Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 06, 2023

They have everything for young men to enjoy

Can’t stop the music, or the puns.

Well, that one was a duh-d, I guess.

Pastis was Macho Man enough to make this pun! Remember, it takes a Village People!

Well that went in a much different direction than I thought it would after the first panel – I thought we were headed for an “E=MC squared” pun (especially since the guy’s first name is Albert).

Young man, you should go far.

And, soon, I hope.

Ouch! Well done, Rat!

Rat and Goat agree this time.

They keep hitting Pastis on the head, and the comics keep getting stupider and stupider. Hmmm, I wonder if there’s a correlation.

Whack him again, Rat, for making me remember that song.

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHGGGGGGG , AAAAAAAAAHHHHHGGGGGGG, EARWORM , EARWORM , You , You Unspeakable !@#=%<( thing !!!!!!!!

Scientists have defined a unit of measurement for stupidity. It is called the duh-mass.

This comic strip has plenty of them.

For once I agree with Rat. (Hold me somebody, I’m scared.)

In the navy….

Lol

I’m guessing that Pastis doesn’t do book signings because of baseball bats.

Seriously people? Nobody remembers that M.C. A was a founding member of the Beastie Boys.

The Villagers are getting their pitchforks and torches.

These Sunday puns are often clever, but the setups are usually awkward and painful. All the more reason for the baseball bat at the end.

For the first time ever, I guessed the punchline from the first panel. I’m delighted and disappointed, both at the same time . . .

Steve-o you are ill………..

His nephews and nieces are all saying: “We’re so sorry, Uncle Albert, but we haven’t done a bloody thing all day….”

The Village People are coming with bats as well!

Pig has the moves!

People who don’t like puns are pun-ished by them!

Pastis would have made a terrible fighter, always telegraphing his punches.

That song is super fun and catchy, but terribly outdated. Nowadays, the YMCA is some kind of gym and youth center.

When even Goat agrees with Rat, you KNOW that it’s a bad Pastis Pun!

But we STILL love them…

cringe

I remember watching American Band Stand when the kids were making the hand gestures spelling the letters.

And The Village People stand up and cheer!

Too bad Pastis is too old to be in the navy. He’s not a macho man, though.

I thought “Village People Sunday” was outlawed three decades ago!

Goat joined Rat in insulting Pastis? This is rare.

Oh … no …

This is about the only way Pastis will be called “young man”.

Saw it coming in the second panel

Hah, you didn’t git me.

I was expecting an “Emcee Squared” joke.

Excellent !

Stephen is Punmaster of the universe… well, at least he was…

I felt it coming, I knew it was coming, but still I didn’t turn away. You, who come after, save yourselves. It’s too late for me…

Oh, great, now I got the song stuck in my head. Thanks a lot, Stephan.

Also, I love the pun.

Even Goat hated this one. And why do ‘hipster’ hotels have stupid names?

Saw that one coming from a mile off, but still I read it.

As much as I abhor needless violence.. he had that coming…

I had a feeling today would be a pun.

And this is what we come here for.

And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vHB9MEp4nU will cure you from this earworm… (By replacing it with a similar one!) :D

do we all get a turn with the bat?

I’ve had much worse earworms than YMCA.

i can never see these coming.

glad i was in the Navy

Da-mnit! Now I won’t be able to get that song out of my head all day!!!

I guess Pastis learn this when he was “In the Navy”.

Love it! Pastis is a master at playing with words!

I bet Mr. Pastis hates dancing at weddings. :P

Don’t blame the pig. Blame the cartoonist.

And this is the week I choose to re-follow Pearls Before Swine?

Got this one about halfway through as soon as I saw “Duh”. LOL!

Patsis at his best. Great comments, too.

I saw that one coming in the first panel.

To the PUNitentiary with him!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PrY8udkr_E

If you could just leaveDon’t look for me, I’m a ghost for youReplay the movie The Night I CriedYou swore you’d be there for me foreverIf you could just leaveDon’t look for me, I’m a ghost for youReplay the movie The Night I CriedYou swore you’d be there for me forever

[Verse 1]G0d, I wanted to believe in herShe told me lies, I loved him like crazyYou’re not like the others, tell me why am I angry?You told me “never”, then why aren’t you here?I was your lover, sister, brother and friendWe pushed together, we had a circleYou cut the same one, chose a different pathIf my head was under water, they would marry me, and I would marry her

[Chorus]I love her more than myself, G0d, trust meI swear it’s true, everyone knows itLook in the mirror and tell yourselfWhat you really are, now they know who you areLet them see how you can’t love meYou are cursed, you carry hatr*ed with youI want you to feel what I feelFor every tear, please forgive meYou might also likeDaleJala Brat, Buba Corelli & HavaLa MuriaJala Brat, Buba Corelli & Baby GangGreen eyesSanja Vučić[Verse 2]You like to break into piecesIt hurts because people don’t like youYou’ve been looking for me for a yearYou wanted MIC, so here I amYou think I’m a bad personYou think words don’t hurt meI love you too much, you know that?I read your emails in tearsBlocked you everywhereI can’t take it mentally, it’s f-cking tightI need to smile on cameraTo stand tall like a skyscraperI know they ask you about meYou tell everyone “MIC f-cked up”How fame changed mef-ck you, I’ll give it to someoneHow many nights have I cried because of you because you take f-cking drugsYou never understood me and now it’s too much for meIt’s true when they say “so close, yet so far”Tell everyone what you told me, the truth is hard to find outAnd then when they beat you, it all went over meWhat hell I went through with you, why are you surprised that it’s gon

Why don’t you show Pastis’s home address so we can join rat in showing our “appreciation” for today’s strip…

I was hoping this was gonna be about MCA but I guess that’s more obscure of a reference…

That one certainly required the length of a Sunday strip.

Only one star… coming off Pastis’ head. I could see, maybe, three and half stars for that one, don’t think I would give it four. Besides, as has already been stated, now I have an earworm.

Funny, punny…Thanks, Steph!

He’s quitting to open a stand selling nachos. He wants to be a nacho man.

Pastis is amazing at these multi-panel pun setups ^^

It’s good to see Goat and Rat working together.

In 1949 between college and his wedding, my dad lived for 6 months at the YMCA. He said a guy there set up a folding chair in the shower room so that he could visit with whoever was taking a shower.

Normally, I groan at these. This time, I laughed.

All day long. I thank you too much.

I saw that coming from the first panel.

Love the Ukrainian flag reference in the guy’s tie—thank you!

Rat is such a “Macho Man.” I wonder if he learned it “In the Navy?”

Stephan, Stephan! Gaaaaaah

Another Sunday savaging. Even Goat helped this time.

Goat has finally wised up! He joins ever-reliable Rat in pummeling Cartoon-Boy for that stomach-churning pun!

I don’t think Patis is such a “young man”.

Pig is doing the YMCA Dance. He is starting with the Y!

I, too, saw this one’s basic premise coming for the first time—and I’ve read “Pearls” for what feels like forever. After I [face-palm], well done, Pastis.

Looked at this one yesterday. Went straight over my head till I looked back at it this morning. I don’t know if I’m dumb or Pastisis’s puns are awful.

I assume Stephan references some song here? Can anyone share the name, please?

I had to say it aloud to get it…followed by a blown raspberry…

Does this place have a punitentiary?

This is the worst.

This guy is a genius!!!