Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 27, 2013
Transcript:
Goat: Good morning, Pig...what are you up to? Pig: I really love folk music, so I'm debating whether to join N.E.F.F.A. Goat: What's that? Pig: The New England Folk Festival Association. Goat: So why don't you? Pig: Because I really believe in women's rights, so I'd also like to join N.O.W., the National Organization for Women. Goat: So why not join both? Pig: Because I can't afford the dues for both. Goat: So it's one or the other? Pig: It's N.O.W. or N.E.F.F.A. Goat: Are there refunds for comic strips? Stephan: Nope.
The#1BoiseStateFan over 11 years ago
Sadly, I need a refund.
Alms4Thorby over 11 years ago
I could smell that one coming from a mile away, and I could smell it going from a mile away.
margueritem over 11 years ago
I need a refund too, please. ;-)
legaleagle48 over 11 years ago
Wow — even Goat and Pig are protesting Stephan’s puns now!
el8 over 11 years ago
You have no sense of shame, Steffie.
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member over 11 years ago
Pastis has left the building.
Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
{groan}
noahproblem over 11 years ago
Maybe Pig can join N.O.P.E. – Nationally Organized Pun Eliminators…
Alexander the Good Enough over 11 years ago
Just for the record, NEFFA is a very real organization, well worth supporting. And the annual NEFFA dance and music festival, coming up this April near Boston, is really quite amazing and very well worth attending.
cdgar over 11 years ago
We need a law guaranteeing prison time for repeated bad puns.
frogsandravens over 11 years ago
Hey, it’s still better than the puns (or whatever they are) in Crankshaft.
firedome over 11 years ago
thank you mr. pastis! i’m not worthy!
tabipapa over 11 years ago
Nice!!
theaznviolinist over 11 years ago
they are both real organizations xD
blunebottle over 11 years ago
We need a class action suit……
LiveToSurf over 11 years ago
I love the puns. Keep ’em coming!!!!!!!!
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
I demand a refund, too! Cartoon-Pastis should be tarred and feathered! —That would be a funny sight; maybe Li’l (L’il; Lil’ ?) Guard Duck could be in charge….
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
now does good work
Hillbillyman over 11 years ago
I could here Elvis singing “It’s now are never” in the background.
cdward over 11 years ago
I don’t care what anyone else says, I chuckled.
tlmck over 11 years ago
Where is Rat with his stick-o-pain?
Lakegal over 11 years ago
TY Mr. P. I enjoy a good groan!
jdkingbear over 11 years ago
n.e.f.f.a. have so many been so punned by so few, as n.o.w.
lisapaloma13 over 11 years ago
Hey, no cig! New Year’s resolution? Go for it!
annafrances over 11 years ago
HAHAHHAHA I like that!
knight1192a over 11 years ago
Ike aim. Ice saw. Ike on Kurd.
Just got the latest treasury yesterday. This pun is almost as good as that one. That one’s good cause it’s Pig getting Goat and Rat to do the pun.
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 11 years ago
Elvis Presley – it’s now or never on youtube
TooMuchSciFi over 11 years ago
Oh man…(shakes head). And I laughed, so which is worse?
Slantrhyme over 11 years ago
I’m pretty sure men can join N.O.W., since it’s an organization FOR women, not just OF women.
I enjoy the puns. With the Sunday strips, I always read the first couple of panels trying to figure out if it will be a pun strip. This was pretty easy – some of them are a stretch, like Free At-lass. :)
JustJoan over 11 years ago
Thank you for the pun. But really, you can stop…that’s a N.E.F.F.A. N.O.W.
jmartin1955 over 11 years ago
The badder the better. laugh out loud, but if need be I’ll take a refund.
cork over 11 years ago
Oh the humanity!!!!!
dingoboy over 11 years ago
another day at the beach
jcomics52 over 11 years ago
All SP’s puns end with the characters complaining.
I also want his new book.
funny_jack over 11 years ago
Yep, It was a subtle as a Freight Train, on these types Steph has become more than a little predictable. But alas, I still like them all……..
jhandini over 11 years ago
Better to be a pig than a ham
Vonne Anton over 11 years ago
Has there ever been a PBS where the characters set up the pun but refused to say it…then went and asked Stephan for more money to actually do it?
Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member over 11 years ago
Having been to N.E.F.F.A., I was so distracted by hopes of dance talk that the punchline was extra good for me. Laughing when your hopes are dashed, that’s my marker for good comedy. Thanks Stephan!
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
…and to think I voted against pun control…..
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
Vidi, Vici, Visa….I came, I saw, I purchased
No reason puns should be limited to English.
Ooten Aboot over 11 years ago
All those who can do better than Pastis, please stop wasting your time commenting here. Make your submission to the syndicate and get your superior strip published.
Anybody?
Anybody?
Thought not.
finale over 11 years ago
Thought a pun about Clog Dancing was coming.
celeconecca over 11 years ago
puns, puns of this wonderful sort / the more we read, the more we snort / the more we snort the better we choke / when groaning but grinning at this well crafted joke.
SquidGamerGal over 11 years ago
Please don’t tell me his prom date wasn’t his mom!
Moishe3rd over 11 years ago
Dolphins eat Pastis.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
….And does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy
A_NY_Outlaw over 11 years ago
I saw this one coming in the second panel. it’s pretty bad when even Goat is annoyed.
rshive over 11 years ago
Generally speaking, any pun is worth the effort to set it up. This one pushes the envelope though.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
“A puns is the lowest form of humor – unless you think of it first” – Someone Famous, but I don’t recall who.
skigypsy over 11 years ago
That is awesome!
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
WAY too heavy… Having lived in GT county, it did catch my eye, but you have to understand, readers of PBS tend to suspend any semblance of reality during the reading and subsequent discourse.I know I do!
Nonny over 11 years ago
Remember, people: A pun at maturity is fully groan!
rrstein over 11 years ago
Absolutely GREAT
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
Maybe that’s from the -Veni, Vidi, Vidalia
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
Or, as we say around here -Veni, Vidi, Vicunaor in Spanish, Vi una llama(Now that’s a load of Guanaco!)The Alpaca-lypse is near….
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
Oddly, no one pointed out that my previous icon was not of a packrat. Now it is..The previous photo was of our Ratemus, long gone the way of all mortal things. .Hmm, the word “mortal” contains both “mort” and “rat”. Coincidence? I think not.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 11 years ago
A “Hire” power is telling me to stop now…. I have to leave for workIt’s been realand it’s been fun,but it ain’t been real fun.
1504jarvis over 11 years ago
Gee Whiz . . . kind of sounds like gender based discrimination to me.
Vonne Anton over 11 years ago
MOST COMMENTERS: Your puns are KILLERS today! Thanks!
rgcviper over 11 years ago
I knew a pun was coming, although I didn’t see the exact one coming.
Stephan, you are THE pun master. Whether that’s good or bad, I’m not sure.
Nah—I love reading. Keep it up.
james53jr Premium Member over 11 years ago
I love the pun strips. (I know, I know, I’m just encouraging him . . .)
Yammo Premium Member over 11 years ago
Or, as El Rushbo calls them, the National Association of Gals. NAGs for short… ;-)
boldyuma over 11 years ago
I appreciate a good pun..that wasn’t it..
Logical Duck over 11 years ago
There’s nothing like a good pun.And that was nothing like a good pun.
sandigilbo over 11 years ago
I love Pastis’ puns! It wouldn’t be PBS without them at least once a week. And, we all have favorite characters – there are plenty to choose frrom.
Rickapolis over 11 years ago
Join now.
jerry6665 over 11 years ago
hahahaha… i gotta turn in my mensa card! i didn’t see that one coming AND i laughed out loud!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 11 years ago
“It’s Now or Never”?? Today’s travesty should be marked “Return to Sender”!!
marshalljpeters Premium Member over 11 years ago
I like the occasional pun, as long as he doesn’t do it too often. You can have too much of a good thing.
pam Miner over 11 years ago
Is N.E.F.F.S. a real thing? or is it a handy acronym?
lindz.coop Premium Member over 11 years ago
Yes, men can join NOW. My husband went with me to a very interesting NOW meeting today and was far from the only man there and welcomed by all he talked to.
big man over 11 years ago
I love his puns
Caerin Premium Member about 4 years ago
What I really like about Pastis puns is his timing. He knows just how long to wait before dropping another one on the unsuspecting public…