Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 22, 2019

Spare him his life from this monstrosity

Frightening thought: what is his worst subject?

I see a little silhouetto of a pig…

Galileo Galilei

Mamaaa, Rat’s just killed a man. Put his gun against Steph’s head…

And to think I read these comics to help me fall back asleep. Sigh. Carry on, carry on.

Before Bohemian Rhapsody, we used to sing Galileo’s full name to the tune of “The Happy Wanderer”.

The most important lesson: Nothing really matters.

A Starmus play to his audience and Pastis does a very good job.

I know most won’t get the reference but most of us don’t have a PhD in astrophysics.

Pig, that is not saying much.

Mama Mia!

If you’ve got 6 minutes, here it is with lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFKBR1ggTMY

Okay, I’ll say it: that’s not a science question. It’s history trivia.

I heard somewhere he was pretty scared of thunder and lightening.

Scaramouch, Scaramouch will you do the Fandango?

Oh great, now I have that song stuck in my head….

Wayne’s World …… Party Time !

Ask Brian May about that.

You have gone and thrown all that away.

no more music for you young man

I’m waiting for Pig’s answer to the inevitable question about the properties of Mercury.

A gratuitous Queen comic on the day the Oscar nominations come out. Nicely done, Steph.

I think the first lines sums up this entire strip: “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?”

One of the most famous celebrations of murder.

That is a history question, not a science question.

“Eppur si muove.” Galileo Galilei .

if you tell siri “i see a little silhouetto of a man” she’ll sing Bohemian Rapsody

its true. see for yourself.

History Factoid: Galileo was a poor boy from a poor family.

Is this a real science test, or is this just fantasy?

Let him go.

Scaramouche!

Everyone KNOWS it’s Gallant Galileo of Galalee!

Very funny. Pastis always brings it!

Long live Freddy Mercury.

Bohemian Rhapsody reminds of the “funny wrong lyrics” thing. The line “Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for meeee” sounded to me like “Beelzebub has the devil for a side-board, me, for me, for meeee”… ☺

If you have Siri on your phone, try telling it “I see a little silhouetto of a man”.

Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me…

Oh, Siri, I’ll never let you go… :^)

BRILLIANT!

I’m sure you’re being facetious. Why would anyone try to inject politics into everything.

Okay…I found this really funny!! I’m glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I read this. It would have been bad for my keyboard.

“Any way the wind blows….”

Pig totally rocked that question!

…. aaannnd straight to the comments.

I find Pig’s remark in the last panel somewhat discouraging, given his answer to the question.

You’re such a bohemian, Pig!

It is pretty scary if Science is your best subject; do you expect to graduate?

Omg so funny

Galileo leaves Pig all starry-eyed.

The subject of Galileo’s funeral: Planet. Then do it.

Actually, this sounds more like an interrogation and less like a science quiz. Also, give the age of Galileo when he made his most important discovery, his residence at the time, the distance from his house to his place of work, the number of hours he worked, and the number of wives he had, if he had any, and then multiply all numerical data by 3.14.

103 comments and no political bickering> Oh Joy! This must be a comic strip!

Could not agree more. Hope its not a dream.

He’s just a poor boy from a poor family

Does Beelzebub have a devil put aside for Pig?

Love this!

He’s Just a poor boy from a poor family spare him his life from this mostrosity