Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 21, 2012

… thought it was the bagpipe?

Yankovic 3:17 — “And yea, the wicked shall be seduced and led to their doom by a lady of Spain.”

i feel like pig has repented like 5 times….. whats with that?

What Rat said at the end reminds me of a two-panel “Far Side” cartoon: Angel says, “Welcome to heaven. Here’s your harp.” Devil says, “Welcome to hell. Here’s your accordion.” My parents even have it framed (my late mother was a harpist [her harp from when since she was 15 was given to a niece] and my father —in his pre-teens— was an accordionist).

“Hell is other people.” – Jean-Paul Sartre

uhh… And if you like polka music?

“Only Satan could have invented the accordion.” I agree. How do I ‘LIKE’ this page a hundred times?

But who created the people that play accordians?

Wallaby, polka music played with banjos…..you will repent, or we’ll throw in the bagpipes…….playing MacArthur Park!

MacArthur Park, polka style, played by banjos and bagpipes, and why not, a penny whistle…..

Hillbillyman, music is like candy, I throw away the rappers…..

Really Rat, I thought it was filled with Justin Bieber music.

Lawrence Welk would be rolling over in his grave if he ever heard these two.

I had a nephew that used to play the accordion. He gave it up to play music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsLgrnzfiZU&feature=fvwrel

The best jazz musician on the planet. The Accordion is not to blame for crappy Polka as much as you can’t blame guitars for crappy Country music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-MSysORmPc

..I like polka..

Here we have pearls from the swine.

Tubas tubas tubas!

Hey Pastis, there’s plenty of other types who will rip off Gary Larson all day-why join them?

I handle auto claims, satan invented those also, I’m in hell.

Must dissent theologically, Pastis. Here I stand: the is nothing inherently evil about either the accordion or polka music! It’s generations of enforced bad accordion-playing and bad polka knock-offs that have led to these unjust accusations! Hell would be having a bad “lounge singer” and accompanying pianist in that little room….

I’ll buy a shirt with that strip on it for anyone that will wear it to the San Antonio International Accordion Festival. There must be video of it being worn at the festival and being cut off the body at the hospital.Not that I’m a fan…..

There are three circles of hell: Hip-Hop, Country & Western, and Modern Jazz.

A terrorist once kidnapped a busload of banjo players. He threatened to release them if his demands weren’t met.

I actually like accordion and bagpipe music. Just not at the same time.

Bravery: The accordian player in an all-girl topless band.

If you like polka, then Hell is filled with rap music that features the filthiest lyrics

As an accordion player, I have to agree.

He must have invented Comics since they are so much fun

I thought hell was watching endless re-runs of ‘The Sound of Music.’

“If I have to listen, tie me to the mast…row on…”

Played by crocs…

Reminds me of a Larson Far Side piece of the same reference. “Welcome to Heaven, here’s your harp. (bottom of panel) Welcome to hell, here’s your accordion”

I would have said trumpets playing “the lost child”,

Hell could be listening to country in the midwest.

I would have thought Satan would be playing the “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” over and over and over and…

For me it would be Organ music!

For me the devils instrument is the ukulele

Anyone who doesn’t like polka hasn’t heard Brave Combo.

Q: What’s the difference between an onion and an accordion?A: No one cries when you cut up an accordion.

Hell is the largest city in Arizona.

I know that Rat will be on his way down there.

And Pig will finally be able to fly with his angel wings.

xxx

I disagree with Rat.

The devil gave up the fiddle and took up the accordion, after Johnny beat him down in Georgia.

Does this make Weird Al Yankovic the Ghost Rider?!

" Hat-Trick’ definition; “Bouncing an accordion off the back of a dumpster, crushinga banjo and a bagpipe on the same shot.” I know, I know… Heresy in the Midwest, but I’ve BTDT,play all three. Yankovic paid well.

Aw wunnerful, wunnerful . . . . ⚉

Extreme Accordion Skills

If you’ve never heard the Beer Belly Polka you have not lived in either Heaven or Hell. Note to self, Gotta git me some sausage and beer.

geez talk about comments! who would’ve known an accordion pun would spark such a conversation! i was talking to myself over on the Bo Nannas strip, but there’s a lot of action here!

Rap played on kazoos

Nah – Bagpipes are a human invention. They are designed specifically to annoy your neighbors and everyone else within 5 miles….

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~kaminsmj/welcome.jpg

Weird Al Yankovic. His polka medleys are some of the greatest mashups of pop music ever created!

The Who?

As a good German married to a Polish gentleman, I MUST rise to the defense of the accordion and the polka…..fun music!!!! and I don’t care what rat and pig think!!!

THANK YOU for reminding everyone that June IS Accordion Awareness Month! ;.)

Y’all crack me up!!!

The banjo.

Perfect pitch: when the banjo and the accordion hit the dumpster at exactly the same time.

Use an Accordian, Go to Prison

() lolGood one.

If Stephen is a Weird Al fan, he ought to mail a signed copy of this to Al. :)

Death Metal Accordion rocks.

100TH COMMENT!!!

Yes, if I knew hell was filled with rap, I would become a bible thumper yesterday.

oh god no.

Excuse me, I happen to love bagpipe music!

I like the Accordion!

dont let jon arbuckle hear that