Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 28, 2011

David Letterman: Top 10 Expressions that Sound Dirty but Really Aren’t

10. “Frosting the pastry” 9. “Shooting hoops” 8. “Jumping the turnstile” 7. “Checking your oil” 6. “Tethering the blimp” 5. “Sending out for sushi” 4. “Picnic on the grass” 3. “Quarter-pounder at the Golden Arches” 2. “Shaking hands with Abraham Lincoln” 1. “Windsurfing on Mount Baldy”

Rat, as always, works without a net…

—And that’s why we always called it a birdie….

kid, youre bad

Racquet it up to experience.

I have a feeling that Rat wanted to do that all along, regardless of Goat’s explanation.

The spectral tortoise o’perspective to goat: “at least your still breathing”

It’s a good thing Rat didn’t whap Goat’s little thingy.

awwww, look at rat’s little tail in the second panel!

When did Pastis immigrate to the UK?

(Americans and Canadians call it “bird”, not shuttlecock)

Sounds vaguely obscene to me.

Rat doesn’t like the sound of “shuttllecock”, or “your little thingie”?

we always called it a “birdie”

I suppose my father didn’t like the other term either…

And this is the time of the year where Hiding the Pickle" is very popular.

I’m wondering if Rat is really using a Badminton racquet, or if he switched to something more substantial, like a tennis racquet.

@rf_eq@JohnnyDiego@hariseldon59

You guys are makin’ my day!

lol!!

Number 3 ( Half Sister of Number 6)

Now that sounds dirty!

There’s something enjoyable about goat getting clobbered….

I have to see my doctor, I have a case of shuttlecock. :’-(

Hit right up side the head awesome

OUCH! Dont Mess with the at!!!

Seems kinda harsh, Rat. Fun (for me), but harsh..Great comments today, though.

Is it possible Rat really knows the name of the “little thingie” but wanted to give Goat the chance to say something vaguely questionable so as to give Rat an excuse to whack him with his eaquet?

Box lunch.

Im suprised that Pig didnt hit Goat for that, instead it was rat