Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 22, 2013

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    einarbt  over 11 years ago

    Good service, right?

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    cdgar  over 11 years ago

    I have some clocks that need a good cleaning….

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    The#1BoiseStateFan  over 11 years ago

    I think you should get the hammers, too

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 11 years ago

    Would like to know how “clean one’s clock” means “pulverize someone.”

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    naturally_easy  over 11 years ago

    well, at least he didn’t offer to paint his wagon.

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    Bilan  over 11 years ago

    There are certain times that it’s good to drop your beer.

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    kamb8  over 11 years ago

    Not as good, but there’s also “I’m gonna rearrange your face!”

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    zero  over 11 years ago

    Based on a current lame tv series featuring men w/motorcycles, he’ll hug you first, then ask if you’re okay. And then he’ll beat you.

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    Dave Thorby  over 11 years ago

    In Cockney rhyming slang, face is boat race.

    The origin of Clean ones Clock appears uncertain.

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    Sisyphos  over 11 years ago

    Even better than the Spilled Coffee trope is the Spilled Beer trope! At least Rat is smart enough to run and hide rather than have his clock cleaned by Biker Bob [I’m just guessing based on past Pastis practice that that’s his name].

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    KEA  over 11 years ago

    Must be Windex Day in Comicsland

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    LEOKEV  over 11 years ago

    @ temple SUDPerhaps it is rooted in the fact that front of a clock is called the “face”. I could envision an early use meaning to punch someone in the face, thus knocking off all the numbers.

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    jmartin1955  over 11 years ago

    That was excellent.

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    puddlesplatt  over 11 years ago

    when I’m through with you, you won’t remember which hole to crap with!

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    Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 11 years ago

    And tomorrow the bikers will invite Pig to a barbeque!

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    Sandfan  over 11 years ago

    You know the threat is serious when Rat drops his beer.

    One explanation of ‘clean your clock’ is that it comes from railroad jargon. Jamming on the air brakes causes the air pressure gauge [called a clock] to go to zero, thus cleaning the clock.

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    robert.l.stevens  over 11 years ago

    To begin at the beginning, “clock” has been slang for the human face since the mid-nineteenth century, based on its supposed resemblance to the face of a clock. “Clock” as a verb has also been slang for “to punch in the face or strike violently” since the early 20th century, again based on the clock-face metaphor.Elsewhere in the world of fisticuffs, according to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, “clean” has been slang for “vanquish” since the early 19th century. The Random House dictionary also lists “fix someone’s clock” as a slang term for “to finish someone,” first attributed to the writer O. Henry in 1908.

    http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=612439

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    Reppr Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Just give Biker Bob a free pass to Beer Land. I would love to see how he interacts with the Bozo Lemmings

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    cubswin2016  over 11 years ago

    This biker could even make Norm drop a beer.

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    jessegooddoggy  over 11 years ago

    Wasn’t that line used in the G version of “Thelma and Louise”? Another movie to re-watch if we ever get a rainy day in California!

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    route66paul  over 11 years ago

    Loud pipes save lives. (biker lives)

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    cobirdman  over 11 years ago

    Harley Davidson: the art of turning gas into noise..;)

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    hariseldon59  over 11 years ago

    Rat must really be afraid if he dropped his beer.

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    heatherjasper1  over 11 years ago

    He can rearrange their apartment, like that gang did in the Far Side.

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    Uncle Joe  over 11 years ago

    “So much for the gentrification of bikers.”Maybe he meant he’s going to clean their clocks in court…

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    Vet Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Now Rat does need his clock cleaned.Finish the beer first, then run.Side story:In Army Basic training 1972 we were cleaning the floor for inspection. We had snuck in several cases of Black Label Beer. I had just popped mine when in walks the Drill Sgt. He gazes at me demanding “What the hell is that in your hand soldier?”I responded “A cold beer Drill Sgt!”He said “Get rid of it now!” I said “Yes, Drill Sgt!” I turned that beer up and drank the whole can in one move, crushed it, and put in the trash. “Drill Sgt, the beer is gone as ordered.”He grinned saying “Now your punishment. You are promoted to Platoon Leader. Get back to work.” The next day fresh with my new stripes he told me “If you had put that full beer in the trash without finishing it I would have kicked your ass all over that floor.”I said “Yes Drill Sgt, I knew that.”Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome. Never retreat. Never give up. Never back down. You are the ultimate weapon, a combat infantry soldier and his rifle. You rule the battle field.He drilled that into our heads every day.Rat you need to have your butt kicked.

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    Number Three  over 11 years ago

    Excellent!

    xxx

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    Sherlock Watson  over 11 years ago

    Pig, just tell that nice man that you were speaking for Jef(f) the Cyclist, and tell him where Jef(f) lives.

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    schwartzenberger Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I love the way your strip has developed. It has become one of my favorites!

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    doodlejeeves  over 11 years ago

    Did he also offer to take you to the cleaners if any of your clothes are dirty?

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    Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Veteran--GREAT STORY! Please send it to my e-mail, mel1951ceryahoo.com, so I can share it! Thanx!

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    barister  over 11 years ago

    So the big bad rat took a runner huh.

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