Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 14, 2012
Transcript:
Goat: Gosh, that woman sitting next to me sure is pretty. Rat: Well, say something to her. Nothing's gonna happen if you sit there. Goat: Excuse me, but did you know that the children's song, 'Ring around the rosie, a pocketful of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down,' is actually a reference to the black death, a plague that killed millions? Rat: Perhaps silence is the better approach.
chireef almost 12 years ago
a man after my own heart, I would have thought it was a good line too.
Sherlock Watson almost 12 years ago
I never knew that Sheldon Cooper had horns.
margueritem almost 12 years ago
Goat is not skilled in the art of small talk…
Phatts almost 12 years ago
… this makes the old cliché pick-up lines look a lot better …
Templo S.U.D. almost 12 years ago
Can someone remind me the story behind “Hey-diddle-diddle, the cat & the fiddle, the cow jumped o’er the moon, the little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon”?
rf_eq almost 12 years ago
goat is left brained. she’s just left
bahramthered almost 12 years ago
Cute I think for you crude sexual innuendos might be a better option than obscure trivia. Try;
“That’s a lovely dress. It’s gonna look great in a ball beside my bed.”
You might get slapped but better odds of success than your material.
firedome almost 12 years ago
goat’s approach mirrors my own. perhaps that is why we are both still bachelors…
orinoco womble almost 12 years ago
“Hey, momma, you got a burger to go with that shake?”
Buggerit almost 12 years ago
In the UK we say “A-tishoo” instead of “Ashes”.
It is an onomatopaeic word for sneezing, in case you were wondering.
Hillbillyman almost 12 years ago
Starbucks?
Sisyphos almost 12 years ago
Goat! You’ve got to save your A-Material until after the preliminary greeting rituals! D’oh!
knight1192a almost 12 years ago
Now if she had been a super nerdette Goat’s sad attempt at a pickup line would have not only worked but quite possibly gotten him a one night stand.
el8 almost 12 years ago
“Is that a penguin on the telly?” – M. Python
eddie6192 almost 12 years ago
For once I agree with Rat.
NJ Lyon almost 12 years ago
Ring around the Rosie: the bubos, signature red scars of the black plague.Pocket full of posie, ashes to ashes: victims of the plague were burned with posie petals in their pocket.We all fall down: everyone dies of the plague.
GoodQuestion Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Well you can’t blame her, I mean how would you react to someone coming on to you that smelled like a goat?!? . . . ☻
rolleg almost 12 years ago
Goat could have snagged ME with that line.
jmartin1955 almost 12 years ago
Just the absurdity of a goat trying to hit on a girl was funny enough.
finale almost 12 years ago
Try “Frankie’s Tiki Room” on Charleston in Las Vegas next time you’re there. I always get real intellectual after a couple of their “Hurricanes”.
Jeff0811 almost 12 years ago
I heard a line on TV recently that I would try if I were single, “Hey miss, want to see something swell?” probably a good thing I’m married
hcr1985 almost 12 years ago
He can try a line I once heard….“Do you have a mirror in your pants, because I see myself in them”
jeelbeartoe almost 12 years ago
It was a great line. Goat should’ve been looking into her eyes when he said it.
einarbt7 almost 12 years ago
Perhaps.
dekawesome almost 12 years ago
black death…..goat……………
mac47 almost 12 years ago
I did not know that.
MeGoNow Premium Member almost 12 years ago
I suspect the billy goat smell had something to do with it.
Tue Elung-Jensen almost 12 years ago
In the same way they got a rhyme about Freddy Krueger in the movies :)
Varnes almost 12 years ago
Hey, she left her martooni…dibs!….
Spooky D Cat almost 12 years ago
The secret is to ask her about herself. Almost everyone loves talking about themselves.
Lizard Lass Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Wouldn’t have worked on me either. Definitely not into guys who spread urban legends.Now, "Did you know William Blake’s “The Sick Rose” is about venereal disease?" is a sure-fire ticket to love! http://www.eliteskills.com/c/1723
PocketNaomi almost 12 years ago
This comments section?
Gokie5 almost 12 years ago
I never realized that Goat was so Asperger’s-like clueless. Pig would have been more likely to hit the tone-deaf note, but he’s not academically-inclined enough to come up with the “Rosie” stuff. Zeeba, perhaps?
Homeward Premium Member almost 12 years ago
http://www.woot.com/blog/post/the-debunker-is-ring-around-the-rosie-about-the-plague
GypsyWoman almost 12 years ago
I would actually think that was a good pickup line. I have always been fascinated with the Black Plaque..or was it Black Flag the band?I get them mixed up.
starlilies almost 12 years ago
Wow, talk about an original pick-up line….
Number Three almost 12 years ago
I love how Goat is full of knowledge and facts….
But some people don’t…
Poor Poor Goat… Trust Rat to be there to correct him.
LOL xxx
bossyheifer almost 12 years ago
Actually that song isn’t about the black death (plague) at all, that’s just a nifty-sounding urban myth, surely Goat can do better than that!
Hectoruno almost 12 years ago
I always tried the old “If I could prove mathamatically that you are the center of the universe would you let me buy you qa drink?” If the universe is infinite and center is defined as equal dxistance to all sides then
Hectoruno almost 12 years ago
The woman would be the center because the edge of the universe is infinity in all directions. If the woman is the center than I am at infinity minus however many feet I am from her. If I want to be at the center of the universe we need to get real close.
TileComics almost 12 years ago
I think she had a vision of what the offspring of a human and goat would look like. Or she got creeped out by the talking goat.
Nuttypearls115 almost 12 years ago
It’s true. What isn’t known is why children were taught that song.
DamSkippy almost 12 years ago
I learned Ring-Around-the-Rosie, Red Rover, etc on the playground many years ago. I didn’t read it in a book, or saw it on TV, just heard it on the playground. It’s interesting how we all learned about it before the Internet connected us all.
Zebrails almost 12 years ago
1. Why ask Rat?2. Goat’s too smart for romance.
Bill Chapman almost 12 years ago
Check out Dude and Dude today…. Pearls gets a mention….http://www.gocomics.com/comic/explore/1184441/10
Blossoming almost 12 years ago
New format is that the characters use more words to say what they did in the past… I think SP’s streamlining the comic for his internet cartoon… :(
Blossoming almost 12 years ago
It’s okay, no, no, I’m gonna CRY!!!!… ;(
duffer37 almost 12 years ago
@GoldenRoyaIt’s called “The Internet” :)
lakita_lover almost 12 years ago
Why, yes, Goat, I did know that. Creepy, isn’t it? :)
Andrew Capp almost 12 years ago
What’s your number?
tegm almost 12 years ago
oh like there’s anyone who doesn’t know that.
librarymom almost 12 years ago
He’s a horny old goat.
m.l. over 11 years ago
LOAFY over 3 years ago
The Christmas song “Do you hear what I hear” is about a city getting nuked.
Snuffles the Mute Terrorist Cat about 1 year ago
Just dress goth-style leather clothing with a rose embroidery, goat, then you would look pretty cool saying that!
alantain 11 months ago
Would’ve worked for me!