Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 06, 2012

. . . actually, that is rather clever . . .. . . maybe not Nobel clever, but the guy who thought of it should at least get a free vente latte double mocha . . .

This is what it takes to get Rat and Goat together: Pig.Put a lid on it, Pig, and lock it.

Pig needs decaf

the prize has likely been awarded for lesser accomplishments

Indeed

Pig must have purchased the largest of the three (whatever fancy name it may have). He’s CLEARLY HAD TOO MUCH CAFFEINE!

There is no such thing as too much caffeine EVER!

The pig needs medication.

One size fits all!!!

Same size diameter, different heights. So if their sizes are 8, 12, and 16 ounces the 12 and 16 ounces would be taller than at other cafes cause their not going to flare out as much.

Are you talking the Nobel Peace Prize for…… what exactly was that for again? He certainly hadn’t been in office long enough to do anything when it was announced he was going to get it.

Did you ever feel delightfully out of it? I don’t know anything more than coffee, real and instant. Don’t have a clue about all that crazy stuff. Seriously, whipped cream?………

GoldenRoya, so proving that in the United States it really is true that we reward merit, no matter what the ethnic back ground? And anyone can dream of being the president of the United States? Sorry dude, that still seems important to some of us….

I’ve always wondered. How do animals with such short, stumpy, stick legs ever climb up on those high stools at the lunch counter?

I just want a ceramic mug that doesn’t have sizes and doesn’t need a lid – because I’m going to sit down and drink it rather than run around like a crazy person.

I see the people who can’t keep politics out of their comments regardless of the merit of them are out from under their rocks again. Please go tell it to Lush Rumball, he might care.

Question – Does Pastis really think pigs are dumb? IMHO they are one of the smarter farm animals. Besides Rat should get a comeuppance once in a while. I know, I know the whole thing is unreal I just happen to like pigs.

Some of us come to read the comics and the comments for laughs and to get away from politics. Please take your comments to a political board.

all they do is make the cup taller i mean it’s like McDonalds but just taller

This one didn’t do it for me, but I love the comic!

It must be nice to get excited about such a simple thing. “I THINK PIG IS SO FUNNY!”

“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”—Sir Winston Churchill

On another note . . . I AGREE with Pig! I was amazed by the “one-size-fits all” lid system, when I first encountered it. “Where’re the lids for all the other sizes???” I complained!

Rat is damn right

The Nobel Prize is so 20th century. The Ig Nobel Prize is what’s happening now. Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, won the 2011 Ig Nobel Peace Prize for demonstrating that illegal parking can be ended by running over the offending car with an armored personnel carrier.

Awwwwwww! I adore Pig!

LOL LOL xxx

Pig notices. Delights in understanding. Sort of. That’s why us dimmer guys are happier than smarter people…it’s so much fun to find things out, and there’s so much more, too…Pig as servant of Truth. Has all the qualifications of a GOOD reporter.

LOL! LOL! LOL!!!!!!

I love Pig. He’s so full of life and excitement and it doesn’t help that the one-size fits all lid is news to me too!

The same lid fit all three cups. I LOVE that pig. The same lid….T-shirt material.

This beats finding the Higgs boson.

That actually probably saves money , plastic, and time. I’d say it’s pretty clever. Now it also means that the sizes get bigger in height then in width but that doesn’t seem like a disadvantage. I sound like goat right now.

Brilliant…just brilliant!

Great, agreed – not new. I have a freezer-to-microwave-to-dishwasher storage set with the same feature. And it came with a turntable for storage so you can reach any size piece without rearranging the cabinet.

snerk

Perhaps BillWa was ‘steamed’ or just could not bring himself to correctly spell ‘esteemed’ because B.O. is not. ** LOL at today’s strip. Love Pig’s enthusiasm & naïveté.

and they still spilled and burned your hands

People, people… this is a Comic Strip.Granted, we do have a choice in which to read or not read the comments. But please, can we omit political parties (which is an oxymoron by itself), because this is to enjoy outside of the rat race, pun not necessarily intended.Um, quoting Pig: “…Ever Been Such A Lock?”Please, would someone fill me in as to what exactly that means? I wanna guess, but would rather have it explained.Pig has one of the best hearts in this strip, but that quote is somewhat above my head. Thank you.

60 comments today. Impressive!

I have a feeling Pig will be disapointed like when the guy who invented the toaster didnt win

I’d like to find out if a flag from those of us who want to dump the political pulpit off of the comments stage would do any good.

F6F5Hellcat has it right. And it stops the place from upselling. “Oh no, we have no small lids, guess you’ll have to get the venti eh?”

WHAT IS THIS SORCERY??

No more vente Machiatto quads for pig.

pig looks so happy