Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 06, 2021

We are the champions, because we all make better puns than this!

Nothing really matters to me, any way the wind blows.

I think I’ll go look for some fat-bottomed girls.

Today Stephan overrunned himself.

Ouch.

I’ve seen people high on acid that had eyes that looked like that. They were in the mirror….

Dynamite with a laser beam to Pastis!

I’ll chill the Moet et Chandon.

No time for losers at self esteem club. Honestly, Pastis should be the grand Marshall of the Da Joke Parade!

Dang it! He made me laugh at one of his stupid puns.

I got an urge to play “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Somebody to Love” now. Thanks for the stupid puns that make me laugh.

I’ll admit, the setup for this to be a Sunday Punday was a lot more subtle than usual.

I don’t think I caught on until the actual pun, which of course is also the main actual punchline.

ROFL!!

Well, we know Stephan has no shame….

Love the movie, “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Yes, I know it wasn’t historically accurate, but if if gets a new generation interested in Queen, good enough for me. Heck, it even got me to rip all me CDs onto a USB stick to play theme in my car.

Ha ha, now I have that song in my head!

“We will: ‘Yes’ Will, ‘Rah’ Quincy.”

Pastis is quite the Bohemian.

Pig and Goat … Clap your hands to the beat … Just like the beginning of the song :-)

Stephan must have stayed up all night to think of this one! Good One!

makes sense…Pastis, you’ve got no shame either!

How about we ‘rah’ the champions instead?

Then the group will “si” Jesus.

There should severe . . . I mean SEVERE . . . pun-ishments for Pastis !

Pig forgot to mention that the jeer the macho guy when he comes in and they sing a Nicki Minaj song when Sade arrives.

They boo He-Man and rap Sade.

No time for losers in this club!

Poor Stephen.

No politics. No severely depressed moralising. Thank you, Mr. Pastis.

Pastis is the Queen of puns.

On Sunday “Pearls” strips, I always just skip to the last two panels. Save myself the trip.

You have mud on your face….your a big disgrace

Mr Pastis you are one of my heroes ROFLOL

And another pun bites the dust!

You really need to say it out loud! hehehe

The only weakness of puns is if you don’t know the original phrase being referenced. Pastis does a good job of using popular ones.

You got mud on your face, Pastis

Steph is slipping. I saw this one coming at the 2nd panel.

Sorry , but I have read this many time s and I still don’t get ?

An American, a Frenchman, a Spaniard, and a German went to church. The only seats were in the back of the church. They could hear the pastor, but couldn’t see him. They asked if he could step up onto something so they could see him as he spoke. He complied and asked, “Can you see me now”? They responded. “Yes, oui, sí, ya.”

Rat is righter than he imagines.

Took a moment for that punchline to click in.

Today’s lesson: Do not try to read dad jokes before coffee.

Freddie Mercury is and rock and rolling over in his grave!

Who is the queen of that house?

YEAH

Pastis must have been Under Pressure to write this one!!

Yay punday!

That took a minute and fortunately the dog ignores me.

Love it, Stephan!

Took me 3 times before I changed ‘Oui to We’ saying it out loud. Pastis is trying too hard.

Freddy Mercury is spinning in his grave about now….oy

Just another Q conspiracy. Fake news!

I saw the pun coming, but I didn’t know what it was until now.

Looks like Rat is not Stephan’s “Best Friend.”

This is funny.

maybe it’s the reference to a song I like, but thanks for this bit of sillery

He doesn’t. He’s a cartoonist and he lost self-respect eons ago…..

thought it was going to go to “Que Sera, whatever will be …”

I guess Stephan doesn’t want to live forever.

This is a waste of space. All Pastis “pun” strips are a waste of space (they’re technically not even puns, because an actual pun comes without a set-up). I think from now on I’ll just skip the Sunday strips. If I miss a non-“pun” strip once in a while, it’s worth it to avoid wasting ten seconds a week on this kind of humorless childishness.

…heinous… …simply heinous!

Ahhh… just what we all needed to take out minds off of the stupidity in the world… a stupid Pastis Pun! Thanks, toon-boy!!!

Quick, Steph. Escape on your “Bicycle, bicycle…”

…but great taste

The show must go on.

This is so stupid that it’s become brillant.

At first glance I thought he was heading towards Rocky Balboa. “Adrienne!!!”

Oh I did laugh. I’m ashamed of myself.

ok, this got a good laugh from me!!! thanks

+10 for the Queen reference!

… Thump! Thump!

I love his play on words and puns! He is such a gifted cartoonist! ( And it references Queen)

Admit it. You had to chant it to get the pun.

I hate to say it, but that was one of the better ones.

Watching “A Knight’s Tale” right now.

I saw that coming from the second panel. Freddie Mercury is rolling in his grave.

James Thurber mentions ouapiti as a common animal in North America.

I’m with Rat on this one.

Brilliant. There’s a terrific parody of Bohemian Rhapsody on YouTube “Menopause Rhapsody”. Just so true to the music, and hilarious lyrics.

Well played pig…. well played!

i like it!

Moan……. hahahahahahahhahahahaha, good one!

I like the song though…

I LOVE Queen!!!!!

LOVE IT!

Steven is Queen for a day!

Well done!!

I miss not hearing “We Are the Champions” right after. Have to go get out my vinyl.

You’ve got mud on your face, you big disgrace.

Crazy little things called puns!

As soon as I saw 6 panels and the abundance of text, I skipped to the last 2 knowing it was a set up for another Pastis pun.

Rocked me!

I can not for the life of me read O-U-I as we

i don’t get

Oh, yes, Steph’s the great, PUN-tender, PUN-tending that he’s doing well…(Apologies to Freddy Mercury!)

Punny.

It makes me think of Michael Jordan and that great run of Chicago Bulls championships. Oh, yeah! We will, we will rock you!

Rat should’ve said “YOU’RE a big disgrace”. XD

Oh, the pain. I think I’m having a Sheer Heart Attack.

Saw a pun coming, couldn’t pre-guess it. Bravo!

Where’s Wayne and Garth when you need them.

Yup—I knew the pun was coming, yet I couldn’t look away. Well done, Stephan.

(Not sure I’d go so far to say [You] are the Champion, but you ARE darn good with puns. Or is that bad? Ha.)

Great one! Sometimes I can see the punch line coming, but not in this one.

You got me there Stephan! I was sure the pun would be “Rah, Q, Like A Hurricane”. But that’s just one man’s scorpinion.

I think there have been more pun strips than usual lately.

Call him Jason’s Iguana.

Bi-cycle, bi-cycle, I want to ride my bike…

I bet Pastis thought about it for a couple of hours before settling on ‘Q’.