Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 04, 2012
Transcript:
Goat: Gosh, this book on Charles Darwin is great... It gets past all the controversy surrounding his theory of a natural selection and just explains it. Pig: What's natural selection? Rat: It's when a man chooses to be with a woman who does not have surgically enhanced ta-tas. Pig: No wonder it's controversial. Rat: It's a very tough choice. Goat: STOP!!
margueritem almost 12 years ago
Rat’s definition makes a lot of sense, I’d roll with it.
Sherlock Watson almost 12 years ago
Rat can be such a boob sometimes.
zero almost 12 years ago
Not a tough choice at all.
Bilan almost 12 years ago
What makes you think she didn’t understand?
Penless almost 12 years ago
That’s right, Goat. Stop. Stop reading that book. Science has moved past the falsity of evolutionary theory. It’s called the fossil record.
DrBonehead almost 12 years ago
Grainbelt, she understood perfectly. I married her and she told me.
Yontrop almost 12 years ago
“Ta-Tas”. Is that what you kids call them these days?
Sisyphos almost 12 years ago
Why is Goat shouting while Rat and Pig try to have a serious conversation? Is Goat some kind of trouble-maker?
GoodQuestion Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Whole new meaning for tit for tat . . . ☻
the burser almost 12 years ago
happy 4th
corzak almost 12 years ago
Often – but not always – human consciousness overrides natural selection.Perhaps the same would apply to conscious pigs, rats and goats . . . ?
walruscarver2000 almost 12 years ago
Tata, boobs, girls, knockers, tities, hooters, bazonga, jugs, handles, breasts, mammaries is there any part of the human anatomy with so many names or so much focus of attention?
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Happy Fourth of July everyone! I’m off to the cook out, “ta ta”!(Say, does England have a Fourth of July?)
knight1192a almost 12 years ago
Hence another reason why Rat has no girlfriend anymore. Even Pig’s sister sees him as an idiot.
Slam Dragon almost 12 years ago
Natural selection makes sense. It’s Evolution that doesn’t.
finale almost 12 years ago
Bodacious!!!!
ccronan almost 12 years ago
OMG, this just tainted any future conversation of evolution.
Ermine Notyours almost 12 years ago
Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow. Men have hundreds of words for breasts.
geneatwell almost 12 years ago
Irked too many NPR fans?
businessgypsy almost 12 years ago
Reminded of a 70’s era Steve Martin routine in which he recited a long list (including “snack trays”) of euphemisms which should never be used for human breasts – suggesting that “Hooters” was the only acceptable label. First time I had ever encountered that nickname, predating the eponymous restaurant chain.
sarah413 Premium Member almost 12 years ago
So, explain Katy Perry syndrome to the rest of us. Or Pamela Sue Anderson for that matter.
acesover almost 12 years ago
Wonderful!
businessgypsy almost 12 years ago
Thanks joshknape! TIL that the reverse of “if you have to explain why a joke is funny, it’s not” applies. Excellent!
Sherlock Watson almost 12 years ago
Perhaps Goat feels that their favorite diner isn’t the right place for this conversation, and that they should move it to Hooters.÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷H4J, everybody!
sandigilbo almost 12 years ago
Rat: it depends on the surgeon. Save the Ta-Tas!
codedaddy almost 12 years ago
Darwin’s most unfortunate misprint: “Survival of the tittest”.
Squoop almost 12 years ago
Rofl! Love this strip.
Number Three almost 12 years ago
I don’t know how Goat manages to still hang around with those two!
LOL xxx
piloti almost 12 years ago
A friend’s site.
https://twitter.com/#!/buppetry
dfowensby almost 12 years ago
riot! i miss those shows.
tigre1 almost 12 years ago
Burser…nah, two’s plenty. At a time. Usually.
joegeethree almost 12 years ago
I had to laugh at that one. Rat might have made more sense than Darwin there.
we_are_interdependent almost 12 years ago
in panel #3, Goat looks a lot like James Kochalka.
Casey Southards almost 12 years ago
I love Rat, he has a way of explaining things. Even if he is way of the “PAGE”.
markjoseph125 almost 12 years ago
The most amusing thing about this comic is that Rat actually understands natural selection better than do the creationists, and Rat does not understand it at all!
gamer2k4 almost 12 years ago
Easy choice. Natural is always better.
iFerrarifan almost 12 years ago
Yeah I tend to prefer women with natural chests, because I think there’s a point where the size of the “Enhancements” get ridiculous and end up detracting from the woman’s appearance rather than adding to it. In other news, I am quite pleased we haven’t seen any meaningless fights over evolution.
Aslan Balaur almost 12 years ago
Then why are you here? Bye now, don’t let the door hit you in the behind!
burleigh2 almost 12 years ago
In all fairness, if you marry a woman with a naturally flat chest (with implants added afterward or not), you’re more likely to have a daughter with a flat chest… less likely for boys to be beating down your door when she’s a teen. :-s
Ethan the new guy almost 9 years ago
What’s up with the color of Goat’s horns?
RaZaP almost 4 years ago
Did Pastis lose Goat’s horn color?
LOAFY over 3 years ago
What happened to Goat’s horns?
Kid Covid about 3 years ago
I was thinking that, too.