Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 03, 2012

“Pearls” just wanna have pun.

I think that pig has had a glimpse into the real Les Abell.

Steph’s put on weight

Hey, panel three proves this guy is a fake.I’m sure the real Les Abell has already heard every joke there is about his name and could guess what Pig was thinking before he opened his mouth.After many years of having a name that sounds like Susan Sunshine, believe me… I know.

Could have been worse. Could have been introduced as Lyle Bel bu he likes to be called Ly Bel.

I’d watch that movie. So, who’s the director? James Cameron? Michael Bay? Wes Craven? That one guy with the beard?

Remember the dude who sued the pizza chain because his last name actually was “Noid,” and he was getting ragged ad nauseum?

Is Pastis making himself the butt of his own pun or did Rat draw this strip in revenge?

Just tripping down memory lane…" WKRP, with more news and Les Nessman."

On grave marker on Boot Hill Here lies Les More four slugs from a 44.No Les no more.

My agent’s name was Noah Talman. But he didn’t.

Stephan, if the guy doesn’t have enough sense to call himself Lester, you’d better find another lawyer.

I had a neighbor named Adam Nutt.

say good night gracie

At least it isn’t Bob Loblaw.

Maybe he is a Leslie. We Brits pronounce it Lez, which I think is much better. Being called Less must be bad for the ego.

I love the guy’s confused reaction to Pig’s comment. You’d think with a name like that he would have heard all the jokes before.

Wizards of Waverly Place: Alex is appointed a lawyer named Loser. His first name? Bigtime. Les Abell better and funnier!

Checking Les’s IMDB page, it’s safe to say Pastis should expect les.

Should’ve hired his brother, Morre

Not everyone knows big-time Hollywood lawyers by name, Stephan! Pig is not altogether at fault here!

I think I’d rather be named Lester than Richard…

Sorry to tell you, but that family name is pronounced “A Bell” as if it were two words, NOT “able”. I know for sure, because it is also MY family name…

Our Credit Manager is Helen Waite..If you want credit; go to Helen Waite.

He said what i dont get it

Yeah…my name may have made me into a Green Beret. And some other stuff. My friends call me Leslie.

PS…good luck.Abell. I’ll watch for your name…role models are always good…

..lookin for the amber lamps..

I’m not making this up: My father’s proctologist was Dr. Butter. There was a Dr, Kidwell in Largo, FL, who was a pediatrician. I checked Google and couldn’t find her, but did find a Dr. Kidwell in Baltimore who’s a pediatric ophthalmologist.

Speaking of mispronouncing names

Yeah. Mrs. Shakespeare pronounced her maiden name “hate-away”, but the shirt maker pronounced it “hath-a-way”, and some people named “Theobald” pronounce it the way it looks, while others pronounce it “tibbled”.

That’s BOUQUET!

Where’s an anvil when you really need one?

Well, Car Talk has a whole crew of guys like this. Justin Hale, Sosumi Areti, the list is endless.

NateWright… not exactly, …. and thanks, Finale, for covering for me….but my first name is Susan and my last name sounds enough like “sunshine” for me ( and my siblings) to have already heard every joke and every bad rendition of every song that mentions “sunshine” and every “original” nickname.. and….. etc.I used to hate being called Susan Sunshine… but I gave up.

Bmonk… If you ever get a chance to google “Private Eye,” the English satirical news magazine, the sections available online sometimes include one specializing in letters from people who sign with names like that.Some are amazing.

….cant wait to see the movie!

Pig, pig pig…

He’s certainly more able to reverse his tie in that third panel. That’s gotta be a marketable skill somehow…

Pearls for a movie? EPIIIIIIC!

I would be the first in line to see a “Pearls Before Swine” movie. Who would do the voices, or play the live characters, I wonder? Bring it on!

Gotta say this has been very good for me…I’ve probably been one of those heard-it-a-thousand-times wise(?) guys who shoot off a sharp, fresh witty improvised harpoon…duh! neither of us has been much in the other person’s shoes…it takes 2!(two) relatively unaware humans to play THIS game of grievance…

it’s a collision of the rough frontier jocularity with vulnerable formalist, the wit who grew up admiring radio humoristsand the long-suffering put-upon upper-status stranger who never quite got the VIRTUE of that kind of a name…they may not respect you but they sure remember you…I’ll always remember Shirley Cumming. She was a great buxom good humored nurse I worked with when I was going through college. TLC QRN.Although there was a vas deferens between us.

this was funny!

i don’t get it