Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 21, 2013
Transcript:
Zebra: You know, Rat, most amusement parks have some sort of live entertainment. Rat; I know. That's why we've hired some acrobatic clowns who can jump off a high ledge. Zebra: Oh, cool. Kinda like those Cirque Du Soleil ones who land on those hidden trampolines and bounce back up? Rat: Bounce back up? Lemming: This is degrading.
einarbt about 11 years ago
Worrying is what I thought.
Sherlock Watson about 11 years ago
Aim for the beer pool, you bozos, and don’t swallow!
Templo S.U.D. about 11 years ago
Although I never saw a Cirque performance, gotta miss Sarah Guyard-Guillot since June.
kamb8 about 11 years ago
Lemmings aren’t intentionally suicidal. They do swarm through the countryside, though, which can result in fatal accidents. And the Disney documentary popularized the idea and was all lies. So there’s that.
michaelyukyuk about 11 years ago
Thurber was a notorious lemminophobe.
edclectic about 11 years ago
I think we’re all lemmings on this bus…
alviebird about 11 years ago
Lemming outta here.
Sisyphos about 11 years ago
How much do you pay those acrobats, Rat? Do any of them ever collect their paycheck?Or, more likely, did you make them pay you for the clown-makeup? Do they get all the beer they can drink backstage in green room before their act goes on? Does it go over big? What does the ILAAPWU (International Lemming Actors and Acrobats and Public Whiners Union) have to say about this?
John Falstaff about 11 years ago
Mee like marteenie wif twist of lemming
joeshmo30 about 11 years ago
i feel bad for the lemmings, but not that bad
jessegooddoggy about 11 years ago
Kids read this strip??
ShadowBeast Premium Member about 11 years ago
Can’t they die with dignity?But then again these guys are the same lemmings and always survive their jumps or come back to life like the Crocs.
SwimsWithSharks about 11 years ago
Good family entertainment would be to teach the kids some beer-drinking songs.
SkyFisher about 11 years ago
Any time the lemmings show up, so do comments about the old myth and Disney…It’s almost like the commentators are the lemmings! Metaphorically, their (our) behavior is instinct.
corzak about 11 years ago
You gotta love the happily dancing anthropomorphic beer cans! Great new characters.I wonder how much Rat pays the ‘face characters’ at Beerland . . .
robertcrescent about 11 years ago
Only if I am at the bottom and it’s one at a time!
Kathy Freeman about 11 years ago
hahaha!!!
Kathy Freeman about 11 years ago
and…….
rshive about 11 years ago
Lemmings in whiteface?
Carl Rennhack Premium Member about 11 years ago
After days of this Beerland routine, I’m convinced that Steph should be given a gun loaded with one bullet, placed in a locked room, and told to do the only honorable thing….
AND THAT’S TO SHOOT THE LOCK OFF THE DOOR AND GET OUT ASAP!!!!
HankTheSock about 11 years ago
Woo! I love these lemming strips!
susan.e.a.c about 11 years ago
A lot of anti-clown cartoons lately…I’m fine with that.
Vet Premium Member about 11 years ago
Hey they do bounce. A little.
heatherjasper1 about 11 years ago
Lemming past the crowd! I want see this!
Number Three about 11 years ago
I guess it’s better than Rat attempting to sing…
LOL xxx
barister about 11 years ago
The beer theme park is too crazy. Yesterday a nude guy wanted to go into the shallow end. Think about what people do in public pools. It is deeegustin…..can we move on Stephen??!!
GerardoDreadful about 11 years ago
Sometimes Zebra speaks like Goat
bmonk about 11 years ago
It’s all a misunderstanding. The Labrador lemmings are just going to visit their dentist— Lemming of the British Dental Association.
SCOTT26 about 11 years ago
This does not have anything to do with this strip, but where are the bad puns? i will see them tomorrow if my bad luck keeps up.
grayleaf about 11 years ago
Jeez, enough already with the lemmings! Bring back the crocs!