Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 20, 2011

Don’t rock the boat Goat. Or you may end up roasting over charcoal in a pit. Capisce?

I bet Paris Goat wishes he had a banjo so he could run amok like El Kabong. (Or would he be El Twango?)÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷“I guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.” (Steve Martin, who has a black belt in banjo)

Come on, Goat! Rat is, so sadly, quite normal in how he operates his department—no different from 10000 other government bureaucrats protecting their budgets, or 10000college administrators, or just about any 10000 folks given a budget annually.So, get with the game! Rat needs an Opposite to make it 3-on-3 beach volleyball ( not exactly regulation, but great fun for amateurs). Loosen up and have some fun!

Pig actually wears more clothes on the beach than he normally does. And Pigita in a bikini is wrong in so many ways.

Most flagrant & unwarranted Banjo Fatality was engineered by the Red[neck] States - the death of the Dixie Chicks career. Inbreeding will out.

You know what morale means?

Even the LGD is in on the scam…

I’m thinking that if Goat could get his hooves on a banjo right about now, Rat would be a stat.

THE DEADLY BANJO SONG—I’m just a regular Joe,Strummin on the o’le Banjo.Cut my finger on the string,Now it hurts to play and sing.Got a wound in-fec-tion,which missed de-tec-tion.The doctor didn’t fix it;I died a mere statistic.

What an elegant, accurate description of everything wrong with our government?Comic strip artistic expression at its best!

Very good strip today Mr. Pastis.

Goat is so selfish

Well, I finally understand what pig sees in pigita – she does have her good points ☻☻

This strip is brilliant. I hope that every politician out there gets off his high horse, picks up the paper and reads this.

Why aren’t the Crocs signed up ? You’d think with that kind of easy money, they’d be first in line. More money to kill the Zeeba.

The little cat is so cute…

LOL xxx

@Jukeofearl – Dixie Chicks killed their own career all by themselves. No conspiracies there ;)

Which is why Mr. Snuffles and Guard Duck need to be out ensuring there’s a fatal banjo problem.

Poor morale. :(

Forget goat, get Zebra

Well, I’m a fan, so I’m prejudiced. Unlike some other fans, I don’t know how umpty-ump thousands of departments are run. I have HEARD about leftover budget money before, mainly in private enterprise…and once, when I managed to get some great young engineers to bring their solar car project to LA…and we took it across country and parked it in front of bushie jr Daddy’s White House…we had a two-faced bureaucrap assigned as our ‘handler’…told us how wonderful we were and then…behind our backs, told newsies that we weren’t sh**and…I sought him out and shook his hand…in public…and didn’t let go until I informed him what he was, essentially, descriptively…and how he would behave for the rest of our time in DC or I would find him…old sarge, lifetime martial artist, in some situations I get my way…

How I like Rat. And Pastis. Don’t let go of their hand, Pastis. Tell ‘em how it is…we’re living in great times, and “things” are changing…and thank you very much.

Hey, everyone who is persuaded to play beach volleyball is one less engaged in risky banjo playing behavior. You can NEVER put too high a price on saving a life!

Frauds? well, in the case of snuffles and pigita, you’re not wrong

Pig and Pigita are wearing matching swimsuits!