I once made up a pun about candy makers who introduced a line of gummy babies shaped like dogs. They had poodles that tasted like french wine, butterscotch terriers, and many others but their most popular were collies that tasted like watermelon.
Stephan’s puns are on another level! I keep trying to figure them out panel by panel but I rarely do. I think my body wants to solve it but my brain is afraid; rightly so!
With English not being my native language I sometimes struggle with strips like the one today, however the clue from the last frame did help in the right direction + plus knowing The Beach Boys a bit also helped :-)
He has set the bar pretty high with this one. BTW, Brian Wilson said Sail On, Sailer was the best song he ever wrote. I can’t get that one out of my head
And now, my Christmas gift to the internet, a homemade Pearls-style Christmas pun.
Goat (walking in): Hi, Pig. What are you doing?Pig: Morning, Goat. I thought I’d have a garage sale. My neighbor Will is stopping by today.
Goat: What’s for sale?Pig: Well, here is a piece of a broken globe that I used to own. And over there is a pair of army men that I played with as a kid.
Will (walking in): Hey there, Goat, Pig.Goat: Hi, neighbor Will. Why are you wearing the halo and wings?
Will: I thought I’d promote a good self-image. You know, to let people know that I’m a good person. Anyways, what’s for sale, Pig?
Pig: Piece of Earth, good Will, two men.
Rat (holding a shovel standing over a knocked-out Stephan): How’s that for “peace on earth”?
Puns often fly right by without me getting the joke until later. In Pastis’ case, they struggle by me like a wounded snail and I still have to consult the comments to get it.
Took me awhile to get this. Given this is xmas, I figured it would be a pun with a holiday theme. But….Beach Boys?? Nevertheless, I (almost) always like this strip. I do wonder if Pastis comes up with all of his wordplay himself, or whether he has “helpers”.
LOL! I made up a pun about a guy who was under the weather, so he decided to make up a concoction (including liquor) of whatever he had on hand. However, the guy got even sicker, so he called and made an appointment to see his physician. He proceeded to tell the physician what kind of concoction he made, by telling his physician, “It must have been the hickory daiquiri, doc.”
Checking out in a hardware store, considered old in 1970, there were apple pickers hanging on the wall behind the proprietor. I asked him if he had any fig pluckers. He and the folks behind me roared with laughter.
Good stuff, For the first time, I had to cheat and read the comments to understand.
I even like the song, and agreed with it back when the Beach Boys sang it. Today I’d have nothing to do with a Commiefornia girl, just stick to Texas and Florida.
Did anyone else need that last panel to finally get this extremely terrible pun? Until I read what the bartender said about “Wouldn’t It be nice” I didn’t get the pun was a Beach Boys refernce.
Usually, I don’t get the joke until I reach the punchline. Today I had to read the punchline twice before I got the joke. What happened, Stephan? Did you get into the nog yourself?
Tough one for a dumb German. The last panel did it. My favorite is the first Chinese to be ennobled who moved to America. His new addess: Sir Fing, USA.
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
MERRY CHRISTMAS
to those who celebrate, and enjoy Monday off to those who don’t.
BasilBruce over 1 year ago
I knew a pun was coming, but there was no way I could have known what it was.
Enjoy the beach, boys!
BasilBruce over 1 year ago
Also, Merry Christmas, folks.
Kveldulf over 1 year ago
That was difficult. Of course I’ve never been to California.
Erse IS better over 1 year ago
Yipes. Beach that buoy!
DennisinSeattle Premium Member over 1 year ago
Last panel is the icing on the cake.
Wilde Bill over 1 year ago
Steph: Help me, Rhonda, help help me Rhonda!
Kveldulf over 1 year ago
I once made up a pun about candy makers who introduced a line of gummy babies shaped like dogs. They had poodles that tasted like french wine, butterscotch terriers, and many others but their most popular were collies that tasted like watermelon.
Everyone loves a melon collie baby.
leopardglily over 1 year ago
Merry Christmas, Gocomics!
eolan59 over 1 year ago
Bermuda, Bahamas, Come on Pretty Lama
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 1 year ago
After a pun like this I’d can return to bed. A nice Christmas Day to you all
jmarkoff2 over 1 year ago
Where’s Barbara Ann?
Imagine over 1 year ago
That was a very long set up. I almost fell asleep in the middle of it. I did fall asleep at the end of it. And then I dreamed of California girls.
Robin Harwood over 1 year ago
Tried to guess. Almost there, but didn’t make it. Drowning is too good for him.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member over 1 year ago
“I wish they all could be California girls.” Collie Four Nog, Earls. That took way too long to process. Hope that helps someone else.
blunebottle over 1 year ago
That was too far a stretch, Stephan. I think you’re getting desperate. Merry Christmas anyway.
Doug K over 1 year ago
I thought this heading in a Twelve Days of Christmas direction – with “Collie” in place of “Colly” or “Calling” (as in Four Colly or Calling Birds)
Gent over 1 year ago
Not worries Rat. It wont takes long for sea level rising thanks to global warmi…er…climate change.
Cornelius Noodleman over 1 year ago
I’m reading this in my room.
cartoons.ms Premium Member over 1 year ago
I don’t get it. A little help for a non-native speaker, please?
iggyman over 1 year ago
Took ne a while!
Zeno2099 over 1 year ago
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everybody!
jonescientific over 1 year ago
Guess I’m growing old, but I had to read that one several times before I got it.
naplllp over 1 year ago
Keeping with the Beach Boys theme: “This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on.”
Imagine over 1 year ago
What’s wrong with the last panel? The hole isn’t deep enough.
Ellis97 over 1 year ago
Merry Christmas from everyone at Pearls Before Swine.
Bryan Smith Premium Member over 1 year ago
I knew “Collie Four” sounded like something to latch onto, so I just kept saying it to myself until I heard “Califor(nia)” and the rest was easy.
apoch003 over 1 year ago
HAHAHAHAHAHA! I love these pun panels!
johndifool over 1 year ago
Alas, Bama didn’t make the BCS this year.
figuratively speaking over 1 year ago
Stephan’s puns are on another level! I keep trying to figure them out panel by panel but I rarely do. I think my body wants to solve it but my brain is afraid; rightly so!
Egrayjames over 1 year ago
Way too much of a stretch for this one.
Count Olaf Premium Member over 1 year ago
Took a minute but worth the wait.
newsbb over 1 year ago
With English not being my native language I sometimes struggle with strips like the one today, however the clue from the last frame did help in the right direction + plus knowing The Beach Boys a bit also helped :-)
deojaideep aka Courage over 1 year ago
I don’t get it!
rossevrymn over 1 year ago
Nope, Nope, Nope, didn’t git me…………….Merry Christmas.
chris_o42 over 1 year ago
Rats. Now I have that Beach Boys song stuck in my head.
chris_o42 over 1 year ago
Merry Christmas all!
scpandich over 1 year ago
I did not know where this was going, and when it got there… I wish I still didn’t know. Merry Christmas!
Rasslebear over 1 year ago
Stephan Pastis: Pun Master.
huntejk over 1 year ago
Painful
uniquename over 1 year ago
Then we’ll watch it roll away again, Rat.
cmerb over 1 year ago
fI missed it all together sorry : ( please don’t hurt me : (
T Smith over 1 year ago
Did not get the joke until the last speech balloon.
basspro over 1 year ago
Wow! Thanks to the comment section I got this. Normally I do pretty good but this one was flying high and fast. Merry Christmas friends.
Upton O'Goode over 1 year ago
Just a few more shovels full…right on the top…that’s right, cover the silly little cap, too…
Lee26 Premium Member over 1 year ago
I LOVED David Lee Roth’s version (and video)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cmbhfI8f_Ek
EdButrym over 1 year ago
One of the best ever, Steph!!!
mindjob over 1 year ago
He has set the bar pretty high with this one. BTW, Brian Wilson said Sail On, Sailer was the best song he ever wrote. I can’t get that one out of my head
lorez.1 running on solar energy and batteries over 1 year ago
Merry Stressmass everyone!
tony_n_jen2003 over 1 year ago
Misheard lyrics- Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul I wanna get lost in the rock and roll. Merry Christmas.
P51Strega over 1 year ago
LOL… Love the tortuous pun strips!!!
Goat from PBS over 1 year ago
And now, my Christmas gift to the internet, a homemade Pearls-style Christmas pun.
Goat (walking in): Hi, Pig. What are you doing?Pig: Morning, Goat. I thought I’d have a garage sale. My neighbor Will is stopping by today.
Goat: What’s for sale?Pig: Well, here is a piece of a broken globe that I used to own. And over there is a pair of army men that I played with as a kid.
Will (walking in): Hey there, Goat, Pig.Goat: Hi, neighbor Will. Why are you wearing the halo and wings?
Will: I thought I’d promote a good self-image. You know, to let people know that I’m a good person. Anyways, what’s for sale, Pig?
Pig: Piece of Earth, good Will, two men.
Rat (holding a shovel standing over a knocked-out Stephan): How’s that for “peace on earth”?
johnschutt over 1 year ago
Not his best work…
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
MERRY CHRISTMAS‼️‼️
I'm Sad over 1 year ago
Without the puns, comics would not be much fun! For me, without comics, work (today included) would be not much fun either.
rgbourj over 1 year ago
don’t get it. too early, and I’m too hungover.
Lynnecostello over 1 year ago
I’m sorry but my husband and I just don’t get this one. Can someone please help???
KEA over 1 year ago
had to work way too hard for that
sangwin80 over 1 year ago
ARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Binky Premium Member over 1 year ago
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LKrueger41 over 1 year ago
Puns often fly right by without me getting the joke until later. In Pastis’ case, they struggle by me like a wounded snail and I still have to consult the comments to get it.
alexius23 over 1 year ago
Brian Wilson is coming for you
John Jorgensen over 1 year ago
Okay, I didn’t see where this one was going till it got there. So well done Pastis.
mrsdonaldson over 1 year ago
These make me laugh!
txmystic over 1 year ago
Surfs up, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, aboard a tidal wave…
nsaber over 1 year ago
Took me awhile to get this. Given this is xmas, I figured it would be a pun with a holiday theme. But….Beach Boys?? Nevertheless, I (almost) always like this strip. I do wonder if Pastis comes up with all of his wordplay himself, or whether he has “helpers”.
poppacapsmokeblower over 1 year ago
That’s a lot of work put in on a pun.
Kilrwat Premium Member over 1 year ago
Quite the cunning linguist he is!
tuliplover over 1 year ago
LOL! I made up a pun about a guy who was under the weather, so he decided to make up a concoction (including liquor) of whatever he had on hand. However, the guy got even sicker, so he called and made an appointment to see his physician. He proceeded to tell the physician what kind of concoction he made, by telling his physician, “It must have been the hickory daiquiri, doc.”
HaleStorm21 over 1 year ago
Somebody save us. We love PBS but we can’t for the lives of us figure out what the pun is today! Also, Merry Christmas from WI :)
Thomas R. Williams over 1 year ago
Pastis always has to have his pet sounds, but at least he is not back in the USSR.
Jon mcalexander Premium Member over 1 year ago
Merry Christmas!!!
Pesky bannan-ah over 1 year ago
Nice Beach Boys shout out.
verticallychallenged Premium Member over 1 year ago
I think Little Saint Nick would like a word, Stephan….
liberalnlovinit over 1 year ago
Took me a moment – trying it out…
yankfan25 over 1 year ago
I must be thick. I don’t get it.
zeexenon over 1 year ago
Checking out in a hardware store, considered old in 1970, there were apple pickers hanging on the wall behind the proprietor. I asked him if he had any fig pluckers. He and the folks behind me roared with laughter.
JLChi over 1 year ago
I don’t like any of the comic strips based on puns, and I think this was the worst one yet.
Oh, well, have a Merry Christmas, everyone, and just move on.
Dacker Premium Member over 1 year ago
I was expecting and looking for a Xmas-related pun in the last panel. I didn’t get it right away.
Shonkin over 1 year ago
Didn’t see that one coming!
gbars70 over 1 year ago
By the way Kveldulf, you should take up current residence with Pastis…
RobinHood over 1 year ago
Merry Christmas to Rhonda, Wendy Barbara Ann, and The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 1 year ago
Boo! :D
Croc Holliday over 1 year ago
This is the worst strip, I’ve ever been on.
dap1004 over 1 year ago
I have to admit Stephan deserves being buried in the sand for this one.
Another Take over 1 year ago
That was a looooooooong walk. Was it supposed to be “California Girls”?
bmihura over 1 year ago
Good stuff, For the first time, I had to cheat and read the comments to understand.
I even like the song, and agreed with it back when the Beach Boys sang it. Today I’d have nothing to do with a Commiefornia girl, just stick to Texas and Florida.
T... over 1 year ago
I Don’t get it; a little help for - is Stephan Scottish ?
T... over 1 year ago
Maybe – a Polish joke?
T... over 1 year ago
Romanian…
snikkel50 over 1 year ago
1I don’t get this one
alliegator over 1 year ago
this has to be the best worst pun ever! Thank you Mr. Pastis!
Katje over 1 year ago
Why is the author still allowed to use the Internet with these bad puns? We’ll call him “Punnisher” from now on, with double-n…
RobDelman Premium Member over 1 year ago
Oooof! Had to chant this one out loud to actually “get” it. Huzzah!
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
The Beach Boys? Really, Pastis? Merry Christmas.
knight1192a over 1 year ago
Did anyone else need that last panel to finally get this extremely terrible pun? Until I read what the bartender said about “Wouldn’t It be nice” I didn’t get the pun was a Beach Boys refernce.
anamchara42 over 1 year ago
I usually get Stephan’s puns right away. This one took me a sec. Groan.
ghostomine over 1 year ago
Stop. Please stop.
magdala666 over 1 year ago
Love the puns!
mikenassour Premium Member over 1 year ago
Just…..no. Seriously. No.
RWill over 1 year ago
“Mr. Pastis, there’s someone claiming to be Brian Wilson’s lawyer on line two …”
gary.eddings4157 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Ah, Pig….livin’ the dream…..or dreamin’ he’s alive? He just needs a dual quad giddy up (409).
Cerabooge over 1 year ago
That’s actually quite impressive.
Beowulf 406 Premium Member over 1 year ago
OUCH, MY BRAIN HURTS BAD.
Cary Rodda Premium Member over 1 year ago
After reading the first panel I hit Like because I knew another pun strip was coming!
gcarlson over 1 year ago
https://www.facebook.com/CheyenneCapitalChorale/videos/836981767204595/ 10:48 (but the rest is great, too. I’m the one with a mustache, no beard.)
louhmartin Premium Member over 1 year ago
Worst ever! Love it!
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Love it!!
pamela welch Premium Member over 1 year ago
Stephan, Stephan … G R O A N — LOLOL
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
That pun took a few readings before it clicked. Gotta hand it to Cartoon-Boy, he really knows how to forge those far-fetched puns!
mail2jbl over 1 year ago
I had to pronounce the payload two or three times before it finally clicked with me.
Kjvman1 over 1 year ago
Laughed out loud!
aehadley Premium Member over 1 year ago
What’s the pun? Someone please explain it to me.
itsacatsworld Premium Member over 1 year ago
“wouldn’t it be nice” bwwwahahaaaaa. wipes tears from eyes. Best Ever….
DaBump Premium Member over 1 year ago
I think Pastis may have set some kind of record with this one!
Keno21 over 1 year ago
You know, I don’t even read these past the first panel…
tomevansphd over 1 year ago
Collie For Nog Earls . . . What? The Swine got the best of this one!
ronsensolo over 1 year ago
Don’t get it!
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Knock knock.
Who’s t here?
Sarah.
Sarah who?
Sarah doctor in the house?
Swirls Before Pine over 1 year ago
Usually, I don’t get the joke until I reach the punchline. Today I had to read the punchline twice before I got the joke. What happened, Stephan? Did you get into the nog yourself?
c001 over 1 year ago
Tough one for a dumb German. The last panel did it. My favorite is the first Chinese to be ennobled who moved to America. His new addess: Sir Fing, USA.