring in other members of our family who have missed church.” The minister thought, “This is great! I’m finally getting through to them.” Then he turned and stubbed his toe on the podium and said, “Aw, CRAP!!”

Where can I get a slightly used RPG?

Reminds me of the Far Side cartoon: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/14777505008024313/

Sounds like he’s not all he’s quacked up to be

Oh fudge!!!!!

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’Tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.” Mark Twain.

Should have had him over for Thanksgiving dinner, like my brother, with fava beans for the fiber.

I concur Pig!

On the bright side, the oil stains are gone.

“Oh, blast !”

Really Pretty Gross…

Seems like “fire” w/b more appropriate, but then there’s no joke…

Many decades ago, my daughter, around 4 years old at the time, picked up an expletive (no idea where she heard it) and for the entire hour in the car, driving to my in-laws (very religious Catholics) we practiced with her, repeating “fork and mustard.”

Related to the notorious RBG?

The English language is not the best means of communication. But like VHS (remember VHS?) it’s the most successful one in use as a second language.

L’il Guard Duck is such a blast! He can put his bunker on my lawn any time (unfortunately, I live in a condo and don’t have a lawn, so there’s a bit of an issue there).

Pig was fortunate to be only slightly singed by the rocket-propelled grenade when LGD fired! He could have been standing right in the line of fire!

I don’t know..‘Save your bacon’ would have worked perfectly.