Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 05, 2012

I never have seen a live armadillo! Just ones on the side of the road. Guess today’s strip won’t break my streak…

Most armadillos seem to have that problem…

Q: Why’d the chicken cross the road?

A: To prove to the armadillo (et al.) that it could be done!

I understand a lot of lonely women have electric armadillos to keep them company.

Hey, he is looking a little run down.

Hey, Zomney can run with his feet in his mouth, so I guess Arnie can still help out.

You’ll never win the election if you’re middle-of-the-road.

Careful, armadillos are known to carry leprosy.

I’ve seen plenty of squashed armadillos littering roads (mainly in Texas). They flatten real good! Can’t say as I’ve met such an educated one as Rat’s was….

and, one armadillo is called sybian.

I saw 2 this morning on my run. Alive and rooting around, and a big raccoon. Lots of reserve area around my home, so I get to see lots o’ critters!

Well, I was only in Texas one time, but I did see a live armadillo, and whopping cranes and a huge beautiful indigo snake. Pretty good trip!

Well he saved Rat the trouble of throwing him under the bus when the (unsuccessful) campaign is over…

What do they call armadillos in Texas?—speed bumps.

wow…no Rango references yet. But, he’s with the Spirit of the West now!

Awwwwwwww!

Goat’s face is PRICELESS in the Last Panel…

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Was the last panel left off this one?

Rat should still expect an invoice and an automatic withdrawal from the campaign’s checking account.

I see live armadillos here all the time (Oakland, Florida). I have one that comes out of the woods about 50 feet away right about dawn & I can tell it’s out there when my inside cat starts jumping all over me running from window to window wanting to go out and play with it. You don’t want to mess with an armadillo though, they have razor-sharp teeth,.

I saw an armadillo in Florida’s palmetto-and-pine woods. It galloped away. I could’ve picked it up at one point, but prob. wouldn’t be a good idea . . .

Google Science Now article, “Yes, You Can Get Leprosy From an Armadillo”.

Arnie will soon be attracting various insects and scavengers. Maybe he hasn’t mastered crossing, but now we can watch him master bait. =rimshot=

Clearly, Rat is a centrist. “Ain’t nothin’ in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadilloes.”

Feral hogs have a problem with the new 85 mph highway in Texas.

I’ve seen one live one.

Where I used to live, they called them Oklahoma road pizzas.

a Texas speed bump

Armadillos are extremely near sighted. At my job, I’ve had them amble right up to me and then stop, do a 180 and amble back the way they came. They are funny little guys.

That truck driver knew the way to armadillo.

Um. Armadillo pie.

You expect sophisitcated here? what comic do you read?

I saw this coming a mile a way. Nobody names “Arnie” will ever survive in “Pearls.”

Come Wednesday, Mittens is going to know how Arnie feels.

Why did the chicken cross the road… to show the armadillos how it is done… padampum