Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 21, 2013

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    The#1BoiseStateFan  over 11 years ago

    They are. They hate the beer parts, though

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    margueritem  over 11 years ago

    Or not…

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 11 years ago

    Nothing like homophones. And just to mess around, did Goat say nine cravats were damaged and ten Bangkok citizens were injured, or somehow the other way around?

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    legaleagle48  over 11 years ago

    As for the pun? GROAN

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    jack fairbanks  over 11 years ago

    the look in your eyes says you been hip mo tize!

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    ellisaana Premium Member over 11 years ago

    That was tied together nicely.

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    firedome  over 11 years ago

    thank you once again for making my day, mr. p.!

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    corzak  over 11 years ago

    Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

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    emjaycee  over 11 years ago

    And when the church library welcomed their new hand-made book repairer directly from her hometown of Bangkok, everyone sang, “Blessed be the Thai that binds.”

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Can ten Thais tie more ties tight in two tries than two Thais can tie tight in ten tries? It depends on which Thais tie ties best.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Bmonk…. I keep wanting to thank you for always noticing…. LOL…. but you post late and I come back even later.

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    Sisyphos  over 11 years ago

    It’s not nice to pick on Cartoon-Boy’s parents, Rat! Besides, they might not be so easy-going as he is! I’ll have my Mai Tai while I tie my tie and tie one on….

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    Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 11 years ago

    and eleven tys…

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    JGordonFan24  over 11 years ago

    Ouch!!!!!!

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    orinoco womble  over 11 years ago

    Hooked on homophonics!

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    Fantom Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I’m late, and fit to be Thaied.

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    lisapaloma13  over 11 years ago

    Didn’t that happen once before? Back in the eighties?

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    Emmett Wayne  over 11 years ago

    Q: How many Thais does it take to tie a tie?A: None. Thais can’t tie.

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    finale  over 11 years ago

    ♫"Knockin’ me out with those American Thais"♪

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    Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Today’s travesty might make people sorry that the country’s name was changed from Siam!

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    dreadlokz  over 11 years ago

    Does Pastis really look like that?

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    w2lj  over 11 years ago

    You know, it’s NOT the easiest thing to think these up.

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    Reppr Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I’ll wait here. The rest of you go on ahead.

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    nerdhoof  over 11 years ago

    The insurance company in Prague will send a Czech to pay for the damages. Somebody had to say it!

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    flyfisher  over 11 years ago

    Headline in Thailand for contest for who could make the most windsor knots in 18 hours but ened in a draw.

    “Thais tyng ties tied & tired.”

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    DesultoryPhillipic  over 11 years ago

    Doesn’t a fire intuitively indicate damage ?

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    knight1192a  over 11 years ago

    Don’t get the pun.

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    SquidGamerGal  over 11 years ago

    This one doesn’t even make sense!

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    puddlesplatt  over 11 years ago

    All an old groan!

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    tazz555  over 11 years ago

    Well its all fun and games until someone loses a Thai

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    Sithspit  over 11 years ago

    In other news, the manager of the factory was found dead, the apparent victim of group auto-erotic asphyxiation while drunk…he Thai’ed on one too many.

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    e.groves  over 11 years ago

    Years ago, being stationed in Thailand was referred to as “working for the railroad”, because you were probably going to lay some Thais.

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    Five boys  over 11 years ago

    Comments funnier than strip!

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    Digital Frog  over 11 years ago

    Pastis must have Thaied one on last night.

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    flyfisher  over 11 years ago

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    alviebird  over 11 years ago

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    Sherlock Watson  over 11 years ago

    Today’s comic is an excerpt from a newly-discovered Dr. Seuss book: Nine Thai, Ten Tie, Mai Tai, Hentai.

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    Rickapolis  over 11 years ago

    Not one of my favorite puns, but t’will do, t’will serve.

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    jkenlee  over 11 years ago

    Esplain pleass

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    imbaldeagle  over 11 years ago

    Do Thais practice tae kwon do while they tie their ties?

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    Sherlock Watson  over 11 years ago

    Arianne: Re. my “Zilch” comment on March 19: YouTube clip of Zilch.:Never mind the furthermore, the plea is self-defense.

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    twinsoniclab  over 11 years ago

    You’re right. But Rat wouldn’t have asked the question. He wouldn’t have cared enough to ask.

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    SkyFisher  over 11 years ago

    Headline the day after a midget fortune teller escaped prison:“Small Medium At Large”

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    cezpaige  over 11 years ago

    I don’t know what “nine Thais, ten ties” is a homophone for? Funny joke, otherwise. Oh. wait.

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    Neoprene Wedgie Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Count me as another one who doesn’t get it. Or are we just looking too deeply? Is the joke ONLY about the Thai/Tie homophone, or are the numbers important? In other words, would it be the same joke if he said “Four Thais. Five Ties.”?

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    craigwestlake  over 11 years ago

    Shakespeare would love you all – but especially you, Steph…

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    PegVanourny  over 11 years ago

    Now, which is funnier – the comics or the comments? It’s a tie today! Great going, folks! I love it!

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    Caltex  over 11 years ago

    basically i DO like “pearls before swine” but this strip is… it tries to make an impression to be high intellectual – first we have a word play – thais/ties – top quality joke, really :/ and then I believe it is called “4 walls” when characters DO KNOW and are aware of than they live inside of the comic strip. but overall is low low low… I would suggest to go with pig being on diet for next… ugh… for a lot of next strips to come. thank you.

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    corzak  over 11 years ago

    After the fire they held a blackened tie affair.

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    HankTheSock  over 11 years ago

    Pearls is so punny. I love it!

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    legaleagle48  over 11 years ago

    To those of you who say you don’t get it, the pun is the play on the words “ties/Thais.” The numbers don’t have anything to do with it, except to the extent that they apparently cause you overthink the joke.

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    kaystari Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Can someone explain what the pun is? is it simply counting and the similar sound of Thai and tie?

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    gocomics  over 10 years ago

    It’s hard to tell even w/ superzoom http://assets.amuniversal.com/70784ec062a9013019e7001dd8b71c47?width=1500 but Goat appears to be reading the “Columbus Dispatch”

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