Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 16, 2013
July 15, 2013
July 17, 2013
Transcript:
Goat: Hey, Pig. How are you doing? Pig: Not so good. It's my grandma. We expect her to go any day. Goat: I'm so sorry. Pig: Why? She's been vacationing at our house for a week. Goat: Never mind. Pig: The woman needs to find a hotel.
“Gee, Pig, since you’re always misusing metaphors, I’ll have to ask directly: when you say ‘to go’, what exactly do you mean? I mean, I’m supposed to be the smart one in the strip, and yet I repeatedly seem to think you’ll use a metaphor properly”
While she still lived in Florida, my daughter was complaining about the old folks that clogged up the grocery aisles and got in the way . . . someone in the family proposed a spray to take care of the problem. Might have been me that suggested it be called it “Gran-B-Gone.” I was old myself, so guess I felt entitled.
Bilan over 11 years ago
When will Goat stop falling for his malaprops?
gocomics over 11 years ago
“Gee, Pig, since you’re always misusing metaphors, I’ll have to ask directly: when you say ‘to go’, what exactly do you mean? I mean, I’m supposed to be the smart one in the strip, and yet I repeatedly seem to think you’ll use a metaphor properly”
Sherlock Watson over 11 years ago
Pig has some terrible grammar, and she won’t go away.
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
Must be deja vu; I thought PBS had used this very joke before. Pig has not misspoke; Goat has misapprehended.Grandma Pig must go!
Snoopy_Fan over 11 years ago
♪♫♪♫♪♫
Go, go!Go, Granny, go!Go, go!Go, Granny, go!Go, go!Granny, be gone!
♪♫♪♫♪♫
John Falstaff over 11 years ago
Peeg, why you no seend Gammy to veesit croks for a while? Promis you dey glad too see her!
david long over 11 years ago
stop reading them!!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 11 years ago
The Eagles sang about a hotel where Grandma could go!
Lucid Premium Member over 11 years ago
“We’ve been sneaking Metamucil into her oatmeal all week and she hasn’t gone yet.”
puddlesplatt over 11 years ago
Groan!
KEA over 11 years ago
Pig is being precise. Others (usually Goat) are making wrong inferences.
OldestandWisest over 11 years ago
If Pig expects her to go, he has no problem, but in the last panel he seems to indicate that they DON’t expect her to go.
Potrzebie over 11 years ago
I’m surprised Pig hasn’t resorted to “pig in a blanket” jokes.
Lamberger over 11 years ago
If you go before you go, then won’t you get there before you leave. THAT can’t be right!
Gokie5 over 11 years ago
While she still lived in Florida, my daughter was complaining about the old folks that clogged up the grocery aisles and got in the way . . . someone in the family proposed a spray to take care of the problem. Might have been me that suggested it be called it “Gran-B-Gone.” I was old myself, so guess I felt entitled.
BillWa over 11 years ago
I would ask what’s a metaphor, then I remembered that’s where the sheep are kept.
Alms4Thorby over 11 years ago
Old Chinese saying: Relatives, like fish, begin to stink after three days.