Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 05, 2013
September 04, 2013
September 06, 2013
Transcript:
Penguin 1: Dear, I know you want me to go out there and catch fish for you, but that polar bear is still out there. Penguin 2: What makes you think that's him? Penguin 1: I have a feel for these things.
Stephan never read “The Prehistoric Far Side” book.Gary Larson points out admitting that he certainly made the mistake by putting polar bears and penguins in the same cartoon.Study, Steph! Read the Far Side!
Ok…. let me try to understand…..Girl penguins wear pink bows.Boy penguins catch fish for them.
Polar bears wear Groucho glasses…and all of them, and many other animals, speak English….But it’s unscientific for them to all be in the same comicstrip panel??!
If the polar bear visited Rat and Pig’s house, would you point out that polar bears don’t visit Northern California?Cos I swear, I live in the same city as Pastis, Pig and Rat….and no polar bear has ever knocked on my door. For that matter, I’ve never had zebras, crocs or lions as neighbors, either.Maybe Stephan should go to the library more?Sheesh.
I’m generally pretty permissive on the polar bear/penguin thing, but this gag would work with seals on either end of the deal — Polar bears eat seals, and Elephant seals eat penguins. And an elephant seal in Groucho glasses would be a riot.
Similar to the polar bear/penguin debate, “Finding Nemo” was ruined for me when Marlin and Dory were swallowed by the whale and ejected through the blowhole. Talking fish and birds I can accept in a movie, but unlike in humans, the digestive tract and the respiratory system do not meet at all in cetaceans. Whales do not eject water from the blowhole: what you see is mist created when warm air from the lungs meets colder air above the ocean. I tutor some kids on-line and it took a session to correct that misconception, thank you, Pixar.
O_o dang, why cant people just sit back and enjoy the comic strip, you all seem to fight over teh littlest stupidist things, calm down will ya??? its just a comic, sheesh,you know what! there are worse things in syria right now, fight about that
Mr. Patsis has committed the all-too-common and inexcusable error of believing that penguins, from the southern hemisphere of the world, somehow come into contact with Polar Bears, which are found only in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.
Anybody out there remember Walter Lanz’s Chilly Willy cartoon? This penguin resided with polar bears in Alaska. Lanz was known most for Woody Woodpecker.
Now, I’m not saying this is what Stephan is drawing, but please, to end the partisan bickering, look up auk and puffin. Let’s just say that is what he is drawing and set everything right with the comic world again. . . not everything black and white is a penguin. . . I wonder, if Stephan draws Zeeba with a carrot in his mouth, would you think him a penguin? Besides, one can clearly see that the ice is a perfect circle (well, close to perfect, but, hey it’s hard to draw a perfect circle, so, okay, fine – one can fuzzily see the ice as a perfect circle). As ice does not melt uniformly unless it was formed uniformly and all outside influences are also uniform in temperature, which never happens within a natural thermodynamic setting, one can logically assume that this is an exhibit at the zoo, and penguins are always next to the polar bears at the zoo. . . perhaps the door was left open – I mean, how else did the polar bear get the nose and eye brow glasses unless their was a concession stand nearby?
No, people, there are no penguins living near polar bears. However, there are penguin-like birds called auks that live near the north pole. http://www.allthesea.com/Sea-Bird-Auk.html
did you ever see the footage of the orcas tipping the ice so that the seals would slip off into the water? They used it to teach their young to hunt. They do it over and over. I know how they feel, I am married with children(and grandchildren)
JoeyCooler777 over 11 years ago
Are they going to be the new seals/Orca?
Bilan over 11 years ago
Nah, that’s just Groucho Marx
Rod Gonzalez over 11 years ago
YEAH! No Rat!
(He sucks!)
margueritem over 11 years ago
Trust those instincts.
einarbt over 11 years ago
Floating on ice from down south I see.
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member over 11 years ago
Why a duck? Why a no chicken?
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member over 11 years ago
Just go with the floe, Penguins.
punmeister over 11 years ago
Pastis seems to recycling all of his old Crocodile trying eat Zeeba jokes.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago
“Nobody nose ♪ ♫ ♫ the trouble I’ve ♪ ♫ ♪ seen ♪ …”
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago
Hey…. I can post that on Agnes, too.
favm over 11 years ago
Besides, Rat and Pig are moonlighting in Wizard of Id.
arye uygur over 11 years ago
The polar bear is to these birds as the fish the birds wanna catch is to them.
bornfree99 over 11 years ago
its actually the killer dolphins..
usfellers over 11 years ago
Never fear penguins, either that isn’t a polar bear or you aren’t penguins, there are no penguins at the North Pole and no bears at the South.
oldschool434 over 11 years ago
Stephen never studied Natural Science in school…..
Zebrails over 11 years ago
Stephan never read “The Prehistoric Far Side” book.Gary Larson points out admitting that he certainly made the mistake by putting polar bears and penguins in the same cartoon.Study, Steph! Read the Far Side!
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
What? That’s not Groucho Marx?!I have a feel for these things, too. But it’s usually wrong.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago
Ok…. let me try to understand…..Girl penguins wear pink bows.Boy penguins catch fish for them.
Polar bears wear Groucho glasses…and all of them, and many other animals, speak English….But it’s unscientific for them to all be in the same comic strip panel??!
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago
If the polar bear visited Rat and Pig’s house, would you point out that polar bears don’t visit Northern California?Cos I swear, I live in the same city as Pastis, Pig and Rat….and no polar bear has ever knocked on my door. For that matter, I’ve never had zebras, crocs or lions as neighbors, either.Maybe Stephan should go to the library more?Sheesh.
Michael Peterson Premium Member over 11 years ago
I’m generally pretty permissive on the polar bear/penguin thing, but this gag would work with seals on either end of the deal — Polar bears eat seals, and Elephant seals eat penguins. And an elephant seal in Groucho glasses would be a riot.
bgby4884 over 11 years ago
Picky, picky,picky. Did you think comics were supposed to reflect reality? Better quit reading comics! And where are your daily comic strips; critics?
emjaycee over 11 years ago
Similar to the polar bear/penguin debate, “Finding Nemo” was ruined for me when Marlin and Dory were swallowed by the whale and ejected through the blowhole. Talking fish and birds I can accept in a movie, but unlike in humans, the digestive tract and the respiratory system do not meet at all in cetaceans. Whales do not eject water from the blowhole: what you see is mist created when warm air from the lungs meets colder air above the ocean. I tutor some kids on-line and it took a session to correct that misconception, thank you, Pixar.
joeshmo30 over 11 years ago
O_o dang, why cant people just sit back and enjoy the comic strip, you all seem to fight over teh littlest stupidist things, calm down will ya??? its just a comic, sheesh,you know what! there are worse things in syria right now, fight about that
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 11 years ago
@Flashold—when it comes to moonlighting I prefer Cybil Sheppard and Bruce Willis!
Enoki over 11 years ago
He jumps in and it’s Penguin Soup for him…
lisapaloma13 over 11 years ago
I think they’re lemmings in disguise.
jessegooddoggy over 11 years ago
Just BRING BACK THE CROCS and all will be well!
sarah413 Premium Member over 11 years ago
@Red Golzalez, the reason why rat isn’t here is that he, and pig, were teleported to today’s Wizard of Id comic strip.
*Space Madness at The Station* over 11 years ago
I enjoy knowing the real life things!!!!
Stocky One over 11 years ago
Mr. Patsis has committed the all-too-common and inexcusable error of believing that penguins, from the southern hemisphere of the world, somehow come into contact with Polar Bears, which are found only in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.
alfracto over 11 years ago
Anybody out there remember Walter Lanz’s Chilly Willy cartoon? This penguin resided with polar bears in Alaska. Lanz was known most for Woody Woodpecker.
alfracto over 11 years ago
@TheTrustedMechanicDoubt not the trusted wisdom of ignorant ranting. Stupid obstinance allways trumps thoughtful consideration of proven facts.
alfracto over 11 years ago
And typos makes fools of us all (as in me).
Patricia Bocklage Premium Member over 11 years ago
Now I want a t-shirt with a picture of a polar bear wearing nose glasses! :)
writerbum over 11 years ago
Now, I’m not saying this is what Stephan is drawing, but please, to end the partisan bickering, look up auk and puffin. Let’s just say that is what he is drawing and set everything right with the comic world again. . . not everything black and white is a penguin. . . I wonder, if Stephan draws Zeeba with a carrot in his mouth, would you think him a penguin? Besides, one can clearly see that the ice is a perfect circle (well, close to perfect, but, hey it’s hard to draw a perfect circle, so, okay, fine – one can fuzzily see the ice as a perfect circle). As ice does not melt uniformly unless it was formed uniformly and all outside influences are also uniform in temperature, which never happens within a natural thermodynamic setting, one can logically assume that this is an exhibit at the zoo, and penguins are always next to the polar bears at the zoo. . . perhaps the door was left open – I mean, how else did the polar bear get the nose and eye brow glasses unless their was a concession stand nearby?
tbirdmama over 11 years ago
geography, my dear, geography. Penguins are in the south not north pole.
Vet Premium Member over 11 years ago
I think they should start dancing and singing.Penguins can do that right?RIGHT??Sniff…….You mean cartoons are not REAL!!!!!!!(ha)
bobdingus over 11 years ago
No, people, there are no penguins living near polar bears. However, there are penguin-like birds called auks that live near the north pole. http://www.allthesea.com/Sea-Bird-Auk.html
vldazzle over 11 years ago
Not a very believable disguise.
veranna over 11 years ago
Steph I truly love these guys, so cute in an amazingly wierd kind of way….
Number Three over 11 years ago
Love the disguise!
xxx
Sherlock Watson over 11 years ago
“Candygram!”
Sherlock Watson over 11 years ago
Mr. Penguin should ditch her for someone a lot less demanding and more sympathetic. I wonder if Lola Granola is available these days…
route66paul over 11 years ago
did you ever see the footage of the orcas tipping the ice so that the seals would slip off into the water? They used it to teach their young to hunt. They do it over and over. I know how they feel, I am married with children(and grandchildren)
NickiGarwood over 11 years ago
“Quit fooling around and give us some ^$#^!?&^ directions south”
hariseldon59 over 11 years ago
What’s stopping the polar bear from just climbing onto the ice floe?
SCOTT26 over 11 years ago
Where is the “ladies first comment”?
heatherjasper over 11 years ago
Reminds me of the Far Side where a polar bear was pretending to be a penguin with a beak mask.
Gigi04 over 4 years ago
Total!
Themanofoor54 almost 4 years ago
50th comment