Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 25, 2015
Transcript:
Rat: I had a dream that a monkey was trying to market his own brand of cinnamon, but didn't want to use the word cinnamon. Goat: What did he want to use? Rat: A word that meant the same thing, but I couldn't think of any, so he said that meant I was a sinner who would one days go to hell. Goat: Whoa. That dream sounds like some kind of omen. Rat: What kind of omen? Goat: A simian cinnamon synonym sin omen. Rat: You're the one going to hell.
Constancy about 9 years ago
I laughed, and when I read it aloud, I am still laughing.
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
Oh, what a tongue twister to say 5X fast.
Durandal_1707 about 9 years ago
I think the word he was looking for was “cassia.”
Sherlock Watson about 9 years ago
If you really like tongue twisters, try this one::I’m not the pheasant plucker or the pheasant plucker’s son, but I can pluck a lot of pheasants ’til the pheasant plucker comes.
awgiedawgie Premium Member about 9 years ago
Pastis is so good at them, if bad puns condemned a man to hell, he would be the Devil himself!
SR about 9 years ago
Well, Stephen could always ape-ologize.
unnormal about 9 years ago
@ Stephan:Some people may not think much of your drawing, but you have just proven that you truly are an artist.
Popothepresident about 9 years ago
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danfromfreddybeach about 9 years ago
quit monkeying around.
Seriously though, great tongue twister.
oldschool434 about 9 years ago
Stephan may be going to hell…..but the readers are already there
dadoctah about 9 years ago
I get my cinnamon from a sea anemone.
Plumbob Wilson about 9 years ago
This is what Pastis does best.
Bruce Underwood Premium Member about 9 years ago
I just love Punday comic
PICTO about 9 years ago
Hell is to good for Cartoon boy…send him to Cincinnati.
StCleve72 about 9 years ago
A cinnamon sinner man pseudonym
cdward about 9 years ago
Heavenly tongue twister.
Flossie Mud Duck about 9 years ago
I didn’t groan at this one. It is so well done that it doesn’t even sound contrived. Bravo, Pastis
Arty8846 about 9 years ago
I knew where this one was going when I saw the first frame but I kept going. I have no one to blame but myself. Pastis must be a verb. I have been Pastised.
puddlesplatt about 9 years ago
my tonque is stuck in the roof of my mouff.
lahuerasantera Premium Member about 9 years ago
that’s a hell of a pun! i’m impressed!
Vonne Anton about 9 years ago
We are not worthy…..
DamnHappyChappy about 9 years ago
Keep up the puns. I love ’em.
Arianne about 9 years ago
Oh, those Pastis Puns! “Thought I had enough, but I’m back for more.” This was excellent!
Stocky One about 9 years ago
Highly contrived. Ridiculous. And very funny!!
Queen of America about 9 years ago
I’ll be there right along with Pastis. And most of my friends.
MeGoNow Premium Member about 9 years ago
Now. If is dream was that he saw all of that in a movie, it would be a….. all together now…
a cinema simiancinnamon synonym sin omen
But what if the monkey was from Sonoma? Then it’s
a cinema Sonoman simiancinnamon synonym sin omen
Sisyphos about 9 years ago
I had a dream, too! —That Cartoon Boy was going to Hell, but that he rattled off a few of his choice puns and tongue-twisters at the gate, left Satan rolling on the floor laughing his fat red a$$ off, and escaped to the Better Place!It was a nightmare.
Lyons Group, Inc. about 9 years ago
No Rat, Endtown is.
mrgromit about 9 years ago
As a fellow recovering law dude, I can’t help but to wonder if Pastis didn’t slip a few puns in on his legal work. I saw some great ones in my studies and some questionable ones while clerking.
whiteaj about 9 years ago
Pastis does know how to torture the language! :D
Kirk Barnes Premium Member about 9 years ago
Wow. What a construction. Skillful.
Neoprene Wedgie Premium Member about 9 years ago
Whenever I see that Patsis is setting up a pun (which is often!) I cover the last two panels and try to figure out where he’s going. I made it pretty far this time – I had Cinnamon Synonym and Sin Omen, but couldn’t come up with Simian. You win again, Patsis.
Brian Fink about 9 years ago
Would Goat really have fallen for this though?
David Rickard Premium Member about 9 years ago
Anyone think Tim Rickard (Brewster Rockit) and Pastis have a bet going for who can do the worst pun this week?
cdgar about 9 years ago
One of the better ones.
Number Three about 9 years ago
I’m sure Stephan will see you there, Rat!
xxx
Sheila Hardie about 9 years ago
Moar crocs, please! The puns are fun, but I miss the crocs.
amaryllis2 Premium Member about 9 years ago
Bravo!!!
BugsyQ about 9 years ago
Holy crap! That was FUNNY!!!
AnonMuse about 9 years ago
So, Pastis is going to be punished for eternity for this? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
tomielm about 9 years ago
Arianne, thanks for that! Very danceable—if one dances for fun, and I do!
Ingen Zeitgeist about 9 years ago
Stephan this was your worst so far, congrats 0-:
agila333 about 9 years ago
I get the warm fuzzies reading this strip and the comments thereupon. Its good to know that there are so many weirdos still out there. Just like that quote from the ancient, in black and white no less, sit com with Jackie Gleason where he told his next door neighbor, “Norton, somewhere there is a candle burning in the window of a nut house becoming you home.” Trouble is you can’t see any candles in windows anymore; fire hazard and all. When will the government get out of our lives?
Thudfark about 9 years ago
I usually get a good chuckle out of these and it helps to lighten the load. Laughter, as they say, is the best medicine. Case in point: the other week I was constipated, after reading a few strips I was laughing so hard I almost crapped my pants. Thanks for helping to bring out the wurst in me.
claire de la lune. about 9 years ago
I don’t want to know the thought process in thinking up these puns.