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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 about 12 years ago
Sadly, I need a refund.
Alms4Thorby about 12 years ago
I could smell that one coming from a mile away, and I could smell it going from a mile away.
margueritem about 12 years ago
I need a refund too, please. ;-)
legaleagle48 about 12 years ago
Wow — even Goat and Pig are protesting Stephan’s puns now!
el8 about 12 years ago
You have no sense of shame, Steffie.
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member about 12 years ago
Pastis has left the building.
Templo S.U.D. about 12 years ago
{groan}
noahproblem about 12 years ago
Maybe Pig can join N.O.P.E. – Nationally Organized Pun Eliminators…
Alexander the Good Enough about 12 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 about 12 years ago
We need a law guaranteeing prison time for repeated bad puns.
frogsandravens about 12 years ago
Hey, it’s still better than the puns (or whatever they are) in Crankshaft.
firedome about 12 years ago
thank you mr. pastis! i’m not worthy!
tabipapa about 12 years ago
Nice!!
theaznviolinist about 12 years ago
they are both real organizations xD
blunebottle about 12 years ago
We need a class action suit……
LiveToSurf about 12 years ago
I love the puns. Keep ’em coming!!!!!!!!
Sisyphos about 12 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 about 12 years ago
now does good work
Hillbillyman about 12 years ago
I could here Elvis singing “It’s now are never” in the background.
cdward about 12 years ago
I don’t care what anyone else says, I chuckled.
tlmck about 12 years ago
Where is Rat with his stick-o-pain?
Lakegal about 12 years ago
TY Mr. P. I enjoy a good groan!
jdkingbear about 12 years ago
n.e.f.f.a. have so many been so punned by so few, as n.o.w.
lisapaloma13 about 12 years ago
Hey, no cig! New Year’s resolution? Go for it!
annafrances about 12 years ago
HAHAHHAHA I like that!
knight1192a about 12 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 about 12 years ago
Elvis Presley – it’s now or never on youtube
TooMuchSciFi about 12 years ago
Oh man…(shakes head). And I laughed, so which is worse?
Slantrhyme about 12 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 about 12 years ago
Thank you for the pun. But really, you can stop…that’s a N.E.F.F.A. N.O.W.
jmartin1955 about 12 years ago
The badder the better. laugh out loud, but if need be I’ll take a refund.
cork about 12 years ago
Oh the humanity!!!!!
dingoboy about 12 years ago
another day at the beach
jcomics52 about 12 years ago
All SP’s puns end with the characters complaining.
I also want his new book.
funny_jack about 12 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 about 12 years ago
Better to be a pig than a ham
Vonne Anton about 12 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 about 12 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 about 12 years ago
…and to think I voted against pun control…..
Packratjohn Premium Member about 12 years ago
Vidi, Vici, Visa….I came, I saw, I purchased
No reason puns should be limited to English.
Ooten Aboot about 12 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 about 12 years ago
Thought a pun about Clog Dancing was coming.
celeconecca about 12 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 about 12 years ago
Please don’t tell me his prom date wasn’t his mom!
Moishe3rd about 12 years ago
Dolphins eat Pastis.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 12 years ago
….And does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy
A_NY_Outlaw about 12 years ago
I saw this one coming in the second panel. it’s pretty bad when even Goat is annoyed.
rshive about 12 years ago
Generally speaking, any pun is worth the effort to set it up. This one pushes the envelope though.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 12 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 about 12 years ago
That is awesome!
Packratjohn Premium Member about 12 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 about 12 years ago
Remember, people: A pun at maturity is fully groan!
rrstein about 12 years ago
Absolutely GREAT
Packratjohn Premium Member about 12 years ago
Maybe that’s from the -Veni, Vidi, Vidalia
Packratjohn Premium Member about 12 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 about 12 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 about 12 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 about 12 years ago
Gee Whiz . . . kind of sounds like gender based discrimination to me.
Vonne Anton about 12 years ago
MOST COMMENTERS: Your puns are KILLERS today! Thanks!
rgcviper about 12 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 about 12 years ago
I love the pun strips. (I know, I know, I’m just encouraging him . . .)
Yammo Premium Member about 12 years ago
Or, as El Rushbo calls them, the National Association of Gals. NAGs for short… ;-)
boldyuma about 12 years ago
I appreciate a good pun..that wasn’t it..
Logical Duck about 12 years ago
There’s nothing like a good pun.And that was nothing like a good pun.
sandigilbo about 12 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 about 12 years ago
Join now.
jerry6665 about 12 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 about 12 years ago
“It’s Now or Never”?? Today’s travesty should be marked “Return to Sender”!!
marshalljpeters Premium Member about 12 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 about 12 years ago
Is N.E.F.F.S. a real thing? or is it a handy acronym?
lindz.coop Premium Member about 12 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 about 12 years ago
I love his puns
Caerin Premium Member over 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…